Evening star., 1904-06-10


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| and Mrs Roosevelt this afternoon, and L
| know YOU will find from him that there
| was NJ policy he inherited from Mr.. Nc
| KinIey which he has pursued with more
| zeal and interest and sympathy than that
| of the Philippines for the Filipnos.
DR.. de Tavera's Reply.
DR.. Trinidad N. Pardo de Tavera, on be-
| half of the Philippine visitors, replied to
| Secretary Taft as follows:
| Mr. Secretary: No one better than your
! self can understand fully the feelings
which are entertained by the wholly edu-
Gated classes in the Philippines and by a
great majority Of the ignorant classes. to-
ward the benefits which they have received
| from the United States and toward Won
personally.
The evening before We left the Philip
pine lslanos there was very largely at
! tended meeting held in Manila The pre-
dominating element in that meeting was
the Workmens Union, and also some of
the intransigente, or uncompromising part
OF the people, and l myself thought that
| there might perhaps be some Manifesto
ton against our coming. But I listened
| ana discovered that thev were tbara for
Ihe purpose or praising you for having Sc
iected commission of Filipinos to come to
| the United States to see the great works
| that had been wrought here and they said
1T was only in that way could the bonds
| that bind them to the United States he
! made closer. And they charged ms vary
| expressly and explicitly to convey to the
| government of the United States their ner
Iect falth that the people of the United
| states and the government would onIv
| work for the benefit of the Filipino peonJe
| They charged me, further, to state to the
| government that the phrase which Won
nave used to express concisely and con-
cretely the policy to be followed by the
government of the United States with re-
| spect to the islands, that the Philippines
are Tor the Filfpinos, they do not consider
as phrase of only your own but as illus
trating the intentions and purposes of tba
american government and the people of
the United States toward the islands
AND they also charged me to say to you
ana the government that they were con-
hdent that as the time when the Philippine
assembly could be organized is left to YOU
they were fully convinced that when YOU
make your: promised visit you will realize
that the time will be ripe for its establish
ment.
And personally every member of the COM
| mission desires to thank you. Mr.. Secre-
tary for having made it possible for them
to visit the United States and the Philip
pine government for having furnished the
means to visit this land and to see what
American genius has wrought here
Many things, of course. have caused
deep emotion within us since having ar
rived at these shores, but nothing could
have caused more emotion and more pleas
uro tndn 10 nave visited the mouse OF YOUR
brother and family in Cincinnati. Great
pleasure have We also had in visiting your
Office, and seeing upon the walls a picture
of your father, and that while gazing upon
those features and after having visited the
house in Cincinnati we know why it was
that such heart and such brain as those
of William H. Taft could have been created.
I'VE desire to congratulate you Mr. Sec
retary, upon your selection of Mr.. Cameron
Forbes to occupy the vacancy in the COM
mission. / have had the pleasure of meet
ing him personally and of presenting him
to many Of the members of the commission.
We all charmed with his manner and
we are convinced that he will be a great
addition to the legislative force Of the Islands.
We desire also upon this occasion to ex-
press our thanks to you for having afforded
US the opportunity of again seeing our old
and dear friend, Colonel Edwards
And now. 1T may be against the formal
tiles of the occasion, but we cannot refrain
from saying Long Live Taft -
Don Cayetano Arellano, chief justice OF
the supreme court of the Philippines. who
is on a visit to this city, attended the re-
ception. He has visited the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition and is on his way to New
Haven, where he is to receive degree from
Yale University. He called on Secretary
Taft yesterday to pay his respects, and the
two had a long talk over Philippine af-
fairs.
Tomorrow's Program.
Tomorrow the visitors will be in charge of
assisted by officials of the War Department
and interpreters: John Joy Edison, chair
man; Frank Hume, Thomas w. Smith,
Henry L. Biscoe Cuno H. Rudolph, Will
liam NJ Shuster, VIM. G. Henderson, Arch
ibald Greenless, Henry P. Blair, B. T.
Janney, Daniel Fraser, Alexander T. Hen
sey, Rudolph Kaufman, J. T. Hendrck
Alex Britton, Edwin B. Hay, Ralph P.
Barnard w. H. Kopfer. r. r. Bennett.
They will be taken In carriages to the
various public buildings and other points
of interest about the city.
The itinerary of the commission includes
nothing for this evening, and the visitors
will be given carte blanche to go where
tention to visit the Congressional Library.
and others will probably go to other points
of interest. Tomorrow evening the Fill
pinos will be entertained by army and navy
officers In the Army and Navy Club. Sun
day they will board the Dolphin for trip
to Mount Vernon and Monday morning
they will leave for Philadelphia and New
York
Reception Last Night,
The freedom of the city was extended to
the visitors at reception given last night
by the District Commissioners and the rep
resentative business men of the city in the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art. The Filpinos
were welcomed by Commissioner Macfar-
land in a brief speech, which was respond
ed to by Senior Pardo de Tavera. The re-