7 Loyplas Rants , Queam Citys Atenea de Horil 8 {THE RATIPUNAN AND THE REVOLUTION wos promoted to beutenant general, Ma). Lucas Camerno to lieu tat colenel, and Capt Antero Rei ta mor ‘The Revelation wae facing «grave come The Ki Cavite were-tuiferng selent after defeat wrth great Toss of hfe Mapdaic teritorasshad passed to Spanien hands after the Battles GF Satan, Zapote and Dalshikan. Irs, Uh rebel capital, as ia 1S sate of womingnt eolapse To stzengthen defenses ao that they Cecil stop thé Spanish advance into the reat of the provins that Seas sul held by the Magdiwang and ta fretall the Toss of more ‘Trot the Supreme Honifetioy with the approval of other revolution fry leaders, called a maeung ofthe Magdslo end Magdiwang lead TF This meetinge-echeduled for 26 March 1837, wae postponed for £0 ceng day beuause of the death of Lt, Gen. Crapulo Aguinaldo, Emilia Agaisaldo's brother, on that day in the Battle of Saleen : "The Maghiwang fenders were waiting for their Magdslo counter parts at the Tends lar estate houor, She designated place, long hat day. They had Uy startin she afternoon tallow the sual enemy regs, which came im the marnsog, to subside before they ventured out to Teferos, a-vilage in the municipality of Sar Fraacioco de Malabon When the Magdalo group fn st senct fve sn the sfterscos, they brought with them the fh of Genetal Magdalos own brother. Heading 2 small Frou; General Magdlo recounted the ‘circumstances of the heroic EELS orias patriot brother Them he bogged to be excused to attend {inangements for he beloved brothers funeral Thus, the meeting Was put of forthe next day at the same place before dispersings Secretary of the Treasury Diego Mojica propels resolution of eonddlence and prayers for patriots who had Ge Neceally hike Lt" Gan, Criepulo Aguinalda ‘The Supreme thought this wa} superfluous ané objected to such a reo ue Inve of epuntzy, the Supremo argued, ‘and service to the cause of freedom ‘or the Motherland are the most acbe attri ies thigt would ensure one place in heaven. Lt. Gen. Crispulo tnd the comrades wha died before him are all traly blessed ‘how yp their reszective places in the eovealy Kingdom. fr. they will sways eeupy an honored place in the history of our eoustey ot 32 Toeavemty 3 Tres i aly need RS The wawitations to the meeting were signed by (MUU oF th Bfogsiwang Counc, end he presided over the as: Semby. Spated with Lutnbreras at the long presidential table were TUE RATIPUYO AND TH REVOLUTION *3 the Soprano Andres Bonu, Mere. Mariane M_Alvare, Paso teste anacen Willancees, Morano Te Moje, seine Bde Din, Senuage V Aivarer Arter Ric sett acany an Migui Pablo Moje, Sever de av Ala, an REG ye Rie ll of am ofthe Magitvang.Amaeg the Ma Saft the ead ae were MosreBaldowers Apsinalo, Daniel ona, and Cayecano Tepace ™ ‘must be mentioned that, before the assembly was convened, setary of Wer Anton vilanuera of the Magdiwang Coanol ice a sft worn at Mag! Msgdalo facto was art to undermine the pleading of toe see: sad ha he had sven seceded in enoing many aroma IR, Magdteng lender to iy th him. Seeetary Wilanutve kept ibat bat neterhelss alaried Captain. General Apoy. who had tips in readiness for any sudden eventuality “The Icdra weve seted atthe presidental table, a9 previously described and al the ethers ners sanding ia. groups on both sides (GPivow sented "Aner Ghairnon Jace Lambreres hed declared the “Ax inator ef the Revolution Chairman Lambreres zope, the Katipunan now bolt suthosty ever the lands Tt has» pve Teen of law nd definite pron, Ita obeyed and respected by A because stands for freedom, brotherly lve, and « wellargan- {ied'and wellvun government, the purpose of this Ee discus ne best wonoues to take © reagan bo Mag We should avoid surrendering te Turis ofthe Katpansm army shoud the Magdalo eventvally Ieme aut" “ine chai next reingited the Suprmo, He concured with what Chairman Lambreras had Jost sn and explained that the "io the idle of the sun in the Katipunan lag used in the Revalsoe “ol etn amy ST ose gsi, He countered thatthe letter "KO and the sua on the flag did not indicate whether the revo: + lutionary government was democratic oF aot ‘The Supremo replied that from the rank snd file to the highest levels, the Katipunan vas united i ite respect for univers broth | tthood and equality of men. It was risking bloodshed and hfe itseltwee “THE KATIFUNAN AND THE REVOLUTION Fc artPUNAN AND