, ▁and ▁sa iled ▁for ▁the ▁islands ▁two ▁months ▁later . ▁As ▁Chief ▁Justice , ▁Ide ▁pres ided ▁over ▁tri als ▁of ▁both ▁native ▁Sam o ans ▁and ▁foreign ▁national s ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Berlin ▁sign ator ies . ▁He ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁recommend ▁criminal ▁and ▁tax ation ▁legisl ation ▁to ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Sam oa . ▁ ▁He ▁res igned ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁delay ▁in ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁his ▁successor , ▁requiring ▁him ▁to ▁continue ▁in ▁office ▁until ▁ 1 8 9 7 . ▁At ▁his ▁departure , ▁the ▁Sam oa ▁Week ly ▁Her ald ▁editor ial ized ▁that ▁Ide ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁just ▁and ▁able ▁judge . ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁King ▁Mal iet oa ▁told ▁Ide ▁that ▁" You ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁forgotten ▁in ▁Sam oa , ▁you ▁will ▁be ▁remembered ▁as ▁the ▁good ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁who ▁knew ▁our ▁ways ▁and ▁laws ▁and ▁custom s ▁and ▁who ▁was ▁kind ▁to ▁us ". ▁ ▁Ide ▁was ▁succeeded ▁as ▁Land ▁Commission er ▁and ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁by ▁William ▁Le a ▁Ch amb ers . ▁ ▁President ial ▁Commission er ▁to ▁the ▁Philippines ▁▁ ▁Ide ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Commission ers ▁of ▁the ▁T aft ▁Commission , ▁appointed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁Like ▁the ▁other ▁Commission ers , ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁in ▁June ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁and ▁assumed ▁official ▁legisl ative ▁power ▁on ▁ 1 9 0 0 - 0 9 - 0 1 . ▁