. Loyal citizenship. n Islands, In 1901 theCanal Zone became essentially a part of the UnitedStates. In 1914 we bought the ^ irgin Islands fromDenmark, the people voting in favor of the change insovereignty. Porto Rico. In Porto Rico the governor is ap-pointed by the President, and he in turn appointsthe heads of most of the executive two houses of the legislature are elected by thepeople. The governor has a veto which may beovercome by a two-thirds vote of both houses. Alllaws passed over his veto must be submitted toWashington, where the President has the power toannul them.
. Loyal citizenship. n Islands, In 1901 theCanal Zone became essentially a part of the UnitedStates. In 1914 we bought the ^ irgin Islands fromDenmark, the people voting in favor of the change insovereignty. Porto Rico. In Porto Rico the governor is ap-pointed by the President, and he in turn appointsthe heads of most of the executive two houses of the legislature are elected by thepeople. The governor has a veto which may beovercome by a two-thirds vote of both houses. Alllaws passed over his veto must be submitted toWashington, where the President has the power toannul them. The people of Porto Rico elect onedetegate to our House of Representatives, who,liowever. has no vote. In 1898 practically all thepeople of Porto Rico spoke Spanish. The Americangovermnent has installed a splendid system of publicschools for the island, and its people are being trainedin the English language and in democratic ideas, andare being prepared to take charge of tlieir own govern-ment. 234 Loyal Citizenship. 6C>-H Territories and Dependencies 2^7> Philippine Islands. The Philippine Islands are avery large archipelago inhabited by a number ofnearly related groups of Malayan people. In thePhilippines, as in Porto Rico, the greatest achieve-ment under the American government has been theestablishment of an admirable system of have recognized that there is no way in which apeople can be prepared for freedom so well as byeducation. In the Philippines there is a governor-general appointed by the President. He appointsthe heads of the executive departments (except theInsular auditor, who is appointed by the President).The governor-general possesses a veto power whichthe legislature cannot override without the approvalof the President. 1 he senate consists of twenty-fourmembers elected by the people and two (from non-Christian districts) appointed by the governor-general. The lower house is made up of eiglity-oneelected and nine appointed members. Two delegat
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