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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
EL CRITIC DE iNDEPENDENCIA


- - 53yrrT psxaeesee
ALA en- las horas mas dulces
De mi fugitiva infancia,
Sirvi6me de cuidadora
Una mujer muy auciana
Con gu Tostro todo arrugas,
Su cabeza toda canas,
Z su corazon tranquilo
To 10 bcnlad y esperanzas.
De noche junto a m, lecho
Mil historias me contaba
De geniecillos y ninfas,
De trasgos y de fantasmas.
Pobrecilla cuantas veces
En- estas noehes amargas
En- que repaso tristezas
En- mi aleoba solitaria,
Al DIR que de la torre
Vuelan en- lentas parvadas
Las mismas aoras que entonces
Pase q su lado tan gratas,
He pensado en- ella y visto
Llegar su sombra 8 mi estancia
Pretendiendo como antes
Secar con cuentos mis- lagrimas
En- cierta veZ caf enfermo,
la fiebre me devoTaba,
y en- mi delirio guerra
para volar tener alas.
<Damelas tis:-grite altivo
Stu nunca me niegas nadia
-sEs verdad, NADIA tc niego,
Pero no sufras, ten calma,
Las alas que Dios te ha dado
Las tiene tn angel de guarda;
Esta noche Sc las pido
Y te las dare manana.
Nunca te falto manera
de responder q mis- ansias,
Z siempre al VERNE llorando,
Con la paciencia mas santa,
Me dijo tales ternuras
Que ann me conmueven ell alma +;
Ella, que al velar mi sueflo
De puutillas caminaba,
7 porque rumor ninguno
A mis- oidos llegara
Iba a sosegar ell pendulo
de un vIejo reloj de sala !;
Ella, que jamas hublera
Permitido q gente extrafia
Lamar un debilssuspiro
A dos pasos de mi cana
Que en- balconies y rendijas
Cortaba al aire la entrada
I por no causarme susie
Rezaba siempre en- VOC baja;
Una noche fue d mi lecho
Allegro y entusiasmada
Dici6ndome Ven, despierta,
va es hora.. no tardes.. anda!
Sobrecogido de miedo
Yo le pregunte Il Que pasa ?
-Ya To sabras cuando escuches
Ell yuelo de las campanas,
Ell tronar de los petardos
Z ell disparo de las salvas.-
Ahrigado hasta los ojos
Salt con la pobre anciana,
Z un sueilo del parafso
Me fngio 10 que miraUa.
Desde las enhiest as torres @
A las hulnildes ventanas,
I4o mismo en- extensas GALES
Que en- las mas estrechas plazas,
Paroles y galfardetes,
Banderolas orifiamas
Con los hermosos dolores
de la bandera de Iguala.
I al escuchar tantos gritos,
Tanto himno, tanta diana,
FL rumor de los repiques
Y ell estallar de las salvas,
En- brazos de mi niflera
Llore sin saber La causa.
-Lloras de placer, me dijo,-
Esta es una fiesta santa,
La sola fiesta que alegra
Mi coraz6n y mis- canas.
sHoy es ounce de Setiembre,
en- eSta noche sagrada.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
nAnaEHlA AATocHA.. Estees

uno de los me;ores establecimientos de
su clase, en- la ciudad.
En- breve tendra telefono y banos.
y en- tai forma esta mejorando su SER
vicio mueblaje, que todo resultara
comfortable, lujOso y esmerado.
Y apesar de- clio los precios seran
moderados.
Hagase una vista al establecimien
to quedara satisfecha la persona de
gusto mas refinado.
Ponce Mayo 8 de 1900. 2vps.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
wEsr INDIES coMMERclAL

CO. II BT'ONUiCtIy, IVBtU IUyH Ctty.
General contractors and Brokers.
Water Works, Sewerage, Electric
Light and Railway Systems installed.
Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco Lands
dealt in. Refrigerating Plants erec-
ted. Mayo 81 de 1900.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10

7 conffa tn patria en la victoria,
oh poeta 2-Espera, ST, en- la justicia,
fla en- ell despertar de su pueblo tiel, en-
la venganza aterradora de los cielos, y
en- la hora del triunfo. | ESQ espera mi
patria
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
iPOETA !!

me dices que deseas
Saber por que slaves
Tiene al naet -eeeesEEasesss-s ees asss sua- -te eantanY
sPorque acaso aprendiera? No 10 creas!
Pues el es cual las ayes
Que cantan. y no saben por que cantan
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
i sABE:R |

xYo blen sc que no Sc nada,,
Para admiration del mundo,
Dijo aquel sabio profundo
De aquella Grecia admirada.
7 es una maxima grave,
Asombrese quien Sc asombre.
Que mientras mas sabe ell hombre,
Sabe mas que mad -sabe.
a. Arturo Sarria MicheIena.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10

! A quien llama "a pueblo, cantor p
Con la tonante VOC de la desesperacion
elama los dioses enmudecidos, por su
libertad, por sus saivadores, por la ma
no despiadada de la venganza. ESQ pide
mi patria.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10
Leon xanrof.
90 90 10000 900 OK
GNDAg NEGREg
De la Muerte.

