Accomplishing the worksheet and comparing the two accounts, I was able to understand

better the events that occurred and the possible reasons why one event led to the other. The
authors of the accounts are Santiago Alvarez for “Memoirs of a General” and Teodoro Agoncillo
for “Seeds of Discontent”. Alvarez being a general for the Magdiwang faction and was part of
the Tejeros Convention is the primary source for the said convention. On the other hand,
Teodoro Agoncillo being a historian and writer, is the secondary source. I have read that
Teodoro Agoncillo is related to Don Felipe Agoncillo, a Filipino lawyer representative to the
Treaty of Paris, and was a family friend and adviser to General Emilio Aguinaldo. However,
there is not enough evidences to support their relation since it was only found in Wikipedia
wherein the author failed to supply the source.

Comparing the two accounts, they had differing dates specifically on the date of the
Tejeros Convention. A 3-day interval can be observed with Alvarez stating that it took place on
March 25, 1897 while Agoncillo wrote that the convention happened three days earlier on March
22, 1897. In terms of dates mentioned, the secondary source was able to provide a bigger time
table which allowed me to formulate and connect the relation of the events that had happened as
compared to Alvarez’ account which only focused on the day of the convention and what
happened the next two succeeding days. Both accounts mainly narrates the sequence of events
specifically how the attempt to unite the Magdiwang and Magdalo factions led to the fall of
Andres Bonifacio.

The “Seeds of Discontent” presented the prior events to the convention in Tejeros. The
conflict started with the factions of the Magdiwang and Magdalo being more competitive and
wanting to be more powerful and respected than the other. As the “Supremo”, Andres Bonifacio
was given the responsibility to mediate between the two parties. Consequently, the attempt
which was intended to unite the two factions became unsuccessful. The first problem came up
when Bonifacio was invited by the Magdalo and they perceived him as a person who is prideful
and thinks superior of himself based on how he carries himself. His experience with the Magdalo
was further compromised when his command to imprison a “traitor” under their keeping. In
contrary, Bonifacio was treated like a VIP by the Magdiwang not to mention that his uncle-in-
law is also a Magdiwang man. His experiences with the two factions probably led him to take
sides and be more biased towards the Magdiwang men as seen in his gestures during the
assembly at Imus.

There also seemed to have a development of internal conflicts within the Magdiwang
faction. These conflicts may have been a result of the confrontation of Ariston Villanueva and
Santiago Alvarez together with their men against Captain San Gabriel and his men during the
town fiesta of San Francisco de Malabon on the January of 1897. The latter party, fired rifle
shots in the air which made the former think that the enemies were about to attack. The
Magdiwang probably found this opportunity in order to influence a number of the Magdiwang
members to support Magdalo and their plot to establish a new government to lead the revolution.
 All in all, the accounts presents and highlights the Tejeros Convention and how the
members failed to accomplish the initial purpose for having the assembly which is to unite the
growing division between the Magdalo and Magdiwang. It must also be noted that this
convention marked the first important election that shaped the government of the country. In the
process, it was also able to show how Andres Bonifacio was disrespected and betrayed. His
downfall may have been caused by his partiality in being a leader as he favored the Magdiwang
compared to the Magdalo after his respective experiences with each. Based on the events, his
lack of fairness and favor towards the Magdiwang party back-fired considering that most of the
members who attended the convention were from his favored party. Yet Andres Bonifacio, the
“Supremo” himself, through the success of Tirona’s plan to compromise the meeting and the
alleged “pre-marked” ballots, was only given a directoral position despite being the Father and
President of the Supreme Council of the Katipunan.