Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-06-02
SCANDALS IN PORTO RICO.
Republican Favoritism Il Dreedins
Diseontent and . Spirit of Re-
helllon In the Island.

t.. A z,
!, th auualon 70 tae glgantlc scandal
- .ns po.o omee department, Wnlch
= .e,iorsly cr,Ppling It's use1uiness' IN
n sne PuDa.c are SO mucn inter-
800, INC era Of 1901 appears 70 nave
Dssome eploemlc ana mas spread to
oul new POSSESSIONS.
In Manila, smuggling by the quarter
masters, who are IN command of the
I, has been discovered, and in
forto Rico q number ofsofficers of the
army and navy and some of the high
est clvil employees have been convicted!
OF the same ohense. In the latter cases
q serious scandal has been developed
which involves the administration, for
under tine instructions OF two members
OF the cabinet the convicted officers
have been allowed to compromise the
cases against them by paying fines.
Ahis extraordinary favoritism would
probabiy have never come to public
knowAedge fsome native Porto Ricans
nag nor been convicted OF similar
s.nnes, snu are now serving long SEN
..nce. y ne penatenuary. me inlns-
s,ce 2, plscans one set OF cuipr'ts pc
: .l1nu sns Dess ana elloWlng Sne DINERS
- g Try .nec.use tney- nave onc,al
.rnuence -and were omcers OF the
:. n1eeo .s',eses' oFesteo great sensaS
- ZION a"onsst the Forto hacans. 1ney
1ao aondly imagined that the laws OF
sne United states would pc strictly en-
forced against all alike. and that the
era OF compromising felonies had
passed away with the retirement Of
the spaniards. The friends OF the
rorso hicans who are. undergoing con-
nnement IN the Penatentaary TOT SNUG
gnng are now demanding that they
% Parooned.
!. a tatement issued by the treasury
aepartmene Gays: It was directed by
Sne president that Secretary Moody
ana postmaster General Payne should
snvestlgate the entire subject upon
ane1r ARRIVAL ct Porto Rico, and that
the cases should be dealt with in ac-
cordance with their Recommendation.
The recommendation was that oil
criminal proceedings should be dis
missed and discontinued upon the pay
ment OF the civil obligation, as above
stated. 1naccordance with this recon-
mendaAon. the attorney general di-
rected the Omitted States attorney for
xofto Aico to dismiss the pending
Eases ana TO present NO more cases
20 sne grand jury until he was other
49, instructed: The cases involve cer-
-. u.nsels =. OF the army and navy, and
ceEtsin civilian employees Of the gov-
S' z. ot 1or ITO hico.
Anis sttempt OF The administration
20 sgueicn the scandal did not have
sne lookeo-1or enect. for dispatch
a1o on, forto hico sayss
Ane grand jury to-day called many
1..nssses Al me smuggling cases In
Wnicn omcers OF the United States
na.y ana other prominent men are In
volyeo, and secured from the court
commissioner who presided at the fors
mes hearings, copy OF the testimony
sa ~.
The prisoners who are confined IN
the penitentiary for smuggling have
presented petition requesting that
they bespardoned and released unless
others guilty OF the same otfense arc
punished. !"
that What "a ma. for ~. y t;va srao.s
sbonid 4. .., =, "a 80 ). $3.50
~. ~. .. ~ Aol Tug onseu olstes
infIner.. ~ !. !. 'ney va. nnd thar omclal
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