Show 1 ui UE len nico r Boston Transcript tr r Reids neld way a wih with Puerto nc Rico Is Isto isto to treat treal I 1 I us I a clon colony with the larg larget et eat measure meuro of oC consist Cat wih with the preservation of oC our author fly y thereby excluded from th the union ot of States Mr Reid neld looks upon the tho people of at Puero Puerto as a s so alien alln In their ways aYI tastes and conditions 1 a to make lie tho admission to statehood undesirable alle able The e reul result of oC Un application ot of Mr Ir Reids policy would be to give rha to Io a 11 status verj el similar to that which hi the British colony colon of oC Jaa Jama le lea 1 say maintains towards Great Bait am Puerto would legislate for tor herself within certain clearly de defined ned hercl limitations choosing her own torl tots but not participating In the law lal lawmaking making of the sovereign power Worster Worcester amette Under the terms ot of the treaty Spain Is II guaranteed ten years cT toni enmity of duties upon her god goods with thoe those of the United States In al all ter helt b by the United States If IC It should houM be h held lc that our colonies Colonl are Al all entitled to free trade wih with the Unitt United States then Spain und under r th the terms or of treaty would b be entitled to similar I It a SpaIn aln was I tn en entitled titled tl C free frH trade wih with 11 all POrA parts ot of the United States ther there would b be a al l speedy etl rImor clamor from Cram the other r countries of oC tIle the world malY mamay ot of them parin parties tn treaties containing containing the most favol favored nation clause daule for similar privileges naton New York Tork Mailand and Rut nut even enn It they should ther there tn dan never b be al am successful Appel appeal to the Amerin people bue based on look laok ot of faith In their ability t to solve loIn whatever lem of oC diplomacy or commerce may mayme come me to them The They have lIay never nover yet tailed to meet whatever test tests Time hu has brought them Te The PresIdent meets the ter fear and hesitation and scoffs ot of the tho At le league gue with the assertion of alerton his own tul full confidence In the intelli genco and patriotism ot of the tho people St Paul Pioneer Press S So tar far M as the tho need ot of revenue Is coo con concerned nel that wi wilt be done away wih with bv be tho hv hu IhA f h Roust ous bi bill l appropriating p ru the ii i i already collected on Puerto Rican lUcan pro prod products As that sum Rum Is much moro mono than Ihan the 15 per coat trl tariff coul could Yield In the two years of oC It its existence there Is no need of oC what I it would produce So far DS as the c constitutional PrincIple Is concerned SenAtor Dvis Davis amendments it mo clearly I more and explicitly No other argument except thel these two was presented which was nt at al all do de feasible or WI was not palpable trumpery Cleveland Plain Dealer It wi will 10 be or of Interest to watch the couro course ot of Senator Nelsons party 10 asso elates on this amendment and also alo the tha attitude which the assumes towards It it I If he wa was correctly r reported IS as to hi his unchanged convictions regard regardIng regarding Ing the plain dut duty of oC Congress to give ghe Puerto luco tre tree trade with the United States while at the tho same annie time anxious to avoid the government to the doctrine of eual equal constitutional rights ot of the Isla island possessions and ni the Unite United Slate States President Icy vIews may have hae Inspired the Nel Nd NelBon son Bon amendment amendment Sa San Francisco o Chronicle I It should tie be patent tent to ni all that the contention In Is not nOl with reo re regard gard to Puerto Ico but In regard to the Ter There will le be tre free trade wih with Puerto Rc because It Is Isto isto to the Interest of te the East that there should be tree free trade The trl trifling ng House temporary duty dun ot of 15 per rent cent Is 18 not ret retaIned In the tho House out bi bill for tor revenue but for tor I a There cre Is an eI eIdent dent Intent on the part of some seine mem bets of oC while giving the tho gut East tf free acen access to the Iland Island trade on the ho I Atlantic to sacrifice the tho producers and laborers of oC the ho coast on the altar ot of the trusts We e do not that It Itcan Itcan can succeed Milwaukee Wisconsin Puerto Rico Is not Q a State Slate at the pr present moment any more thin than a the PhilIppines and wi will certainly not be Cr a the of mon men mennow now living It behooves COni Congress 8 In dealing with Puerto Rico to make pre precedent preCedents which wi will render 1 It easier euler rather than harder to deal hereafter wih with the Congress hu has possible future complication In mind and is II proceeding heedfully It I is not oppressing tl the Puerto henna with 1 a mx lx nor 1111 Iv It oppressing the people ot of the Unie United States with to 11 precedent Chicago The American people hue have seen lIeen the tho Constitution stretched to cover nel tot ter beside buldo Which Puerto Rico Is a fy fly lIk on the mop ot of the tho Western The e Republic which hM has swallowed the Alaskan glaciers r wi will not eg nt at flu tropical plantations of Puerto me flee Lt Let not the Republican commit tim the sIon mistake of oC attributing Ignorance or of the fact fata to those who express amazement at al the tho political blunder which ct con vented ertel the fre free e DUTY DITTY or of Decent n bet ber Into Inlo a 1 15 per cent tarl tariff compromise rom romIn In |