Show A CAMPAIGN POINT ONLY The TimesHerald has the following After tho passage of the Porto RIcan bill Thomas B Reed suggested an Interesting Inter-esting historical parallel for the attltudo of tho Republican CoiiKresa toward the I people of Porto Rico Tho Chicago Journals Jour-nals Washington corrsiiomloiu Investigated Investi-gated Mr Reeds hint and worked out an Interesting bit of history You have turned back the hand of time said Thomas B Rcort io Senator BcverlclKC Just aflT the Senate had declared de-clared that Porto Rico can be taxed without with-out representation and that trial by l Jury and the other privileges and rights guur ante d r by the Constitution do not extend to tho people of that Island You haVe turned back the hand of time You i should refronh your memory by reading J i the procffdlnjn of the British Parliament I for the thirteen cur preceding he Dee I j j Inrutlon of Independence You will there I find a resolution adopiwl that Is Identical j In Itu purpose with your action today i And you will also find Benjamin Frank lln making the Identical pica to the Brit I Ish JIouso of Commons that Azel Ames tho Federal delegate of Porto Rico IB making In this country today I Mr Reed may have said that if he 1 did It was because he was disgruntled and because he saw where he could make a point with seeming candor between two acts which while olmi lar In terms could not by any fair construction be coupled together The act of Great Britain was to filch for the crown the Porto Rico act was to supply to the people of Porto Rico some absolute necessities the need of which was most urgent In the one case was I a people J perfectly equipped to maintain main-tain and govern themselves In the other was a people desolate and destitute desti-tute because of a mighty storm that had swecpt their island and the taxation taxa-tion was but minister to their needs One was direct robbery tho other an act of mercy and between the two there was not the slightest parallel Moreover Congress was acting under the direct authority of the Constitution Constitu-tion which In tho name of the people gives It in behalf of a majority of the whole people perfect authority over all the territory owned by the Government Govern-ment Outside of the sovereign States In the same way the t people of Alaska are now taxed it has been the custom cus-tom from tho first and from the first it has been Justified where the tax was to accrue to the benefit of tho people thus taxed The play upon It and tho hobgoblins raised because of It I are merely for campaign purposes and will all die on election day |