DOCUMENTS OF THE Katipunan
HOME The Supreme Council Record of meeting held on April 19, 1896 Source: Archivo General Militar de Madrid: Caja 5677, leg.1.59
Introduction At this meeting the Supreme Council added Enrique Pacheco (“Makabuhay”) to increase the number of its kasanguni or councillors to eight and its total membership to twelve - Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Pio Valenzuela, Vicente Molina, Jose Trinidad, Pantaleon Torres, Aguedo del Rosario, Francisco Carreon, , Balbino Florentino, Hermenegildo Reyes, Gregorio Coronel and Enrique Pacheco. This was possibly the last change made to its membership prior to the revolution. It is interesting to note, though, that the meeting was attended by a number of activists who were not members of the Supreme Council – as at meetings of the Supreme Assembly, it seems, attendance was not circumscribed in a rigid, preclusive sort of way. The English text below the transcription is an abbreviated paraphrase of the document, not a translation. The paragraph markers – (a), (b) etc. - do not appear in the original, and have been inserted simply to facilitate comparison between the Tagalog text and the English paraphrase. The illegibility of a few phrases – only two or three words in each instance – is due not to Emilio Jacinto’s handwriting but to the fact that the document got wet at some stage in its history and the ink ran.
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K . K . K. N. M. A. N. B. Kataastaasang Sangunian (Pinagsulatan) (a) Sa ngalan ng Bayang tinubuan at sa lalung kapurihan at kaayusan ng K.K.K. (b) Ngayong ikalabingsiam ng Abril ng taung isang libo, walong dan, siam na puo’t anim, ikatlong araw ng Lingo ng buan, itong K.S. ay gumawa ng isang ugaling pagpupulong na dinaluhan ng mga kap. na Maypagasa, Dimas Ayaran, Pingkian, Tagaisok, Silanganan, Bulalakaw, Silang, Leon at Talibong. Nagsiharap ang mga kap. na Mapilit, Labong, Loob, Burgos at iba pa. (c) Sa ikasampung daguk ng bakal sa tansu ng umaga ay binuksan ang kar., at sa pahintulot ng k.p. binasa ang pinagsulatan ng sinusundang pulong, na pinatunayan ng lahat. Binasa din naman ang pinagsulatan ng pagtatayu ng Sb. Mahiganti, na pinatunayan din. (d) Ipinagbigay alam ng k.p. na bukod sa dalawang silla ng Kat. na nailigtas sa sunog may apat pang dating nakalagak sa bahay ng kap. na Dimas Ayaran; sa makatuid ay anim pa. (e) Binasa ang padalang pagbibigay alam ng Sb. Katagalugan na isang kasaysayan ng lahat ng ginanap niya buhat sa Enero ng taung umiiral. (f) Ang lahat ng mga atas at pasiyang doo’y pinagkaisahan, ay minarapat ng kapulungan, liban ang nauukol sa parusang ibibigay sa kpng. Limbas (E.R.) na ang minabuti nitong K.S. ay hayaan nang tiwalag muna, datapua’t huag ilagay sa piling ng mga taksil, at padadalhan ng K.T. ng pasabi na magbago na sa kaniyang pangungugali, at ayon sa maging kasagutan ay lalapatan ng nauukol. (g) Tungkol sa mga kap. na Gagalangin at Palakul ng By. Dimasalang at sa kap. na Paku ng By. Dapitan ay pinagkaisahang padadalhan din ng pasabi ng K.T., na sila’y magbago at alisin nila ang gawang pagsasabung. Ayon sa magiging kasagutan at sa makikitang pamumuhay nila, ay lalapatan ng nauukol. (h) Pinagkaisahang ilagay sa piling ng mga taksil ang tiwalag na kpong. Tiktik. (i) Minabuti ang palagay na binasa, katha ng kap. na Makabuhay tungkol sa ikatutupad at ikalilinis ng saklolo sa asawa ng namatay na kap. na Jasmin. (j) Pinagkaisahang ipatuloy ang palabas sa Teatro Colon na ang kikitain ay iaabuloy sa mga kap. na nasunugan, alinsunod [?] sa pasiya ng pulong na nagdaan. Ang Malabon ay hindi masasali dito at sila’y gagawa ng ambagan na lamang dahil sa kanilang kalayuan. (k) Ipinagbigay alam ng k.p. ang labing walong piso na sa kaniya’y abuloy ng Sb. Makabuhay, at ipinagsabi din na siya’y susulat sa nasabing Sb. at ipahahayag niya na tila siya’y di lamang ang dapat abuloyan kung di ang lahat ng kap. na nasunugan. (l) Pinagkaisahang inihalal na kasanguni ng K.S ang kap. na Makabuhay. (m) Pinaharap ang kap. na Sumisikat at itinanung sa kaniya ang kaniyang inaakalaing nararapat sa kaniyang kalagayan. Sa isinagut niyang siya’y ibig na malagay sa mabuti, siya’y pinagkayariang masanib sa By. Pagtibayin, at siya’y maggagawad ng panibagong panunumpa. (n) Kapagkatapus manumpa ang tanang kaharap na di isisiwalat ang lahat ng namasdan at napakingan niwakasan ang pulong sa ikalabing dalawang daguk ng umaga. (o) Maynila ika 19 ng Abril ng taung 1896. Ang K. P. Ang K. Kal Pnllgknzll
