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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-09-13

lTiene acaso justi6cada razon
de ser un partido politico q ls
consecuci6n de cuyos obJetivoS se
oponen inconmov;b'es valladares;
I'm partido d cuyas aspiracio'
mes SON en- absolute hostiles no
colo el espfritu p&trio de Ia Ma
ci6n, que quiere ID unidad perfecta
del Essado en- todo el territorio
donde Aota ID bandera, sino que
tambien la inmensa mayorfa de la
opinion, en- esos mismos pueblos
en- que se muevs y actdA, tratando
indtiImente de dominar en- las
con siencias;
Un partido que tiene en- con-
ira suya supremas desconGsnzas,
que 81 no trata por cierto de des-
vanecer como debiera;
Un partido que, q pesar de
todo 10 que alegue y asegure
lleva en- su propio seno 10 tirme
conviction de que GO impossible O.
triunfo de sus ideales;
/ Un partido que no ha logradc
otra conquista en- sus esfuerzoi
que 10 tristi.ima de perturbar col
sus errores y apAsionamientos Ii
concordia moral y social de qu'
! 4 veces, por ironis Gin duda, sue
} 10 llamsrse apostol y campson;
/ Un partido. en- 6n, que no cuen
tn con el apoyo nj CON lac simpa
.ias de ninguno de los que deba
ten en- 10 Metropoli, si exceptus
mos una fraction revolucionaris
corroida por 10 mas hera lueh
lintestina, impotente de toda i'm
potencis, desprestigiads, ain arrai
20, sin elementos, y & Is cual 9
ban cerrado para siempre Ia
puertas del podsr, que ostenta
para sus ansias y ambiciones
!, dantesco y fAttdico Lasoiotef
Il lQu6 Verdades tan palmarias
|. solemnes las de La Epoca/
Il Dslexnable cosa SON para des
virtuarlas en- 10 mas minimo Ia
argucias y lugares comunes y re
. t6ricas de M Dta.
, Hay que repetirlo CON L
, Epooa:
SCUBA ease 10 Espati. ant
lanai no puede ser autonoms. !
no pudiendo ser Cuba autonoms
Ia existeneia de un partido polfti
co autonomissa es Un contrasen
lido, una contradiction perP6.us
arguye siempre una notoria fslt
, de sinceridad en- 10 mayor part
+, de los que profesan tales ideas
: perturba hondsmente Ia organizs
} cion politica dc aquella isla y o.
, pacificacion moral.
i lIndiscutible evidencisl
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-09-13

Felicito q Y. q. por su patri6ti-
90 brindis en- el banquete dado al
ExomO sr Gobernador General.
Las deClarRciones contenidas
On el discurs0 de Y. q. interpretan
genuinamente el Criterio v las opi.
niones del partido Union Oonstitu,
cional, que 4 10 ves que deaerde
con todos sus medioa los intereses
de Caba, pEesta y preatarA au ape.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-09-13

En- San Sebastian 80 divierten
grandementc, Costando muchO di-
nero & 10 colonia veraniegs su per-
manenCia alli, pues los hOstele-
rOs desuellan 4 Los que van & favo
reCer la poblaCi6n. I'll Casino 40
ha cerradO, con gran Contentamien-
to de las tamilias que 81 juego d.s
plumaba on 10 plaza de toros,
ademAs de las corridas que han pro-
porciOnado aplausos y silbas mo
numentalee al gran maestro Lagar-
tito, 80 ha celebrado un festival
m6aical m6nAtruO, dirlgidO por|
ManCinelli, en- que tomaron par
to centenares de instrumentistas q
Wsgner hiEo el gastO, y 30 aplau-
diegon con estg6p pito toaas laa pie.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07