THE REVOLUTION 8s coc? Me Lambceras explained, “ae etna bogieziog for the spread ofthe revlutinary Sfoveromeny Jed by only one or two > se ros: the Phlipiaes. But because of the dase Antone Montennare spoke In defense of Mr. Severino de Ia Ta ee ecesbly wns led ta extablsh a nev overall evo, aunts tae agood tpt ty Bouin gre onthe ind ot MMR cary cove. Ife ace co parm this aos Ott egal the Supremo has the night to preside at tht Mayu eset’ nee the lang, i ade o ah « srg Ragan, #8 308 doce goverment Tn thar, i stood for people's ‘evluipacy goer hey were awe and ha they er e ‘Katiunan and the Revolution” Leet the satin quo previ, then Shey who were in the Revelation ec oye Father ofthe Katpunan and the Revoltion Soli be no beer thin peek Scbasdta ovof wid mndion MMB Labero's erence peu ond i popes oe se cE apend Batley acre’ the chai sr te cad asd, Hour am st eablnh & Dew ore. sere af toe ation of the Sone of he Peel. Tia ee esdains mae abba mexting ha the four wate house in Imus. (mga sseae st Supreme” ie a aoe ste teal em ets sour aspatons, But 1 vis #2 temind 03 ara epee all deacons prope Gacusned 23d RODS bs We should raze and abe by the wor Ae repeated carer forthe aproral of the exabih meat pcamens ef the Phlippne Repub, he chai preceeded rat econ fo the flowing patos: prendest, ne we mepate atct of finance, minnie af weer, miniiar of ose, and captain gener Se ead aps again before the schon began. He said that “Stal Ay was bu by thete rds SMALE uch stead ap end losked togty ok tbe prewece etre salah apes Sea ee la te cacy see pak epee Meta Seip sa teresa Peton ak, BN Ue Fonte a od bm suc eee Moles a os sos oe te ea Tana inde ace a cla ae 982 Bho tha arr hal ARAN be Ben Set fc ehcp ite eee GROG UMMM reece nor ve Pecttnon the ulk ng edo sconpiohsything ast easiah ferent Kind f aronea ats Sou yee dase have tne Gobet ou clr snd ws he a Sanh cot Then ou sod what fetes TE dite aoe refoge among cowards wh might all 4 thrash and beasts And for everybodys satisfaction, Tam now tae hndbate who would get the mast mumber of votes for each during your artes res scon shoul be Une win, nate what tao i MA “sin General Apoy lopped speaking and looked intently atthe Fjpleducsionab alta Wot should mateer was that the can Mike nad never ben a teator to the cause of the Motherland Ghervone agreed and there were shouts of approval such as, “That iE how it should be-eguality for everyone! Nobody sbould be higher for lower than the other. May love of country provail!™ “rhe Supreme Bouiacio appointed Gen. Artemio Ricerte es secre erect he vam suuding. and ordered: 9d Daaaa Fons to keep him under guard After ha is ata, Trning, and his widow, Josephine, pleaded vith General ey put to arret Me. Montenegro, but to let him stay at the eutae tule where they themselves were staying. They volun ted to be held personally responsible for Mr. Montenegro while ‘eit custody. Coptain General Apey easily acceded to the ‘cong sed exciad denunciation by"Captain General Apoy of ir igcntenegre alerted the Mogdiwang troops. The leaders eyed CCouuly and-were only awaiting @ signal from General on ep shooting Diagedie, eisued and disrupted “Toe Supremo iguored this remark He he business at hand as sf nothing unusual bed happened, "Ginen the votes for presidant were counted, Mr. Emilio Aguinaldo wom over Mr ‘Andres Boniface, the Supremo. The wioner was ‘applause and shouts of "Mabuhay" (Long live) de las Aloo spoke again to say that since the Thad received the second higheat sumber of votes nen erder wi reored, some wanted the convention adjourned, nut the Supeemy Bonifay prevailed upon the ethers to continue However, the presiding officer, Me, Lambreras, refused to resume ihc sule ot ehatroma. He wanted to yield the chair to the Supreme “hv tc thought ta be the ight66 ‘Ts KATIPUNAN AND THE REVOLLTION| for tho presidency, he should be proclaimed vice fovornment of the Philippine ‘Republic. When nobody signified Epproval or disapproval atthe proposal, the pressing oer, the Stprem® Boniface, tulad that the eecion he continard. For vce presidnnt, Me. Mariano Tras won over Mr. Mariano Alvaret and the Suprem Bonsfacio General Vibora was aected captain ovor Cesar] [poy General Vitora demusred, sang that be had nether the a Wy nor the Fight to aesutoe the new portion. But General Apoy eat Nottie skections by sang that fe parsanally vouched for Gen ral Viberas competence and right to occupy the pontin 1s which he was elected General pays endorsement waa greeted with shot M-Tang live the newly eeced captain general? 