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English paraphrase (a) In the name of the native land, and for the greater honor and good order of the K.K.K. (b) Today, April 19, 1896, the third Sunday in the month, this Supreme Council held an ordinary meeting which was attended by Brothers Andres Bonifacio, Pio Valenzuela, Emilio Jacinto, Aguedo del Rosario, Francisco Carreon, Pantaleon Torres, Balbino Florentino, Gregorio Coronel and Hermenegildo Reyes. Also present were Adriano de Jesus, Lino Villanueva, “Loob”, Geronimo Cristobal and others. (c) The summit began at ten strikes of the iron on the copper in the morning. With the consent of the Supreme President, the Supreme Secretary read out the record of the previous meeting, which was approved by all. A report on the establishment of Sb. Mahiganti [based in Ermita, Concepcion and Paco] was also read out and approved. (d) Andres Bonifacio reported that aside from the two chairs owned by the Katipunan that had been rescued from the fire [that had destroyed his house on April 3] four others had been taken previously to Pio Valenzuela’s house, so in total six had survived. (e) The report submitted by Sb. Katagalugan, covering that Council’s activities since January, was read out. (f) The Supreme Council endorsed all the orders and decisions mentioned in the report, except the one concerning the punishment handed down to the member Eleuterio Reyes. The Supreme Council approved his separation from the Katipunan, but did not feel that he should be consigned to the ranks of the traitors. Pio Valenzuela, in his capacity as Supreme Fiscal, would notify him that he had to mend his ways, and the action then taken would depend on how he responded. (g) It was agreed that the Supreme Fiscal should likewise inform “Gagalangin” and “Palakul” of By. Dimasalang and “Paku” of By. Dapitan that they too had to change their ways, and to overcome their addiction to gambling at the cockpit. Again, what action was to be taken would depend on how they responded and whether they were seen to have reformed. (h) It was agreed that the expelled member Jose Turiano Santiago [who prior to December 1895 had been the Supreme Secretary] should be consigned to the ranks of the traitors. (i) The Supreme Council approved the proposal that was read out, put forward by Brother Enrique Pacheco, about effectively and cleanly rendering assistance to the widow of Brother Jasmin. (j) It was agreed that arrangements should go ahead for staging a show at the Teatro Colon in aid of brothers affected by the recent fire, as had been agreed at the previous meeting. The members in Malabon would not be participating in this event, due to their distance from the city, but they would be making a financial contribution. (k) Bonifacio reported that he had received a donation of 18 pesos from Sb. Makabuhay. He indicated that he would be writing to that Council to say that the assistance should not be for him alone, but for all the brothers who had been affected by the fire. (l) It was agreed that Enrique Pacheco should be appointed as a councillor on the Supreme Council. (m) Brother “Sumisikat” appeared before the Council and was asked to explain his position. He replied that he wanted to be in good standing [with the KKK], and he was therefore instructed to join By. Pagtibayin, and to renew his oath. (n) After all those present had sworn to divulge nothing of what they had seen and heard, the meeting ended at noon. (o) Manila, April 19, 1896. The Supreme President The Supreme Secretary Pingkian