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ieo and Statehood
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osevelt's greeting to, remained United States territory at
T , . ao "w-wM6ouo un, iu win unauy ue brought into the
'be but are not appears to union with proportionate representa
tt startling to the imnerial- tlon in th o-onomi ,,.., .,. x.
r""" uwi wmt, i-v, nu imiwm
nnc3.irli n f frk-nr n in nf f K.l
((""u nuuti it.tr u, u lull, uui
An iew York Tribune quickly recovj
Madi;itself and proceeds to say that
Pewits uau uu nu auixuua oujecuon to
conferring American citizenship upon
those islanders provided it be not re
garded as a step in the direction of
statehood. And it is not believed that
the president has statehood in con
templation or that he would for a mo-
Tnonr. nnnntpnnnno oimli o i,i
"When Porto Rico receives the gift
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 51
ox"""' fauvvuiuicut, UJL LUe
nation. Then might the Jefferson idea
of the limitations of American expan
sion southward be put into monumen
tal effect through the. rearing of a
column on the southernmost point of
Porto Rico with this inscription:
The United States of America.
No Plus Ultra.
Springfield (Mass.). Republican.
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GREETINGS FROM JAPAN
The following is taken from a re-
of citizenship for its people," says Th following is taken from a re
the Tribune, "it should be with no im- cent issue of the Japanese Evan
possible asniratinns fnr nrnfnimrtri imt gelist:
itrlfVi ,.f ...,.! i.iin , ,, ' fn 1, TT
" nun. wiuiam Jennings
Bryan, Lincoln, Neb. Hon. and Dear
Gin. A 4-t -. .
Jl . -tt.0 L11L5 :mnil PnnvanHnn f
virh rirnfrmnrl onHofortf !- 4-u
... A,. wi.,uuu ui.4oi.tii.njii iiL mu es
tablishment of the island on a logical
and dignified basis as an autonomous
territory of the United States."
Here again does imperialism appear
to indullTfi n -vain linnn t.fn ti
i i , , ."f. J.UHU xT.iuu --- -- - """ vji. tuia munui, tne
has already been detached from the ""lowing action was taken: That the
distinctively colonial status estab- convention send greetings tb the Hon
.lished for the Philippines, and brought William Jennings Bryan, and hereby
Wirtlin trio inofvn-irt l...,-.,l-.t ii pvnrooo otnr-. .. - .. "
..--... uhuluuid uuuuuunes oi tne
dent ignores this evidence by the
archbishop of St. Paul. It is suggest
ed to him that he should inquire of
the archbishop whether he wrote such
a letter as the one from; which Mr.
Storer draws the above, quotation. The
Tcwibjr uj. tne arcnoishop is above
dispute, if that of Mr. Storer is not.
As the case stands, with the arch
bishop silent and evidently not dis
posed to repudiate the letter to Mrs.
"""V' 1U i not do said that the
president's reply on this point is as
convincing as it should be. The
country is left to suspect that Presi
dent Roosevelt, may have passed the
ih xi "reuon in nis relations
SepU Maas"
liAolf, SALARY r",?a,lci"
to introduce W!frncH;onwUh
Remedies. Snd forcontract' mUnh , 4. 8tocE
bet ntonacu. 0. B.IIio'SSkU TiiXmlt
PATENTS SECU1 Oil irjRR
Froo report as to Patontabllltr, Illustrated Onlrtn
LIFE AND SPEECHES
the National Temperance League of
Japan, held in the city of Yokohama,
the 12th and 13th of this month, the
United States. Thnf on fo. i
the Island in a position common to
our territories which are in recog
nized tutelage or preparation for
.statehood. The conferring of Ameri-
ran plHoohaViln .n-.. jti. t i -. .
- srrrt y.uji upuu mo jrori;o iticans
SU urther identify the island with
"- territory" of the United ffrtoa in fT,
sense in which that term has always
Heretofore been heldterritory on the
'-ZaTu tQ corporation Into the union
of -the states. Indeed, it would leave
"llttlG eRRRnfinl rWffaray l i. ,,
status of Porto Rico and that of Art
.' xona'or New Mexico. .
