The Princeton union., 1900-09-20

S2ps Kept Faith with Cuba. ss
We have been In possession OF Cuba since
the first OF January, - 1899. # We have re-
stored order and established domestic tran
#quillity. We have fed the starv Ing, clothed
the naked, and ministerial to the sick. We
have Improved he sanitary ondition Of the
island. We have stimulat ed industry, In
troduced public educat ton, and taken full
and comprehensive enumeration Of the in
$habitants. $55 65 81 #6
as The qualification Of electors has been set
tied and under 1t Q GERS have been chosen
for all the municip alities OF Cuba. These
local governments are now In operation. adsss
ministered BY the people. Our milltary es-
tablishment has been reduced from Il, 600
to less than 6, 600. # z
4 An election has been ordered to be held on
the 10th Of September under a fair lection5
law already tried In the municipal elections,
to- choose members OF d consti titutionalz con-
vention, and the convention, BY the same
order, IS to assemble on the first Monday Of
sember TO frame 4 8 constitution upon
which an Independent gov ernnent for the
Eisland will rest. III this Is long step In
the people sof Cuba. .S 81. !.
~ 5SE Plans for Porto Rico. I'D R%
We hold Porto Rico by the same title as
the hilippines. The treaty Of peace which
ceded us the one conveyed TO US the other.
Congress has given to this island al govern
ment fins which the inhabi tants participate,
elect their own legis stature, enact heir own
local laws, provide their own system OF e X x
alton, ana In these respects have the same
power and privileges en- ed by other terri
/ tories belonging to- the United States and a
much larger measure Of self-g ernment
than is given to the inhabi bitants OF Louisi-
! ana under Jefferson.S A district court OF the.
UNITED States for Porto Rico has beer. estab-
1sished and local courts have been Einaugur-
ated, all of which ar In opel tion.
1 ]84s The generous treA tment OF the Porto
Rlcans accords s with the most liberal thought
sof our own country and encourages the best
aspirations Of the people OF he island nd
while they do not have nstant free COM
mercial $iptercourse VIII the United States,
II Congress compile with my recon mendation
sIsby removing, on the LIST dag OF Ma Ia st,
4 85Sper cent of the duties and providing for
the removal OF the remaining Is per cent
on / he list OF March, 1907, cr earlier II the
legislat IRE OF Porto Rico shall prov ide local
4 revenues for the expenses Of condu s the
Il government III. & I.
Il 5 Isla and Il Pro- fited. .ss
4 During this Intermediate period Porto
Il Ricanj products Is coming into: the 8 nj ted
n States pay q tariff OF 15 per cent Of the rates
u under the Dingiey act and our goods gotne
Il Il to Porto Rico pa u y Ike rate. 81 The stuttes
Il thus paid and collected both IN Porte Rick
4 ard the United States are paid to the gov,
q ernment OF Porto Rico and no part thereO
4 lis taken By the national government
d, d, All OF the duties from Nov. 4, sos. TO lnn
a 80, 1900, aggregating the sum Of s. go,
II 500 q, paid at the, custom houses In tn
United States apon Porto Rican products
u under the laws existing prior to- he abos,
4 , men tioned act Of Congress, have gone int
!. the treasury OF Porto Rico to relieve tn
I, destitute and for schools and other publ
4! purposes IN addition to this. we have sea
pended for relief. education and Improve
ment 81 roads the sum of 81 .5ls, ,Os44. .95.
Military, Force cut Down. 8.5#s sa5
1 The United States militar force in gsth
O. HIislands has been reduced from A 900 q t
b Il j 500, and native Porto Rlcans constitute 70
4 the most part the local consta abulary.
Unders the neV law and the lnauguratlo
II Of civil governmentS there has been q graf
flying revival Of business. The manufacture
\ l;of Porto Rico are 4 deyel eloping her Import
are increasing !: B her tariff is yielding i
NJ 5creased returns her heldss are being cult
II II waited: free schools are being established
Ell Notwithstandi the many embarrassmen
i. incid to q change Sof national condition
i. she IL rapidly sho owing the good effects
III her new relations 70 this ma ion. ~
e U For the sake OF full and Int lligent Ennde
~ standing of the sPh lipplne question md
j. give 10 the people nut hentic Informal tion
II the acts ana aims sofs the dministration,
a present ats some len 9Th the events of impo
q tanceS leading up to the present situatio
Il The purp posesSl of the s. ecutive are best i
i vealed and can best Be Judged ~ what ]
l- has done and iss sdoing.
sr Every a. n owe For Peace.
IN It win he seen Int the power aof the SO
e e ernment has been used for the iiberty u
ponce and the prosperit Sof the Philipni
eaples. ana that Force has been employ,
tos only xainst force which tood IA the WI
n KS IA real lizati "a sof these ends