Al berde de mi lecho
sc aeurruco la Muerte;
la ramaz6n blanqneba de su pecho,
Y de sus cuencas la mirada inerte
.parecfa decirme: para verte
y amarte estoy aquf.
Tengo derecho
para besar tus labios va marchitos
que han blasfemado r6probos, maldltos ;.
Dices bien, oh .consuelo con que suefan
todos los infelices! 1850.
Ven--la dije-las dudas me domefian,
y mis- suefios de orc sc despeiian
por entire nubes CRISES.
A I'll te amo, OIL Muerte,
oh! Todopoderosa oh! Misteriosa,
20 que tengo ell derecho de quererte
en- ii busoo ell olvido: oh! Mlsteriosa,
oh! T'odopoderosa- ..:..
Y asf su euello de marfil, su cuello
delgado, duro y frfo,
atraje su cabeza sin cabello
la pose sobre del pecho mfo.
Y some con dormir en- gu regazo
esteril y nivoso,
sofie con darle Ell sempiterno abrazo,
mis- besos de esposo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10

/ Y cue anhela tu pats, poeta p
Aterrar 4 los services, lamar dc su seno
al amo cruel, alimentar en- libertad hiios
iiibres- 8 oayarles libre tumba en- la arena.
ESQ ansfa mi patria. -.s.~s--.-....
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-10

mostr6se en- la edad inquieta
de los Austrias encarnado
en- un valiente soldado,
incompatible pocta,
en- don Pedro Calder6n.
en- cayos sublimes dramas
late, entire fiebres y llanas,
Gle la patria ell corazon;
ell vate que en- sus poemas
del aste hispano alta PREF
traza ejemplos dc altivez
y limpio honor; los problemas
de la razon soberana
y los del libre albeldrfo,
pinta~el cuadro sombrfo
de la triste vida humana
con sus dudas, sus anhelos,
sus venganzas, sus amores
los tragicos furores
del torrente de los celos.
;GIoria eterna s Calderon,
prfncipe de-ia poesfa,
ejemplo de bizarrfa
de caballero blas0n!
lGloria al g6nio esclarecido!
lGloria al pensador profundo,
81 celebrado en- ell mundo,
en- Espafia bendecido!
Su estatura gigantesca
81 dio d Ssgisneu,do tiero;
su espfritu, al justiciero
AIca5tlc de ZaLdneeo;
su sangre, a su patria amada;
q la escena, su laud;
4 la iglesia, su virtud,
y al rey su hom6rica espada.
Y en- toda su obra immortal,
fuente de luz y hermosura,
obra inmensa que fulgura
como un palacio imperial,
alienta Ell pueblo espanol
con su ardiente ntasfa,
su grandeza y su hidalgufa
su alma LENA de sol.
Manuel Reina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
SHORT SERMON ON TRUSTS.

There is an inadequate conception of
the extent to which the business OF
this country is controlled by purely
monopO'istic powers. Without paying
tribute to a trust we can scarcely open
a door or raise a sash. Buying and tack
ing down a carpet contributes to two
trusts. Toe gas jet, the kerosene lamp
and the coal stove can be enjoyed only
by the costly consent of three trusts
Firewood can be prepared only by aid
OF the trust controlled AKA or saw.
StarchIng a shirt front or staining it
with tObac 90 juice implies tribute to q
trust. The coffin in which we bury a
dead friend and the cup containing the
tea with which we refresh the living
one are tax collecting agents for two
trusts. When broiling a steak, the
meat, the stove, the fuel, the broiler,
the salt, the knife, the platter, and
nearly every other article used in the
operation is the agent of a truss, de
handing it's quota of human fash,
Shylock like. II one builds a house he
pays tribute to trusts controlling the
price OF lumber, paints, nails, sore VS.,
locks, hinges and glass; or if he would
hang himself instead, a trust made
rope must be resorted to. Every ig-
nlted match is a censer sacred to the
memory Of a trust. If one would write
a letter, play cards or buy a tombstone
one or more trusts stand By to demand
a rake Of" Papering the walls of the
home or protecting the neck from the
cold by a knitted scarf is possible only
after dropping several nickels in the
slot OF a trust. Eating a cracker or
combing the hair with a rubber comb
are easy ways for trusts to collect
tribute. To thread a needle or deck
beauty with a ribbon becomes an in.
offensive and smiling way in which q
trust hlches money from mature MAJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21

