The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
TAFT SEEMS TO
HAVE A HUNCH''
Secretary Expects to Return to
Manila Two Years Hence
as Private Citizen.
SPEECH MADE AT BANQUET
SIGNIFICANCE DID NOT STRIKE
THE AUDIENCE.
SPEECH MADE AT BANQUET

Manila, Oct. 19.-At a banquet given
| in his honor in this city tonight Secre-
tary of War William H. Taft made a
most significant statement. He was
referring TO the fact that he had al
ready visited the Philippine islands
three times, and in expressing his in
tention to come here again, he said:
Il hope in another two years to visit
Manila again. but then I probably will
| come as a private citizen"
The significance of Mr.. Taft's re-
marks in relation to the chances of his
nomination for the presidency next
year did not seem to strike his au-
dience. The secretary's speech was re-
ceived with much enthusiasm by the
representative FilipinOs present when
he declared the government was 1nX-
ious and ready to help the business
prosperity of the islands.
Secretary Taft devoted today to an
inspection of the schools of Manila.
Education in the Islands.
He visited the normal academy and
trade schools, and was given a recep-
ton at the Industrial exposition now
being held here. In addressing a gath
ering of pupils the secretary declared
education TO be the hope of the islands.
He said the trade schools afford a Won
derful opportunity Of teaching the dig
nifty of labor, with head and hands No
people could advance to a high state of
civilization who looked down, upon or
despised labor. and the F'ilipinos should
take pride and satisfaction in develop
ing the education of their hands as we'll
as their heads. Agriculture, the secre-
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phase in the development of the Fill
pinOs. farmers being needed just as
much as lawyers, doctors and clergy
men, and agricultural instructions
| should not be neglected. He paid a
| tribute to the self-sacrificing work. of
the teachers, and complimented Gov
ernOr General Smith and DIR. Barrows
of the educational department on the
| school system.
Speech to Medical Students.
| The secretary inspected also the new
| ly-established medical school in Ma
Mia Speaking to the medical students,
| he said he considered this new work
| fully as important as any taken up by
| the government, and that the islands
were in need of physicians and a by
! gienic system of living. He paid a
! tribute to American doctors. Without
| the knowledge of tropical diseases
| gained by American doctors during the
! Spanish-American war, the construe-
ton of the Panama canal would have
been impossible Eut with this knowl-
edge they have been able to clean up
the canal zone and make it healthy and
/ the completion of the canal was as
| sured. In conclusion. the secretary
| complimented the medical societies
upon the harmonious cooperation of
American and Filipino instructors.
Taft in Runaway.
While returning from Fort William
| Mckinley last night, the horses at
tached to the carriage in which were
Secretary Taft and Governor General
Smith ran away. A detective who was
on the box took the reins from the
! hands of the driver, but he was not
4 able to bring the horses to a standstill.
He succeeded, however, in driving them
! into a ditch and thus stopping the car
riage. Neither occupants nor horses
were hurt. There is no official program
for tomorrow, and the secretary con-
sequenty will have a free day.
Another Banquet.
There was an enthusiastic demon
| stratiOn for Secretary Taft at a BAN
quet given in his honor tonight by
| William Morgan Shuster, a member OF
/ the Philippine commission. Leading
representatives of callings and nation
alities We're present. The speakers in
| cluded Senior Osmena, the newly-elect-
| ed speaker of the assembly, and Gov
| ernor General Smith. General Smith
confessed in his remarks that he was
one of those who had doubted the wis
dom of the policy inaugurated by Sec
rotary Taft eight years ago. but he
now realized that this had been the
only method to bring the two people
to a common ground. He said that if
| one were to judge the future by the
past, the success of Mr.. Taft's policy
would be unbounded, and he was
thankful for the circumstances which
had made it possible for the secretary
to participate in the insular legisla-
ton. 1t was feared three months ago,
the general went on, that the national
assembly would be radical, but it has
proved its conservatism and has set
tied down to do business on conserva-
! tive lines.
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