The Establishment of

American Civil Government

By: F. Sionil Jose

Reporter: LOYOLA, MARIELA E.

“The Philippines are ours not to exploit, but
to develop, civilize, educate, and to train in
the science of self-government”
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY
The American Colonial Government
A. The Taft Commission
B. Civil Government
C. Philippine Bill of 1902
D. Philippine Assembly
E. Resident Commissioners
F. The Filipinization of the Government
G. The Jones Law of 1916
H. The Wood-Forbes Mission I. The OSROX
Mission
A. The Taft Commission

Created on March 16, 1900.

Also known as The Second Philippine

Commission.
A. The Taft Commission
Luke E. Wright Henry C. Ide Dean C. Worcester
Bernard C. Moses

Headed by Judge William Howard Taft.

Members:
Luke E. Wright
 Henry C. Ide
 Dean C. Worcester
 Bernard Moses
A. The Taft Commission

Luke E. Wright Henry C. Ide Dean C. Worcester Bernard C. Moses

Henry C
A. The Taft Commission

Establish a civil government in the Philippines.

To train the Filipinos in self-government.

 Guided by a set of instructions issued to it on

April 7, 1900 by McKinley.
A. The Taft Commission

“bear in mind that the government which they

(the Commission) are establishing is designed
not for our selfish satisfaction...but for the
happiness, peace and prosperity of the people of
the Philippine Islands, and the measures
adopted should be made to conform to their
customs, habits...”
A. The Taft Commission
 Arrived in Manila on June 3, 1900.

 $1,000,000 for building, and repairing roads

and bridges.

 From September 1900 to August 1902, it

enacted more than 400 laws.

In September 1901, it was expanded to include

three pro- American Filipino as members. They
were:
A. The Taft Commission

Trinidad H. Pardo de Benito Legarda Jose Luzurriaga

B. Civil Government
 Inaugurated on July 4, 1901
 William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor.
 In 1905: Governor-General.
 Gov. Taft exercised both executive and legislative
functions.
 His policy “the Philippines for the Filipinos”
made him popular among the Filipinos.
 Taft served until December 1903.