Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-28
PARTY TO MANILA
VIII Include Gee. Taft, Miss Roosevelt
Senators and Representatives.

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Washington, March 27.-Secretary of
War Taft has announced the person.
mel and the plans Of the party which
will accompany him on his trip to the
Philippines. this summer. There Will
BE practically 50 persons In the party,
Including many senators and repre-
Aentatjves. some Of whom will take
members of their families. and Miss
Alice Roosevelt and ex-Secretary OF
war Elihu Root. The party will meet
in San Francisco, according to the
present plans, in time to sail on the
Pacific Mail steamship Manchuria on
the morning of July l. The steamer
will touch at Honolulu, Yokohama,
Kobe and Nagasaki. and then go
straight to Manila, where the party
wilt remain for 10 days, being enter
tanned by the Philippine commission,
which bears the expenses Of transport
tatfon Of the government officials who
take the trip.
At Manila the party will take the
government transport Sheridan and
spend about 70 days visiting points OF
interest, especially in the commercial
ports Of the southern Islands. Ihe
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where the party will be picked up oy
the steamship Korea. which Will stop
at Hongkong. and probably at the
japanese ports visited before, than at
Honolulu and from there to San FRAN
cisco. arriving about Oct l.
While at Manila Secretary Ia1t VIII
transact some highly important busi-
ness concerning the new Philippine
railways. He will then consider any
bids which may have been offered for
the concession and consult with the
comm,ssioin concerning the award. By
tl,e Cooper act of the last Congress the
PHILIPPINES Commission was authorized
to guarantee per cent. on the bonds
issued by the builders of the projected
RAILWAYS, which will comprise about
800 miles in the entire system. 1t has
been the plan Of the war department
TO give the whole concession to one
concern, but the bids and offers have
been so few that 1t may be necessary
to split the concessions into number
Of snort lines.
One of the most serious problems is
the arranging of a satisfactory agree
ment with the English owners of the
Manila and Dagupan road. the only
line in the archipelago at the present
time. Unless this road is included in
the projected system it will be neces-
sary 10 build a parallel line from Ma
Mia to Dagupan. something that is to
be avoided II possible. as it will mean
smaller profits for both lines. Secretary
Taft has been told by representatives
of the existing road that it Is for salt
at IN arbitrated price to the conces-
sionnaires of the new lines in the is
lands.
The following is a completed list Of
those who will accompany Secretary
Taft:
The Hon. Elihu Root. Senators Ali
son of Iowa, Daniel Of Virginia. Du-
bois Of Idaho Foster of Louisiana.
Long of Kansas. Newlands of Neva-
ia Patterson Of Colorado. Scott OF
West Virginia. Stone of Missouri. and
Warren of Wyoming. Speaker Cannon,
Representatives Burke Cochran OF
New York. Cooper OF Wisconsin.
Crumpacker of Indiana. Curtis of Kan
sas. DeArmond of Missouri, FOss of H.
linois. Gillett of Massachusetts,, CrOs-
venor Of Ohio. Hepburn Of Iowa. Hill
Of Connecticut, Howard Of Georgia.
Jones Of Virginia. Longworth of Ohio.
Mckinley Of Illinois. Payne of New
York, Scott Of Kansas. Shirley of Ken
lucky. Smith of Illinois and Watson Of
Indiana. Col. Clarence r. Edwards, U.
S. A.. chief of bureau Of insular at
fairs: Fred w. Carpenter, private Sec
rotary 10 the secretary of war: Miss
Roosevelt. Miss Boardman and Miss
Macmillan Of Washington: Mrs. Du-
bois, wife of the senator from Idaho;
Mrs. Stone. wife of the senator from
Missouri, Mrs. DeArmOnd. wife of the
representative from Missouri: Mrs.
Harvey Clark. daughter Representa-
tive DeArmond; Mrs. Hepburn. wife OF
the> representative from Iowa: Mrs.
Hill. wife of the representative from
Connecticut: Mrs. Payne, wife of the
representative from New York: Mrs.
Smith, wife Of the representative from
Illinois: Edwin Root. son Of Secretary
Root: William Reyburn, Maj. W. AUS
tin Wadsworth and Mrs. Wadsworth'
Rogers F. Wetmore. son Of Senator
WAtnore. and Mrs. Jones. wife OF the
representative fro Virginia.