Evening star., 1909-07-07
ANNUAL SANE FOURTH MORE TOLERANCE NOW
Permanent ORGANIZATION Pro- President Tells of Negotiations
posed by Mr.. MacfarIand. With the Vatican.
COMMITTEE TO HEAR PL AN SPEAKS TO CATHOLICS
Chairman Will Present Ideas Lberay Religious
Final Meeting Thought Discussed
CITIZENS ELIGIBLE LAKE CHAMPLA1N CEREMONIES
of at Plattsburg Barracks-Indian
Memb
SPEAKS TO CATHOLICS
Growth of Liberality in Religious
Thought Discussed.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN CEREMONIES
Review of Federal and State Troops
at Plattsburg Barracks-Indian
Pageants Presented.

PEATTSBI- -RG. y. V. July I.-Presi-
dent Taft. as the guest of the New York
and Vermont Champlain terceutenarv
commissions found himself the central
figure today in series of events in CON
nection with the celebration of the 40 il
anniversary of the discovery of tho Cham
plain country. that promised no cessa-
ton of activities until far into the night.
Early i'm the day the President motored
to Cliff Haven, half a mile from Bluff
Point. where he addressed large gather
ing at the Catholic Summer School of
America. returning later to the Hotel
Champlain. where he received the foreign
ambassadors. Cows. Hughes and Prouty.
members of the New York state legsla-
ture and others of the guests
The President welcome at the Catholic
Summer School was hearty one. and
the editce was packed TO the doors. AT
the Presidents right on the platform was
Cardinal Gibbons. while on his left was
Gov. Hughes. by whom he presented.
Others on the platform We're Bishop COL
lns of Kingston. Jamaica. Bishop Coul-
ton of Buffalo. Bishop MacSherry of Cape
Town, South Africa. and DIR. Mcmahon.
president of the summer school, who in
troduced the governor
AS the Presdent. rose to speak six little
girls in white marched to the platform.
the foremost one with cuitsey present
ing him with a bouquet of flowers on be-
half Of the school, which the President
acknowledged with a low bow, shaking
the hand Of the little miss and Offering
her his thanks.
Dealings With the Catholics.
President Taft had little to say of
Champlain. but devoted himself mainly TO
his dealings with the Catholic Church in
the Philippines as having bearing on
the present celebration. He told of his
meeting with Pope Leo XIII at the Vat
lean. whom he eulogiZed as distin-
Suished statesman and pontiff.
Gov. Hughes and | are going to spend
three or four days delivering speeches ut
each other said the President by way
OF introduction. "and expressing our opin-
ion Of each other in a way that will en-
/ able -us to do IL when we get through
with great facility. Gov Hughes needs
no practice. but have To have little.
Il would he without that which makes
man IL l did not appreciate to the full
the kindly words of your distinguished
governor, and if j did not congratulate
the state of New York on having a gov
ernor who represents the highest ideals.
One is almost carried off his feet before
such an audience There is something in
the atmosphere that suggests flying
machine, as if you were all so full of joy
that that element in you raises you up.
and that is the way you ought to be, and
l congratulate you that such is the
feeling.
THE combination Of work and pleasure.
the cultivation of health on the one hand
and intellect on the other. and of religious
faith above all-all under such beautiful
Surroundings--dre calculated to make ev-
cry one enthusiastic. | share that enthu-
Siasm to the full.
Il am not a Catholic. but have had in
the last ten years a great deal to do with
ha hnI rhirro Inf
carry me into a part of the world that
made me familiar with the French ex-
plorers. the French leaders of civilization
like Champlain, as il did into the regions
of those leaders that came from Spain
into the Philippines where the same in
fiuence that carried Champlan here and
that same influence that controlled him
controlled men equally brave and in GER
tain respects more successful. Legaspi,
who came out to the Philippines with
four or five Augustinian monks. converted
to Christianity that entire archipelago.
now having some i,ooo.iD or S.oo9WD
souls and then perhaps 5Oo.OOo-the only
community of people in the entire orient
that today a people are Christians.
There is on the Luneta, the great public
square facing the ocean in Manila,
statue carved by a great Spanish sculptor.
Querol, on which there are two figures.
Legaspi. holding the standard of Spain.
but with his sword drawn. and behind
him Erdaneta. "A Recollete monk. holding
aloft behind all the cross. and there is
in that statue such movement. such force.
such courage, that ] used to like, even in
the hot days of Manila, to stand in front
of it and enjoy. as | thought i could.
the spirit that the sculptor had tried To
put in there of loyalty to country and
faith in God.
l. Growth in Tolerance.
II think we are reaching "A point in
this country where are very much
more Tolerant of everything and every
body than in the past, and where We are
giving justice where justice ought to bc
given We are no longer cllariShins those
narrow preludceS that come from de-
nominational bigotry, and we able to
recognize in the past those great heroes
in religion and Christian faith. and ap-
preciate tic virtues that they exhibited,
and follow the examples that they have
set for
Religious tolerance is rather IA mod
ern invention. Those of us of Puritan an
cestry have been aat 10 think that we
were the inventors of religious tolerance.
Well. as a matter Of fac. what We We're
in favor of. if l can speak for Puritan
ancestry, was in having right TO Wor-
ship God We pleased, and have every,
body else worship God in the same way.
But we have worked that on. now and
there has been great change, l am
sure. and his eminence the cardinal will
agree with me. even in the last twenty
of il in some OF the work tina. he had TO
do in the PHILIPPINES. Fifty years ago
If it had been proposed To send "A repre-
sentative of the government to the Vati-
can 20 negotiate ana settle matters aris-
ing in a country like the Philippines be
tween the government and the Roman
Catholic Church. il would have given rise
to the severest condemnation and criti-
cism on the .art OF those who would
have feared some diplomatic connection
between the government and the Vatican
contrary TO our traditions: but within the
last ten years that has been done. with
the fun concurrence of all religious de-
nominations. believing that the way 10
do things il TO do them directly, and
when a matter is to be set led that Ii
should be with the head of the church,
who has authority TO act.
And SO il fell TO my lot, and in that
respect just by good luck / came TO be
an exception which will perhaps stand
for many years as the sole exception. OF
being representative of the United
States at the Vatican. There I had the
pleasure of meeting that distinguished
statesman and pontiff Leo XIII.
Church and State Separated.
Il am gratifed to say now that every
question between the church and the state