Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-31

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prod"'iS ""u "P'"'''S -" "'i'.' III" ~
this IS ad"ed' ~ the I'"' y III -N-
mighty the ttrIip'c uo9'I ucIi'h "I the
tornado. So th'l 'h'E are now III me cA-
trclnc q poverty ahu ucStitutioh' border
! ing on starvation.
III this hill becomes law. it will stand
greatly in the way Of the Development oi
that little island. 1t leaves the future III
uncertainty; for II We levy Il tax Of Ia per
cent. the next Congress may levy tax
of 30 ner cent. II we adopt tree trade II
will be accepted by every body as a deii-
mite policy towards Puerto Rico. business
interests Will Know what 10 depend uP""
| and capital and enterprise VIII go th'f'
and soon chlngc the deplnrdhlc cnndlti'hS
now cNlstlnE. hccrtalhty VIII pdt.ul N
| industry
The constitution may or may MT i"l-
| ~" the nag. but inc good falth n lh'
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NINA nIe., M harmony in tn party
strongly appeals ID me- But this is d
question other than party ~ policy. K
| IL 4 question III principle ana it is better
| TIA. even 4 small minority Of tie party
| -haald lie right than We should al be
wrong. 1t il of vital consequence. Mr
| President. that this. our first important
step in legislation for our new posses
sious. should be such as 70 commend it
| Self 10 the judgment ana conscience ~
| the American people
At The conclusion 81 Proctor speech
! Pettus, Ala, addressed the senate On
some Of the constitutional phases pre-
| scented by the Puerto Eican bill.
II will attempt to show said PettuS
| how a majority of this Senate have
quit the public road-the road pointed
out by the law Of the land and also
snow What tne result VIII " ,,.;,,
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great error oI thoSe III me ma J''''S
mere IS that theY are III Nl"ldtl'H ~
all our notions of justice ana common
sense. They take thelr departure III
the sense that the Ihlteu H'"teS y
sovereign in the sense that some EURO
pcan nations are soVereigns. 1t is not
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- una tetl never W.
! I'VE are governed in our relations
| ,,.i,h ,t,oso ,orri,,ri.s w, tba laws az
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| nations so far as they are apphtdpI'.
| The idea is that when the territory IS
,,,loJ w , r,+jor that nation cannot
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| nee tS7iillN 'N'IClSc tiIe P'" VI ~
! former ownership. 1t must exercise
eyv,,- ~ accrrdanca with I'LL oyn lin
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| ltatlnnS. w men we LOOK the lSIlil'9 We
| tooly them with the limitations of cX-
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| as was pnSSlbl" III tnc condlll'nS OF ll'
| United States.
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Si''th was pcfS'il'l III It's ".''i!'"ti'i'
| H. first took GalllnSvr to task.
| Al was very much entertained Nv the
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senator from new Il'llII'HIi''' 80
daV" he said when he informed us
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| proved IT to Us, not only 10y ass fliAT