▁members ▁and ▁the ▁Federal istas . ▁The ▁Federal istas ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁and ▁dis lik ed ▁both ▁Wright ▁and ▁Ide . ▁However , ▁while ▁they ▁found ▁Wright ' s ▁Governor - General ship ▁out right ▁off ensive , ▁they ▁were ▁happ ier ▁with ▁Ide ' s ▁ten ▁months ▁in ▁office . ▁H ail ing ▁his ▁res ignation ▁from ▁office , ▁La ▁Dem oc rac ia ▁( as ▁quoted ▁in ▁the ▁September ▁ 5 , 1 9 0 6 ▁Man ila ▁Times ) ▁pra ised ▁Ide ▁and ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁" in ▁his ▁social ▁relations , ▁Mr . ▁Ide ▁has ▁re est ab lished ▁the ▁good ▁times ▁of ▁T aft , ▁which ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁successor ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁us ▁forget ". ▁ ▁Amb assador ▁ ▁Ide ▁served ▁as ▁ ▁minister ▁to ▁Spain ▁ 1 9 0 9 – 1 9 1 3 . ▁ ▁Family , ▁personal ▁life , ▁and ▁business ▁affairs ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁Ide ▁married ▁Mary ▁M . ▁Mel cher , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Joseph ▁and ▁Soph ia ▁Mel cher ▁of ▁St ought on , ▁Massachusetts . ▁ ▁They ▁had ▁four ▁children ▁before ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 : ▁Ad ela ide ▁( Add ie ) ▁M ., ▁An nie ▁L ., ▁Harry ▁J . ▁and ▁Mary ▁M . ▁▁ ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁on ▁Sam oa , ▁Ide ▁became ▁friends ▁with ▁Robert ▁Louis ▁Stevens on , ▁who ▁was ▁heavily ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁the