BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-03-18
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"a present rrg.uc anaiiElne .n4
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fron q, dcmol,atic pffuciTses lne
natives haNt ma,.e immune rah.c oon
plants bora ui. ikc o~trcsacss q! ouf
colonial system A. ials has conlu
suicd q : response 81 sympathy IN ;he
United S;~,es. ~h,ch Is an co oi What
wc ask
In an admirable ariiclc by lud.e
Richmond. wc hnd justification oi
all our campaigns agslnS; the present;
administration and ihe op'im is;ic and
foolish officials. These administrators
suppose that their brigh; condition
has parallel IN the situation Of the
island. without considering that the
natives hive been sacrificed 80 attain
their happy state. :.
Judge Richmond supports all iha,
We have censu-ed regarding the gov
ernmen, The Judge states that The
natives have been forced out and their
places filed by men from Indiana and
other SITES, who have not the conhd
cnce Of the people.
He observes the negligence Of Con
gress. the anarchy introduced in our
legislature the absence OF civil gov
ernment and the critical situation
that the people see in the me ,kods
of AmeriCanizatlOn. which are pre-
iudicla 10 them He holds that the
Porto Ric ms should demand, need
and deserve self-government; an aut.
onomy which will dissipate the fears
and presentiments which become more
discouraglng every day.
The authority Of Judge Richmond
is grand and clear for him to write in
such strain
The NV York Sun is the paper
which publishes his article. This pa
per has repeatedly commented upon
and reproduced our articles.
This colleague has rendered as
great service to the isl nd as the
harm it did when it opposed the loan
to the satisfaction Of the Executive
Council, giving the same absurd pre-
texts As did the members who are
enemies of Porto Rico
If all he officials on returning 10 the
I ~ Il hA
attitude of Judge Richmond, then BY
this time We might have had differ
ent situation here.
We simply want them to tell tA
truth wnen they return 10 the United
States. We want them to change the
opinion held reg riding us and to say
that Porto Rico was not an enSlaved
people; that We had here better laws
a purely auionomic government and
an unsurpas> able financial condition
BY informing all the Americans of
these facts, there is no need 10 fear
that the present state Of affairs will be |
prolonged.
Even the typewriters are Anne rican.,
Judge Ri, hmOnd has said in an out
burst Of honest Indignation.
This was written by the judge long
before the doughty Mr Elliott decreed |
the deca pitsuon of SO many of bis
employ S This wonderful official
does not need more than his American |
henchman to run this department
which has been the one to inspire the
most distlust and sus picion
1t is to avoid his high handeness,
that the people want self government.
In order that the buses may be end
ed and that the island welfare be
not at the mercy of the American of
ficials or Sc nemes of these men whom
the government ccmpels us to accept.
Self goverr ment IS what is wan
ted these are words of the popular
American paper, The St Louis Globe
Democrat.
1t is not an underhand struggle
against the United States, but fr9nk
protest which does not dissimulatc it
self or seek place Of concea ment.
The House memorial has Civ, to
to our colleague, the ques
tion of government, and It appre
ciates that he people have a right to
complain and to be discontented.
But the ST Louis newspapers falls
into 2rt at error, when it thinks that
the island euioyS unprcCedented pros