Show lm SIDE 1 O ONLY IY CO lie loes I oell ot t coll l the tho Puerto lUean Washington darch Post to tomorrow tomorrow morrow say McKinley In conversAtion with callers at the tho WhIte house yester yesterday ester da day reiterated ted his 1118 belief that the people of Rico were entitled to tree free trade with the United States IIo Ho made It IL clear that this view had undergone no change chango since ho wrote his message to Congress lit He adhered to the sentiment At the same time he said ald lie bo woo unable to subscribe to the theory that the tho Constitution fol followed followed lowed the tho flag Ilac that the tho Puerto na have free treo trade os as n a necessary legal right When heri he found that the tho thoI I house deemed It the tho part of wisdom the explained 1 to impose a small mall tariff upon condition that the tho revenues so collected be returned to the Island he had hod been constraIned to yield to the Judgment of the tho House The tariff under juch conditions would be no hardship to the Puerto he believed It ad ls able at the earliest moment to secure a l decision of tha Supreme court on the constitutional Question involved Therefore he hall had given Biven his consent coment to the tariff and agreed to such Buch a bill lie left rio doubt In the minds of hIs he queSt ques questioned clo closely elY regarding tM the drift of public Congress the executive was ns responsible for the tho change of policy |