Show TAFT ADMIRED r. r BY PRESIDENT i I I I Ir I Ir r Governor of Manilas Manila's Visit to Washington a Welcome Wel- Wel Welcome come Event to the Roosevelt Administration J Has a High Regard for Him I r j 0 Special to T The e Telegram S r Washington aShl D. D C C. Jan 30 The The tu- tu c riv rival i of f Judge dge William H. H Taft Civil q Governor vernor of the Philippines in this city yesterday afternoon was a welcome event to to the the Administration While the late President McKinley who se selected selected selected se- se the Judge for the important post at Manila was a cordial admirer of the young Governor President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt is equally cordial in his admira admira- tion Indeed the President had put himself on record over his own signature signature signature signa signa- ture in a a. magazine article before Mr McKinley l was shot and expressed the warmest regard for the Governor both as a man and as a jurist The The two possess many qualities In common They are straightforward fearless and possessed of the enthusiasm an and energy en energy en- en n- n ergy of young men Th They y h have re known each other foi quite a long long- while Gov Taft raft is approachable but Knows thoroughly w well ll how to keep his his his' own own counsel He lIe is the guest of Secretary Root Hoot with whose department t of course he will have most of his conferences Th The Gov Governor It is understood will advise the maintenance of but a a sm small ll army in the Philippines his beU belief f be be- I that the people can be best ruled by Americanizing them as speedily and I thoroughly as possible He Hel is a strong advocate o of primary education He probably comes by this naturally as his father the late Judge Alphonso Taft who was as in Grants Grant's Cabinet having for foi any years been a teacher school-teacher andle andle and andle le of the Governors Governor's brothers is jw W conducting a a. college pre- pre school in the East The bent f the Governors Governor's mind is wholly civic so to speak and not military However i I it is thought ho will advise no weak weak- weakening eak- eak ening of the military grasp grasp upon upon the natives wh where re there might might be the least danger of an n insurrection Th The is virtually over the trouble that threatened to make him himan himan himan an invalid at Manila and presents the appearance of a a strong energetic lc healthy manThe man The report of Inspector Co Code e on th the Idaho canal matters mattei it is expected d willbe willbe will willbe be given out in a day 01 or two two The In Inspector Inspector inspector In- In is here with full details of the situation as at gathered from his tion If Senator Duboiss Dubois's wishes t prevail pre prevail vail vall the thc contractors on Hl tiie canal willbe will willbe willi willibe be paid and the Government will buy I th the can canal from Basalt Senator r DuI Dubois's Duboiss Du Duboiss I boiss bois's land bill iI it is understood wi will willbe willbe l be favorably reported by bythe the commit committee I te tee having it in in charge fIt It allows States having having- a ing for forest t r reserve ser e lands t to take lands ands In plate plade of ot school sections section's If the bill becomes a law Idaho will have about acres thus at its d disposal r t t Judge Edw Edward ad Kent whose w 1 s name name was sent h 19 the Senate yesterday ter a for forChie for Chief Chie Justice of the Supreme court of I Arizona will doubtless be confirmed He is now the Assistant United States Attorney of Colorado a and will succeed Judge Webster Streeter Streeter The Thunder mountain miners are making a lively fight at the Po tot kp department to get the sed proposed postoffice postoffice postoffice fice right at the mines The town site people are trying to show that the place for Uncle Sam to do business at i is the i foot of the mountain |