Show POLITICS pr PORTO RICO McKinley Republican Party to Be Organized Or-ganized By Redicals Porto Rico March 22The leaders of the radical party have decided to organize or-ganize a Republican party in Porto Rico with a thoroughly American platform plat-form They will endeavor to unite all factions The platform will be submitted sub-mitted at a meeting to be neld tomorrow tomor-row and it will endorse the policy of President McKinley will pledge fidelity to the American flag hail the prospects of annexation to the United States express ex-press the belief that the Porto Rico courts can be trusted with the civil government of the island but will declare de-clare a willingness to await the action of congress The platform will also favor free suffrage suf-frage public schools reform in taxation taxa-tion free trade with the United States the establishment of a gold basis for the currency the American system for the jUdiciary and will pledge the party to lend every effort towards civilization and to teach the inhabitants to become loyal to the United States Reed May Be Candidate Lewiston Me March 2Am L Allen secretary to Speaker Reed says regarding the interview printed today in which he was made to say that lIr Reed would not be a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1900 that he did not make such a statement and he did not know whether Mr Reed will be a candidate or not |