A woman was arraigned in the
municipal court yesterday morning
charged with the attempted abduction
of girl thirteen years old, for immoral
purposes. Her case was continued
until tomorrow, when the formal hear
ing will be had. The story of the crime,
as told by the child's parents, is that
they Entrusted their daughter to the care
of the accused, on her promise to secure
respectable employment for her in St.
Paul. That instead of so doing she
took her TO a hotel where she was in
troduced to men who attempted to mall
treat her, and that she only escaped by
resistance and outcries. which attracted
the attention of the night clerk and de-
TERED the Wretches who would have
Wronged her from their purpose
through fear of apprehension. That on
the following day she made her escape
to some relatives, to whom she re-
counted her adventure, and through
whom it was reported to the authorities.
1t is not the place of newspaper to
try in advance the cause of even cul-
prit whose otfenSe is waiting eXamlna-
ton in as humble a tribunal as a police
court; and there are several features
about this tale, as given out by the in
terested parties, which may reasonably
excite skepticiSm and suspicion as to its
entire accuracy. 1t is not according to
the conventional methods of even very
poor parents TO confide the care of an
infant. daughter to a stranger about
whom they know nothing, and who
proposes to carry her off to a strange
city, on vague suggestion that pro-
vision will somehow be there made
for her support; and it is rather
unlikely that, having undertaken
to inJure her, and having been
fOiled in her evil design, the
child's custodian should have readily
consented, as she is said 10 have done,
to her returning to her relatives, through
whom she might have known that the
matter would have been made public.
There are bad girls, even of the tender
age of thirteen years; and their depray-
ity takes the form of lying, as well as
other shapes. Frequently young chill
dren of sinful character romance about
adventures in which they figure as hero
ines which are entirely fictitious, and
which they invent. with a precocious
taste for sensation and notoriety.
Many man would pay the penalty for
atrOciOus crimes of which he was
wholly innocent if the unSifted teSti-
mOny of young girls who claim to have
been wrOnged were sufficient to secure
his conviction.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
South Carolina Eyes.

Greenville Is. c. Courier.
The objective point of my journey
was st. Paul, Mimi, and while we re-
gard this famous city as being situated
in the Northwest, L was struck by the
oft-repeated statement of its public
men that st. Paul was in the very CEN
ter of our country. | suppose this is
really true, but the Northwest will re-
main an uneXplOred region in all prob
ability, if it depends on my traversing
several thousand miles more to get
there.
Itisa commercial city, with large bank
ing capital. and is the center of an i'm
mense trade. The stores and other build
ingS used for business purposes are i'm
posing and substantial, while hundreds
of the private residences are costly and
magnificent. The streets are paved and
kept in good order, and few cities ex-
hiblt more cleanly appearance. The
county court house and city hall is
splendid building, with graceful pro-
portions and pleasing effect, but the
state capitol is an insignificant affair.
The afternoon was spent in car
rage ride rendered by the citizens of
st. Paul, and it was grand sight to
look upon the cavalcade of 200 vehicles,
as they wendell along the beautiful
streets, so smoothly paved and clearly
swept.
l must omit even mention of many at
fractions and matters of great interest
to a Southerner. The pushing, ener-
getic way of the people, the neyer-fail-
ing courteous response to inquiries, the
abundant Inequalities of st. Paul, Min
neapOlIs and Chicago, as shown in many
directions, and more than all the fra
ternal intercourse of men and women
from every section of the country,
would furnish theme for columns.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
GOSSIP ABOUT CELEBRITIES.

