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Governor Taft praises the Federal Party of the Philippines.
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1902-09-09
Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent for Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands, comments on a proposed amendment to a law regarding schools in the Philippines.
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1902-09-10
General Superintendent Atkinson encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, with comments concerning a proposed amendment to school law in the Philippines.
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1902-09-11
The Philippine Commission has declared that the insurrection in the Philippines has ceased and requests that President Roosevelt order a census for the islands under the direction of Joseph P. Sanger.
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1902-09-11
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger encloses a cablegram extract and a copy of the Philippine Bill.
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1902-09-12
Governor Taft reviews a variety of Philippine issues; including the friars controversy, the public school system, reforming the civil administration, and the military situation of the islands. Generally, he believes that the condition of the Philippines is good and likely to get better.
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1902-09-13
R. C. Day and Harry W. Nash of the Philippine Association of Rough Riders have recently passed away. Albert P. Wright reiterates that the Rough Riders of the Philippines continue to support President Roosevelt.
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1902-08-18
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger requests a copy of the letter he sent to President Roosevelt regarding General Miles’s request to visit the Philippines.
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1902-08-19
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger believes that Bernard Moses could be removed from the Philippine Commission and that Dean C. Worcester may soon leave to enter into business.
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1902-08-19
Bishop McFaul would like Eugene A. Philbin to assure President Roosevelt of the good will of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. McFaul favors a public school system in the Philippines but wanted it to be adapted to the Catholic majority with religion as part of the curriculum. He also believes that the friar question would have resolved itself without government intervention.
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1902-08-20
White House telegrapher Benjamin F. Montgomery forwards a telegram from Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger to President Roosevelt, regarding a request from General Nelson Appleton Miles for permission to travel to the Philippines. Roosevelt had first denied such permission, but later, on consultation with Henry Clark Corbin, granted it. Sanger subsequently became aware that Secretary of War Elihu Root had let it be known that he opposes granting permission. Miles has been notified that a final decision will be held until further notice. Sanger awaits the direction of Root and Roosevelt.
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1902-08-25
An unnamed matter has been referred to Reverend Esteban Guzman.
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1902-08-26
Gifford Pinchot is traveling to Russia and the Philippines to study forestry and requests a letter from President Roosevelt expressing interest in Pinchot’s work. Pinchot believes that such a letter could be of “great value” with foreign officials.
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1902-08-26
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger encloses a copy of the notification to General Miles concerning his tour of inspection in the Philippines.
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1902-08-26
General Superintendent of Education Bryan sends eight questions regarding education in the Philippines to the District Superintendents of the Department of Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands.
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1902-08-28
An unnamed item has been referred to Major Thomas L. Hartigan.
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1902-08-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends enclosures for President Roosevelt and informs him that Jacob Gould Schurman has been excused from the citizens’ committee advocating an investigation of military actions in the Philippines.
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1902-08-11
Felix Alexander Reeve does not recommend confronting the Roosevelt administration over the friar controversy in the Philippines. The main opposition to the friars comes from the Filipinos and under such circumstances the friars can achieve little good.
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1902-08-11
The President of Cornell University Jacob Gould Schurman discusses the situation in the Philippines in this excerpt of his speech. Schurman advocates administrating the Philippines for the benefit of the Filipinos.
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1902-12-19
Bernard Moses points out numerous irregularities within the Bureau of Public Instruction of the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-01