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While echoes of Governor General Stimson's inaugural speech still rang in the Philippine press, a short, swart, bald, bearded little man in Washington put finishing touches on a speech of his own, sent it to the U. S. House of Representatives, caused his trunks to be packed and, with his wife, started for home. Governor General Stimson had declared flatly his opposition to Philippine independence in anything like the near future (TIME, March 12). The little man in Washington, Resident Commissioner Isauro Gabaldon of the Philippines, was resigning and going home, not only to keep independence sentiment alive...
Inauguration ceremonies were held on the Luneta, one of the heights overlooking Manila Bay. After the oath, Governor General Stimson made a speech, portions of which his small, smart, brown-skinned audience took away behind impassive countenances to ponder upon...
...Governor General had said: "It is not within the province of the Governor General to determine the future relations of the inhabitants of these Islands to the United States . . . I lay particular stress upon industrial and economic progress." That seemed plain enough. It means that Col. Stimson would have little patience with Independence propagandists...
Finally, Governor General Stimson had announced what his method would be. He was going to govern through a corps of "advisers" whose description sounded like the late Governor General Wood's "Cavalry Cabinet" dismounted and sent about in mufti. "These men will be the best available," said Governor General Stimson. "They will be my eyes and ears. They may be Filipinos. They may be Americans. But in any case they will be men whom I can be certain are trustworthy. They will be responsible to me and to me alone, without interference from the Assembly. This I want...
Returning to Malacanan, Governor General Stimson cabled to Washington (and released to the local press) his hope that no tariff would be levied on Philippine sugar. Changing to flannels, he relaxed before the evening's state reception by engaging Eugene Allen Gilmore, who had acted as the Parent's voice from General Wood's death till now, in two sets of tennis, one of which...