The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
COTTON WINS PORTO RICANS
Foley or PEACE AND ma ST.
NESS BOOMING 4 SUCCESS.
View Gov ernSr Refuses To IIe Tangled ln
LEGAL Politics Gets Rlis E,ntire Pro
Gramme SG Legislation Passed Ses-
Sion Ends with General GOesi Win.

son fnfts WIN SeucfAA seeu WV.
San JuAN. March 25 Snbordi nation
of politics the bringing To the forn ~ thu
material welfare of the island and ARGUS
ing m rne people a spirit OF CommerciallSIu
are the keynotes % the administration
Of Gov George r. Cotton. The Governor =
efforts have be-n wholly deVoteC tn lift
ing the people out 81 the quagnire 81
politics and his success along this line
has been beyond expectations. lie has
adhered strictly to the plan ~ holCilng
aloof from local politics and thus he has
given no opportunity to inveigh against
hia acts or create political agitation 20
ohstruct such legislation.
Gov. Cotton has been at the head 81
the Government since November. lSOe.
He found intense hostility against the
administration and against the regime.
Az matter of fact. tho disturbed con-
ditions figured largely IA causing Presi-
dent Taft To Accept the resignation Of
Gov. Regis II. Poet. Cotton resolved not
20 be enmeshed in politics. and he talked
Of nothing bat coffee. sugar. fruits and
other agricultural products and how to
increase the production and secure a
more profitable market for them.
The tone 10 his message to the Legs
lature was the same. He urged business
and more business. lie overCame the
hostility thai existed in the House Of
Delegates and even made the members
forget their vsiled threats Of refusing TO
aftsnd the Legislature Il certain Ameri-
can members remained in th" Executive
Council or upper house. He made the
people see from his point Of view that
Rha time had cDmsa for them In forRat
politics And give more thought and energy
"a deycIopinR trade His poliCy carried
,.,,,rs.,i,,' .ca -. IN. .bl. "a ind,,,a
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w sgisi4'"rs 10 I"-s IN" oNok"' ths'
he had framed without single amend
ment in seventeen days. The Significance
- ehis - s,,id,.pt Fr,r, the fact thai sips,.
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Legislature has ever before passed the
budget until the last nj ght ~ the ss-ssiOn
and then not without many amendments
~ . R.ht
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were introduced and that the Council
rrfused 20 mass Nv an understanding
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now IN control OF the House. the same
measures were introduced this year
simply to fore-tall tho radical element
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