The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-28
JUNKETERS BACK
FROM THE ORIENT
Return Of Most Of the Party Who
Went With Secretary Taft.
VESSEL BEAT THE RECORD
TIME WAS 10 DAYS, II HOURS
AND FIVE MINUTES.

San Francisco, Sept. 27.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship eompany's liner Korea,
Captain Feeder, arrived today from the
Orient. beating the trans-Pacific record
by several hours. Among her passen-
gers were Secretary OF War Taft and
most of the members of the party
which left with him for the far east on
the Manchuria on July 5 last. The
Korea sailed from Yokohama on Sept.
Il and came direct TO this city, omit
ting the usual stop at Honolulu. The
best time for this passage was made
by the same vessel, which held the pre-
Vious record of ten days and fifteen
hours.
On this trip she covered the distance
III ten days. eleven hours and five min
utes. an average speed or over eighteen
knots for the entire trip. The steamer
Empress of Japan has made the run
from Yokohama to Victoria in ten days
and ten hours. but the distance be-
tween those points is about 264 miles
less than that covered by the Korea.
Those Who Returned.
The following members Of the original
party returned on the Korea:
Secretary OF War William H. Taft.
Colonel Clarence r. Edwards, Captain
j. X. Thompson, A. D. c.: Captain Viii
liam Kelly, jr., A. d. c.; Private Secre-
tary Fred W. Carpenter, Major Guy L.
Eide. Private Secretary James A. Lee
Roy. Private Secretary W. +. Pedigo.
Senator and Mrs. Nathan b. Scott,
Senator and Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, SEN
ator Murphy j. Foster. Senator Thomas
NJ. Patterson, Representative and Mrs.
Serene E. Payne. Representative and
Mrs. Charles II. Grosvenor, Represen-
tative and Mrs. William p. Hepburn,
Representative and Mrs. George W.
Smith. Representative and Mrs. David
A DeArmond, Representative and Mrs.
William A. Jones, Representative
Henry A Cooper. Representative
Charles Curtis, Representative George
Edmund Foss, Representative and Mrs.
Ebenezer ]. Hill, Representative Theo-
bold Often. Representative William NJ
Howard, Representative and Mrs. Mi
chael Z. Driscoll, Representative
Charles F. Scott, Representative Ari-
osto A. Wiley. Representative and Mrs
George A. Loud, Representative Swa-
CUR Sherley, Mrs. Sherley, Representa-
tive Gilbert, Representative Duncan E.
Mckinley, X, CIough Anderson, Ather-
ton Brownell, Louis Chaplin, Charles
Clark. Miss Clark, Ward +. Copley.
Colonel James d. Hill. Mrs. Maggie,
Charles T. Jobes, William ]. Johnston,
Burr Mcintosh.
Views Of congressman.
Members of the Taft party who ar
rived from the Orient today have sum-
married. for the Associated Press, their
Impressions as follows:
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin,
chairman of the house committee on
insular affairs, said:
zone effect OF the trip will be. in
large measure, to take the question OF
immediate Philippine independence out
of politics. Personal study of the sit
uation has, l think. convinced the
mSmbers of our party, Democrats and
Republicans, that the inhabitants of
the Philippine islands are not now cap
able OF free self government. This con-
Ausion Is admitted to be true by edu-
.ated, conservative FilipinOs them
selves, though they, like a majority
II the other people of the islands, hope
or AN Independent government when
he inhabitants of the islands shall be-
come fitted to maintain il. The pros
lerity of the Philippines depends upon
heir agricultural productions. The
United States has done many noble
wonderful things in the Philippines, but
rs most glorious work is the estab-
ishment there of a splendid system Of
American common schools. These
schools, steadily increasing in number.
attended now ES S75, 600 children out of
IA enrolment of more than 100000, will
more than any other influence, help to
abolish the multitude OF dialects and
tongues and degenerate the people Of
he Philippine islands. Our experiences
IN China and Japan were most inter
asting and instructive. China is being
affected by powerful influences. one
internal and the other external. and
.hese are at last having an effect on
ner ancient conservatism.
China Waking Up.
TO me ne most significant thing of
the whole trip was a statement made
q during a conversation that / had at
Canton with a Chinaman high in Chi
nese business and official life. l had
remarked upon Japans great success
In peace and war Yes said he, we
Cinnamon have observed Japan's sue
cess. We have studied the reason for
Il and we know why she has succeeded.
We are going 10 profit from our study.
China ought to turn over. She must
turn over. / assure you that she Will
turn over. 1t will take time. Power
full influences are opposing, but China
Is going to turn over
Among other things he declared that
the greatest benefit ever conferred by
+4,y, t,rnY, another WAS vhap the