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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
TUESDAY. DIN EMBER II.
STORER DECLARES ROOSEVELT
SENT HIM TO SEE THE POPEi
; Gives Exact Message
l Which He Read to
r Late Pope Leo.
Continued frsm Pag• On*.
• passed* .a conflanc* eorome prelat et
fr. amine citoysn: Sin'll y desire vIvemenL
• r our Mgr. Ireland lou» lea honneur* de
IrswIM; et <iu 'll verralt avec le plus
♦■grand plalslr ei satlafaetion relevatlon
Jau cardlnalat de Mgr. Ireland.'
He Delivered the Message.
S, 3 nld nothing which could enlarge
Sthe scope o r this message or color It*
S Import. I simply,delivered It and lert
5 lr carry H* own pvoper weight.
* "Immediately after this interview I
, wrote to Mr. Roosevelt a personal and
i ronfldentlal letter, giving a full account
J, or what had occurred there, a verbatim
"Statement In English of what was said
'• by me to the pope, and an account of
* the pope’s reception of the message, t
l should *ay that I carefully
? making Known to any one that I had
: received a commission from the preel-
fr.lsnt The president had Insisted that
am- public tenon ledge that he was In-
i i.. .'.>.aoh niallere tvmilrl tiA ill.
r ter'etted In church matters would he In-
r'JUrlous to him. and I had Just had a
f definite reminder of Ills feelings In that
I respect by learning that Monslgnor
J tVConneUs errand to the tiope had got
’ Into the newspaper and had called out
• from the presidents secretary a state-
.■ 'ntent flatly denying that the. president
J had authorized it.
Interview Waa Reported.
V ••Unfortunately, the very thing that
£ had happened on Mgr. O'Connell'*
vj*|t now happened cm -mine, for a
newapaper correspondent in Rome tel
egraphed to an American newspaper a
report that I had seen the pope.and
gave an account of my audience, con
necting It With Archbishop Ireland.
How this happened I do not know., It
wraa not In snf manner through pie.
The report tva* even said to have been
telegraphed originally from Washing
ton to Rome, and repealed from there
tO Washington. I hail every Intention
* to'Weep the matter secret, and every
veaaon to desire, tn the Interest of suc
cess for my errand, that It should he
socret. -
"This newspaper report of my visit
was brought lo the attention of Presi
dent Roosevelt and evidently greatly
Irritated him. 1 received a letter from
him, dated December 27. 1003.
Storer Wa* Astonished.
• "This letter from the president tilled
me with astonishment. Its tone was
one of rebuke for speaking to the pope
on the subject, and yet I had spoken
by the president's express request.
Then, too, my letter reporting tlie In
terview was wholly Ignored by the
president and lie assumed the air of
I creeds. Alw ays affectionately yours.
" ‘MARIA I.ONOWORTH STORER.'
I Didn’t Knew Hs Was Angry.
| "The president tefers to the left'
of Cardinal Merry Del Val as a rebuke
to Mrs. Storer. Certainly neither this
nor other letters from the cardinal or
from any other authority ever con
veyed to us the Impression of a rebuke.
The president speaks of what he had
been continually hearing about Mrs.
Storer Air the last couple of years, as If
he had lieen for tlut period displeased
by her conduct, anil yet we had never
hail an Intimation of this, but, on the
contrary, ills letter written three weeks
before, on November 20, quoted above,
corn-eyed to us a strong evidence of his
approval. He asserts that he had been
unofficially Informed on behalf of Ber
lin and of Paris that II would not be
agreeable because of Mre. storer** ac
tions to have me as ambassador |n
either plaor."
What Jusserand Said.
T know nothing about- Berlin, but I
have learned whether this Is -true of
Parts and it Is explicitly denied by 31.
Jusserand In « repent letter, as follows:
-44 Rue Hnmelln. July 20. »906.—
Dear .Mrs. Storer—I have the same an-
er to make to ynur letter of the 1»th
Just received ss r tnbde toyour former
one, and the answer Is: No. certainly
not. Neither M. Delcasse nor anyone
else asked me to nmke any representa
tions at the slam department or else
where to prevent -Mr. Blorera being ap
pointed to Paris, nor did J ever make
any of any kind.
" -This new snory, with which I am
very unduly associated. Is not truer
than the other, and I sincerely liopo
there may be no more of the same sort.
