Show FATHER F OF TilE THE PHILIPPINES When the lato late President ent McKinley chose choso William H. H Taft to he head tho first Philippine commission and sent sont him to the Islands Island clothed with the virtual powers of or a n. dictator he ga gave o vo voto to the wretched Filipinos a n. who was to literally by his own force Coree lea lead them out of oC the wll wilder wilder- er- er ness From the thc bry day ay when h he first landed lande at Manila Mr Taft might have been not termed terme the Father of ot the Philippines It Is 13 Isto to him perhaps more than to con- con gross or to any national sympathy of- of tho American people n no 88 a 0 whole 1 t are aio Indebted for tor their thelt ste d their steady advancing ad prosperity brightening civilization civilisation and their self self- development of or toda today He has been at all times their guide protector friend He Hc has advised them corrected them defended them from their own foolish attempts at lawmaking and preserved preserved preserved pre pre- served them from the hostile legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion of ot others The Filipinos have every reason to look upon William H. H Taft Tart Tartas as the Great White Father at Washington Wash Wash- Jn ington ton somewhat as the Indians of or ofa ofa ora a generation ago looked looke upon the President Pres Pres- ident Washington Post |