De Alexander: “I can neither impress others with my views nor surrender my own solemn convictions.”

A keen, exhaustive and merciless criticism of the whole Philippine experiment....

He had been an honest lawyer as well as an upright public official, and the people believed that his stubborn independence and sturdy integrity would make him a real governor, the enemy of rings and bosses, and the foe of avarice and…

Indeed, his administration admittedly ranked with the best that had adorned the State for a century, and his friends, including Independents and many Stalwarts, rallied with energy to his support.

Enlightened and persuasive discussion of the negro problem in its present phases and aspects.