The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-14
TAFT ON M KlNLEY
Continued from First Pago)


 attended that service as well and was choered by a great throng gathered outside the cdifce, Besides himself, the speakers tonight were Andrew Carnegie and John J. McCook
 Tt was in February, 1900, said MT, Taft, in narratng his resignation from the bcnch and his entry into public life, arriving at the White House | was ushercd into the cabinet room and there l met the president. | Judge, he said, I'd like to have you go to the Philippines,
 "I said Mir President what do you mean by going to the Philippincs?' He He replied; We must establish gov ernmcnt there and l would like for you to help"
 But Mr. President, l am sorry we them and 1 think you ought to have them and thInu1 you ought to have some man who Is more in sympathy with you"
 'i don't want them any less than You do,' replied the president, but we have got them and in dealing with them l think I can trust the man who didn't want them better than l can the man who did"
 'You can readily understand" con- tinued Mir Taft, the feelings of a man whose only object in going to | Washington was the hope of finding a vacant cushion on the Supreme court bench, to he asked to go 10000 miles | from home But after l had talked with Mir Mckinley and with Secretary | Root decided I would go and in a hurry"
 Mir McKinley's idea, and it is his idea we are still carrying out in the Philippines of benevolent assm- Iation. That idea or policy has come l in for much criticism and rdicuc but we had to begin it by fighting q war because tranquility was secured only | through the, exercise of the sword II was a causc of the deepest sorrow to Mir Mckinley that this was necessary and today we arc trying to carry out that which he would have us do were he alive today We arc trying 10 edu- cate the people in the islands and to teach them true partial self govern ment to attain the point where ulti- mately they will be able 10 govern themselves
 lt Is necessary for us to say In thc Philippines In order to benefit the pco- pie there The rising generation Is l eagerly grasplng the opportunities for education that are offered and there are now halr a million Filipino chil- drcn In tho schools.
 In good faith we arc carving out an aluulstc policy We must con- tinue this rolcy and hold the islands for the bouc1t or the people who lllr there. t,
 Mr Taft pain striking personal trl butc to thc character of Mr McKlnlcy and declared that II was peculiarly bc0ttIng that an organ should bc ded c.ted tu him whose whole llfc was one of harmony. "Ile also was great judge of mon" continued Mr Taft.
 I dldn't realize how great until [ began tho work myself of selecting Q cabinet lc alwa. soemcd sur' of hls dNIliNN 70 ll''I NNeiif d llltIl l' l'H.' Il office under him no matter how positive was incarnation he received that the man ln question could not possibly un- dortakc the work In mlnd He was told t was not possible for hm 10 get thr services of tho greatest secretary of war l win hardly except stanton thai thI. country has ever known. Ellhu Root Mir Root went to Washington to decline bat hc came back sccrc- tary Of war
 While m Now York Mir ror' is tho guest of his lrothe: henry W. raft llr saw few caltors ,orday, and went for long walk this afternoon w.th Henry Taft and another brother. Ilor- mo ll Inf nf N-ninlinM.n- lnnn