I have the honor of returning to you
herewith Archbishop Ireland's letter,
which you had kindly sent for my peru
sal. and I beg you to believe me,,
Very respectfully yours.
'•JUSSERAND.'
No Reason Wat Oivtn.
"No reason for my summary dis
charge was \\n id unfed me. nor was
nhy given out In any responsible way.
New spaper corixwpoudenls In Washing
ton published statements obtained from
sources to which they had access, say
ing that It waa because of my wife's
'Interference' In nfrairs of the Roman
I'ctholtc church and her misuse of let
ters from the president, but nothing
appeared In such a way that 1 could
answer It.
"I later learned Indirectly that the
president was making another charge
against Mrs. Storer, this being that she
had meddled with French politics hy
taking part in an anti-republican In
trigue to promote the marriage of Vic
tor Bonaparte with a member of the
Otleanlst family. This charge the pres
ident evidently repeated lo members of
bis cabinet, for one of them lias iateic
referred to it, and has said that lie had
been given to understand that the
French ambassador In Washington wss
the authority for It.
-‘Accusation Absolutely False."
hr accusation was absolutely fal
Christmas Present for All
one Tvhu had just learned from, the I Neither Mrs. Htorer nor I-had ever been
nan-spanf for the first time and with
imlncd surprise anything .about the af-
••TJils letter, with Its \lrtun1 asser
tion that tnv visit to tin* Vatican was
iwt *»wly unauthorised, but won so con
trtrv to whet could liuvo been cx|>crt-
od. that t\e pveMdent hardly then be
parties lo nnv such plan, or had any
sympathy ultli It. or any knowledge of
Its existence beyond what was rti*
mo red In tin* newspapers, llau that
chnrge been reasonably brought to my
notice, rh I venture to say should haw
We have made a 50% reduction on
all PORTABLE LIGHTS for the hol
iday trade, which gives the head of
the family an opportunity to give the
entire family a merry Christmas at a
moderate cost.
Fretwell-Jones Company,
26 SOUTH BROAD STREET.
Ileved that it had occurred, and v.ns f been done before giving It credoncf
unintelligible except on the theory that j could have proved at once Its absolute
he had resolved to repudiate nil nti- j untruth. In order to fix, if possible, tlio
linarVn. ^ r.ndvres now w riunTn I ‘“‘'"‘"'V f “' '<"•« charge. M,-..
ignorant oi n. am uas no" uiuiiiK ii | 1,1,1,11-#! in .li.lv inai ...
Ignorant
latter which would be
needed later as evidence to aupport that
position. hi fact, this waa the use to
which the letter was afterwards actu
ally put by him in quoting It to per
sons not Informed of the facts, as will
appear Inter.
Hs Tendered Resignation.
*’l felt thrtt the only thing for me to
do was to tender my retdgnatlon. and
that I immediately did. accompanying
It by a letter to the president, of which
I tsgret to say that I can find no copy.
•‘Nothing was done at Rome respect
ing the appointment of any American
to the office of cardinal, notwlthetaml-
Ing earlier Intimations that Archbishop
I Ireland was to be appointed, and to
ward the end of 100it was reported
tn Rome thst this was because the
I president luid caused It to lie know n
there that lie now favored the appoint
ment of Archbishop Farloy. This ru
mor was hardly credible, but, as It was
I currently circulated and believed In
Rome. It seemed to call for notice. Ac-
icordlngly, Mrs. Storer Wrote to the
president on October 4. l»0i, the fol
lowing letter calling hie attention to
the report:
Her Letter te “Theodore,
" -American Embasey, Vienna, Nov.
X«. !»#,.—Dear Theodore—I want to
| write to you In confidence of ionic-
I thing which 1 have heard from Rome.
Princess Alexandrine Wlndlsch-Uraets
| has told me ehe knew the pope very
well In Venice when he waa patriaren.
and has seen him often since at the
Vatican. About eighteen months ago
the pope told her that he intended to
appoint Archbishop Ireland cardinal
Its said: ‘Tlo studiato la causa: sera
fatto" (I have studied the question,
shall be done). The pope went on to
say that there would be no consletorv
that year mid perlmp* not before the
end of 1903. but that Archbishop Ire-
. land's appointment wa* u certainty be
cause the pope believed it w ould please
the American non-Cathollcs and the
Amorlcen president.