granted to all persons liable to prosecu'
tion under this statute, provided they
had not continued in such unlawful
marriage since November, 1890. and
did in the future faithfully obey the
law; and this amnesty was made abso-
lutte in 1894
eft Mr.. Roberts had complied with
the conditions of this amnesty, his pre-
vious conviction would not make him
ineligible to eff %. B 1t he has not; on
the contrary, he has continued to live
in polygamy with his three wives. In
1895 Ugah was admitted 70 a State.
The law of the United States against
polygamy then ceased to be operative.
for that Law wos applicable only to the
Ter ritories, since only the Territories
we're under the exclusive Jurisdiction
of the Federal G. )vernment; but the
ad Omission Of Utah was based upon q
provision in the Constitution of the
State forever prohibiting polygamy,
and the laws Of Utah are almost a lit
eral re enactment of the United States
statutes. excepting the disqualification
clause.
On this state of facts there are
three objections to Mr.. Roberts admis-
sion to the House of Representatives:
ID That he has rendered himself legally
ineligible to cf1ce under the United
States by his violation of the law OF
1882, and that ineligibility has not been
removed by the subsequent amnesty
because he has not complied with it's
conditions. ~ H9 has again rendered
himself ineligible by living in polygam-
Gus relations subsr lent to the amnesty
and prior to the admission of the State.
81 He is nov living in open violation
Of the statutes of the State which he
claims to represent-statutes passed to
carry into effect a clause ia che Oonsti
tuition which was made a condition
precedent to the admission of Utah az
a Safe.
'In view of these facts, it seems to
us clear that, under the Constitution,
the responsibility for determining
whether Mr.. R oberts is eligible to rep
resent his State rests with Congress,
and that it cannot avoid that RESPONSE
bility that it has a clear moral duty,
in the exercise of it's constitutional
powers, to refuse him admission ; and
that it is even doubtful whether it has
the legal, and certain that it has not
the moral, right to override an Act Of
Congress, adopted by both Houses and
approved by the President, as it will
have to do if it admits to a seat a con-
victed criminal still continuing in the
perpetration of a crime which Congress
by solemn Act has declared makes him
ineligible to any Office in the United
S ates"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

The thirty third annual meeting OF
the National Grange was held in
Springfield, Ohio, last week. The at
tendance was large; twenty six States
were represented and delegates and
visitors numbered about $500. The
Grange seems to be in a healthy condi,
ton.
President Graham's suggestion In
regard to County Alliances sending del
epates Co the Tobacco Growers Con-
vention is wise. AS no county meet
ings will be held before date Of con-
vention, we suppose County Presi
dents should designate brethren to act
as delegates. Let tobacco growing
AIIiancemen give this their attention.
England is evidently engaged in a
deep-laid plan to control as nearly as
possible all the gold mining regions of
the world. We're it not for the gold
of the T~ransvaal the Beers would still
be in undisputed possession OF their
little country. Along this line We
learn from the bankers organ, The FL.
nancial Record, that Lord Hillington,
of the banking house of Glyn, Mills &
Co., of London, in q recent address
before the Institute Of Bankers, re-
ferred to the enormous proportion Of
the gold fields of the world now under
British control and congratulated the
bankers upon the fact that Venezuela
boundary award had added to Great
Britain's share almost the whole Of the
ex sensive gold fields Of that region.
Sect
About forty pairs of shoes are being
made each day at u Alliance shoe
factory near Hillsboro. The ehoes are
strong, safe, substantial and as cheap
as any really good shoes. We are glad
to learn that the brethren are giving
the factory their patronage and that
the shoes are being sold as rapidly as
could be expected. Tue way to throt-
tie trusts is to establish and p~atronize
enterprises of our oWn. Ae E1itor
J. 2. Green sVys: mo use to order
shoes from other States when we have
hides enough in this State to manufac
ture al that are needed. II farmers
were properly organized other enter
prises might be established to manu-
facture their raw material at a greai
saving over the present system. II an
organic alton included all the South
ern States, they could, by ad )pting a
system of manufacturing, send soma
of the trusts, at least, to the wall in
short order" The last sentence 10 this
paragraph deserves more than a pass
ing notice. Think about it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
a CASE OF ROBERTS.

