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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
SYMPATHY FOR PORTO RICANS.
Senators Mason ard Allen Address
New York MISS Meeting.

NEW YORK, March 29.-EroIgh people
to ill the main floor OF Carnegie Hall
gathered tonight at mass meeting to ex-
press sympathy for the Porto Rheims in
their plea for free trade Many OF them
were natives of Porto Rico and
the left section had been set aside for
them. From that part CT the aud forum
came bursts of enthusiasm every time the
cause of the island was mentioned, and
when one of the speakers wandered from
the subject they vociferous,y called him
back. Resolutions were passed declaring
that the Porto Ricans are competent to
govern themselves in the same manner
as the people of any Territory or State of
the United States and calling for leeis-
lation which shall guarantee to Porto Rico
the same protection, rights. and immuni
ties enjoyed by the people of this coun-
try.
Z. I. Snayne presided and introduced
Joseph f. Aymar, a Porto Rican. living
in this city. After Mr.. Aymar's plea for
his native land. George F. Adams offered
number of cablegrams from various
Porto Rican officials. which were received
with great enthusiasm. William McAdoo.
of New Jersey, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy in Mr. Cleveland's last Administra-
tion, was the next speaker, and he was
followed by Senator Mason, who said in
part:
Il want TO say that not only are we
talking of an open door in China and a
closed door in Porto Rico, but We have six
treaties today am not talking of the
Hay Glover Foot treaty-but We nave six
treaties today with Great Britain recon-
mended by the Department of State, which
give to the British islands in the south and
in the naighborhood of Porto Rico-which
give TO those six British islands free entry
to nine-tenths of the products that would
come from Porto Rico. that we propose to
put a tariff against. One of our friends
said in the Senate the other day that they
had not been adopted yet. | suspect they
never will be-
Senator Allen of Nebraska followed. He
said the Government was preparing to rob
the Porto Ricans, and then branched off
and talked about Consul Macrum, Euro
pean politics. the Philippines. and the Boer
war until the Porto Rican part of the au-
dience sought to call him back with shouts
of Porto Rico. For time he tried to go
on, but when the calls became very insist
ent his temper rose.
Gentlemen" he shouted shaking his
hand above his head Il am in the habit of
talking as | see fit. Porto Rico is a mere
incident. The question is whether we shall
have a government OF the people. by the
people. and for the people or not II we
cannot give these people free govern
ment, Territorial government such as We
give the other Territories, in Gods name
let us take our hands off their threats and
give them an opportunity to govern them
selves"
Representative ]. j. Lentz and former
Governor Campbell, of Ohio. also spoke.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
Mcthodi.m in Their Madness.

On Tuesday last the Methodist Episco-
pal Conference. sitting at Wilmington,
Delaware. INDUCED in a stormy debate
over a resolution which declared that
William Mckinley, President of the
United States, was a ''tippler" and, as
such, subject to Methodist discipline.
All persons who enjoy antics o. the
kind will be relieved to know that as a
result of the discussion, the President
in the solemn judgment of the Whining
ton Methodist Episcopal Conference, is
not "tippler'' although his escape from
that distinction was achieved by the
comparatively close vote of forty-seven
to sixty-nine. The decision was rather
in the way of a Scotch verdict, the Meth
odist hierarchy in question finally clos
ing the incident after a pleasing season
of mud-throwing.
To what depths of asininity and vulgar
impertinence will not ignorant prejudice
and bigotry descend? Who made these
long haired and addle- headed individuals
the censors of Presidential manners and
customs? Who gave them the right to
decide by resolution whether the President
of the United States is, or is not,
'tippler?" AS a matter of fact there
has never been an occupant of the White
House more abstemious than Mr.. Nc
Kinley not even excepting the sancti-
monious Hayes; but that has nothing to
do with the case Are the conventions
of the Executive Mansion to be made de-
pendent upon the whims and idiocies
of every gathering Of unmannerly
Pharisees from one end of the country
TO the other? We rather think not Peo-
pie who commit such offences against
common propriety probably know no bet
ter: but they should be made to see and
feel their indecency by suffering the active
and outspoken contempt of the communi-
ties which they infest. The President
of the United States is entitled TO personal
immunity from the shafts and assaults OF
blackguardism, whether it be of the cleri-
cal or the lay variety. The Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference is de-
serving of abatement as a nuisance, and
at least forty-seven OF its units would be
all 1.-The better for the official services Of
the fool killer
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
FRIDAY, MARCH SO,19OO.
Mr.. Davis Protest.