MARQUIS Prospero Marsigli, the
wealthy Italian nobleman who recently
died in Bologna. beQueathed 10000 lire
to the pope to say masses for the rep6se
of his soul.
Like Ellen Terry. Sarah Bernharit
pleads guilty to nervousness before the
rising of the curtain. Il am always
nervous" she says, because [ am in
tensely afraid of falling below my pre-
vious standard of acting"
Representative Culberson, of Texas,
is one of the great Judicial minds OF the
house. He is large and somewhat phleg-
matte in body. No one ever accused
him of being anxious for routine work.
but he made good Judge down in
Texas.
President Palmer, of the Worlds
Columbian commisSion,i is nothing if not
polite He is also something of a joker,
as any one who knows him we'll can
testify. He is especially noted, too, for
the little attentions he pays to women,
woman out of any difficulty in which he
happens to find her, if reasonable as
sistance will do it.
EX-EmpresS Victoria, of Germany,
says regarding domestlcs: 'As long as
the moral welfare of the dOmestics is
not better looked after remedy of the
evil cannot be expected. In the first
place something should be done to
shorten the working hours of servants,
and then little more personal liberty
should be allowed them. Not all of
their demands are justitable. but some
are, and those should be granted"
George F. Edmunds entered the Yer
mont legislature in 1854, year before
his longtime colleague, Mr.. Morrill,,
took his seat in congress. The resigna-
ton of Mr.. Edmunds closes record
which was already without a precedent
the representation of commonwealth
in the senate by the same two men for
a continuous period OF twenty-four
yearS-with the result that their small
state has long held the chairmanshipS
of the two most important committees,
OH finance and on the judiciary.
In his early days Russell Sage usedtO
settle the claims made against small
railroad which was operated in the
western part of Pennsylvania. One
day one of the trains killed a fine COW
belonging to a wealthy but miserly
farmer. Mr.. Sage got himself up to
look like tax assessor, and driving up
to the farmers house. said: What do
you value that red COW of yours at?"
Its not worth SIS to any one," said
the sly farmer. well, here's the
money" said the supposed assessor.
''My road killed the cow this morning."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
NOT BY PROTECTION.

There is no economic fact that is made
to do more constant and persistent duty
than the reduction in the price OF steel
rails during the operation of the pro-
tectiye system. 1t is generously pro-
claimed that they were at one time as
high as $50 a ton. Then the duties
were made so high as to virtually ex-
clude the foreign article, and the home
industry grew and possessed the home
field, competition arose, and under it the
price Of the rails has gone down to $50 a
ton. That seems conclusive and a
happy illustration of the operation of
the protective theory, to the superficial
partisan. But the fabric is shown in its
true light when it is observed that while
steel rails have fallen greatly in price
in this country they have fallen more
in free trade England. They are
now s. ton cheaper than in
the United States. The price of the
rails in this country has been forced
down by the reduction abroad, and not
by the competition of home manufact-
ures fOstered by the tariff. The cost of
production has been cheapened by the
perfection of processes, and especially
new inventions. These have been sub
stantially all made in England, and in
10 wise the effect of the tariff of this
country. Without the present tariff, or a
comparatively low one, the consumers
OF rails would get them cheaper, the
manufacturers would have ample prof
1t, and the WOrkmen suffer no loss in
wages. 1t is, then, either gross igno-
rance or an attempt to deceive when pro
lection advocates cite the steel rails in
dustry as an example of the cheapening
effects Of high tariff.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07

architects. And yet not only are there
men who have such deeds to their
credit. but some of them are found low
enough to glory in their achieve
ments So profound are the depths of
human sin that no explorer can feel that
he has reached their nethermost point.
In this sort of crime young boys,
some of them offspring of our pub
lie school system, are often chief
sinners. Banded together to employ
their leisure in wrong-doing, they con-
spire against the children OF the OPP
posite sex with whom they come in con-
tact. They compare their exploits, and
take position and reputation from their
successes. Whole communities of girls,
in this and other cities. have been de-
strOyed by such brigands; and, although
as they grow older they may regret
what they have done, others rise up to
repeat their careers on victims of still
another generation. Behest, injunction
and instruction can stay in some degree
this curse of society; but the strong arm
of the law can play the most effective
part. If the woman who is to be eX-
amined tomorrow morning is really
guilty of the offense with which she is
charged, she and her comrades must be
made to feel the full force of angry and
retributiYe justice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
ITS ENORMITY.