Much interest is being taken in the
case Of Brigham 81 R )berts, q Con-
gresham elect from the State OF Utah.
Mr.. )berts is an avowed M rmon
poIygamist, being the husband Of s:v-
erat living wives and on this account is
in danger of being excluded from Con.
gress.
Mormonism is repulsive, but Congress
cannot exclude Mr.. Roberts because he
is a M )rmon. We have admitted Utah,
almost unanimously Mormon, into the
sisterhood of States. The government
must not interfere with a mans relig
ious belief. But it is on different
grounds that the expulsion of Mr..
Roberts is asked for. We have read
much regarding the case of Roberts
and the right of Congress to expel him,
but have cen nothing better or fairer
than the folio wing article from the
New York Outlook, which gives our
views ex actly:
TN 1862 the . lited States had for
hidden bigamy; the first section Of the
law of 1882 amended the above and
forbade, not only future polygamous
marriages, but continued living in mar
riage with more than one woman.
Violation of either portion of this law
rendered the person committing the
cf9nse ineligible for election to any
office in the United States. At that
time Utah was a Territory, not a State,
and the law applied to Utah. Mr..
Roberts, in violation of that law, and
subsequent to it, married three wives
and lived with them; he was convicted
OF the oHense in 1889 and served a term
d imprisonment for the ofense; and
he was thereby made ineligible for cleo.
ton to any Office in the United States.
But IN January, 1898, full amnesty was
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21

ron and Dlushing maid. n.
candy stick OF sugar test u0 Oabys
no infant is too small to he prove that
ed by a trust. To shoot eam aconsidee
serve 1t in a refrigerator invols and Pre-.
ute paying to at least two ives trib
one does his own talking Nv %uS's. Il
OF gets another to do it fo "''epAODe
telegraph a trust stands ~ nln BY
hand, expecting and eettinn club in
reasonable contribution fron al w,
tim. The young man treating ~ a'' VIC
girl to soda water is confrone1 us best
trust with contribution bo~ Og a
The price of ice to cool US, ., ~ hand,
warm US, and of fabrics to o, oVS' to
are made by trusts. ''O'ae ua
But the recital becomes toai
fore it is half completed. 'OuS be-.
over one hundred trusts. canita IoE0 are
from So 600. 900 to $500. 600 ooo Asd at
and the whole represent a .caD;, saoa'
ton aggregating two and three n"a"'
billion dollars, and constitnt4~a Ftef
most gigantic commercial and na7... 'ne
machine the world ever so1 ucal
despoiler Of producers, a centraIf.a AZ a
wealth, a crippler of industry, a no. o
lator OF poor houses and cr, p'pu'
against popular rights this maSSe
would have terrified people in
other age OF the world, and ~Iy
have met with sure and sDeaa n'1'u
%struction. But now the peoplo Io.. w.
sustain it, call it a Legitimate And ~.
olous fruit OF advanced Civilization
and seem to regret that thew oro W,
privileged to pay it profounder rsr. Nv
ence and more dollars Farm Q,o.t
and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
THE THINKERS.
GOVERNMENTAL OWNERSHIP OF
THR TELEGRAPH AND TELE'
PHONE.