" "Everything seemed settled wlten
t'ardtnal Merry Del Vel (who is per
sonally not friendly to Archbishop Ire
land. because of the archill,hup’* pa
triotism during our war with Spaini
announced that "the president has
naked for the elevation of two arch
bishops. therefore ho cannot care very
much about cither."
serviceable If Ftorer applied In July last to tlio
...... ,u support Uuu I '''I'''"*’ 1 ' ambassador and 1 give a copy
till'? wan tin*' use to ..‘V* r ®P ,, . .
44 Hut* HamHIn. 7tb July, IW6.—
hoar Mrs. fitorcr—l Imve received your
le tter Informing me that through‘dif
ferent source* in America you Imvc
beard me quoted ft* the authority for n
statement according to which you have
Interested yourself In Prime Victor
Napoleon and the Imperialist party
In France.
Jusserand Denies Story.
‘••rou ask mo from what source I
have derived such a idory. I have only
this to nay: The statement Is entirely
fa Is A I have never said to anyone
what your informants arc pleased to
attribute to me. I never connected you
in any fashion whatever, by word **f
mouth or otherwise, with Prince Victor
mid his party, nor ever said anything
which could bo construed a» having
any such meaning.
‘I am as surprised at your corre
spondent's statements as .you may have
been, and 1 thank you for having given
me this opportunity of most emphati
cally denying them.
*! have (be honor to be. dear Mrs.
Storer, Very sincerely yours.
“ ‘JUSHURAND.’"
have to give up his work bore.
Wanted Catholic in Cabinst.
••If h* wont out I should have to consider
iiothimr whatever lull the miration of get
ting the l»c*t innu tin* entire country af
fords to do tlio work necessary to In; doue.
y lie that after carefully looking over
lie that I should have to conclude tlmi
one else, of whom I have no thought at
roaenf. would be the boat rnntt. nml If
\ should be In honor Iwmmi lo take him.
nnd not to consult any personal preference
of mine In n matter so vital to tin) country.
tends to leave Hie wavy. For
meut. I ant sure without further thought.
Hint Bellamy would lie admirable, but In
tilling tiny meaner In the mhlitet I would
VICE PRESIDENT LIKELY
TO GET MIXED UP IN
THE STORER IMBROGLIO
have lo take note of all kinds ot .consilient-
] tious. I should count Hclhuny’s religion
In his favor for » cabinet tdneo. Other
! things being equal. I tdiould like to have n
•'atIndie in the cabinet. I urn sure that
i In the navy depart men t he would l»e the
right ntitn. for Instance. I would like
i to get a Pacific slope man Into the cabinet,
and particularly in the navy department. I
; do not wish to leave New England ttnrenre
j sen toil. At present I see no Pacific slope
fitsti who would be competent to fill the im-
1 -ltlon. Moreover.- If possible. I should like
| to get otn* or more members of the cabinet
1 nno are in close tom-li with the people,
•arrying weight when they o%pl*lu the poll
•■lea. puriftres ami ads of
nduilulatrs-
ft*
Yc
k
Sh* Csuld Tak* Mstsag*.
" It I* said that a Mr. Phllbln went
to Rome with a request from you th it
Archbishop Farley should be raised to
the rardlnalste. This has wiped out
Archbishop Ireland without promoting
th* archbishop or New Tork. The dio
cese of New York represente (ns It did
tn the life time of Archbishop Corri
gan) the foreign and reactionary spirit
which ts hurtful to our country an-J
hostile to our schools and Institutions.
I, cannot believe that you have ask 'd
for the recognition of this element nnd
that Archbishop Ireland s great work
should reap no harvsst of futurs Influ
ence would be a misfortune to the
American republic.
. " -If this assertion be nor true, I beg
of you to set It right. I could take n
■ able from you to Rome myself and
put It directly Into the pope's hsnds
without Cardinal Merry Del Val'x
1.non ledge or Interference. You ran
t rust ms really. Please do not he angry
with me for writing to you about thl
Cincinnati. Ohio. Dec. 11. — The
Rnoscvelt-fitoror imbroglio hns taken a
new angle nnd non threatens to Involve
other men of national fame, it Is un-
the true facts tn the ■
ministration.
.induct of the ad-
Secretary Root Too Busy.
