The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-05

troll. as England Disseminated against
| Ireland for centuries.
New York Sun; Porto Rico is fairly
| and nationally entitled to the status of
| an American Territory in some form. be
| tween which and this country commerce
| should be free IS between the States
whose borders touch"
| Rochester Post-Express: The fact that
| they are LOYAL to their new flag and that
| Porto Rico is 4art OF our territory
| ought 10 be sufficient TO obtain generous
| treatment at the hands Of the American
people
Philadelphia North American: HAS a
! year and half Of empire stripped US OF
all the fine feelings of humanity with
which We went into the war for Cuban
| liberty and turned US into race of mer-
| cenary oppressors?"
indianapolis Journal: 'WiI it be wise
TO run the risk of destroying the conf
dence and duIiing the loyalty of the pee
pie by enacting laws that will make them
| feel that, though Americans in name.
they are aliens in facE?"
| Buffalo Commercial: Not only the
country, but the Republican party, viii
f1ud free admission of Porto Rican prod
/ ucts decidedly more advantageous than
the imposition of any duty, however
| small "
a Sorry Spectacle.
Cincinnati Times-Star: 1T is sorry
| spectacle when a nation that went to
war for humanity stops to bully an ISL
and, whose population will never exceed
1 per cent of the mother country, into
paying tribute for fear the ward may be-
come commercially the competitor of the
| guardian
| Chicago TImes-H Herald: Whether the
Porto Rican tariff is % per cent or 5 per
| cent. indeterminate or for two years, makes
not a particle of difference with its JUS
tice. It will not be acceptable to the
American people because of the plea that
| it is such a little breach of our plain
! duty as acknowledged by President Nc
| Kinley."
/ Baltimore American: The recommen-
| dations made several months ago by Presi-
! dent Mckinley, Secretary Root, and Gov
| ernor General Davis We're made after the
| fullest investigation and careful thought.
! They were then the wisest considering all
conditions. The true manhood of the ma
ton. considering first the good OF the peo-
+ pie OF Porto Rico, fails now to comprehend
/ how. in so short time, those recommen-
dations can be said TO have been errone-
/ Gus and opposed TO the best interests OF
! all concerned
Kansas City Star: ITO treat Porto Rico
! as az object of charity is Z mighty shabby
return for the coRfiding and joyful aiac-
/ Tity with which il threw itself into tae
arms OF the United States. 1t is = sham>
full play at philanthropy to e2tort taxes
from Porto Rico and then pay them back
under the r2rcteztes of banevnIence-'
Portland iAfeD Press: The best way
out OF the Porto Rican mess would seem
~ be 70 FetTace the steps taken and get
/ back TO the Presidents original platform
! Of our plain duty 1t is far better TO
/ correct an error even il i involves sGEac
humiliation 10 do So than to stick to it,
! I1I5JaFaTrhfa lr4shlfr 50
i give Porte Rico free trade as recommend
! ed ~ the President. and as demanded by
/ pubic opinion and the representative press
I OF the United States.
! New York Sun. Congress sullenly leaV-
/ ing Porto Rico cut in the cold the vIc~
tim Of wlar. is like q troop of soldiers that
/ refuses 70 bring in the wounded from the
J battlefield Porto Rico, over
which a5as lie same f:fsg that is 10 be seen
J on the Washington Capitol, must be treat
ed Ike territory belonging &c the United
+ States instead OF foreign territory. The
/ Porto Ricans must be recognized as people
! who owe allegiance 20 the Stars and
/ Stripes, instead of being held of like peo-
pie whose allegiance belongs elsewhere
Les Angeles Times: Our feiiow-citi-
zzns Of Porto Rico, United States OF Amer
lea, are entitled 20 the relief which the
pending measure affords. but absolute free
/ trade with the United States would suit
justice they are entitled 10 it"
Vicious in Principle.
Philadelphia Bulletin: The fact should
be recognized that this method of affording
relief is vicious in principle and objection
able in the precedents which it creates.
/ What the Porto Ricans are entitled to ex-
Peet is not charity, but simple Justice"
Providence (R II Journal: The ques-
ton is not one of dollars and cents; it is
enc Of morals and brotherIy charity We
! saw the Iong-suffering Spanish colony
! bleeding and helpless by the wayside. We
turned Samaritan, with only the kindest
and most generous objects in view. Shall
| we become al this late day like the Levite
Of the parable, or the Imperial Govern
ments of Europe, that used TO think that
| colonies. existed only for what might be
got cut Of them?'
Portland OTegonian: Better that the
$50. eco 0CG we paid TO Spain should be lost
| without recompense and beyond recall;
| better that our sacrifice of blood and treas
ure in the Philippines should be wasted
than that this Republic should forget its
higher calling to justice and liberty 10 play
the tyrant and oppressor of these strug-
| Cling peoples whom we have delivered from
| Spanish rule
Philadelphia Times independent with
! Democratic 1ncIlnatlOnS): Because some
| leaders, or would-be leaders, have COM
mitted themselves against free trade with
Porto Rico they insist that Congress must
| follow their diCtation. Those Senator'S
| who are holding out in opposition to free
| trade with that island have better poIiti
| cal sense. From Iowa to New York, from
| all parts of the country, and from all po-
| IiticaI parties come protests against this
| narrow policy. These sC-calIed leaders
! are but giving their opponents an issue in
which public sentiment is against the Re
! publican party. 1t will be well for that
party if these leaders come to their
| senses before they have done irreparable
| harm"
Chicago Inter Ocean: Free men and
| taxed bread, free men and taxed clothing,
| free men and taxed medicines In these
| fifteen words Senator Cushman Davis, in
| his speech on Wednesday, accurately de-
| scribed the Oxnard tariff bill as it stands
| in the Senate today-the answer of The
| Republican majority in that body to the
| cry of the starving Porto Ricans.
| Our plain duty is to abolish all customs
| tariff between the United States and Porto
| Rico, and give her free access to our
markets. said the President on December
! s. These words have been imprinted in
| delibIy on the national conscience. They
| cannot be wiped out by any trick or sub
terfuge or expediency They mean that
Porto Rico must receive absolutely free
| access to our markets, without halt or