Unofficial letters of an official's wife [by] Edith Moses.

UNOFFICIAL LETTERS OF

assume the airs of the conquerors. In a day or two
they will all be gone into the provinces, and Manila
will see the soldier straps emerge again from the
obscurity into which six hundred civilians have cast
them. The undertaking, not in the least simple, of
collecting, transporting, and maintaining over six
hundred men, women, and children, and finally assigning and sending them to various parts of the
Islands, is fortunately successfully ended.
Monday the three new Filipino Commissioners
were introduced, and took the oath of office. The
secretaries were also sworn in. I send you an account of the ceremony. El Sehor forgot to tell me
about it, so I did not see it. I was sorry, for they
say it was interesting. The Filipino gentlemen who
were appointed Commissioners, and their friends,
are naturally delighted to have a share in the government. Both the Manila representatives know
English well enough to understand all that is said,
and do not hinder business. The member from
Negros does not speak or understand a word. The
promoter of the peace fiesta last year has succeeded
in founding a new party, which puts forth neither
more nor less than the old insurrecto platform. He
and a Filipino editor are the mischief makers, and
both because they want preferment, and hope by
annoying the administration to get office. Otherwise, everything is serene, in spite of all the papers
may say.
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