According to the Evening Star"
Washington journal Of character and abil-
ity, Republican member of the House of
Representatives declared few days ago
that it did not make any difference how
much the country might protest and rage,
the Administration had made a campaign
arrangement with the trusts and the
Porto Rican bill would have to be jammed
through at any price. Were the situation
otherwise one would suppose that the
speech of Mr.. Davis in the Senate on
Wednesday would be effective in calling
halt. He is not a Democrat, or generally
an opponent or critic of party purposes or
policies. From the inception of the pres
ent Administration he has been the most
earnest, as he certainly has been by long
odds the ablest, apologist for regime
which those who know him cannot believe
he could regard with great respect. When
a leader of this sort speaks it behooves
his fellows to pause and listen. That they
cannot and dare not is their misfortune,
as perhaps they may realize later. In the
course of his argument Mr.. Davis said
In my judgment the only course that can be
logically ana wisely pursued under present COnu!-
lions is to abandon this mockery OF a tariff be-
tween Porto Rico and the United States and re-
turn to the path OF plain duty and pursue ii.
II there we're the least vestige of sinceri-
ty or honesty in the position assumed by
the trust Senators, this advice would be
taken; but there is not. The Davis amend
nent offers them all the chance they want
TO test the constitutional question of the
right OF Congress TO enter upon all Amer
lean territory outside of State limits, to the
exclusion of the Constitution, and to treat
such territory as foreign, to any extent or
in any degree demanded by the trusts In
principle, We are afraid that the amend
ment is as bad as the initial infamy; still
it affords the opportunity TO do present jus
tiee to an American community sadly in
need of righteous consideration.
1T cost the United States three million
dollars" said Mr.. Davis, Ito disarm the
insurgent army in Cuba and 10 buy their
guns. 1t did not cost us dollar TO dis
arm an army in Porto Rico, because there
was no army" Again he remarked: I'VE
did not tax the products of Hawaii, did
We? Why should we tax the products of
Senatorial agents of Rockefeller, Have
meyer, and oxnard would find it difficult to
answer. Mr.. Payne, the author of the
House bill, had the proper solution in his
head when he wrote TO constituent that
Porto Rico was entitled to free trade be-
cause it had been accorded 10 every other
State and Territory, and to Alaska, rot or
CANNED into a Territory"
We are sorry to see a man like Senator
Davis, who is brave enough 10 combat his
party owners and overseers. on grounds OF
humanity and expediency, capable of dodg-
ing the great constitutional principle which
underlies the whole matter. He knows
that the reason Porto Rico ought TO have
free trade, is because that right and priv
ilege is guaranteed 10 it by the Constitu-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
Plain DUTY According to Hanna.

From the Atlanta Constitution.)
1t has been the destiny of Mr.. Hanna to poison
the minds of many good men with the idea
that commercialism is of more importance than
either conscience or Christianity Whatever
scheme is calculated to put money in the pocket
OF the business interests" OF the country-the
business interests being the trusts and the
monopolies managed by the tariff barons-are
highly moral according TO the Hanna code OF
ethics. Justice, right, humanity. all sen
timents'' which may he expected to blow over
like an April rain. The really moral course OF
procedure IS 10 secure vast corruption fund to
he expended in the present campaign Why
should it be necessary to cater to the will OF
the people when the trusts and protected inter
ests can control their employees. when Republic
can corporations can march the workingmen up
10 the polls? Such is the theory and doctrine
OF Hanna, and il is plain that he has been able
to make a very powerful impression not only on
the President, but all the Republican leaders
in Washington with but few exceptions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

