The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19
PRESIDENT PRAISES
AUGUST|N|AN MONKS
Refers to Purchase of Friar
Lands in Philippines
From Order.
~ AYeociatel Prcss.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON June lS.-FFesidenl
Taft made n flying trip through souln-
western Pennsylvania today, He LETT
Washington at Z O'Clock this morning ana
returned To the White house shoru? pe-
fore 10 o'clock tonight The president
spent three hours at VillanoVa. Ia
where he received from ST. Thomas COL
lege the degree of doctor OF Juri5ptu-
dence and where he delivered an iddress
In tribute TO the work OF the AnguslihltI
fathers In the Philippines and had some
thing TO say oi the frlar lands. Inc
president is now a b, LID, d C' L'
and J. -.
From vnlanova the president jour,
neycd to Wcstchester, thence to inc
negro institution at Lincoln university,
Pa, and made the last speech Oh ehe u''
In the midst OF his JouTneYngS Mr;
Taft found time TO talk a little pohtics
with Senator Penrose,, whom he sum nm
moned TO his car at Philadelphia. Ihe
interview between the president ana ser
ator Penrose was regarded In FhliaaeI-
phia as of significant import, but neltherr
would discuss what happened. None Oh
Secretary KnoX's colleagues In the capi
net. however believe he Will resign to
become Republican candidate for GOV
ernor. The president IL said 10 holu INC
The president was entertained at
luncheon by host of prelates OF me
Catholic church at Nillanoya and me met
a number Of other friends there, lnciud-
ing Bishop silva OF Lisbon, Portugal
The president In his speech at VIVA :
nova reviewed the history OF the Ehilr =,
ippines and OF the educational Work 0i
the Ausustinian monks there, ana eoIo
how the lriar lands came TO be pur-
chased.
when we reached the Philippines we
came in there with our ideas OF 1ustice
and ownership OF property, ne salo,
1.-The moment we established order and
put in courts. 1t became necessary Tor
us TO use the strong arm OF Justlce 20
re- establish the friars in the ownership
Of these lands, in the collection OF rents
and the establishment generally OF their
| rights OF property.
''IThe question was. what were we to
do? We concluded that the only way to
| do was to buy those lands under Il vol
! untary purchase. We approached the
heads OF the order in the island, but they
| did not have authority.
cree of the pope at Rome. and the au-
thority to permit the sale rested with the
pope Now. the American way OF deal
| Ing with that was 10 so directly TO the
man and the authority that could act.
! "l5ut It was said IL was contrary 10 all
of our traditions 10 deal automatically
| with the head of the church, and there
| fore IL was not done. Well. we at last
reached the conclusion that the best way
| was the direct way; that we would SEND
a man to Rome TO see II IL could not be
| arranged,
And so 7 had the good fortune and the
| unique experience, in company with peo-
pie who knew more than | did In nj
| those subjects, Of going to Rome. of be-
| ing presented to his holiness. Leo XIII.
and of comforting with him and his con-
| gregations In reference To the working
out OF this problem. / shall always deem
| 1T Il good fortune that I had the honor
OF coming into personal contact with thai
great man.
Now what l wish 10 point out In re
| gard to that settlenent-in regard to the
visit 10 Rome-ln regard TO the gooc
feeling which II has engendered through
out this country. is the progress. not OF
| intldelIty, not OF disbelief in the funda-
mental creeds, but the progress of toll
erance between denominations, the toll
erance OF religious liberty and the grea
reunion and the coming closer together
| OF all Christian denominations. IN tho
brotherhood of man, in the fatherhood Of
|