The GLOBE says thus much to Sug-
gest that perhaps no such crime as is
here alleged has been committed at all;
but, assuming on the other hand that it
has been, no punishment within the i'm
agination of the law would be an ade-
quate penalty for all those concerned.
To deliberately plot against the virtue
of a young girl is a heinOus OffenSe. For
a man to cooperate in the ruin of such
one is an infamy unworthy of beast.
For hotel clerk, attracted by the cries
of the resisting victim, to have turned
away, and left her to the mercies of her
ravishers on the impossible and absurd
assurance that child in DinaforeS was
a married woman and the wife of her
comrade, is the course of a coward and
procurer. The whole episode, if it IS
truthfully reported, is sin against the
Holy Ghost, objectionable in this world
or the next, and which cries aloud to
heaven for retributiOn and vengeance
in tones which cannot be disregarded.
The blood of every honest man in the
world boils at the deeds of the loafers
and ours who are engaged in this foul
business of cOrrupting the young. If a
woman Of mature judgment sells her
virtue. no matter for what price, it is
her business. Poverty, lust, iIl-treat-
ment, disappointment or anything else
may be the cause; but no one of
them is an apology. She has had
her choice; and if she prefers the loss
of her honor to the endurance of other
hardshipS, although one may pity her
for the desperate alternatives between
which she had to elect, still, she had an
electiOn-and, having exercised it, she
must bear the consequences. Men, too,
sometimes have to choose between
deaIh and dishonor; and, if they prefer
to live, they do not expect laurel
Wreaths to adOrn their brows. They
get scourgeS and buffetingS, and they
have to submit TO them, because they
have, with their eyes open, taken the
road where such things are to be en-
cOuntered. Sympathy is, perforce,
showered on men and women who are
suffering the consequences of their own
sin: but the world, while sympathizing
with them, permits them to endure
their hard lot none the less.
The great thrOng of lost women, how
ever, who people low resorts and sup
ply the flesh markets of great cities, is
not recruited from the ranks of the ma
ture vino enter upon this life in any
such deliberate way. 1t is composed of
all sorts, to be sure, and comes together
from every quarter; but no element is
more conspicuous or full than the one
composed of those who have been
robbed of their virtue at an age before
they knew the nature of sill or the con-
sequences of their conduct. Young
girls, like this one who figured in our
police court yesterday, seduced ere de-
sire has been born in their breasts, by
creatures who bear the name of men
because no fitting epithet has been in
vented for them, crown their involun-
tary and often secret shame by a final
surrender to the engulfiDg companion
ship of the outcast There they wear
the scarlet livery of prostitution. which
was wrapped about their innocent
young bodies not by their own devils
ing, against their will. and to their life
long sorrow and suffering.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
THE TICKETS FOR'92.

The election of Gov. Campbell would
Great another presidential candidate,
and such candidate as Democratic
victory in Ohio would produce would
undoubtedly prove the key to the Dem
ocratic presidential situation. The
friends of Cleveland, Hill, German,
Gray ct al. could accept Campbell with
good grace. and for this reason the
Ohioan, in the event of this reelection,
would be most formidable candidate.
No one recognizes this fact more
thoroughly than the distinguished Dem
Ocrats who have already Staked off their
presidential Washington Post
Qnd0
The tariff question is to be great is
Sue-the chief issue, perhapS-ih 1892;
and now that the people have come to
understand that question better and to
appreciate the necessity of legislation
that will get rid of some of the present
ubiquitous tax burdens, the Democracy
will sweep the country. provided they
put up a good ticket. Then, of course.
if the tariff is to be the Issue, Grover
Cleveland, the tariff reformer, towering
above all the rest of the good Demo-
Gratis in this land, is pre-eminently the
man to carry the party standard.-Rich
mond State Dem.)
Gov. Gray, of Indiana. says he will
not accept the second place on the Dem
ocratic presidential ticket. 1t must be
the top of the ticket or nothing. The
governor is good Democrat and man
of ability, but he must not attempt to
dictate to the party what it shall do
Mobile Register (Dem.)
Unusual activity is becoming notice
-
out the state, and it is apparent that an
effort will be made to increase the Cleve-
land strength OH the state committed
Troy Budget (Ind.)
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
GOOD FOR TENS

In view of several recent occur
FENCES in towns in Texas, the papers of
that state are very generally insisting
that THE pistol must go" They talk
nationally and with disgust for the re-
suits OF the practice of distributing
deadly weapons about the person, Just
as has been the custom in regions re-
mote from Texas. That state is getting
well over many Of the frontier practices
and traditional notions of that part Of
the land. Still, it is a little difficult to
think of the typical Texan free from
the equipments ofwar. IL is refreshing
TO find the leading journals of that state
picturing the walking arsenal as the
opposite Of the commendable and he
role. When concealed weapons and the
argument of the pistol and knife are
termed badges or poltroonery in Texas.
an era of high civilization must be al
hand.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
THE VISITING EDITORS.
"a Scene of Rare Beauty"

"a Scene of Rare Beauty"
Idaho Springs (Col.) News.
The carriage drive of two hours about
the city was the first feature, and proved
to be one of genuine pleasure to the Wis
itors. 1t was the means of producing
many EXPLANATIONS of surprise and adj
miration from those who, prior to the
drive. had no idea of the attractiyenesS
of the residence streets and the elegance
of the homes to be seen on every side.
From CrocuS Hill Lookout a scene of
rare beauty and grandeur was unfolded.
1t embraced the valley of the mighty
Mississippi and the slopes and plateau
beyond, covered with a wealth of verdi
ure. richly tinted and eXquisitely
shaded by the mild afternoon rays of a
summer sun. The drive was over we'll
paved streets, the material for paving
being cedar blocks. squared and round,
and asphalt: Large and handsome
shade trees lined both sides of the we'll
kept boulevardS.
The business streets of st. Paul are
the scene of heavy traffic, which de-
notes extensive and prosperous COM
its handsome and commodious business
blocks. The same evening there was a
fine parade of the city police and fire
departments. The equipment and
marching of the police could scarcely
be improved upon, while the firemen,
with their magnificent horses and pol
ished machines, richly and artistically
decorated with beautiful flowers, could
be pointed to with pride by the resi-
dents of city many times the size of
st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
TROUBLE FOR BEN.

The workers for HARRISON, or those
inspired i'll his vicinity, have apparently
abandoned as a failure the effort to
force BLAINE to pull out of the way as a
candidate, on account Of i'll health.
They have an alarming suspicion that
he means to get well enough not to re-
fuse the use of his name to the politi-
clans who profess such intensity of per-
sOnal devotion. QUAY, GARRISON,
DUDLEY and their gang of patriots hate
HARRISON and look upon BLAINE as the
only man they can knock him out with,
and perhaps may think the reciprocity
bait and sympathy for man who may
be sick will elect him. The most cred
ible recent advices are that Mrs BLAINE
is obdurately opposed to the candidacy,
no donbt believing that it would prove
fatal. That probability will have no
annoyance for these politicians, provided
the date can be made after tie elect ion.
There is room for disquiet in the mind
of the president.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
TO PENSION Ex.sLAVEs.

Mention has been made of the adj
vOcacy by cOlored orator or two of
proposition to pension all eX-slaveG. 1t
scheme would have serious support out
side of the bewiIdered benefciarles, but
it appears that white demagOgues are
trying to use, and probably are the
Orginators of it. A pro minent pol
iticia II at Council Bluffs. in Iowa
who has been elected mayor by
the Republicans at some time, is
working this racket, and proposes to
press it upon the Republican national
convention next year. His programme
is to issue $500, 100000 bonds, running
fifty years. and drawing 2% per cent in
terest. 1t is computed that this will af
ford a pension to every negro who has
been slave. The proposition is sup
ported upon the theory that the negroes
while in servitude contributed to
the development of the resources
of the country and added to its
wealth without getting any of it. A
tie Of kinShip may be found between
this scheme and the policy of paying
money out of the treasury to those who
have done laudabIe service for the
country and government, without ref
erenee to .heir needs. The relation
ship may be traced also to the economic
system that divides the money of the
many among the few who want direct
or indirect bounty 10 enlarge the profits
of their vocation. Then it would diff
fuse vast amount of currency and
make money plenty, as so many would
have it. The cOlored delegates to the
convention may favor it, and add to the
embarrassments of the party that is
already loaded near to the sinking point.