The Senate has adopted a resolution. in
troduced by Senator Gallinger, instructing
the Committee on the District OF Column
bia TO make careful enquiry and investi-
CATION as to the necessity of further con-
tinuipg the muzzling of dogs in the Dis
trict of Columbia" and to report when
and by whom the order was issued the
alleged reasons for the order. and upon
what ground il is being kept in force" We
are glad TO think that the idiotic ordinance
in question is to be analysed at last. 1t
has subjected the Capital City to the ridi-
Guile of the whole country. and the paretic
responsible for it ought TO be identified and
suppressed without loss of time. Other
wise it is quite conceivable that. as soon
as Congress is out of the way, We might
have orders issued to prevent cats from
roaming at large without hoop skirts, and
TO compel District cows to take out mar
riage licenses.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
The Case of Otis.
cry

lFTom The FhlIadeIpIna LedgerD
The report that General Otis is soon to be re-
Iieved and ordered home because Of the impaired
STATE Of he health does not TO comport
with the action just taken by Secretary Root
in creating the military division Of the
Pacific and putting Otis at its head. In Glis
canacity il seems inevitable that he must be
charged with vast responsibility and great deal
Of work. vet there appears TO be good roIson for
believing the reports that he is a sick man and
oyerworked and that his retirement for a season
is demanded no less by his physical condition
than by the coed OF the service, which he is no
longer able TO administer efficiently. At any
rate so much has been said against Otis rule in
the Philippines that 1t would be well to try =
change. if only TO see If better progress cannot
be made toward putting an end 10 the war.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
Pare Your Apples and Oranges.


Aside from the indigestibihty Of orange peel
there is danger in eating from it germs which ad-
here to il. The little black specks, for example,
often found on oranges, and which, under the
name OF rust, is sort OF guarantee mark Of true
Florida orange, are. in reality colonies of fungi
which, some experts claim, are similar TO the
germs causing whoOping cough
DIR. Tachamer, Of Graz who first discovered this,
scraped some of these black specks from grange
and sucked them into his lungs by deep inspiEa-
ton The next day he was troubled with violent
tickling of the throat. and at the end of the week
he had developed acute attack Of whoOpng
cough All fruits are liable to carry germs upon
the skin or To be attacked by fungi, and for this
reason no fruit should he eaten with the skin on.
Bananas aside from being the most nutrtive fruit
known. are the most HYGIENE, for no one would
think OF eating a banana peel
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
From various sources it was our privileg

From various sources it was our privilege
yesterday to learn that President McKin-
ley was much gratifed to receive assur-
ance that the Payne Foraker iniquit.
would be enacted into law shortly, not
withstanding plain duty and that his
satisfaction was exuberantly shared by
those sterling friends of the Admin
istratiOn, Messrs. Havemeyer, Oxnard
Spreckles. and Duke. Every cabbage plant
in the Connecticut Valley will glow with
emotion, and every rum blossom in Med
ford will take OF a deeper hue when the
awful menace of Porto Rican free trade is
removed. In the mean time the Supreme
Court of the United States Will read over
the original manuscript Of Chief Justice
Marshall's ruling in the Loughborough
case. and prepare to show trusts and a
Yielding Administration what it knows
about the Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

From the Minneapolis Tribune.)

Ii is gratifying to learn that our valuable pos
session OF Alaska is to be given some consldera-
tion by Congress. Although large portion Of it
is located under the Arctic circle, Alaska has al
yeadv proven a source of wealth, instead OF
burden like the possessions situated under
tropical sun. where nature has poured out her
richest blessings in air, soil, and climate. Aside
from an occasional miner who Tecklessly wanders
too far from his base of supplies. Government
has not been called upon TO feed the Alaskans or
TO vote aid TO help them get their feet. All
that the hardy residents of this far northern terri
tory ask is the protection OF equal laws and an
opportunity to acquire title to property which
they honestly buy or have produced by their toll
and enterprise. Instead Of sending out pitiu
appeals for assistance, they are constantly pouring
and trade.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
Territory and state.

