The evening times., 1900-06-27

than 10 the currency question.
In addition to the speech OF Mr.. Little
field against the position OF the Republ-
can majority in Congress on the matter OF
the Porto Rican Tariff, Democratic cam
paisn workers are preparing in pamphlet
.orm quotations from prominent RePuc,,-
cans and from leading Repub;icaa news
papers expressive CT their opposition 10 the
tariff against Porto Rican goods.
A feature is made Of the interview with
Gen. Lew Wallace who is quoted as say
ing:
When the President recommended flee
trade with Porto Rico. that was William
Mckinley speaking from his heart. When
he urged Congressman TO eat their utter
anees and vote for a duty on the indus
tries of the island going and coming. that
was Mark Hanna, the great Ohio suspect
Either the Porto Ricans are felloW-eoun-
trymen or people in relation to US not yet
defend. II fellow-countrymen, free trade
should govern in all our dealings with
them. and their institutions should be
Americanized, something impossible Under
military control II they are IN relation
unknown and underlined and poor and help
less, then charity, the essence Of Christi
Gnity, should have had the molding Of our
policies. II is idle TO talk about TIC Isl
and being outside of the Constitution. Is
Congress the creature Of the Constitution
or the Constitution a device OF Congress.
1t is unfortunate that none Of the men in
vited TO see him and come away converted
has told US Of a word dropped by the Pres
ident in explanation Of his own conversion
II is not pleasant to think OF the President
exerting himself TO control the action OF
an independent branch Of the Government.
What shall stop him next from interfering
with the Judges of the Supreme Court2'
In opposition 10 the provisions of the
Porto Rican Tariff bill the Democratic
managers call the attention Of voters 20
the declaration made by President MckIn-
ley in the course of an address 10 10000
MethOdists at ocean Grove on August .,
1893:
our flag does not mean one thing here
and another thing in Cuba or Porto REQ"
The Presidents Message.
In direct opposition to the provisions
OF the bill. is printed that paragraph Of
President McKinley's remarkable mes
sage concerning the plain duty Of the
United States. It follows:
1T must be borne in mind that since
the cessIon Porto Rico has been
denied the principal markets she had
long enjoyed and our tariffs have
been continued against her prod
uCts as when she was under Spanish
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 duties now imposes the same duties
upon these products as from any other
country entering he- ports. She has
therefore lost her free Intercourse with
Spain and Cuba without any COmpe usatiug
benefits in this market Her coffee wls
little known and not in use by our Teo-
pie, and therefore there was no demand
here for this, one Of her chief products.
The markets Of the United States should
be opened up to her products
"Our plain duty is 10 abolish all Gus
toms tariffs between the United States
and Porto Rico and give her products free
access to our market"
Views OF an Educator.
A good deal of stress is laid on the ad-
dress made to the students Of Bowdoin
College by President Hyde, as reported
in the Lewiston Journal" one Of the
leading Republican newspapers in Maine,
and with which Mr.. Dingley was long
identified. This report follows:
president Hydes talk in chapel this
afternoon widely differed from his usual
short Sunday afternoon sermons, and has
caused much comment among the stu
dents.
story Of Balaam, and the talk which fol-
low ed had Inconsistency as its text. but
consisted almost entirely Of a criticism
OF Governor Roosevelt for his removal OF
DR.. Backus. and Of President Mckinley
for his action regarding Porto Rico.
d" Roosevelt said President Hyde, has
had such a good previous record that this
mistake Of his may be forgotten, but Nc
Kinley- has shown his fatal characteristic;
Is becoming distrusted by the people, and
Il not strongly entrenched in his party
could not be reelected next November.
Continuing he compared Mckinley
to Gladstone. saying, Gladstone changed
his mind: Mckinley has allowed his MIND
' to be changed for him
In concluding. President Hyde said;
No man who so acts can command the
respect and confidence of the American
people. Remember the relapse OF Eoose-
Welt; remember the downfall OF Mchln-
ley"
The resolutions adopted by the New York
Board Of Trade and Transportation on
March %. it is believed at Democratic
beadquarters. will figure quite prominently
In the approaching campaign BY that I'M
portant organization it was resolved:
That the people Of Porto Rico, in the
opinion Of the New York Board OF Trade
and Transportation, are entitled by every
consideration Of justice, equity, and honor
to the most benencenL treatment Dg INT
Government Of the United States We be-
Iieve that in assuming the existing rela-
tion toward Porto Rico this country ac-
cepted obligations which cannot hOnOrably
be evaded and that, apart from all other
considerations, due regard for pledges Civ
en- demand the extension to that island OF
free commercial intercourse with the Uni
ted States and civil form of govern
ment."
1t was further resolved: THAT it Will be
q dishonor TO the American flag. which now
floats over the island of Porto Rico, If by
reason of any consideration unworthy of
this great nation any act Of ours shall i'm
pose upon the people OF that island burdens
less tolerant than those from which they
have been released. and they shall come
thereby to regard our flag as the emblem
OF avarice and not of liberty and happi-
ness"
In all this showing of Republican hOstil-
ity to the measure which the Republican
party adopted the Democrats have not for
gotten the following resolution adopted by
the Legislature of Iowa on March %:
THAT the people of Iowa are uns ,terably
opposed TO the establishment OF any tariff
duties between the United States and any
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