El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-03
EDITORIAL VIEWS
We could derive many
lessons from the discus
sions that have taken
,,Iaoa ar tho Tn0icloturn
THE BOYS KEEP IT UP


during the last few days iii connection with the state
lents made before CONGRESS- III Washington by Resident
Commissioner C6rova Dava. TO particularly these
events have meant considerably; have been away so
sfinv years we are unfamiliar with the way things
of this sort are conducted here that the experienced
reader no doubt will laugh at our alazement when we
arecite nocetlv of the incidents that to
notice. ''
For instance we had gone time and again to the House
of Delegates to see how session was conducted, what
the representatives of the people had to say what the
41ace looks like etc Reader, every day were dsap-
pointed: Session can't be held for lack of quorum-
and already beginning to give up hopes OF ever
seen meeting at the Legislature. 1t even prOpOs-
ed bv Coll Cuchi if remember right that the seat
Of av delegate be declared for sale beg your pardon,
cant if the owner failed to appear at three consecutive
sessions! Tt also suggested by some OF the
members of that body that the Sergeant Arms be sent
through the Isand with large to fetch those miss
ling links of the legislative chain. " "
Then, miracle happened. One day we dropped at
the Lower Chamber, and the place a1nmed, both,
'te house itself and the obbies Wat is the matter?
we inquired in wonder Great things about to hap
zen here this aftepnoon' the answer We tried to
et enter the gallery butit impossible; then
showed by Some onento the place reserved for the
NEWS bows e. net The venders but the get
tiers Then we could that something of transcenden
tai importance was to be the object of prOongued dis
cusson 1t couldn't be trne like the problem of
public educaon the economic problem, the teIml-
snation of transportation SYSTEM including the new
Cd,ycer0 del Sar, from Mramar to Martin Pena. No,
something really extraordinary was to be debated and
the.delate in fact started right Off and kept at full
speed from three O'Clock until about eight at night Cue
:lrta was admirable; Cuchi, ne ROssy, excellent From
Demosthenes and Cicero to Bryan and Castelar, reader,
there finer Oratory displayed nor higher
tribute to the noble art Eendere You ought to have seen
that! DID T. hear you ask 'What was all about it?',
Why, it WAS pathological discussion and you can have
idea Of the Importance of the thing, when in sup
mort of their.respective arguments, Guerra Cuch and
sdaoss back to life Greek and Ro7
man. French and English, American and Spanish autho-
rites "Soliddrty means', began Guerra to explain,
and kent on explaining between mouth-fus of water.
Then Cuch would break n "By solidarity it is impli-
ed hpt Rosy is too old a fox to etyoung Cuch come
with Implications. The minority leader won't have
Of that solidarity "No, Sir! TO be not to be, that is
the question: you you and we are we". But night
came the thing looked if would never end and even
those undeatigabe debaters got tired, and finally came
to an understanding which eliminated after our fashion,
in hearty embrace, each party recognizing the debating
prowess of the opponent. And prohibition is i'll force
lin the InsuIar Parliament just much outside the
discussion ended without champagne and we end this
instalment here, and will take up the second part to-
afternoon.