To inject new lofe into the campaign, Quezon created the Supreame National Council. Designed yo replace the Commission on Independence, the council was empowered "to direct Filipino policy on all matters that concern the campaign for independence, on all matters which may affect the relations between the Philippines and the United States, and on all matter affecting the administration of the interess of the country in general. "the council was made up of five Nacionalistas and five Democrats. While it endeavorad to present a united front in the campaign for independence, it achieved little by way of curbing Wood's efforts to diminish Filipino autonomy or to restrain congress from presenting bills inimical to the interests of the Filipino people, as in the case of the Becon bill, which intended to convert the Moro Province(Mindanao) into an unincorporated territory of the United States o be governed independently of the rest of the Philippines.