La Madrid, Claudine Jo T.

Create a chart comparing in detail the accounts of the two writers regarding the “Tejeros
Convention”

Primary Source: The Katipunan and the Secondary Source: The Revolt of the Masses: The
Revolution: Memoirs of a General by Santiago Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan by Teodoro
Virata Álvarez Andal Agoncillo
 The account was written in 1927  The account was written from October
 Cited 2 specific dates 1947 to January 1948
1. March 25, 1897: The Tejeros  Cited 4 important events
Convention officially began. 1. Middle of December 1896:
2. March 27, 1897: Eyewitnesses Andres Bonifacio and his family
reported that a meeting among left the mountains of Montalban
the members of the Magdalo and Mariquina to visit the
took place at the Tanza parish Katipunan in Cavite.
house 2. January 2, 1897: Bonifacio wrote
a letter to Mariano Alvarez after
his encounter with the Magdalo
in Imus.
3. Middle of January 1897:
Gunshots interrupted the fiesta
of San Francisco de Malabon
which led to a conflict between
Santiago Alvarez and Mariano
San Gabriel.
4. March 22, 1897: Emilio
Aguinaldo celebrated his birthday
with a battle with a battled with
Spanish soldiers in Salitran. At
the same time, the Tejeros
Convention was convened.

 He was one of the attendees of the  He is related to Filipino diplomat Felipe

convention belonging to the Magdiwang Agoncillo who was a family friend and
faction and was already the Captain adviser of Emilio Aguinaldo. Both men
General of Cavite during that time. belonged to the Magdalo faction of the
However, he lost his position to General Katipunan. It is possible that, as adviser,
Artemio Ricarte after the election in Felipe has influenced Emilio Aguinaldo's
Tejeros. decisions before, during, and after the
 He was the son of General Mariano convention.
Álvarez and cousin of Pascual Álvarez,
who were also members of the Katipunan  Aguinaldo was able to read Agoncillo's
and were present during the convention. accounts written in The Revolt of the
Masses before it was published.
 The assembly at Tejeros was convened
 on March 25, 1897 and was presided by
Secretary Jacinto Lumbreras.
 The declaration of the agenda, which is  The Katipunan called for the
to discuss how to secure the areas under reorganization of their territories under
the Magdiwang control, was made and each Katipunan faction. However, the
was immediately countered by Severino Magdiwang and the Magdalo had been
de las Alas, who imposed that the silently fighting over Cavite with both
important matter that should be tackled parties not wanting to be ruled over by
is the form of the government the the other.
Katipunan should have.  Supremo Andres Bonifacio was invited to
 There was a debate whether to change visit the Katipunan in Cavite. After three
the form of government the Katipunan invitations, Bonifacio finally decided to
had established or not. come.
 A conflict between General Apoy and  Bonifacio arrived at Imus and was
Antonio Montenegro disrupted the welcomed by many from the Magdalo
formality of the convention. faction. Seeing Vicente Fernandez
 Conflict was immediately resolved and angered Bonifacio and ordered his
the chairmanship of the meeting was immediate arrest. The Magdalo,
transferred to Supremo Andres however, did not allow the arrest of
Bonifacio. Fernandez. Realizing that he has no
 Bonifacio proceeded with the election of influence over the people of Magdalo,
officials, stressing that the person who Bonifacio sent a letter to Mariano
gets most of the votes must be declared Alvarez, explaining to him what
and respected as the winner, regardless happened at this encounter.
of his state in life.  The Magdiwang invited Bonifacio to
 A conflict between Andres Bonifacio and come to Noveleta. He was heartily
Daniel Tirona was formed after Bonifacio welcomed by the people with a parade as
won the position for Secretary of the he entered the cities.
Interior. Tirona went against the initial  The Katipunan lost to Polavieja because
agreement regarding the majority votes of the existing rivalry between the two
which humiliated Bonifacio factions which called for a convention in
 Bonifacio declared the results of the Imus. This assembly, however, yielded no
meeting null and void, which ended the results as there were no agreements
first day of the Tejeros Convention. made as to what kind of government
 Baldomero Aguinaldo convinced they must be organized in the country
members of the Magdiwang to and if there really is a need for a new
reconvene the disrupted meeting for the election.
purpose of revalidate the proceedings of  The Magdiwang called for another
the election and make amends with one convention in Tejeros which happened
another. on March 22, 1897. Jacinto Lumbreras
 None of the members of the Magdalo took the Chairmanship of the meeting
came to the meeting the following day. and opened the discussion about creating
They organized a meeting of their own defense strategies to protect Cavite.
where the officials elected during the  Severino de las Alas pointed out that it is
Tejeros Convention solemnly took their important for the Katipunan to agree on
office without those elected from the what type of government must be
Magdiwang implemented first before proceeding
 with the other agenda.
 There was a debate whether to change
the form of government the Katipunan
has established or not. Sensing that the
situation was getting more out of hand
without a fruitful result, Lumbreras called
for the meeting’s recess.
 The assembly resumed after an hour with
Lumbreras transferring the chairmanship
of the meeting to Andres Bonifacio.
 Bonifacio granted the petition for a new
form government, stressing that the
decision of the majority must always be
respected. There and then, an election
was held to select the new officials who
will govern the recently instituted
Republic of the Philippines. Bonifacio
remarked whoever gets most of the
votes must be declared and respected as
the winner, regardless of his state in life.
 A conflict between Andres Bonifacio and
Daniel Tirona was formed after Bonifacio
won the position for Director of Interior.
Tirona went against the initial agreement
regarding the majority votes which
insulted Bonifacio.
 Bonifacio declared the results of the
meeting null and void, which ended the
Tejeros Convention.
 Bonifacio sent a letter to Mariano
Alvarez expressing his despair for not
getting the Presidency which, for him,
must be given to him as the initiator of
OBSERVATIONS: the revolution. He also shared his
 The account was written by an sentiments with his friend, Emilio Jacinto.
eyewitness who personally experienced
the event OBSERVATIONS:
 Mainly focused on what happened during  The account was written based on
the convention and it contains quotation acquired sources and not from personal
of conversations during the convention experience
 Detailed account was explained
 Contains fewer conversations
 Emphasized Bonifacio’s emotions as it
described what and how he thought
about a certain situation as if he was the
main character of the account