Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-23
TO SUCCEED ALLEN
W. q. Hunt to Be Governor of Porto
Rico.
PR0CLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT
Will Announce the Establishment
of Free Trade Relations.
! NOTIFICATION DELAYED

William H. Hunt, the present secretary
of Porto Rico, has been selected to sue
ceed Governor Allen, upon the retirement
of the latter from the insular government
September l next. Governor Allen brought
with him to Boston all of his household
effects when he came from San Juan and
he does not expect to return to Porto Rico
The formal announcement of the selection
of Governor Hunt Is withheld until the
regular appointment Is made, and this can
not be before the expiration of the leave
Of Governor Allen.
The New Governor.
William H. Hunt, who has been selected
to succeed Charles H. Allen as governor of
Porto Rico, was born in New Orleans La
November 3, 1857. and is the fourth son Of
the late William Henry Hunt of Louisiana,
who was Secretary of the Navy in the
cabinets of Presidents Garfield and Arthur,
and minister to Russia. Judge Hunt re-
ceived his education at Yale College, but on
account of i'll health did not finish his
course. In 1896 Yale conferred upon him
the honorary degree of master of arts
When he was twenty-seven years of age
he was elected attorney general of the ter
ritory of Montana. He subsequently moved
to Helena and in 1888 was elected mem
Der of the legislature, where he served as
chairman of the. judiciary committee. He
was a member of the constitutional con-
vention in 1884, which framed the consti-
tuition of the state, when it was admit ed
to the Union and also held important judi
ciary positions in Montana. When Gov
ernor Allen went to Porto Rico he was re-
quested by President Mckinley to become
secretary of the island and to assist Gov
H., tat.
government.
Proclamation to BE Made Thursday,
Free trade between the United States and
Porto Rico will be proclaimed Thursday.
Attorney General Knox is preparing the
proclamations which will be issued, and
after receiving the signature of the Presi-
dent they will be promulgated by the
State Department Two proclamations will
be issued, the first declaring the establish
ment of civil government in Porto Rico
and the second The establishment Of free
trade between the United States and the
island.
The Foraker act, section four, provides
that the duties under the act shall go into
a separate fund of the treasury, to be
held and placed at the disposal of the
President for the use and benefit Of Porto
Rico until the government of Porto Rico
shall have been organized and the section
contains the following proviso: That as
soon as civil government shall have been
organized in accordance with the provisions
of this act. and notice thereof shall have
been given to the President he shall make
proclamation thereof and thereafter all
collections under the provisions of this act
shall be paid into the treasury Of Porto
Rico, to be expended as required by law
for the government and benefits thereof,
instead Of being paid into the treasury of
the United States''
Notification Withheld.
Although civil government has existed in
fact for many months in Porto Rico Cover
nor Allen, up to the time he went to Can
ton Sunday, purposely withheld the formal
notification Of that fact from the President
In order that the money collected under
the Foraker act might not be placed at
the disposal of the Porto Rican legislature,
but could continue to be used for the
beneht OF the island under the direction of
the President The effect of an earlier no
tlfcation would have been a proclamation
by the President, recognizing the establish
ment of civil government and the turning
over to the insular treasury for the use of
the legislature of all moneys thereafter COL
lected under the Foraker act. The other
proclamation to he made by the President
on Thursday will recite the fact that the
legislature has put into operation a system
of taxation and win proclaim the removal
OF all duties between the United States and
Porto Rico.
Gov. Aliens Future.
Governor Allen was in consultation with
Attorney General Knox, Secretary Gage
end the officials Of the State Department
today. He will remain here until the proc
lamations are issued Thursday, when he
will go to his home in Massachusetts, He
does not desire to return to Porto Rico
He feels that his work has been accom-
plished there. Civil administration ard free
a ned
gime, and much has been done toward the
rehabilitation of the island. He feels that
the routine work of the future can be left
to other hands.