...public service were Americans. The so-called Jones law of 1916 contained this significant sentence: "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein," etc. It will be recalled that Senator Clarke of Arkansas offered an amendment conferring complete and...

...incipiency of the war with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement ; and WHEREAS it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein ; and WHEREAS for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and 'Whereas, it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein; and 'Whereas, for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of...

...incipiency of the war with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and WHEREAS it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein; and WHEREAS for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement ; and Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein; and Whereas for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of...

...the hands of the Filipinos, the preamble of the law carried a definite pledge. "WHEREAS, It is and has always been the purpose of the people of the United...as soon as a stable government can be established." Then bang into the fire of the World War dropped America. The Philippines and their independence and...

...appointment. On Aug 29 1916 the US Congress passed the Jones Act. The short preamble declared that " it has always been the purpose of the people of the...to recognize their independence as soon as a stable form of government can be established therein." The Act created a Senate to supersede the Philippine...

...nation." In recognition of this long-proclaimed principle of Americanism, Congress in 1914 pledged the United States "to withdraw their sovereignty over...as a stable government can be established therein." President Wilson later declared, "We must hold steadily in view their ultimate independence, and we...

...an enunciation of the general policy of the I'nited States toward the Fhillyipini's, i, us follows: "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...the people of the United States to withdraw their iity over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government...

...incipiency of the war with Spain, to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and "WHEREAS, It is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein ; and "WHEREAS, For the speedy accomplishment of such purpose, it is desirable to place in the hands...