What were American thoughts on the issue of annexing the Philippines?

Could someone please answer and post a webiste?

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Check the second-to-last paragraph on this page.

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/section9.rhtml
I can only find that the philippines did not gain independence until 1946 because the US thought the Filipino were unfit for self-gov.
Oh thanks the post above is that I can't find it in my book but I found it on the website
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