This I, the one point in ivlil. li tbaj
PRESIDENT ROOSEVEL T
WANTS PORTO RICANS
ACCEPTED AS CITIZENS
Wuahingtun. Dev. 11, — President | holder struck with the evident rapid
Roooovelt'ft special message concern- j JI**owth In the* culture boHi of the su
ing Porto Hlco, which was coniniuni
gar cane and tobacco. The fruit in-
. - . i dustvy Is Also growing. Last yeav war.
catcd to the two houses of congress to-| the ; noJll pro * p erouH year that the
4ay. was as follows: i island has ever known before or since
"On November 21,1 vlsiied tlio Island j the American occupation. Tho total
of Porto Rico, landing at Ponce, cross- of exports nnd Imports of the Island
Ing by the old Spanish road by Unyey 1 " n ns .,t 4 , 5 ' 00 i2?. # u ,K“', n "JL , .! , 'K°'?S2
to San Juan, and returning next morn- j p r mr ti'Vif. "a JlV-
Imr over thr* n«v Am^rir-nii marl from Island « historj, Prioi to the American
Ing over the new American road from !
A reel bo to Ponce.
Wonderfully beautiful, rspet.imiy huiuh* . ,.. n . h ' ,i 114aHl , .» „,i, Ul r . ,
the mountains of the Interior, « hlrh 15J5Sfj5^ *}*«.*»inr
••onstltute a veritable tropic Bwitaer- I’j“ !?]*',A it>ac*iwL I,ci. i if
a—u.i—i. .. r..nn I double the trade that there was In the
most prosperous year under the Span-
e The acenerv was occupation th* greatest trade for any
riful esn^iaflt-imonr one >' ea1 ' ,vas ,hat of ,89 «' " hep It
.,r'L ? : a "!?S51 reached nearly twenty-three millions of
«1ei stood that Addison C. Harris, for-J wishes or memory of Mr. »Rooseve!t
tner minister to Vienna, feels himself J without at t> on^e becoming u scoun
aggrieved nnd lias taken steps to pro
tect hip interests in matters raised by
the con trove ray.
Ill a letter to the president, former
Minister Htoier alludes to the diemls
sal, of Consul General Hurst, without
the assignment of a reason. Hurst was
the son of the late Bishop Hurst, of
Washington, and Mr. Rtoror, In his let
ter. s*eined anxious to learn why he
had been so summarily relieved. Mr.
Storer also took occasion In his letter
to ask If the dismissal was due to "the
urgency of Herdllska,” nt the same
lime reflecting sharply on the latter.
Revives sn Old Scandal.
It is apparent that In bringing up the
Hurst affair Mr. Storer has revived
an old scandal nt Vienna, that It was
hoped had long rirce died. It also
bring* to the forefront in this • onuec-
tlon former Minuter Adfson <\ Ilur-
rls. t’parlemsgne Tower. Robert J. Mc
Cormick nnd the former secretary of
the embassy. Dr. Charles Herdllska.
Dr. Herdllska was a former resident
of Cincinnati, but Is now living in In-
(ilsnapoli*. where he Is associated with
Adoison «*. Harris. Dr. Herdllska came
to t'ir.cinnsti today. When seen nt a
hot*»l he said he would call on Mr.
Storer snd Interrogate him regarding
his allusion In the letter to the Hum
n fTali.
Fairbanks May Taks Hand.
Dr. Herdllska was secretary of the
emba.vy at Vienna during the meum-
bem y of Hart Is. Tower and McCor
mick Dr. HerdIPka. while disinclined
to talk aootit the matter, said that Mr.
Harris and htr ussoclmcs lr Indian-
atKilfs were \ery indignant over Mr.
Storer** action. Mr. Hart is Is a close
personal frl» no of Vice President F.iii -
banks, and It is possible that the latter,
may take * hand In the controversy.
Dr. ilvnili^k-i lias a large collection
of private data snd letters bearing on
the trouble nt Vienna.
Elected to Ananias Club.
Mr. fitmer sajs that his letter to the
president and hi* cabinet was written
You know thst >«*f can'trusr me. We» for *!»• ««*>!. deliberate ju.Jgment c
fh «»rMfflcrcnt 1 men who shmiid be kept infoimcd u
turn of one mind, sb bough
•ti.a nan" u _i,i i,- , h>1 , lent cabinet Ik not ss Ktronx ns It sltouM be.
