Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
Missionaries Laud His Zeal,
Delicacy and Initiative
in Philippines
SERVICE HAS BEEN VALUABLE
Termed as Ono of countrys Greatest
Statesmen - Taft Gains Gratitude
Of All Religious sects = Great Work
in Educational System of Philippine
Islands.

New Yos Oct 24-The Rev. DR..
Homer c. ntz, first assistant sec
rotary of thet ard of foreign missions
of the MethoS 1t Episcopal church.
who spent seve.al years in the Phil
ippine Islands when William H. Taft
was there and who has written book,
entitled THE Philippines and the Far
East" has announced his intention to
vote for the republican candidate for
president He is supporting Judge
Taft's candidacy heartily, and when
seen today spoke about the fairness
which Taft had shown to all religious
sects in the Philippines.
Il was in the Philippine Islands, said
DR. Stuntz, las superintendent of mis-
sions of the Methodist church from
April, 1901, almost all the time until
December, 1906 During that time l
had ample opportunity to observe the
laws passed by the commission, of
which Governor Taft was the head. and
the administration of the Philippines
under the civil commission. In prepar-
alton for my book on The Philippines
and the Far East | was given access
by Judge Taft to any and all docu
ments which l wished to see, and thus
had unusual opportunities for secur-
ing firsthand information as to the
legislative and administrative work
which was carried forward in the is
lands during that period.
Always Fair.
"While we, as protestant ministers,
differed with Judge Taft on many
questions and were compelled to OPP
pose him and the commission in GER
tain legislation which was proposed,
am clearly convinced that Mr.. Taft
himself did all that could be reason
ably expected of him in his attempts
to be entirely fair as between the diff
ferent commercial and religious parties
with which he had to deal.
Il have looked the ground over thor
oughly, and have concluded that he
will give us the best administration of
any man now candidate for presl-
dent and shall vote for him. He is,
undoubtedly, one of the ablest public
IlCl Which Ills IlGtllcL LIDS CIVIL lhis'SN
up. / regard him as. without doubt,
the ablest administrator who ever has
addressed himself to the task of gov
erning Asiatic peoples. / say this after
I have lived for eight years in British
India, during the large part of which
time my duties required me to teach,
the history of that empire
One of Country's Greatest Statesmen.
The Rev. Dr. Arthur j. Blown, sec
rotary of the board of foreign missions
of the Presbyterian church and author
of book, entitled "rhe New Era in
the Philippines" also is enthusiastic
over the work and the assistance which
Taft, as governor general of the Philip
pines, gave to the various religious
sects in striving to educate and uplift
the Filipinos. He spent several months
in the islands when Governor Taft was
there. In his book he shows his ap-
probation of Governor Taft's cooper
alton with the church movement. He
says that Taft realized that the chief
deficiency of the Filipino was charac-
ter, and that the church would help
tremendously in the education and
moral upbuilding of the natives. He
PRAISES L ctll WOIh III OUlttIIllS CliS
enactment Of law which permits all
religious sects to own land in the is
lands Referring to the work Of the
United States in the islands, he says:
CAS- American citizens, we may cher
fish pardonable pride that during this
emergence of our country as an Asiatic
power, our national policy has been
shaped by such men as President Nc
Kinley, President Roosevelt, Secretary
of State Hay, Secretary of War Root
and Governor General Taft No other
Americans since Washington have had
to grapple with more stupendous prob
lens. Our history furnished no prece-
dents to guide, the new peoples no in
telligence to help. Order, liberty and
justice had to be newly created out
of chaos, bondage and oppression.
"Amid these extra and difficult con-
ditions, these men have shown a bold
ness of initiative, wisdom of execu
ton, fertility of resource and a
breadth Of mind and heart which place
them among the greatest statesmen.
There should be no politics in our sup
port of their policy no sectarianism in
our prayer that the God Of nations