Evening star., 1909-06-11
- o+ber denominations. I am in favor

- ..hor denominations. I am in favor
80 having them all there, because !
think YOU will agree with me that all
churches get along better when tnere
is complete Christian emulation between
them: that. If l may use, use n non,shea nhnacbea
term, competition helps along In churches
as it does in other things.
eft has fallen to my lot by reason
OF NV experience in the Philippines
and my responsibility for the Ph1ilp,
pine government. to become ao9u rathnlic
priesthood and a great many OF the
Catholic hierarchy. One Of my mos. IN, ~
teresting experiences was my slsl. ~
Rome, and 1 refer to that 70 coihlieae a
on the remark that Father Doyle mace
with reference to the change In the
feeling between denominations.
",These problems that l have outlined
to you had to be settled In some way.
and the question was how were tney
20 no settled. Were we to deal with
agents in the islands who did not nave
authority. and in the nature or tnlhss
could not have authority, or were we "
go to the head of the church' 10 lhe
nerson who had complete authority, ana
aea1 with him? That was the straight
forward. American way of dolngs tnlhgs:
| There was suggested the dlmcuIly ol
automatic relations which were contrary
| to our traditions, pollucaliy ana non- cons
| tutionally, and were liable 10 nIscoh-
| ception and misrepresentation IL re-
lirious rancor and religious bigotry were
| allowed to have force -,
| And so we consulted together-Mr
Roosevelt. Mr.. Root. the leading mem
| hers of the Senate, and members OF an
| church denominations-and we concludeo
| (or they concluded; l say we because
l was the humble instrument TO call.
| out what their conclusions were) ina.
! the hest way was the direct way, and
| so l went to Rome and had the honor OF
being received by Leo XIII. one OF the
greatest popes that ever sat IN tnat chalr,
and man of such high intellectual
| character, such broad abilities. that
| shall always congratulate myself on nav
ing had the opportunity Of coming into
his presence and meeting him.
Pope Alert and Interested.
i Il had supposed he. at ninety-two years
of age, was a lay figure. rather, at the
head of the church, and that we should
be turned over to the cardinals, who real
ly conducted church matters. but my
mind was quickly disabused on that point
for as soon as 1 was brought into ms
presence l found a most alert OLD gentie-
| man, quick in movement, quick IN IN
| tellectual appreciation of what was salo
| to him. and intensely interested in the
| subject which 1t was my honor anu HS
opportunity TO present.
| after an address had been made &c
him of some thirty minutes. he respond
| showing that he had caught all the points
| which were made, that he was fully alive
| 10 the importance of the issue, and tina,
he proposed to have good deal TO say
about how that issue should be settled
| We did not reach a definite conclusion al
II Rome as we had hoped to. and in the
last interview l had with him he sale
that he was somewhat disappointed tha'
we had not been able to reach just the
conclusion that we hoped for, but tha'
he was going to send an agent of his tf
the Philippines, who was going to carry
out policy that would come as close al
possible to satisfying the American gov
ernment in the settlement or the ques
tions which were there.
And he did. He sent, as ! say. Arch
bishop Guidi, man whom 1t was
! pleasure to have business with. ant
through whom most of the questions were
subsequently settled. l am glad to say
l that those which We're left open were
afterward settled with Archbishop Harty
: and that the settlement was on mes
/ satisfactory basis for both sides. so tha
there is not today in :he Philippine Is
lands an existing question; no snake
. heads. as Gov. Wright was in the habi
, of calling them. that can rise to trouble
either the civil the church govern
ment in those islands.
n Increase in Tolerance.
e Il wish to go back for a minute anG
say that after the settlement was eff
fected, after we had visited Rome, afte
the conference was held. there were yer,
few if any extremists in this country
reacklnE q solution. ] venture to say