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To: nihil who wrote (56834)	10/3/1999 1:51:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I have no idea if you are correct or Steve is correct on the question of Elihu Root's influence on McKinley's Philippines decision, but it shouldn't surprise anyone if Root did make that decision. He seems to be present or had input at every transformative event this country engaged in early in the century. He was chairman of The National Security League, helped draft the Constitution of the League of Nations, was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Court of International Justice at the Hague, was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment, from which position he instructed Robert Bacon on how to conduct his mission of Latin-American Cooperation in 1913. That mission was the template on how we would conduct our affairs for the rest of the century. What I know of this individual is gleaned from Men and Policies by Elihu Root. A more in depth study would reveal much more I'm sure.

To: nihil who wrote (56834)	10/3/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Surely you don't think it complete coincidence that the Spanish-American war brought all of the world's major producers of cane sugar under American control, and that the attorney for the Sugar Trust just happened to be promptly appointed Secretary of War, with the responsibility of administering those acquisitions? If the Trust had had its way, we'd have taken Cuba as well. The political machinations of the sugar trust in the later half of the 19th century are complex enough to write a book about. Someone did in fact write a book about them; I don't buy the entire thesis, but the research is of excellent quality. Somewhere in this chaos I have a copy; I haven't time today - will be headed to Angeles, to Manila, and back to here in a short while - but perhaps when I return I'll dig it out and provide citations. Did you really believe that McKinley had never heard of Manila until Dewey snatched it, and that he prayed all night before deciding to keep the country?