Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916
Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Par...
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Archīum Ateneo
2013
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4000/viewcontent/6071.pdf |
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| Summary: | Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Party from making any firm promise of future independence for the islands, which he saw as a “policy of scuttle.” Thisarticle brings light to the underexplored role Taft played in this movement, which proved a marked contrast to the route the US ultimately took in its interventions across the globe in the twentieth century and beyond.Keywords: US–Philippine relations • Philippine independence • Jones Act (Philippine Organic Act) • US imperialism |
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