Show What is the status of or the Porte Porto PJ Di cans under this mr v law in the course course oC of the debate in the thc senate on the Porto Rican tariff bill till Senator Tillman asked Senator Senat r Spooner if the Porto RI Rf RIcans RIcans cans were citizens s of 01 the tho United States and was told that they were not Then he asked i il li they thay were aliens and re received received received the thc same answer To the Jn In Inquiry n what their political status was Senator Spooner replied that th t they were colonists In other words the adminis administration Is going to play that Porto Rico is a newly discovered country to which a lot of ot settlers have just been sent for forthe forthe forthe the purposes of colonization But our colonial system will doubtless have to stand so long as th Tories To Ies are in power as a a sort of ot apology for our pro protest protest test against the system from which the founders of this government re rebelled rebell belled belIcs bell ad in 1776 Since Sri e the London bank bankers era ers assumed control of our financial system we are re compelled to take back the Declaration of Independence when whenever whenever whenever ever It is 15 mentioned |