De Alexander: “Nevertheless the country was greatly and permanently benefited.”

Referring to the fraudulent practices, he said: "No one claims, no one believes, that I had lot or part therein, or previous hint or suspicion thereof.

More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.

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.

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