The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-27
GENERAL HARRrsoNs vIsEs

There are Elzsy ro..d 3epshsSez1s rs
The T-EiEss5 States Eho Do nst s-liese
shst the Porto Rico tariff ball Is co1sxi-
tusionsi Tier hSld with the SsEprens
Courr &c the Uuitea srst-s, "a eftizss
expressed. rkzt territories can oaly he
heSd xifh ske ultimate object Of hecoairx
stats sf the union and that they Gsnuot
~ heid as colonies sabje-c< 10 the whiEzs
and c2prics Of Couzress and not su5Seer
10 the constitution
Ex-Pre-sdent Benjamin Harrison Is one
Of the Republicans who bold this ris~-
There il % QUESTIONING the ability Of
Geaeral Harrison BE d generally rec-
oxnized b. friends and foes alike as one
Of the greatest couxtitution&l lawyers hv-
Ing today. His lectures on constitutional
Law a. the Stanford university fsw
years ago we're Of 50 great importance
that every prominent paper in the eas,
published them IN full and they were
much praised for tie logical and clear
reasoning shown IL the discussion Of
great questions. President Mckinley has
recently recognized General Hsrrison's
great ability By appointing hin life
member OF the International Arbitration
Tribunal
In discussing his attitude with refer
ence 70 the reelection Of President Ne
Kinley and his views ot the Porto Rieal
bsll in an interview in New York, October
10. General Harrison said:
The only public uttersnoe / have
made in criticism of the policies of
the party was contained in the inter
view. consisting Of one rather short
sentence. that | gave to the news
papers while the Porto Rico bill was
pending. II was, In substance. that
regarded the bill as a grave depart
ure from right principles still
think so. | don't believe that the
legislative power of Congress in the
territories is absolute-and | do be-
lieve that the revenue clause relating
TO duties and imposts applies TO
Porto Rico These views, | know,
are not held by many able lawyers.
IL is legal question-one that the
political departments Of the govern
ment cannot fully adjndge. The
final and controlling word upon this
question is with the Supreme Court
Of the United States. Cases involy-
ing the question are, I understand,
pending. and decision in which we
all must acquiesce cannot be much
1t s,.l- %EaN
voters ought to vote with a view to
the right decision of those questions
that are directly and finally in con-
troll of the President and Congress.
The general reasons gave in my
Carnegie Hall speech in 1896 why
Mr.. Bryan should not be elected will
hold good with me. His election
would. l think throw governmental
and business affairs into confusion.
We should not aid the election of
president who would, admittedly, if
he could, destroy the gold standard
and other things that we value even
more. upon the deceptive suggestion
that he has been bound, and that the
hktPubiiiah Puils aAtti
still have strength enough TO save the
temple. Ii will be much better not
90 allow the man with destructive
tendencies so much as to lean against
it's pillars.
The economic policies of the Re
publican party have been vindicated
by the remarkable and general pros
perity that has developed during Mr..
McKinley's Observation-Disclosures
ing period of great depression. A
change of administration this fall
would almost certainly renew con-
ditions from which we have so happi-
ly escaped. The full dinner bucket is
not a sordid emblem. Ii has a spirit
ual significance for the spiritually
minded. Ii means more comfort for
the wife and family. more schooling
and less work for the children, and
a margin of saving for sickness and
old age