I he pest, said he, Inis . lion n,th.it i | ,j 0 tK>liorc that n finer, nblcr. more
few men can diiYer with either the j liigh-tnlinJcd Ikh1.v of public servants wns
ever ifot together tlDUer « president; but
there U uo one of them, with the |hivkU)Io
. | except Ion of Root iwho is mi busy tint
drel an<l a Hat*. I seem to have been | hardly ever spcnki who can supeat
elected a member of the Ananla* t’lttb. fore the country with the prestige 4
like all others who have come into dls* ; ment pollticAl lender to exulaiu nnd chum-
put* with President Roosevelt. 1 am i p*“» «W ailuilolstrailon. If I ■•ould at miy
now to be classed with Senators rh«i. Ii^fre ^"’in oth^^oSafor^lf
dler, niltunii. Halley nnd with others | (net place the tnnn should. If possible, lie
who iiave o'.ietftloiied some act or word J not only eminently fit for the ndministrn
of the president. Like every other tlou «»f hi* department., hut also. If possible.
American gentleman who 1ms a wife to
protect. 1 undertook to defend her
name from insinuations ami charges
of falsehood.
"There was no need of \ lolcnt nnd
insulting adjectives to *ho%v that the
president dislikes me. and did not wish
me to remain In the service or to re
tire from It In any customary way."
Knows Nothing of Lottor.
Mr. Storer asserts that the state
ment that nnything was ever written
to the president by Mrs. Storer to the
effect "that Mr. Choate and General
Porter were not proper persons tq bo
ambassador*" Is news to both him and
hls wife. He say* that he entertains
great lexpect for ihr two gentlemen.
•*My Dear Maria.**
Mr. Storer then quote* the following let
ter writtra by the president to Mm. htqrer:
entire MaosU
"Washington. l». C.. Oct. t. l*H.
"My Hear Maria * *
afraid of writing me nr of ankinc anything,
tf it It In tnj {tower to grant. I shall do e*».
If. for any resaon*. whether pm In rlv ‘ _
leader of weight, and further.
•h! hardly bo said that one Can till a ei
t position with reference only to itaelf—
nil surrounding conditions must be taken
Into
Now as to foreign nlfnfrx. fur hupilrlt
speedily develop tb«* fact that si Cat hoi l<
Just stt present, wtiuhl not In> s inun wboi
It uoiild l*o wlae to tend to Germany. 1-Y
wholly different rentmua it would lie Unwin
seud him to Italy. I had not thought of
or knew either of thcac met* when I advo
cated Rellr.niv's going to Itnlv. As soon t
I made hniuiry as to the effect both-bei
nnd abroad of nppolmmenta to German
and Ituly I found udint the fart* were. I
other court would the question of <’j
erlotis tr
tholielain
hare tmt ... . _
intends at present to leave Ids posl
lion.
Wanted Hsr to Understand.
"Of Porter in France. 1 hear nothing but
the strongest praise. !|e serins to haw
done peculiarly well. It would l»e ntt lujua-
tire of n dngmnt kind to turn him out at
the present time. It i*. of course, idwny
He prei . ...
possible that I may make n shift, and if
In doing *o France shoubl l*erom** vacant, I
should offer It to Bellamy at once, tiulcss It
bni>p4'iiet| that f wna able to offer him
cabinet position:'hot •* thing* are just
this time. I do
sense. I ennuot. I shall ! su« U n vimdltlmi arl>iug.
the
never exist’ when \ do not »»>» anythiug you muter*)and exactly how thln-^ d*v; stand,
■ay.
"Rellatny was right about Its
Faithfully your*.
write me ...
I think of l*oth •
•versI time* gone t
leas tt
mind,
have i
First. k» to the cabinet. It l* very
now that I *bnll change any mem bar of the
preaent cabinet. Yon hive probably seen
that I have asked them alt to »ta
*e»*retary of war. Root, I
rilRQPORK ROOfiEVEIT."
