March 28, 1907: Governor Smith declared that Filipinos are peaceful and loyal to the US

On March 28, 1907, Governor James Francis Smith issued peace certificate declaring that since the publication of the Philippine Census in 1905 there had been no serious disturbances of the public order save those by outlaws and religious fanatics and that the great mass of the Filipino people for the previous two years had been "law-abiding, peaceful and loyal to the United States".