The Washington herald., 1910-06-09

The consideration Of the House bill
providing for a civil government for
Porto Rico enabled Delegate Tulio Lar
rinsga 70 occupy the limelight for a
period.
He is an earnest advocate of home rule
for Porto Rico and his speech was full
Of vim. Mr. Larrinaga speaks several
languages. but his English is strongly
characteristic of the foreigner. He was
honor man at the Seninario Consular at
San Juan, and studied the profession Of
civil engineering at the Polytechnic Insti-
tute OF Troy and at the University OF
Pennsylvania, where he graduated n1s71
He practiced his profession in the
United States for a short time and then
went to San Juan as the city architect
Mr. Larrinaga built the first railroad in
Porto Rico in 1850 and introduced for the
first time American rolling stock in the
Island
In 1900 he came to Washington rs a
delegate Of the Federal party of Porto
Rico to take part In the framing Of the
organic act by Congress for the island.
He Is president OF the Society Of CiVil
Engineers Of Porto Rico: was one OF the
delegates 10 represent the United States
at the third Pan-Ameriean Congress held
at Rio de Janeiro; an American delegate
70 the fifteenth interparliamentary con-
gress at Berlin. and also at the six
teenth national irrigation conference at
Albuquerque. He has represented Porto
Rico in the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth. and
sixty-frst Congresses.
Senator Burton is strenuous in his OBJ
lection TO the conference report on the
rivers and harbors bill.
He describes the bill as a masterpiece
Of geographical distribution. Two hun
dred and ninety-six Congressional dis
bill by items Of appropriations for work
on streams within the districts. He
stated that the bill of 1907 was the best
ever prepared
The pork barrel was lost sight OF IN
that measure and appropriations were
made on their merit.
When Representative Sisson, of Mis-
sissippi. spoke in the House on the
sundry civil bill he caused much amuse-
ment for his hearers by his comparison
Of the Elephant" and Donkey" en-
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litical parties. Since coming to Congress,
Mr.. Slsson says he fully comprehends the
fitness Of calling the Republican party the
Elephant"
1T is because the elephant consumes
more and produces less than any other
animal on earth. said Mr. Siss0n. The
government is now keeping this old Re-
publican elephant out in the Zoo. His
name is Old Dunk He has grown old
and useless and they say that he IS
losing his mind.
Not so with the Honest Donkey the
emblem OF Democracy. In every age Of
the worlds history he has been useful
TO man and noted for his patient toll
and solid wisdom. In ancient times,
when elephants bore upon their backs
kings that oppressed the people, the
honest donkeys bore the burdens OF the
people.
''In every age Of history we find the
donkey useful TO the people who toll and
produce the wealth of the world. He has
been a producer and not consumer"
The Senate has added an amendment TO
the sundry civil bill, as passed by the
House, that will. perhaps, cause some
ructlon when il is reached in the cOnsid-
Grafton OF the bill.
When the House passed the act to es-
tablish a bureau of mines, the Secretary
OF the Interior was authorized to trans
fer from the Geological Survey TO the
bureau OF mines the supervision of the
Investigations Of structural materials and
the analyzing and testing Of Goals, lig-
mites. &c. and the appropriations made
for such Investigations expended under
the supervision Of the director OF the
bureau Of mines.
The Senate amendment provides for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the continu-
ance of the investigation of structural
materials. both belonging TO and for the
United States. under the supervision Of the
director OF the Geological Survey The pro-
visions Of the amendment are in direct op-
position 10 the act as passed by the House
If 1t stands in the Senate bill and gets
through conference, it viii be interest
ing TO know who Is who-which bureau
will conduct the Investigations, and
which will receive pay therefor.