Kammala wannan magana: Bayan barin Sacramento, Gage ya koma Los Angeles don ci gaba da aikinsa na doka. A shekara ta 1909, Shugaba William Howard Taft ya nada Gage a matsayin Ministan Amurka zuwa Portugal. Gage ya yi aiki a Lisbon don dan kadan fiye da watanni biyar har zuwa Nuwamba 1910. Rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa a Portugal, saboda
Juyin juya halin 1910 wanda ya sauke Sarki Manuel II, da kuma rashin lafiyar matarsa, ya tilasta Gage ya mika murabus ga Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka da Shugaba Taft. Ya koma California jim kadan bayan haka.