QFrom the st. Louis Globe -Democrat.)
The objection 10 territorial government has
been that it would put its recipients on the road
TO Statehood OF course, this deduction is faulty.
New Mexico has been a Territory for half 3
century, and may remain in that status for several
years yet Alaska has been part of the United
States domain for a third Of a century, and it
has not yet received full territorial government.
As the United States has kept New Mexico in
the territorial stage for fifty years it will be easy
for it to hold the Philippines in that stage for
100 years or 200 years, if the conditions continue
TO demand this treatment. There would be no
compute n on Congress TO admit the Philippines
to Statehood at any time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
FREE TRADE OR TROUBLE.
A Government Fiscal Agent Fears a
Porto RIcan Outbreak.


BOSTON, March 25.-W. H. S. Lothrop,
of De Ford & Co., United States fiscal
agents in Porto Rico, says that IL Congress
imposes a tax on the industries of the
island, there is likely to be trouble. Mr..
Lothrop lately returned from the Island.
He said:
Il tell you now that II Porto Rico does
not get relief in the way Of free exchange
OF products before next summer, We Amer
leans who go there will take our lives in
our own hands. There has been a feeling
of discomfort ever since last summer. and
1t was greatly augmented by the hurricane.
What they wanted last fall, and what they
want now. is to be placed on the same
footing with the United States as any other
part of the country. They were protesting
against alienation all the time when / was
among them, and about all that kept them
quiet was the assurance from American
authorities that as soon as Congress met
everything in that respect would be set
Alright. All along the people have thought
that something was to be done for them.
and the hesitation now shown on the part
of the American people is making them
desperate. A starving people is the wort
in the world, and we have not soldiers
enough in Porto Rico TO run the risk of an
outbreak"
Mr.. Lothrop says frankly the people
have only the vaguest idea Of what they
are contending for. but the leaders know,
and unless they can see the industries OF
the island flourish again they cannot pre-
vent trouble. He thought the real point
in the trade difficulty lay in the present
exclusion of Porto Rico from Spanish
trade. When the island ceased to be a
Spanish possession the trade of the ISL
and products coffee tobacco and sugar
were Disseminated against in Spanish
ports just as any foreign imports. Porto
Rico said Mr.. Lothrop. ought, then, to
have been able to have turned at once to
the United States with her products, but
here, too. she was checked. Is il any
wonder, then, that the planters are at
their wits end, that labor is at a stand
still, and the people desperate from
starvation"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

preaching. and presents half as much as
they do good air and water and heating
apparatus that will keep them warm with
out swallowing up all their earnings. When
we have a little more practical Chris
tianity applied to the building regulations.
water supply and sewerage system, there
will be less need for mission chapels and
rescue homes. There ought to be laws,
strictly enforced. against the building or
use of tenement houses which are unsani-
tary, ill-ventilated, and badly constructed.
The poor may be housed in small apart
ments, more or less crowded, but their
homes ought to have enough light and air,
and there should be water on every floor
of the. building, and, If possible. bath
rooms. 1t has been charged that where
bathtubs have been put into model tene-
ments, one for each apartment, the ten
ants generally use them for coal bins.
That is quite natural. II the owner Of The
building had to buy his coal by the hodful
because he had no room to store a bushel
at time, he would probably put it in
the bathtub or under the bed, or any
where else, to save paying double rates.
But that does not prove that public baths
would not be appreciated by the poor. In
every city where they have been erected
they have been immensely popular. Glas-
gov has them, and also public laundry,
where, for a small tax, women can come
and do the family washing, or laundry
work for others. 1t is not necessary to
pauperize the people by giving them these
things. The running expenses can be paid
by those who get the benefit of the hot
water and the bath rooms. When traDspor-
tation systems have been improved little
further large part of the tenement popu-
laton will probably colonize the suburbs
but there will always be enough people to
fill all the model tenements which are
likely to be erected in any city. 1t would
be worth while for all churches and chart
tatie societies TO unite and make a grand
effort to give poor people clean and COM
Portable homes. They might find that after
this was done, their labors in other direc
lions would be considerably lightened.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

