Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
tenn. He recounts the possible dirnculties
that may be fencountered,s and says: e
The people Of these islands are entitled

TEN. ne TecOunts ztne pOsslple dlMcu1Cles
The people Of these islands are entitled
to the BENEFITS and privileges Of our con-
Of pro1dng for 1sfSe ay
the islands, and for procedure by which
appeals, aWrits of error: and other judicial
Of civil rights may be prosecuted, pre- they e are
powerless to secure their enforcement by
the Judgment Of the courts of the United 4
fore, that an act shall be passed as Speedily
as possible erecting these islands into q
judicial district, providing for the appoint
and methods Of procedure in appellate
proceedings and that the government of
this newly acquired territory under the
federal constitution shall be fully defined
and provided for.
Legislation Asked for Alaska.
Legislation is asked for Alaska which win
provide more courts for that territory, and
also permit the organization Of municipal
governments. and says 81
prles gGe Sat ene udea dfa f AasRa Mb
judge. one marshal and one district at
torney, yet the civil and criminal business
1es sad IS han manT @ wn gFar the
volume and Importance than it was in
1884. The duties Of the judge require him
his judicial dnties at the various RI uSedla places
designated for that purpose. The terri
tory should be divided into at least two
attorney, marshal and other appropriate
officers be provided. -. i T :.
= There is practically no organized form
of government in the territory There is
no authority, except in congress, to pass
ana me deuty e of o Conveying Sa or to ts'Vth the
congress cong an adequate conception and un-
derstandlng OF the various needs of the
people in the different communities is
easily understood. I see no reason why
a more complete form of territorial or
ganlZdtlOn SnOnl0 70 nj
lowing the precedent established in the
year lS05. when temporary government
territory. then known under the name Of
Louisiana, it seems to me that it would
ne advantageous to confer greater exeeu-
lish, as was done in the case of the terri
tory OF Louisiana, a legislative council
having power, to adopt ordinances which
efa1l 1ocs extend to al all the rghful subjects
to take. effect until reported to and ap-
proved by, the congress if in session, and
II that body is not in session then by the
president. In this manner a system of laws
providing for the incorporation and gov
ernment Of towns and cities having GER
tam population, giving. them the power
ucation o$be locally supported, and ordi-
nances providing for police, sanitary and
other such purposes, could be speedily
believe provision Of this kind would
be satisfactory to the people of the terri
tory 1t is probable that the area is too
vas vast and the population too scattered and
transltory to make it wise at the present
tlne TO provide for an elective legislative
pody, but the conditions calling for local
sen self,government will undoubtedly very
soon exist and will be facilitated by the
measures which have recommended.
Porto Rico.
for Porto Rico he advises legisla ton that
Will give them temporary form of gov
ernnimtent' 'nite' recounts the work done by the
makes the following Recommendations:
1t must be borne in mind that since the
cesslon Porto Rico has been denied the
pr,dRcipai ppd o mar markets she had long enjoyed
ana our tariffs have been continued against
ner products as when she was under Span
lsh sovereignty. The markets of Spain are
closed to her products except upon terms
to which the commerce Of all nations is
subJected. The island of Cuba, which used
TO buy her cattle and tobacco without GUS
toms toms duties 1p' now imposes the same duties
upon these products as from any other
country entering her ports. She has there
tore lost her. free intercourse with Spain
ana ana {; Guba "a; without any compen sating bene-
known and not in use by our people, and
therefore there was no demand here for
this, one of her chief products: The mar
kets or the United States should be opened
up to her, products. Our plain duty is to
abolish all customs. tariffs between the
United States and Porto Rico and give her
products free access to our markets.
AS result ofthe hurricane which swept
over Porto Rico on the Sth of August 1899,
over 100000 people were reduced to abso-
lutte restitution, without homes. and de-
prived Of the necessares of life. To the
appeal Of the war department the people Of
the United States made prompt and gener-
GUS response. In addition to the private
charity Of our people, the war depa rtmen t
has expended for the relief of the dis
tressed s392342.63. which does not include
the cost of transportat ton.
It is desirable that the government Of the
island under the law of helligerent right.
now maintained through the executive de-
partment, should be superseded by an ad-
For present purposes recommend that
congress pass law for the organization of
temporary government, which shall pro-
vide for the appointment by the president,
subject to confirmatio by the senate, of a
governor and such other officers as the
general administration, of the island may
require, and that for legisla tive purposes
| on subjects Of a local nature not partaking g
Of federal character a legislative coun-
c composed parlX, y, of Portg Rifans "a and
he nominated and appointed by the presi-
dent, subject to confirmation by the sem
ate, their acts to be subject to the approval
! going into effect In the municipalities and
other local subdivisions recommend that
the principle of local elf-government be
applied at once, to en- able the intelli-
gent citizens Of the island to participate in
| their own government and to learn by
practical experienee the duties $ and and
se:f.governiing people tn1 have net rot
government of the island to officers select
| in habits. training and experience they are
! such as to fit them to exercise at once 50
large a degree of self-government, but it
will soon arrive at an attainment Of expert:
| ence and wisdom and self-control that will
| Justify comforting upon. them much
| larger participation in the choice of their
| insular officers.
Education Is Needed.
The fundamental requirement for these
people, as for all people, is education. The
| free schoolhouse, is the best preceptor for
ern educational methods care. however
| must be exercised that changes be moi
| made too abruptly and that the history and
racial peculiarties of the inhabitants shall
| tion in these new possessions founded upon
| common-sense methods. adapted to ex-
| listing conditions and looking to the future
| the people, will commend to them in a
| peculiarly effective manner the blessings OF
| free government.
The Civil Service.
Changes in the working Of the civil service
provisions are explained, and OF the
| changes he says:
Some of the inclusons were found wholly
illogical ard unsuited to the work OF the
the rules to many Of the places so included
was found to result in friction and en-
| barra ssment After long and very care
| fu consideration it became evident to the
| heads of the departments responsible for
| their efficiency that in order to remove
| these difficulties and promote an efficient
and harmonious administration certain
! amendme nts were necessary. These amend.
tive order dated May 29. 1899. ;
The principal purpose of the order was to
except from competitive examination GER
| tain places involving fiduciary responsible
| tiles or duties of strictly confidential,
| scientific or executive character, which ii
| was thought might better be filled either
! by non-competitive. examination, or in the