Those OF US who believe that the
great public or quasi-pubiic utilities
should be owned and operated by the
municipality, the etate, or the national
government, cannot fail to feel greatly
encouraged at the growth Of public sen
timens in favor OF governmental opera
ton of the telegraph and the telephone
as an extension of the excellent service
of the post-omce department It has
long been clear that permitting them to
be operated by irresponsible companies
and monopolies for private profit in
evitsbly means that the public is COM
PEELED to pay exorbitant rates to meet
interest and dividends on w8tered stock
which is freq Iently made the plaything
Of INSCRIPTIONS gamblers. There has
been a steady revolution in public SEN
timent in favor OF governmental owner
ship OF these monopolies since Mr..
Wanamaker, while postmaster gen
eral, made his determined stand in
favor of this greatly needed reform.
am rejoiced to note that the lead.
ing journals are one by one coming out
more or less boldly in favor of this
change. The New York Independent,
which is undoubtedly one of the most
influential weeklies in America, has re
Gently spoken in no uncertain words
for the principles of governmental
ownership. In the issue of February
9th, in it's editorial department, we find
such utterances as the following:
1.-The UnitedStates neends a telegraph
cable from San Francisco to the Philip
pines by way of Honolulu. The need
is greater noW than it was two weeks
ago. Possibly the navy de-
partment foresees that the government
itself will put down this cable. It
should be laid without delay, and the
y 1ited States should own. it,"
Aud again:
what will our government do with
the Porto Rico telegraph system after
q territorial government shall have
been set up in the islandG 1t owns the
wires now, and carries on the service
through the agency of the signal corps.
Will it sell the whole plant to the high
est bidder, or will it decide to hold on
and make this the first step toward
national ownership of telegraph This
is a most inviting opportunity to begin
the work of adding the telegraph to
the postal service, and the government
should take advantage of it,"
Toe valid reasons why the legitimate
profits Of the telegraph and telephone
should be eDj Dyed by all the people far
outweigh all the reasonable objections
that are offered against a system which
has proved 10 satisfactory in England
and wherever the telegraph is owned
and operated by the state. The import.
ance Of putting a check on that injuri-
Gus form Of brigandage which makes
every person employ these public utili-
ties pay a tariff on a fictitious valua-
ton is becoming more and more o.
vious to thinking people; aud an added
for the change ia found in the
gro wing conviction among intelligent
men and women that the craZa for
stock gambling is demoraIizjng legiti-
mate business and weakening the
moral fiber Of the people, Toe Ginning
Age.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
THE r o BORRowpp

The chronic borro wer no doubt =.
joys life, but he is a great puisono.
He is a nuisance because be sIwor.
succeeds in getting what he want f,on.
some source. If he is a chronic mono1
borrower he is utterly irresponsible
and never pays any thing; and vet bo
will succeed in making new victims
every day. 1t is part of his trade N
dress we'll. Poor clothing is a DOOR in.
PRODUCTION, but a fine suit-unpaid f,r
perhaps-is a passport to consideration
Thus equipped, and with an amazing
stock of cheek, the chronic borrowaT
rushes into the Ch3e of a business man
half out OF breath and apparently with
the responsibility of the world RESTING
upon his shoulders, and hurriedly asks
for a dollar or five dollars az be has
left his pocket book at home. The sud
denness Of the attack achieves a vic
tory and the victim per manentlv il
vests a sum of money. at another
time he rushes into an establishment
and resting his eye on a vacant chair,
irquires quickly il the absent one id
not about. Upon being assured that
he is not, he becomes the picture of
utter despair, and at once excites il
quiry, il there is any business in which
the absent gentleman is vitslly inter
ested. H9 then explains that he is in
urgent need Of a few dollars more than
be has with him, and imparts the in
formation that he always borrOWs Of
the said absent one when short of
funds. Nine times out of ten that will
bring some body's pocket book out, and
some more money is permanently &c
posidted and that is the way the thing
goes. Hs is a sleek one, the chronic
money borrower is. H9 is determined
to live upon somebody, and his deter
minRtion carries him through. buy
unfortunately there are other chronic
borrowers besides the money borrower
Aim st everybody knows one. DC
lives near most OF us. he never nat
anything that he ought to have, ano
always wishes to borrow it jlst when
the owner wishes to use it. 1t ls mol
always because he is unable TO puI
chase what he has not, that be aOe'
not possess it, but because ne 10 snl'
less. Ia comes at all times OF the asy
and perhaps pretty nearly all times . |
night. H. is in a chronic need. Nelgu
borly feelings induces a compliance
with his requests, and it is maze usu
ally with a feeling of gladness Una
accommodation can be given. D ~
the chronic borrower Of this KIN %
and he becomes one Oh glg0D
tic proportions when he fails to re'ulI
what he borrows, or returns IL w
chspe. No doubt many chronic v"
rowers become such through SDVv
thoughtlessness. Tney are uslSny
open hearted people, and It anSOO~'
wants what they may happen 20 na,s
they give it most willingly; ana W.
their nature they seem 70 VIZ
that they have a perfect right 20 aDy
thing that they want in the COZ
munity. The boy may be a pOy
enemy, but make one whose 9n|
will make you friends on his OWL ?"
sonality Western Plowman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
n COTTON CROP.

We have just received from Latham,
Alexander & Co., Of New York, who
have an established reputation as cot.
ton crop statisticiansS an estimate of
the cotton crop Of this year, based on
z. 300 letters from business men and
farmers in all parts OF the cotton grow
ing region. Their estimate by States is
as folio VS.: