<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UMcKinley wabulawa  <response>: ngo-September 1901, futhi walandelwa uTheodore Roosevelt. UTaft noRoosevelt baqala ukuba ngabangane cishe ngo-1890 ngenkathi uTaft enguMmeli-Jikelele kanti uRoosevelt eyilungu leKhomishini Yezisebenzi Zomphakathi. UTaft, ngemuva kokukhethwa kukaMcKinley, wanxusa ukuqokwa kukaRoosevelt njengoNgqongqoshe Osizayo Wezempi, futhi wabona njengoba uRoosevelt eba yiqhawe lempi, uMbusi waseNew York, kanye noPhini Likamongameli wase-United States. Baphinde bahlangana lapho uTaft eya eWashington ngoJanuwari 1902 eyolulama ngemva kokuhlinzwa kabili ngenxa yokutheleleka. Lapho, uTaft wafakaza phambi kweKomiti YeSenate yasePhilippines. UTaft wayefuna ukuba abalimi basePhilippines babe nesabelo kuhulumeni omusha ngokusebenzisa ubunikazi bomhlaba, kodwa iningi lomhlaba olimekayo laliphethwe amahlelo enkolo yamaKatolika abapristi abaningi baseSpain, ababevame ukucasulwa ngabasePhilippines. URoosevelt wayala uTaft ukuba aye eRoma ayoxoxisana noPapa uLeo XIII, ukuze athenge izindawo futhi ahlele ukuba abapristi baseSpain bahambe, amaMelika athathe indawo yabo futhi aqeqeshe abantu bendawo njengabefundisi. UTaft akazange aphumelele ekuxazululeni lezi zinkinga ekuhambeleni kwakhe eRoma, kodwa kwavunyelwana ngazo zombili lezi zici ngo-1903. 