1 Hider Aguado mai th nn oe nied Bel ot ton dark. To focitate the counting of wots, he suggested that forall ether positions tobe vated pon, voters should stand on one sie of the hall iim favor and an the other aide if agains. The sug. ration wan adopted for Use Texto the election For the position of tory of war, Mr-Erplano Bde Dis was elected overshelm ‘ply overeMoear, Santiago V. vases, Areton Willanusra, and Das: I: Tirana After the voters had gon the prope henora to the new volaty of way they proceeded to elect the mettary af the inte Nor TM Andees Bonifacio, the Supreme, won over Me, Mariano hivarer ‘TRe'eromd broke into shoute of “Mabuhay!” Me. Daniel ons soqudsied for geaoration of order and then spoke aloud SNGy trotten, the offic of secretary ofthe intenor i ef so great stupe and of such sensitty that we should not entrust to one ‘ao Ty nat aslawyer One among os hete in a lawyar. He is Mr. Jineyiel Kosar Let reconsider hp choice for te last postion, ieee has wo credentials t9 show attesting to any education sitneny : “Then tn a8 load voip a8 he could muster, Ticone shouted lect Mr doa de Rosario, the Jaw ‘Greatly eobarstnsed, the Supreme Bonifacio quickly stood up and sd’ We agrocl ta abe by the majority vote and ecept ite choice hovmatter shat the atation in life of the person elected, And eedite of thse I demand from you, Mr- Daniel Tone, an apoogy You muot restore tothe fatra and he ane they elected the ener Joo have only now besmirehed thn he pulled wt his revolver ond took am, Inctoad ef repying, Mr Tivona ignored the Supreme’ sul, perhaps pecause of fear, he id tay and got los in Iiconiter spsieidsne tho convention aecretery tried "ove, wh ovat intent on shooting Mi 7 pene and the Supreme adjg ee ident of the | wan called at the sare fin estate RATIPUNAN AND THE REVOLUTION a so ay capacity as chairnan of this convention and as Presiden Gof ie Mont Verano Katipunan ofthe Son f the Poope 0 ciation i known and. acknowledged by all, 1 hereby Fen se and old ll aters approved inthis meeting” seear Ne Let quictly and was followed by his aides and some hers present. Mis, Baldomere Agui in Francisco de Ms io, the Magdale pesident, did not leave oon that night, in order to convince the Te Scsang enders ta reconvene the dirpted resting the flow Fe Segiday. They agreed 9 bs propou “That some night, rumer had tee eters, Marg Tran, Daniel Tirona, Emiliano R. de Dios, aaaea Blo, and ethers wr in the parh houte of the Cathie saaeee Taare (Saotn Crvt de Mlabon), and that they mere rcring with the priest, Pr Canon Yilatranca, Many stented to Fees them, but no one knew what they talked ebout a eat of Wagdslo Pra, Balorero Aguinaldo, « meeting Those in Tejerot. Called on the {iy aker the tumultuous conventin, is purpose was to continue snd {inte the proceedings of the section meeting. to revive thir [Eider alinncen, and to restore cordaity and fraternal love in thir tons, Aside from the Suptemo. Aadees Bonifacio, among the Westetng tenders who atzendad were Messrs. Mariane Alves Dike Mofica, Avision Villanueva, Pascual Alvarez, Jacinto Dunibceran Sentinge Alvarez, Artemio oearte, Nicolas Portil, Seaton Necon, and: Fr, Manuel Trias, the parish priest of San Francinca de Malobon. They ‘ited until five that afternoon, but one of the Magdalo membre came, not even their president who Jad initiated what would have been a reconciliation meting "That same night it was rumored that the Magdalo leaders were curently holding their own mosting at the parsh house in Tana ‘Thowgh had season ta be apprehensive because the Magdalo were [Reeling interstory under is junsdiction, the Magdiwang leadership Tooked the other way because the Magdalo were hard:press {or meeting places since its territories had all been taken by the Spanish enemy. "the next morning, 27 March 1897, eyewitnesses who had spied con the proceedings revealed that, indeed, a meeting had taken place At the Tanea parish house and that the Supremo's decisions regard fog the election atthe friar estate house were not respected. These faced despite Jenals from many sectors thering in the Tanza paren house, those elected at the eros convention keel before se erueifix and in the name of the highest pont of the Roman Catholic church, ns and eolemaly taok their fice, Fr. Ce