Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-20
POST MUST ANSWER.
Governor of Porto Rico Is Sum
 moned to Washington.

l uOucu tO NdSlllu&IOHs Washington, D. C., Nov 20.-Gov
 ernor Regis H. Post of Porto Rico i!
 ''in hot water.' President Roose welt has summoned him to Washing
 ton to show cause, practically, why
 he should not be relieved of his
 office.
 Substantially, the trouble in which i Governor Post finds himself is an,
 other case of the British governor Swettenham, of Jamaica. He evi,
 dently has been too deeply impressed
 with his authority and has talked
 more than was wise.
 Last September Governor Post
 made a speech to the school superin- tendents of Porto Rico. From all
 reports he spoke not wisely, but too vigorously. His friends say that he i: given to that sort of utterance.
 The speech created such row in
 Porto Rico that the matter was
 turned over to Secretary Garfield of
 the interior department for an in-
 vestigation. He has reported to the
 president that the charges against
 Governor Post are well founded and the president promptly called on the governor to come to Washington to make a personal explanation. Noti- fication by cable has been received that the governor will be here in the course of the next week. No de- termination of the matter will be reached until Governor Post has told the president his side of the story.
 Porto Rican newspapers have been received in Washington which indicate pretty clearly that Governor Post has been indiscreet as to his utterances. In the course of his ad- dress he made an attack, according to the accounts published, not only on the superintendents of education in the island, but on the missionaries of various churches. He declared, in substance, that the work of the department of education in the island had been worse for the peo- pie than any other influence. except the missionaries. The attack was so bitter and virulent that every one of the officials of the department of education at once presented his resignation. Pending a final adjust ment of the trouble by higher au- thority, the resignations have been but the trouble with the still is acute. One min ister of importance prayed that men of sense and character might be sent to Porto Rico"
 A part of the speech which ere ated the furore was reported as fol- lows:
 "The school superintendents of the island are a set of Pharisees, and they have failed to cooperate with me as they should. Not one of you has ever written me letter telling me of a policeman who was running 3 gambling hell, of revenue agent who was drunk, or an alcalde who was not performing his duty. Lord Is a Pharisee and always has been | one. You fellows should cruelty | and when you get on the | cross then I'll help you down."
 The Lord referred to is Dr Lord, | who has been on the island in edu- work for seven years and | who, further along in his speech, Governor Post declared to have been a Id failure" Continuing, the | governor is reported to have said: The school superintendents have lone more, next to the missionaries, O bring about the anti-American ceiling in the island than anything 'lse-you. next the missionaries- hey are the worst. I am after you ,oys. and I'll get you or break you"
 Subsequently, 1t is reported, Gov irnor Post apologized for his state nents, but that has not allayed the ceiling against him. His friends that the whole affair is the york of his enemies, but the evil ence is that, granting the cOnten- ion to be true. he has played di- ectly into their hands. The indi- ations are that the trouble will have ar-reaching consequences as to Lmerican administration in Porto licO.