The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26
SECY. FAFT'S TRIP TO MANILA.
ABOTT FIFTY PERSONS WILL
ACCOMPANY HIN.

They Incluoe Elinu hoott HpeAhet Nhnnons
Ten Senators, Nineteen Representa-
tiyes. col. Clarence Edwards and Alice
Rooseyelt-The OBJECTS OF the Trip.
WAsHNOroy March 25.-Secretsry Of
War Taft to-day announced tho personnel
md the plans Of the party which will accom-
pany him on his trip 10 tho Philippines
this summer. There will be practically
fftD persons in the party. including many
Senators and Representatives. some Of
whom will take mmbers OF heir families,
and Miss Alice Roosevelt and ex-Secetary
Of war Elihu Root. The party will meet
10 san Francisco, according TO the present
plans, in time 10 sail on the Pacific Man
steamship Manohuria on the morning Of
July l. The steamer will touch at Homo
lulu. Yokohama, Kobe and NARasald, and
then 20 straight to Manila, where the party
Will remain for ten days, being entertained
by the Philippines Commission, which bears
the expenses Of transportation Of the Gov
eminent officials who take the trip.
Al Manila the party will take the Govern
nent transport Sheridan and spend about
twenty days visiting points Of interest,
especially In the commercial ports Of the
southern islands. The Sheridan will then
return TO Manila, where the party will be
picked up by tho steamship Korea, which
will stop at Hong Kong. and probably at
the japanese ports visited before, then at
Honolulu and from there to San Francisco,
arriving about Oct /.
While at Manila Secretary Taft viii trans
oct some highly important business oon-
cerning the new Philippines railways. He
viii then consider any bids which may
have been offered for the concession and
consult with the commission concerning
the award. By the Cooper act Of the last
Congress the Philippines Commission was
authorized to guarantee per cent on the
bonds issued by the builders Of the pro-
Jeoted railways, which will comprise about
nine hundred miles in the entire system.
II has been the plan Of the War Department
to give the whole concession 70 one con-
cern, but the bids and offers have been
90 few that II may be necessary TO split
the concession into a number Of short llnes.
Ono of the most serious problems Is the
arranging Of a satisfactory agreement
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 sys-
tenn Il will be necessary to build a paral-
thing that Is TO be avoided II possible, as
IL will mean smaller profits for both lines.
Secretary Taft has been told by repre-
sentatives Of the existing road that Il Is
for sale at an arbitrated price TO the con-
oessionnaires Of the new lines IN the islands.
The following Is a completed list Of those
who will accompany Secretary Taft:
The Hon. Elihu Root, Senators Allison
Of Iowa, Daniel Of Virginia, Dubois Of
Idaho Foster Of louisiana Long Of Kansas,
Newlands Of Nevada, Patterson Of Colorado,
Scott Of West Virginia, Stone OF Missouri
and Warren Of Wyoming; Speaker Cannon;
representative Bourke Cochran Of New
York, Cooper Of Wisconsin, Cr1mpacker
OF Indiana, Curtis Of Kansas, DeArmond
Of Missouri Foss Of Illinois, Gillett Of Massa-
chusetts, Grosvenor 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 |
tuohy, Smith Of Illinois and Watson Of |
Indiana; Col. Clarence R Edwards, U. g. A. |
ohief Of bureau Of insular ahairs; Fred W. |
Carpenter, private secretary 10 the Score
tafy Of War; Mas Roosevelt, Miss Board
man and Miss Macmillan Of Washington;
Ms. Dubois, wife Of the Senator from
Idaho; Mrs. Stone, wife Of the Senator nom
from Missouri; Mrs. Harvey
Clark, daughter Of Representative De-
Almond: Mrs. Hepburn, wife Of the Rep
resentative from Iowa; Mrs. HUI, wife Of
the Representative from Connecticut; Mrs.
Payne, wife Of the Representative from
New York; Mrs Smith, wife Of the Repre-.
sentative from Illinois; Edwin Root, son Of
Root; William Reyburn, Major
W. Austin Wadsworth and Mrs. Wads-
worth, Rogers X. Wetmore son Of Senator
Wetmore, and Mrs. Jones wife OF the Rep
from Virginia