"I don't know that there has been any direct decision of the courts about that."
"I think it is generally recognized that our presence there is not so much an advantage to us as a very large bill of expense, but that it was an obligation which we had undertaken when we received the..."
"I have never been to the Philippines, nor am I a particular student of them, but I get the general impression that they are making very good progress there—very encouraging progress."
"I think they are making very good progress."
"NO. They only have one day in the school where they attend, so that they will not be able to come down."
"I haven't detailed information."
"As soon as that can be done, we will then feel at liberty to withdraw."
"You will be perfectly safe in following the terms of the proclamation for information about what I am going to do."
"I suppose my own position is the well-known position that has been reiterated from time to time by the Government of the United States, of a desire to see the Philippines under self-government as soon..."
"I haven't any clear and definite information about that."
"We are anxious, by maintaining educational institutions, to show them the way toward good government, and by the example that we are able to set there of providing a sound government for the Philippin..."
"I should try to deal justly with it, as I should with any other request for a pardon."
"That has never come to my attention."
"I should doubt very much the suggestion here, that the War Department has made a recommendation."
"It is rather ineffectual to start on a trip and have to cancel it."
"I haven't any present intention of leaving Washington."
"Any of you that wants can have my chair."
"I notice some of the representatives of the press take advantage of the opportunity to sit down."