BALLARD BIFOCAL.
stay. The* revelation to glass wearers, does
of the very with two pairs »>f glasses, both
irhulr party. HI. -.^ut.'in'.^il"**'. XI " ad,n * , '. n • , ' Val ‘‘ ,n * vWun ,n on '’
at pffwtlvF ild'.vfml In the
*tn»nge»f men l*efo
la*» year. Ill* ndvfc
merely In reference to hi* de|*airuicut. bui
In reterenco to ail branches «»r the service,
A* for Ida depai tmrnt. Itnelf. it |» nt th*
present tltne the mo*i iutiMrtant lit tie en
lire gov«>rntncnt. It would lie a public culnm
ity to have him the now. ami
I-use the words public «wtamlty aditaedly.
ti.ualull frame, unci looks like one glass. It has
. . • . . t shi. sii.ist uiii.naasf.il .if nil #!«„
lie i* n sick man. and his condition gives
me great uneasiness, pot beenuse there !•
the lean fear of his death, but Scat he waj
I>rr»ven the most successful of all the
advertised Invisible bifocals. They uie
l*eing sold by .ull the leading houses
in Anieilca and abroad. Our oculist's
prescription department Is the tnoifl
l*erfeet system ever inaugurated In this
country. Not how cheap, hut how well
we can serve you. A*k the oculist, nbotit
ti*. Walter Ballard optical Company, til
Peachtr.-c street.
land. I could not embark at fian Juan
because the harbor ha* not been dredg
ed out and cannot receive an American
battleship. I do not think this fact
creditable to u* n* a nation, and I
earnestly hope that Immediate pro
vision will be made for dredging Han
Jtmn harbor.
"I doubt whether our people ns a
whole realize the beauty and fertility
of Porto Rico, and the progress that
line been made unucr Its admirable
government. Wc have Just cause for
pride In the character of out* represen
tatives who have administered the
tropic islands which came undeiy our
flag as a result of the war w ith fipuin;
and of no one of them Is this more true
than of Porto Rico. It would bo Im-
postUble to wish a more faithful, a
more efficient and a more disinterested
public service than that now being ten
dered In the Island of Porto Rico by
those In control of the insular govern
ment.
Work of Education.
"! stopped at a dozen towns all told,
and one of the notable features in
every town was the gathering of school
children. The wqyk that has been
done In Porto Rico for education bus
been noteworthy. The main emphasis.
egime
"There were -'10.*17-1 tons of sugar
exported Inst year, of the value of $14,-
180.310; $3,555,163 of tobacco and 28.-
200,322 p<jundn of coffee of the value
of $3,481,102. Unfortunately, what
used to be Porto Rico's prime crop—
coffee—has not shared this-prosperity.
It ijw-i never recovered from the disas
ter of the hurricane., and moreover, the
benefit of throwing open our market
to it has not compensated for the loss
inflicted by the closing'of the markets
to It abroad. I call your attention to
the accompanying memorial on this
subject, of the board of trade of San
Juan, and T earnestly hope that some
measure will be taken for the benefit of
the excellent and high grade iPorto Ri
can coffee.
Should Be Citizens.
"In addition to the delegations from
the board of trade nnd chamber of
commerce of finn Juan. I also received
delegations from the Porto Rican Fed
eration of Labor, and front the Toffee
Growers’ Association.
"There Is a matter to which I wish
to call your special attention, and that
is the desirability of
< cum stances It has been fearlessly used
to the Immense ben* of the peoplf.
It is not a power with which It would
be safe, for the sake of the island itseir.
to dispute at present. The lower house
is absolutely elective, while the upper
house Is appointive. This scheme is
working well; no injustice of any kind
results from It* and great benefit to
the Island, and it certainly should not
be changed at this time.
"The machinery of the elections Is
administered entirely by the Porto
Rican people themselves, the governor
and council keeping only such super
vision as Is necessary In order to in
sure an orderly election. Any protest
as to electoral frauds 1s settled in the
courts. Here again It would not be
safe to mako any change In the pres
ent system. The elections this year
were absolutely orderly, unaccompa
nied by any disturbance, and no pro
test has been made against the man
agement of the election, although
three contests are threatened where the
majorities were very small and error
was claimed; the contests, of course, D
be settled In the courts.
