. The Philippine Islands . The Spanish Colonial Government. THE ENCOMIENDOROS AND THE ALCALDES. IN the early days of the colony there were, besides the Gov-ernor-General, the sub-governors, known as Encomiendoros,who rented their provinces at so much per annum, calledEncomiendas, from the General Government. These Encomien-doros were usually men of wealth, that entered into politics as aspeculation. More properly, I should say, as a peculation ; for itbecame their policy to fleece the natives and to extort as muchmoney as possible during the term of their incumbency. Few,indeed, left the scene
. The Philippine Islands . The Spanish Colonial Government. THE ENCOMIENDOROS AND THE ALCALDES. IN the early days of the colony there were, besides the Gov-ernor-General, the sub-governors, known as Encomiendoros,who rented their provinces at so much per annum, calledEncomiendas, from the General Government. These Encomien-doros were usually men of wealth, that entered into politics as aspeculation. More properly, I should say, as a peculation ; for itbecame their policy to fleece the natives and to extort as muchmoney as possible during the term of their incumbency. Few,indeed, left the scene of their civil brigandage without fullcoffers; and as enormous fortunes were to be made during a fewyears sojourn in the islands, no wonder that this office waseagerly sought after in Spain. This imitation of the methods of the Roman tax-payers,however, became so demoralizing to the morale of the Span-iards themselves, and so ruinous to the colony and to thenatives, that a more equitable policy was introduced. TheEncomien
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