BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-02

San Juan, P. r.
Sir:
Your note of the 27th tilt. was duly
received through the kind Offices Of toe
San Juan News, who to-day made pub
lie your letter so that the honest sen
timents expressed in it might be alb
sorbed and learned by all good citizens,
who believe with you in working for
the best good of the island and lis pop,
tllation.
While all good citizens must join
with you in your efforts to cleanse and
purify that which it claimed to be i'm
pure and an unholy sight before man,
there will certainly be divergence OF
opinion regarding the best way in
which to insure the eradication of the
evils you complain OF, unless certain
statements made by you are explained
more fully, and are made to harmonize
with situation which must be called
rather anomoious.
AS a non-partisan citizen you make
appeal to the djsinterested and unembit
tered voter for his suffrage. As Henry
w. Doo)ey, business man, unidentified
with party, but seeking the welfare CT
himself, those Immediately dependent
upon him and the civil polity at large,
the vo es of other unbiased citizens
can not be refused you. As Henry w.
Dooley, candidate of one OF the two par
ties which is to day responsible for the
extreme political bitterness, a bitterness
which l have heard you say eX-
tends even to the female members Of
the voters families, you must readily
realize that you are in no position to
ask for the ote of disinterested citizens.
You have become a party to political
doglnatizln ard machinery and in COM
ing as you do before the public on a
party ticket, and asking the suffrage
of independent citizens, the first natural
question TO put before you is-Why did
you not place yourself before the people
on citizens ticket composed of the best
men of the city, irrespective of party af-
fliation? The question is a just one, and
the non-partiSan voter be1UTe favorIng
your candidacy is entitled to an explain
alton on this matter.
1t mus: be agreed by all that your
attitude in sporting the Constitution Of
the United States and those other doc
unaents which have made it possible
for all men to enjoy political ambitions
is commendable. Accepting the nom,-
nation on that condition alone, you have
indeed rendered a services, or rather
given warning which 1t is to be hoped
will have its good and wholesome effect.
Bit loaking over the the same ticket
on which your name will be printed
and hesitati7g for "a single secoad al
severstt OF t..oSe names, does IN MOI
occur to on that Jour y;e,vs regarding
the support of the cols.itltion are hike
ly to receive most violent shock.
Have you never considered the pos
slbllity of some Of your colleagues out
oting, you on occasion those VIEWS. ln
the hight of your past services in the
AyuntaJniento have your never eolsi-
dered that your future Grafton aad
patriotic discourse relating 10 the cons
titution and the flag, While sure to be
listened to with the greatest respect
would have bit small influence on
the votes of those men who are bound
to be yonr associates in the councils OF
the party of which you have made your
self member.
l refer to Mr.. Santiago Iglesias, II
also refer to Mr.. Jose TizoI, also refer
to others colleagues of yours, but at the
same time exclude many men whom
believe are as good Americans as you
are. Icall to your attention the fact,
and ask you to harmonic it with your
own Situation aud views that Mr.. SaE-l
tiago lglesias and Mr.. Jose 'Pizol are
socialists. | have been informed that
Mr.. fizol is s5cialist before and abe
We any political affiliations he may have
made.
Your great solicituds for The admins
tration of the affairs of the city ard
island in a businesslike manner, seems
to be well founded. surely il the light
of the views held by those gentlemen /
just referred to- whom you have vo-
unfairly made your bed fellows. These
gentlemen are also the possessors Of
Solicitudes, bur ] feel corfident that if I
you compared notes with them, thatI
yours and theirs would have notflng in
common. Here IS a divergence of OPT
nio1i on the same ticket which must Lei
explained before you can ask indepen-
dsnScitizens to vote for you.
Your few words relating to the in
vestmento of ca pital on the island and Il
in the encouraging of capital to come
here, are words Of wisdom. There is
the logic Of common sease in them. a h
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