"In short, the governor and council
are co-operating with all of the nio«i
enlightened and most patriotic of the
people of Porto Rico In educating th*
citizens of the Island in the principle*
of orderly liberty. They are providing
a government based upon each citi
zen’s self-respect, and the mutual re
spect of all citizens; that I*, based
upop a rigid observance of the prim-d
an Is eminently wise and proper, has ..in-„ n A„ *u-
been put upon primary cOucntion; but j Am ® rIcan J ,pon 1 he people
In addition to this there I* s normal Porto Rico. I most earnestly hope
school! an agricultural school, three In- i that this will be done,
dustrlal nnd three high schools. Kvery ‘ hAn * * nv hfl, * ni
effort Is being made to secure not only J?,’ .***?,. A
the benefit* of elementary education tufjJSl* 1 L c ’ c ,of 1 orto
all the Porto Ricans of the next gener- | f* ?• . Jo>al. the. are glad to
pies of justice and honesty. It hs*
not been easy to instill into the mind*
of the people unaccustomed to the ex
ercise of freedom the two bask* prin
ciples of our American system: the
principle that the majority must rule,
and the principle that the minority ha*
rights which must r.ot be disregarded
or trampled upon. Yet real progress
has been made in having these prin
ciples accepted as elementary* as the
foundation . of successful self-gov em
inent
Some Praise for Congress.
"I transmit herewith the report J
the governor of Porto Rico, sent t"
the president through the secretary of
state.
"All the insular governments should
be placed In one bureau, either in th**
department of war or the department
■onferring full | of state. It Is a mistake not so to ? -
range our handling of these Island* at
Washington as to be able to take ad
vantage of the experience gained in
one, wlten dealing with the problem)
that from time to time arise In anot.t-
be under our flag, they 4 *-e making
rapid progress along the ptv h of or
derly liberty. Surely we shovld show
our appreciation of thorn, our pride in
er.
all the Porto Ricans of the next gener
ation. but also as far as means will per
mit to train them so that the Indus-j
trial, agricultural nnd commercial op- I
IKiriunltlei' of tho Island can bo utlllx!-.!, d'onoT;.. 0 'Z.KlLl"
lo th- UMt pot-xlblc adtuntRKO. It ua» .Ti®*,* 2??,'* .SSL,?,?,'*
evident at A glance that the teacher.-. I H™ !? «*! cn '" n * recognition for v.lm. ,
both Americans un i native Porto Til- 1 t
*»rtd7 l ilf ! ‘fr* «'iso administration of vised this law to say that It
th" gieaicM pilde lit It. nmi tseie en ,i 1( . ,,reaem governor and council "ell-nlgh lie Impossible to hava devlM' 1
■leavotlnR to tialn their pupil*, not unlj | marked progress lias been made hi the I any other which. In the actual "o' '■
In conclusion. let ine express t*»>'
admiration for the work done by t !l#
congress when It enacted the law un
der which the Island Is now being ad
ministered. After seeing the inland
personally, and after five years’ exp**
Hence in connection with Its adminis
tration. it is but fair to those who «e-
In mind, but In " ,iat ,al dlfllcult matt-r of granting to the pco-! Ing. ivould have accomplished belief
1.1 In cttiZNmhlp, that Is. of thr Inr _,* results.
THEODORE B008EVEI.T,
"The Whit* (louse, Dec. 11.1500.
THROUGH SLEEPING
than mind
in character.
•J was very much .struck by the ex
cellent character both of the insular
police nnd of the Porto Itkan regi
ment. The Porto Rican regiment of
tritopt* must be appropriated for by the
rngres*. I earnestly hope that this
body will be kept permanent. There
should certainly be troops in the
Island, am! It is wise that these troops
should b? themselves native Porto | tent municipal official*.
Rican*. It would be from every stand- . Power Never Exercised
reg?m*nt” tot * k * " ,>l T rpe,Utt,C l '"‘; -Th'- l-»cr has never bee,', cxsr.jUave. Atlanta 4:4i p. m. frum Uni-a
Great Oro«th .f Crop*. I oTlnooia^^^*h 0 ^* j ,OW Paaflengsr Stall m m *
pis of ihc Irland the largeet measure of j results,
self-government tlint can with safety
be glvrn at the present time. It'would
have hecu a very aerloua mistake to
have gone any faster than we have al
ready gone in this direction. The Por
to Ricans have complete nnd absolute
autonomy In ail t.ielr municipal govern
ments. the only power over them pos
sessed by the insular government being
that of removing corrupt or fti'-om[K>-
CAR LINE TO
MEMPHIS
-In traversing the Islnn.l even the jc.i.midiie the Imercius of. the ncjiilc. Ffl'T^ln^hsin. arrivjng M.jnjjhts
*"* 1 vur.ory survey leave* the bv- uf 'the Island; and under' such tit- ' u. in. iri:i'l:ig'var service. SBABUARW'