Boston % November 1926.
'Sir: My eldest son. Charles Sumner. is de-
sirous Of being admitted as a member OF the Mill
tary Academy at West Point. lie will be fifteen
years old in January next. He is OF good con-
StitutiOn & in good health. altho unusually stu
dious He is well acquainted with Latin and
Greek is somewhat acquainted with Arithmetic IL
Algebra Il French. lie Is exceedingly well ae-
Gent and modern. He knows the scenes Of many
OF the distinguished battles Of ancient and mod
ern times, x the characters of the Heroes who
figured in them. He has a strong sense OF pa
triotc pride; and a devotion to the welfare and
glory OF his country. He is now al the Latin
School in Boston. & in August next will be
qualified to enter the university at Cambridge.
He prefers the academy at West Point. He iS
the Oldest grandson OF the deceased Mai Job
Sumner. who served with reputation in the army
Of the revolution. whose only child am.
at is not proper for me to devote him like
Hannibal 20 a military life. and at the present
age | will not attempt it; but | have the most
respectful opinion OF the education that is gem
orally bestowed upon the Selected Sons of the
Republic whether a young man is destined 10
a military or civ lie.
II have not merit Of my own, II my boys
character and qualifications give him any calm
10 Your goodwill. l hope he viii receive IL
can produce but few certificates in his favor
nossibly be that no other recommendation IS
necessary Mr.. Webster and Judge Strong, Il
questioned can say whether or not would rec
ommend anybody, son or no son, whom did
dent Himself may possible not be an uttsr
stranger to my name
al form no unreasonable expectation, am not
liable TO any painful disappointment, whatever
NAV he the result OF this application.
II am sir, your sincerely respectful humble
servant CHARLES PINCKNEY SUMNER.
ITO the HOnourable Philip Barbour. Secretary
Of War
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

In the Senate yesterday Mr. Foraker in
troduced a bill to increase the pay of male
laborers In the Government Printing Of
fee. Assuming that this variety of public
servants is deserving of higher compensa-
ton, the bill is open to the suspicion that
is in the line of class legislation. Why
should the lately insurgent Senator from
Ohio think that male workers should be
benefited and not female workers? OF all
the faithful people who devote their lives
and talents to the public service in small
official places, it Is notorious that the wo-
men are the most faithful, most reliable
and surest to be on duty twenty-six or
tweEty-seven days in each calendar month
We are aware thai they do not vote. aud
hence are not as useful 10 politicians of
the Ohio school as are their masculine COM
petitors. But Justice is not a matter OF
sex, and the laborer is worthy of his hire
whether in golf clothes or petticoats. In
fact, we are trife ashamed OF Mr.. For
aker
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

1t is not Russia alone that the unfor-
tunate Sultan of Turkey has to fear. There
is greater and more terrible foe that he
may have to encounter. DR.. Leyds, the
Transvaal political agent in Europe, is en-
ragged because the Khedive of Egypt, the
Sultan's vassal. has loaned six Maxim
guns to Great Britain. That is a kind of
thing no Boer diplomat could tolerate. So
Leyds has demanded of the Sublime Porte
an explanation of its offensive breach of
neutrality. Uni ss reparation is offered
at occe we may look for an ultimatum TO
be followed closely by Boer investment of
Constantinople. What We most admire in
DR.. Leyds is the utter absence of anything
like a sense of humor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30
The BeIair Lynching.


In the matter Of the Beiair lynching Governor
Smith owes to the people duty from the
righteous performance Of which he should not
shrink Not only have the law-abiding citizens
Of Hartford County been afronted, but likewise
the inhabitants of the entire State, and the dig
uity Of the Commonwealth calls loudly for vim
dicaton The perpetrators SHOULD be identified,
arrested, and prosecuted. This is an instance Of
violence in which it would seem TO be not a
very difficult matter 10 point out the Eingleaders.
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The Issue In MinnesOia.
From the St. Paul GlObe)

IffOTII IIIt II. 7 "uI 'IOTtV
The action Of Eve Of Minnesota's Congressman in
voting for the Porto Rican Tariff bill in oppos ion
TO the will Of their constituents has raised a
question which the people Of Minnesota will de
eide at the polls next November This question
broadly stated is: Shall a representative in Con
gress accept and follow the wishes Of his con
stituents or shall his constituents submit TO the
views and wishes Of their representative?