Blue waters and green and the Far East today . ersal, simple, andcheap. While I was in Manila there was a murder trialthat involved very nearly the same facts as the Thawcase. A man killed the destroyer of his was shown that the accused had been intimatewith his wife before marriage; that she had been in-timate with other men, and that he knew it when hemarried her. There was no mawkish sentiment inthe trial, no jury to weep and snivel and follow theiremotions,—just a cold-blooded examination of thefacts, that occupied two days, cost about three hun-dred dollars to the Government, and
Blue waters and green and the Far East today . ersal, simple, andcheap. While I was in Manila there was a murder trialthat involved very nearly the same facts as the Thawcase. A man killed the destroyer of his was shown that the accused had been intimatewith his wife before marriage; that she had been in-timate with other men, and that he knew it when hemarried her. There was no mawkish sentiment inthe trial, no jury to weep and snivel and follow theiremotions,—just a cold-blooded examination of thefacts, that occupied two days, cost about three hun-dred dollars to the Government, and ended in a lifesentence for the murder. Ide fell out with Taft over expenditures. Taftwanted to do things, to spend money regardless ofwhether they had it or not. Ide insisted on keepingwithin the revenues. There was constant bickeringbetween them, and when Taft ordered the buildingof the Benguet road there was almost an open road, by the way, comes as near being a scandalas anything we have done there, and furnishes Tafts [80]. SHINTO TEMPLE, NIKKO. MANILA critics with whole chapters of abuse. It runs fromDagupan, the northern terminus of the railroad, toBagayo, the present capital of Benguet (the countryof the Iggarotes), and also the summer capital of theIslands. It is an automobile road, or wagon-road,sixty miles in length, and cost over two millions goldto build and two hundred thousand gold a year tomaintain. Where the money went is a mystery, asthirty-five miles of it is through a level country,merely macadamized. Twenty-five miles of it isin the mountains, a stupendous task, through someof the grandest scenery in the world. Bagayo, thecapital, is 5200 feet above the sea, a healthful moun-tain climate where fires are needed every night, butits population is about 300 and the road at presentdoes not benefit to exceed 500 people in the few rich or high-salaried Americans have summerhomes there, and during the hot months of March,April and May the G
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