.ana tne Porto Ricans will recognize
the fact and Insist upon it. They will
think of ultimate statehood as do the
people of Arizona and they will aggra
vate it; and the spirit of all our his
tory and the still dominant principles
of our government will inspire them
and support them-in this. And they
wll finally win either statehood, or an
'independence conceded by the United
States as preferable to the island's
admission as a state, which latter
Cffi Is to be oonslderei hlshly
hnf Ti -..WM.M.O uUU uesiraDie,
onLjVeVei; tll0USht of lceePng it
ation. What he proposed to do after
Sdenenden i0A f ?Uba as a
!SXtlAr:Cans,tale was to
s-Lofrz
In tw ji T. " plus ultra an to us
beyond dfeotlon" No more territory
bp?? , a confinement of the
SS net?leanT C0e(Iy to ti s
t.iertiard6OU0s,ins nortUwar(i
o the "Impost"0 Jf be ta,,!lnB
to h,co saa?-j?xis
express SinCGrft nnnronlnHnn tt.-.
firm stand he took for the cause of
Temperance, while in Japan a year
ago by refusing to drink wine-at ban
quets and by wearing, 'our' temper
ance badge in public, thus showing his
staunch championship 'of the great
temperance movement in the world
Banzai to Mr. Bryan! Signed for and
m behalf, of the National Temperance
League."-
4&Wf7k
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tZIS oaise?ess, "" Sore
Kwf A sPte remedy.
Free from opiates. hh
l?Ji2r
THE CRUCIAL CASE
But the crucial case is the allega
tion by Mr. Storer that President
Roosevelt instructed him, an .American
ambassador, to tell the pope, when
he visited Rome, that Archbishop Ire
land was the president's friend and
that he would be pleased to hear that
Stored inG?l ml 1 iCardin.' P.
, .M iu.ijjihcl-, gives tne
French translation of the .president's
wo wuuju ue reau to Plux X. on
December 2, 190?. He had written
them out and, as he faced the pope in
the audience, he read from the slip
?i ?a5f ' since h did not venture to
ofSr niS m.e,mory- If Mr. Storer could
iirr faiumg mis episode, his
Rut fi, 7 i"atuonrs contradiction.
But the disturbing fact is that he is
supported by a letter which Arch"
bishop Ireland wrote to his wife The
archbishop's testimony sustains Mr!
Storer's allegation that he was
charged With a message to the ponl
by Mr. Roosevelt. The archbisnopw
to enISlnt f the Storers'Pvis7t
to Oyster Bay and, in writing to Mrs.
Storer, the archbishop gave this ver
sion of his interview:
The nresfdfinf onri ,,
Storer has told you what I said to
mm about you, archbishop?"
Lr1?p"edl:i MI d0 not remember."
About his going to Rome?"
I said, "Nc"
"Well " he said, "I told him I would
Si 'it0 lett(r t0 the PPe asking
SSald n yU' b X SaId tliat h
to thSnn RmG Sly' VlVa V0Ce.
be 2??S how much x wIsn you to
?oGuS tnat ynoTcS!f be t0 Wm
m ins reply to Mr. Scorer the presi-
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GILLETTE'S BLUNDER
If Chester Gillette, charged with
pushing "Billy" Brown into an am.
rondack lake to get rid of her, is not
dead to all the best and finest in wom
anly character, he must bv thi h
realize that he threw away the love
and life-long devotion of a girl who,
in any event, was much too good for
The; letters from the girl published
durinir his trni ah a J,,
feeling, a richness of character and a
heart of pure devotion rare among
women of any class. Factory girl
though, she was, and unlettered, the
Tw1aaof the besfc 1Iterary ality.
That is, they are full of human feel
ing, expressed with pathetic, direct
sympathy. '
'J1 am buUt crazy now'" she writes
m iiC ui nor iasc letters. "I have
?nrt?v dSing g00d-bye t0 some places
today. There are so many nooks,
dear, and all nf fh , i.. a'
I have lived here nearly all my life.
list, I said good-bye to the old
springhouse, with the great masses
or crreen mnscs fimn i, i i.i-.
cute little house in the orchard, and
w ttll L LUt ndgnDorg that
nave mended my dresses from a little
-wo u4j, lu aave me tnrastiings I reallv
deserved." She seemed to have a
premonition of the end, a foreboding
of disaster.
Gillette's sensibilities were too
blunt, however, to appreciate the deli
cate refinement of the woman whose
real character shines like light in this
brief extract. She was a factory girl
good enough to play with, to dis-
Z ,V ' i,ornaps, it she gi-ew
troublesome, but not good enough to
becomehis wife. As in so many other
cases he was not good enough for
her He missed the greatest blessing
tnat can nnme tn n mnn i 4.ui ,,Jz
because he was not worthy of it He
was blind and knew it not, when he
had it within his grasp.
It is a terrible lesson to all men, and
rm' t0' f0r that matter- Social
condition is no index to real charac
ter. Indeed, it often obscures the best
oiwu,na uie worst womanly and
nianly spirit. "Billy" Brown worked
in a factory. But her letters, written
without art, are the very best proof
of her superiority to all conditions.
Hnn C??VB a rfminder of the injunc
tion, Judge not according to the an
nearannA hf io.rt iifi. . .u
ment," an injunction which any man
SJiJISyT San heed wh0 ls not so
OF
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