Chap 8 Part 1 Filipino-Grievances-Against-Governor-Wood

FILIPINO
GRIEVANCES
AGAINST
GOVERNOR
WOOD
CAAGUSAN, CHRISTIAN
CAGAOAN, ANGELA CHRISTINE
CAPISTRANO, LEILA MARIE
CASUL, CATHERINE MAE
CEZAR, LOVELY
FILIPINO GRIEVANCES AGAINST
BACKGROUD OF
GOVERNOR WOOD
THE AUTHOR
• University of Santo Tomas, 1934
• Filipino historian
• International Association of Historians of Asia
(IAHA)
• Philippine Historical Association for three
terms.
If you don't know history,
ALWAYS REMEMBER
then you don't know anything.

Michael Crichton
BACKGROUND OF HISTORICAL
SOURCE
A BIT ABOUT HISTORY
Historical source is an original source that contains important historical information.

These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level,
and these sources used as clues in order to study history Historical sources include
documents, artifacts, archaeological sites, features.
From the time of the American arrival in
the Philippines in 1898, Filipinos
persistently demanded their
independence.
HISTORY
Anerican colonial officials did not say

no to them. Instead, they appointed
Filipino politicians to key government
positions hoping that by doing so they
will forget their desire for
THE PAST independence.
Jones Law categorically
stipulated that the American
government would give the Filipinos
independence once they have
established a stable government.
HISTORY
While holding key positions in the

government, Filipinos tried to prove to
the Americans that they are now
competent and ready to manage their
own affairs.
THE PAST
Jones Law categorically
stipulated that the American
government would give the Filipinos
independence once they have
established a stable government.
HISTORY
Months after President Warren Harding

was sworn into office, he sent
Leonard Wood and William Cameron
Forbes to the Philippines to check if the
Filipinos have already satisfied the
conditions set by the Jones law.
THE PAST
Quezon a r members of the Nationalista Party were
nd othe
offended by the report because it insinuated

that Filipino leaders were corrupt and incompetent and
therefore do not deserve yet to be given
independence.
ANTI WOOD
SENTIMENT
The anti-Wood sentiment of Filipino politicians ruptured on July 21,
1923 and the event that triggered it was the decision of Wood to
reinstate Ray Conley, the chief of the vice squad of
the Manila police force who was accused of receiving money from
gambling lords.
Fernandez and Laurel tendered their
resignation and Senate President
Quezon and Speaker Manuel Roxas also
resigned as members of the Council of
State in support
of Laurel and in protest of Wood's
HISTORY handling of the Conley case.
They also told the president

that they were planning to send a
delegation to the United States that will
explain to him Wood’s
blatant disregard of the rights and
privileges granted to Filipinos by the
THE PAST previous administration.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
- The document is a form of protest (Zaide writes for the constitutional

representatives of the Filipino people)
- The document served as an impeachment request for Governor Wood
- The document was approved by the Commission on Independence on
November 17, 1926 (Appointed: October 14, 1921 until August 7, 1927)
ARBITRA
RY
ACTS
1. He has refused his assent to laws which were
the most wholesome & necessary heads of
department.
2. He has set at naught both the legal authority and

ARBITRARY
responsibility for the Philippine heads of departments.
3. He has substituted his constitutional advisers

ACTS
for a group of military attaches without legal
standing in the government and not responsible
to the people.
4. He has reversed the policy of Filipinizing the service

of the government by appointing Americans even when
Filipinos of proven capacity were available.
5. He has obstructed the carrying out of national

economic policies duty adopted by the Legislature,
merely because they are in conflict with his
personal views.
6. He has rendered merely perfunctory the
power of the Legislature to pass the annual
appropriation law by reviving items in the law
ARBITRARY
of the preceding year, after vetoing the
corresponding items of the current
appropriation act, in the flagrant violation for
ACTS
Organic Law.
7. He has made appointments to positions and

authorized the payment of salaries therefore after
having vetoed the appropriations of such salaries.
8. He has used certain public funds to

grant additional compensation to public
officials in clear violation law.
9. He has arrogated unto himself the right of
exercising the powers granted by law to the
ARBITRARY
Emergency Board after abolishing said board on
the ground that its powers involved an unlawful
delegation of legislative authority.
ACTS
10. He has unduly interfered in the administration
of justice.
11. He has refused to obtain the advice of

the Senate in making appointments where
such advice is required by the Organic Act.
12. He has refused to submit the Senate
ARBITRARY appointment for vacancies occurring during the
recess of the Legislature in contravention of the
ACTS Organic Act.
13. He has continued in office nominees whose

appointments had been rejected by the Senate.
14. He has usurped legislative powers by imposing conditions on
legislative measures approved by him.
15. He has, in the administration of affairs in

Mindanao, brought about a condition which has given
rise to discord and dissension between certain groups
of Christian and Mohammedan Filipinos.
16. He has by his policies created strained
ARBITRARY relations between resident Americans and
Filipinos.
ACTS
17. He has endeavored, on the pretext of getting the
government out of business, to dispose of all the companies
capitalized by the government worth many millions of the
people's money to powerful America interests.
18. He has sanctioned the campaign of insidious

propaganda in the United States against Filipino
people and their aspirations.
19. He has attempted to close the Philippine National
ARBITRARY Bank so necessary to the economic development of
the country. 2
ACTS
20. He has adopted the practice of intervening in, and
controlling directly, to its minute details, the affairs of the
Philippine Government both insular and local, in violation
of self-government.
21. He has insistently sought the amendment of our

laws approved by the Congress of the United Stated,
which amendment would open up the resources of our
country to exploitation by predatory interests.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 37
This declares that laws creating and defining the

powers of the board of control which is authorized to
vote the stocks owned by the government in certain
private corporation, are absolute nullities.
IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT
IN THE NARRATIVE OF
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
• It promotes understanding of Philippine history from Filipino perspective.
• It details what happened during the occupancy of general wood. How
Filipino's fought their freedom against the governor general.
• This document shows the unity of the filipino against unjust rule.
• it helped us understand why it took so long before we achieved the
independence.
• It reminds us the independence is achieved through diplomatic and not in
a violent way.
• Serves as a reminder that politicians who govern the nation should not
abuse his power
"Those who cannot
learn from history are
doomed to repeat it."
George Santayana
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FILIPINO

then you don't know anything.

Historical source is an original source that contains important historical information.

Anerican colonial officials did not say

While holding key positions in the

Months after President Warren Harding

offended by the report because it insinuated

They also told the president

- The document is a form of protest (Zaide writes for the constitutional

2. He has set at naught both the legal authority and

3. He has substituted his constitutional advisers

4. He has reversed the policy of Filipinizing the service

5. He has obstructed the carrying out of national

7. He has made appointments to positions and

8. He has used certain public funds to

11. He has refused to obtain the advice of

ACTS Organic Act.

13. He has continued in office nominees whose

15. He has, in the administration of affairs in

18. He has sanctioned the campaign of insidious

21. He has insistently sought the amendment of our

This declares that laws creating and defining the

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