Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-17
PORTOR|CAN POLITICS
Elections to Be Held NOVem-
Der 4.
ZEAL AMONG VOTERS
AVERAGE NATIVE rs A HOT POLL
TICIAN.
Has No liberation for ANY One
Who Has Views Differing
From His.
ZEAL AMONG VOTERS

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, p. r., Wednesday, September
1O-On November will be held an cleo
ton covering the entire island, at which
time resident commissioner to the United
States, five delegates from each legislative
district, a mayor for each municipal dis
trict. one municipal judge, three school
trustees and members Of the council will
be chosen. In San Juan two municipal
judges and two substitutes Will be voted
for.
While the campaign has not fully opened,
yet the first few meetings have been the
atrical. The Porto Rican Is a good citizen,
he generally minds his own business and
believes in the adage: Live and let live
until II comes to politics. There are no
half way measures. If you are on the OPP
posite side, whatever that may be, your OPP
ponent considers that you are not entitled
to live and that you have lost all claim
to responsibility because you do not be-
lieve as he does. This being the case with
one faction and the other 1t will be read
fly seen that when Greek meets Greek
there Is bound to be results of the Donny-
brook species more or less Thus far few
meetings have been held which have not
ended with few broken heads and the
grave charge has been that the police were
not the least active In either precipitating
or lending passive encouragement to one
or the other faction.
Two Parties in Island.
Today in Porto Rico there are strictly
speaking, two parties; the republican
party, now in power, and the American fed
eral. Another party has sprung up in the
past few weeks which styles itself unionist.
Its platform is utopian to such an extent
that 1t is not being considered seriously
by the other two.
Two years ago the federals cast no vote
at all, claiming that it would be useless to
60 to the polls as the republicans would
count them out. The federals are going to
the polls this year and are going to see that
their votes are counted as cast In this
determination they have the Endorsement
of the governor. who has declared that a
fair election must be held whatever the
result.
Most of the trouble occurs in interior
towns, where the people have little else to
do except to dabble in politics, and so every
body Is politician. The recent disturbances
at Humacao, Cayey and Juncos were
only the result of that abnormally develop
ed feeling of intolerance.
In certain districts the police have openly
proselyted for one side or the other until
brought severely to task by the higher Of
fcials and Acting Governor Hartsell and
Chief Techter have struck upon a happy
plan. In republican strongholds policemen
with federal leanings will be detailed and
those with republican sympathies will pa
troll the federal towns.
Hard to Forecast Result.
1t 10 difficult to forecast the result at this
time, as nominations have not even been
made, but that the federals will carry a
number OF districts and make a very good
showing in the house of delegates is con-
ceded by those who are In position to know.