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“The assemblies of presidents representing all the Negros of the West” request the retention of William H. Taft as Governor of the Philippines.
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1903-01-18
Henry W. Taft sends a speech by his brother, Governor of the Philippines William H. Taft, on corporate and labor matters that may be of interest.
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1903-01-22
Federals Liberals Nationalists request keeping Governor William H. Taft to complete work of America in Philippines.
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1903-01-10
Philippine lawyers request that Governor Taft remain as Governor of the Philippines.
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1903-01-11
The International Club reports that Filipinos are against Governor Taft’s departure.
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1903-01-11
Mayor Cruz Herrara claims there was a demonstration in Malacanang supporting the continuance of Governor Taft as Governor of the Philippines.
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1903-01-12
Guerrero Luna claims that Filipinos not affiliated with political parties consider the retention of Governor Taft as necessary to maintain peace.
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1903-01-12
The Real Estate Owners Association supports the retention of Governor Taft.
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1903-01-12
The provincial officials of Risal (sic) province request the retention of Governor Taft as governor of the Philippines.
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1903-01-14
Senator Hoar intends to speak out against the internment of Filipino leader Apolinario Mabini as President Roosevelt, Governor General of the Philippines William H. Taft, and Secretary of War Elihu Root have decided his confinement away from the Philippines will continue.
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1903-01-15
Henry W. Taft writes about his brother, Governor of the Philippines William H. Taft. The Taft family is against William being appointed to the Supreme Court but worries that his work in the Philippines will keep him away for several more years.
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1903-01-16
Provincial officials and the general assembly of Horhogon (sic, Sorsogon) province request the retention of Governor Taft.
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1903-01-17
Henry Billings Brown supports the rumored appointment of Governor Taft to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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1903-01-06
Senator Lodge encloses the amendment he added to the Sundry Civil Appropriations bill. Governor Taft has noted the importance of this amendment and Lodge asks President Roosevelt to recommend its passage to Congress.
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1903-01-06
Multiple officials of the Philippines request the continuance of Taft as Governor. Item includes a clean copy and an edited copy.
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1903-01-07
The members of the Philippine Commission urge President Roosevelt to retain William H. Taft as Governor-General of the Philippines, as they consider his presence necessary for success. A draft and the final copy of the message are included.
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1903-01-07
The native Filipino press is against Governor Taft’s departure and believes his retention is necessary for peace and the success of American policy.
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1903-01-10
Amasa Pierce Thornton is organizing an effort to Americanize the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the Philippines that the Vatican will find acceptable. He wants an audience with Secretary of War Root and Archbishop Ireland. He wants an agreement that is acceptable to Root, Governor of the Philippines William H. Taft, the Vatican, and President Roosevelt.
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1902-12-30
This series of communications discusses a dispute between the Catholic Church and the Philippine Independent Church over the right to perform mass at a church in Malabon. The Catholic bishop ordered that non-Catholics cannot observe the mass in this Catholic chapel. The priests refused to let the Philippine Independent Church perform the mass and withheld a sacred stone for the observance. Correspondence includes a lengthy piece of canon law regarding the ownership of public and private chapels or oratories.
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1902-12-09
Lieutenant Bisset has noticed that American authority has not been fully extended to all of the Filipino territory once controlled by Spain. The local sultan near Jolo has been inquiring about this discrepancy and unless American authority is extended the sultan may use his technical sovereignty to sell this territory to Great Britain or Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-04