Show New Philippine Vice Governor Ready to Work I I By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON WASHINGTO Jan 1 In 1 In his office at the department of ot Justice a a. tall slender slightly gray haired scholarly man of or middle a age is putting putting put put- ting things in shape o so ho ml may leave put I for the tiie Philippines Philippines- George Charles Butte Butto soon Is to leave lea to becore vico governor of the Philippines Philippines-a. a position which I carries with it jurisdiction of ot edu- edu ration and h health in tho the islands It is Js tho the second time Dr Butte Butle has been sent as ns an official of of oI this government go nt to an Insular posses posses- sion In 19 1925 5 ho went to Porto lorto Rico to servo as attorney general g For three years cars ho was chU charged ed edwith with tho the entire administration of ot Justice there thero During this time he succeeded in ln placing tho the Judiciary of ot Porto Rico nico on a high plane Then he ho resigned A was found for him Jn In Washington ns as a special assistant to the attorney general gentral of or th United States He lie leaves this thiN post to b become omo vice governor of ot la io Philippines Dr Butto's appointment was hailed here and in Manila with en en- en n- n srn Thu Tho storm of or criticism which followed appointment of ot Nicholas Roosevelt to the post and from which Roosevelt subsequently resigned made tho ilie choice of ot vice governor so ono of ot Importance S S S Dr 11 Butte an ln energetic man speaks Spanish fluently and has hasa n. n great re knowledge e of or Spanish usages and und customs lIe He j is known to be c an advocate tc of ot colonial that administration that administration that is Is ho hue holds experience an and training in Tn the tho needs of or Insular possessions are requisites in tho the selection of or admin admin- Ills His training in Porto Porte Rico Rice which brought him Into contact with all ill branches of or the government ho he thinks will stand him in hood good stead I as vice vleo governor of ot the Philippines S S SOne Ono One of or the tho first things s on n his Ills program when he reaches Manila early in the tho new year is to spend much of hi his hll him In traveling tra through tho the islands Ho lIe wants to acquaint himself through actual contact with the tho problems of ot e edu u- u cation and sanitation Dr Butte was born burn in ln San Francisco 5 53 63 years ealS ago o. His Ills father died when he was nine and ho went wit his mother to hIre 11 on a farm in Texas Ho was sas educated at tho time University of ot Texas After Arter several years ears of oC study ix In Europe ho returned to the United States as ns doctor of ot civil and canonical law from H Heidel berg As dean of ot tho the law V school of ot the Uni er University ity of Texas in 1924 1 Dr Butt Dutt agreed to enter tho the tonal race against Mrs Miriam l A. A Ma MaS ta Ferguson on on tho the Republican ticket Ho was wag In Europe on vacation when hen he accepted th tho Republican I nomination Although his into the race lace meant that ho lie entry sever ever I relations with tho university as well weB as made mado probably meet certain defeat he tho the race and rolling up 11 a a. l vote beyond beon succeeded In Ono one ha had what any eJ expected I |