The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-11
PALACE AND THRONE
FOR KANSAS CITY MAN
E. Mont Riley, New Governor OF Porto
Rico, to Have Home OF
Royal Splendor.

Kansas City, Mo-, July IL From
residence on quiet street In Kansas
City, +. Mont Reilly is moving to
palace in the trop cs, q palace built
in the year 1915, with thirty-fve rooms,
twenty-one servants. throne room
where once Spanish governors ruffled
il In armor and bright silks. and
courtyard gardens bright with flowers.
The palace Is one OF the perquistes
that goes with BEL governor of Porto
Rico, q position to which President
Harding appointed his friend Mont"
Reilly few weeks ago. Governor
I Heuy sails for his new domain July
10. 10 take up the task OF colonial ad
ministration that has been assigned
10 him. He has already devoted con
siderable tine and thought to the prob
TENS OF Porto Rico and has tentative.
| ly formulated number OF policies
which he hopes to carry out.
Il want to see. Porto Rico as truly
and completely American as any state
! in our union the governor said in
diseussing his plans Tor the island,
and have no sympathy for the move
ment for making Porto Rico ndepend
ent. do not believe that the rank
and file OF Porto Rican voters want 1t,
either; the Independence propagand.
Is are professional agltators many
OF whom were not even born on the
IL and. TO .the Porto Ricans who de-
sire Independence, would say: Make
Rorto REQ III iedged state OF the
union: elect your own governors then
and you will have all the independence
you want, and be infinitely better of
than II the island were an independent
nation And the thoughtful men OF
Porto Rico, looking around them al
some OF the nominaly independent
countries OF the West Indies. struggl
ing with debts and other handicaps
appreciate the advantage OF De
longing to Unce Sam.
. Il don't know what the feeling OF
: the President and Secretary Week.
YOU be in regard TO statehood foi
Porto Rico And lie | should like
TO see II, whatever their views are
are mine. W
In line with this, favor makinf
the English primary Language IN the
Porto Rtcan shoots, and Spanish
secondary | want to see the star,
and stripe Sthe on'y flag In Porto Rico
There is nlovement in the island foI
Porto Rlcaa flag. The Amer can fla.
: under which our forefathers won theft
liberty. Is the nag which brought lib
, eTty and self government to Port,
, Rico. don't think we need try an,
improve upon it..
i want to see woman suffrage |,
I Porto Rico and mean TO work for IL.
Porto Rico passed a prohibit OF
aw In 1911 | understand II has beel
rather laNly enforced. mean to en-
force it. IL passed by very lary
popular vote. N can't be nefogce
il pnsht to be repealed.
u hon'd like to sec subsidy OF
Porto Rico coffee s9'ch would M
the 'ndn try on It fett without infeo
ing hardships on the Amer can breal
: Ia table A snbsidy OF quarter q
, cent a ponnd not enough to no ~
? iced in the retail price OF coffee wou
. bring in 10 mil ion dollars q year I
+ Porto Rican coffee gioners ann
? far toward putting the industry on II
. feet.
' There Is another condition on tn
4 Island that need remedical legi
>. alton and that is the cond ton {
}. Oh loren, who have been abandone
by Their fathers There are llterall
J. thousands OF such children In Port
Rico. born In lawful wedlock and the
abandoned by their fathers. shou
like to see law. such as we hay
in Missouri compelling fathers I
: fupport their chi dren and providin
heavy penalties for the man who run
away from his duty.