Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-03

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| them.
II would not be alarmed if we
should speak of the province of Puer-
| to Rico. But | say that I'm not going
to vote for any but that does not give
| the people absolute control of their
own affairs
Teller then sent to the desk the fol
| lowing amendment in the form Of an
| additional section, which. he said. #
adopted. would settle what the policy
Of the government would be.
1T is hereby declard that il is the
| contention by this act to establish a
| temporary government in Puerto Rico
| for the purpose of enabling the peo-
pie thereof to establish a permanent
government, republican in form, which
there shall be according to the people
| the right of self government and to
| that end they are used TO adopt a con-
Stituent with the principles of free
government and that shall recognize
the sovereignty Of the United States
over Puerto Rico and the inhabitants
thereof as recognized by treaty be
tween Spain and the United States
The Legislative assembly provided for
in this act shall at its first or second
sassi IN provide for constitutional con
vention "a nrapara ana submit III ~.
nao,,Ia f,,. thin. anpr,val ~, ji.ar,,,,v-
N = constitution in accordance. with
rrincinl.s barair declared ana tb. con-
.titu+ioraI convention shall nro,.iJ, INA
r.,...s,r,- ruIae ard r.n,iI,tinr. n,
submit tha Same +, III. President ,f
tba T-rit.d St,+.. f,r hi. ar,,,.,,.,l
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baral,, danIa,.J tn u. ,itiyar,. -ba,..,f
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"1he adoption bN IN" people ana the
appi oval by the President Of rhr
| nlted states Of such constitution shall
secure to the people of Puerto Rico tn"
benefits Of all those provisions Of TIM
constitution Of tn" United States for
the protection ana maintenance" Of civil
and religious liberty and the protection
of the person and property rights of
the people
The adoption Of the constitution ~
tn" inhabitants Of Puerto Rico ANA
IN" approval thereof by the President
of the United States as herein pruvid-
cd, shall not make the Inhabitants cit
liens Of the United States nor shall ii
create any obligation on the United
States to admit Puerto Rico as state.
nor shall the establishment and main
tcnance ol a government under such
constitution interfere with the SOW
ereignty Of the United States over
Puerto Rico and the inhabitants there
OF.
In making reply to the statement
OF Teller. Foraker beam" involved in
a general discussion with other sena-
tors on some OF tn" constitutional qutS-
tl"n@ raised by the bill II" said there
was nothing remarkable about the bill
as Teller saw 1t. except that the in
hahitants Of the island were treated
in the bill as citizens Of the United
states.
The committee, said Foraker, "con-
Siuered the status of the people care
fully and concluded that the inhabi-
tahis OF Puerto Rlco must be citizens
SUBJECTS or aliens. we did not want
to treat our own as aliens; we should
not hold them as subjects; and We
therefore adopted the term citizens.
~ was the desire OF the committee I"
give the inhabitants Of Puerto Rico all
the rights the people OF TINS country
thought they ought to nave.
FORAKER sad the word citizen not
nm.S ~ NJ i1''piy the Ilsh[ oi Hole'
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eminent
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