“Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) “Aguedo Velarde,
“Chairman, Committee on Revision of Laws.
“To the Honourable,
“The Speaker of the Philippine Assembly.”
This report, if adopted, would have emasculated the bill by striking out the minimum penalties, but it was not adopted. On May 19 the assembly laid the bill on the table without discussion.
So began a long struggle to secure the coöperation of the assembly in the enactment of legislation on this important subject.
Among the Moros.
This photograph shows Governor Taft and Secretary Arthur W. Ferguson with Dato Utto, and other famous Moro chiefs, at Cotabato. Utto is sitting to the left of Governor Taft.