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Secretary of War Taft disagrees with Bishop Rooker regarding the threat posed by Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan and the Iglesia Filipina Independiente to the Philippine government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-22
President Roosevelt wants Secretary of War Taft to read the enclosed letters from Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker and Bishop Thomas Augustine Hendrick before coming to dinner, if possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-16
Theodore Roosevelt would like Eugene Philbin to include in the editorial to the Evening Post that Roosevelt received the Archbishop of Canterbury, a group of Methodist ministers from Wales, a group of Congregational ministers from England, a group of Presbyterian ministers from Scotland, and Lutheran ministers from England before he received Cardinal Satolli. Roosevelt wants to prove that he is not guilty of prejudice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-04
President Roosevelt thinks that Father Wynne’s letter is interesting and is concerned what his correspondent says about Hawaii. Roosevelt would like Eugene A. Philbin to come to Washington, D.C., in the fall and see the letter that Roosevelt has written to Bishop Rooker.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-25
President Roosevelt is enclosing “letters from Bishop [Frederick] Rooker to me, from me to Bishop Rooker, and from Governor [William H.] Taft to me about Bishop Rooker’s letter” for Governor General of the Philippines Wright and Commissioner James Francis Smith to read. Roosevelt thinks his letters have covered the main points, but invites Wright and Smith to write him with any other points they would like to raise. Roosevelt also congratulates both of them on their work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-22
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Beveridge and asks him to convey his appreciation to Frederick Rooker. Roosevelt will not take up the case against Miller because the allegations of immortality are not in good faith but are a means to remove Miller as a non-union man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-26
Bishop Rooker has requested that the bishops’ houses in the Philippines currently controlled by the government be returned. President Roosevelt would like to help the bishops and considers friendly relations with them to be important in “securing good civil government and order and peace.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-15
Luke E. Wright responds to the allegations of Bishop Rooker about the violation of rights of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Rooker claims that the Federal Party is at the root of the Aglipayan movement and that Governor Taft and his colleagues are “merely puppets in the hands of the Federal Party,” with the result that “a large amount of church property has been seized and is now withheld.” Wright disputes these allegations by explaining the origin of the Federal Party and analyzing the relations between different religious and political groups in the Philippines. Wright notes that the continued discussion about independence has made the situation in the Philippines more difficult.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-15
Secretary of War Taft discusses President Roosevelt’s response to Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker’s complaints about Filipinos and the government of the Philippines with regard to land belonging to the Catholic Church. Taft explains why Rooker is misguided and offers his views of the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-22
Correspondence between James Francis Smith, Secretary of Public Instruction in the Philippines, and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker, the Bishop of Jaro, regarding concerns over the use of a certain textbook in public schools.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-11
Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt about the political process of completing the contract for the Friars’ land settlement in the Philippines. Ireland states that the only positive report of the process, besides his own, has come from the Apostolic Delegate Giovanni Guidi. The Friars and bishops are conveying contradictory, or negative information to the Vatican’s Secretary of State. Ireland requests that Governor Taft write to the Vatican and discuss how the effort is proceeding to support what the Apostolic Delegate and the Archbishop have reported.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-31
Secretary of War Taft sends a memorandum to President Roosevelt, enclosing correspondences concerning Frederick Zadok Rooker, bishop of Jaro, Philippines, and John Thomas McDonough, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Taft refers to a mistake made by Rooker and says that because McDonough is an Irishman, “fighting proclivities” appeal to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-02
Governor General of the Philippines Taft is concerned about Beekman Winthrop’s appointment to the Philippine Commission. There are several more experienced candidates and the appointment of such a young man could “disintegrate the Government.” Vice Governor Luke E. Wright has been diagnosed with amoebic dysentery and is not well. Bishops Denis J. Dougherty and Frederick Zadok Rooker have taken up their posts and Taft is pleased with them. He views the arrival of the American bishops as the end of the “Spanish friar hierarchy.” Negotiations for the friars’ lands continue, and Taft would recommend a deal that does not exceed $7.5 million.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-31