Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-06-07

the products OF hemp IN Inc united
States been taxed 100 per cent for the
benefit Of importers, aud to the iniSry
alike to the people OF the United
States and of the Philippine Islands.
War is the enemy of commercial trade,
and trade does not follow the Gag
when the flag is an emblem Of war.
"Peace and friendship are the cer-
tain and constant promoters Of trade
and of every other business pursuit.
REPUBLICS LIFE IN PERIL.
"The policy of the conqueror has
always been gilded by one pretext:
The conquered are to be well govern
ed. Such wis President McKinley's
promise to the FilIp.rc:. We begin
civil government in Porto Rico by
treating the inhabitants as alien sub
jects, and the trade regulations pro-
ceed upon the theory that We are to
enjoy the markets Of Porto Rico, and
that duty is to be levied upon the
products of Porto Rico when brought
into the United States.
"We are setting up q civil govern
ment which is as absolute as could be
devised. Thus do we violate oul
promises, and prove the iniquity OF
the pretexts that we have rendered
to the country and to our victims In
the island.
SIN the days Of reconstruction 'car-
petbaggery,' was an unpremeditated
condition OF affairs. 1t was abolished
ct an early day, and by general con-
currence OF opinion. We have &C.
tablished a carpetbag system fol
Porto Rico, and upon the basis OF per-
petuity. The first fruits OF this sye.
tenn have been gathered already In
the island OF Cuba.
"In four years the doctrine Of the
right of seIf-government has beer
repudiated In Washington and ~
avowal of the doctrine is Q hazardoui
experiment for O member of the Re.
publican party. The downfall oi
Rome, as described by De Vertot wai
not more rapid than the change thai
has taken place In the capital city o.
America.
DICTATOR ALREADY HERE.
aIn the year 1895 or 1895 g mar
emerged from the obscurity Of IN
recognized citizenship, and In the In
tervening time no has advanced him.
self to the head OF the Republican
party, and without delay he became
ehn Achievements 1fnaakow ~ fta r,aif0v
He contributed most largely to tht
nomination and election OF President
Mckinley.
"FoIlowing the Inauguration, he se'
cured q seat in the Senate by the en-,
forced retirement Of q statesman who
In an experience Of 40 years, hat
never before yielded to the nenaceI
of those In power, nor been misled b.
vain promises. During the thret
years now ended this man, 80 recent
ly unknown, has stood before thu
country as the author OF our publii
policy.
"This may be error, but in the montl
of April, 1900, he announced the re-
nomination Of President Mckinley
and predicted his reelection. At th'
same time the Republican part!
waited In submissive silence for hi
IuttarRucea in regard TO q candidate
FOR the vice pre6idency. An tnE np-
pears to have been the outcome o.
Immense energy in one man, com
bined with unlimited resources II
money. For the moment the com
bination is supreme in the Republican
party.
"And thus, q party that became
historically great for its victories q
war, and for its achievements II
peace, bows In subserviency to 9 self
created dictator.
"What is the remedyf The party
must be overthrow, and In its down
fall the Dictatorship will disappear
and In a quadrennial period, or In
decade, the party, regenerated, MAJ
come again to the head OF affairs II
the Republic"