| Show ON THE INSULAR DECISIONS General Richards Says Adminis Administrations Policy is ii h riggs Root and Foraker Talk m I V MW May Mav department of ol ot f the thc jILT of the tho Insular I Lb rg lh hu bU Court C Ct ourt mUd lj j rc J H r th containing his 1115 t jt I of O the thc I I or tho 11 In Ini Inma ur rf I loday nl auction CIUl Involved tj t mu i the tho cession of I i ma WS ml lb I in the treaty of ot if r md tho 1110 Phil Philone It l RILO o jad 1 ai il Part of 01 the United W one an of that pro r the tb h U nil t requiring is S 10 1 vI If ml a to ta bo b uniform I j 1 t toned Stilled The Tle ih h simply madena made I f lh tU selin t 1 I d Philippines domes domell na nd t h II 11 I aliI sub suu I the flit hit 0 UP y u ot if of t H 1 tI II IV f lId lif hr exercised e with fa hh V nn fl Ao I 0 th Ui se Sr limitations II m It 11 lions This ItIs fl Intended lief l held un ti n h jr ir Jot Of oC the Union and andt f tl r f I II o territory VeS rp subsequent t tv ty t nd by hy I with sw I T c 11 I d Is 18 tho tl of ot cl 01 n i ml tnt gral part J J 1 III Hi 1111 Ii d are lire sub 1 SM Star s tilt government lI L toiv tO Y 5 for i I a 1 extent tho so 80 f 1 t full lul t ir L of O tile Ps 41 IUlar nt now iia has the L T Ve e goT Court for tor govern t r I I the r needs and our II Ill J mc Tin 1 I court Holds maY rl T did not of KB lIs jt the I u aw y to those at al on fl lID loe fc 0 e th Ir people leople the their r 1 t Ft 5 J ing 0 on nn an anI l im J 1 s I and and Ji i in ur jr vu and andI II I privileges rUih Kh elI all nth th i rn Ih f 5 d by Uw people pro pros I s W of t the th h states dutA pOTts P atal lights rights are ml th h ir h I r J i ihn thi h b bY I ll i l t t which vh Ich apply uPP citizens ll If f t their er th Ih I ft t ns ro f of III f t tU toms unit and commer j 4 I t n ture r al aI 10 t l 1 determined hy i r of ot f the power f the ex n I se 50 e ati i S In III Congress d ty by Ih t dUI r and regula Ii nOt I 0 rt 10 to toI I n r Ib I I r I Oi i I I I e It applies ing r rg tJ j 11 l to 10 th s liO 30 J te III f tree fee un tin is i Pr d at IW tile tho Pull Pulli t at to gc rn 1 i r ana ad their Inter InterI eds i 1 as a h it n I uti m that the court has hils hasI i At AI th n limp tI nt t the I he eon con IIII I I 33 10 1 In Iho c cair HIn 0 0 ii I tb Ih R matter of 1 0 a i air 35 L II t bil fl that Ihl t Its r J V y 1 1 t br hI b Wi 11 v V dutleR olti t t u no i be bei beC V ru bt fn t fl W PorI HIM o B gr go In b do doIn dorn C LU i o I L J n States I f the t r jt y mm rn In SU i i and lb C JIS 1 10 to U b a a U r uniTY ThC d h I or f the ie court cout administration in the rhe for I ro no call r did not decide of 01 it tIp th Is a Wf 1 Leon lJ Is kno c as this Dooley Doole em the of the thu col eo c 1 t of or r the i of vt good taX laken n Into Inlo Porto from t tte m mt ike te I I have hav ae e no t nation on Sn thu tho th subject rt It His may a at be ht t to the urt thinks there in is I rJ in tt It i e t another question gueston nn IR to o i r i h duties du ties l not amount mount Of ID 10 todd dm dufo i S n Irs exported rt I 1 front from rom n ft mil 1131 The h also al failed f to of bat JS known l ns the four O S ranc r q involving I SIng tho Miry di free of or duty d hut t of ot rings Into the ilia 1 ltd by a returning sol sal HolC kr from cm the Philippines ln I There vere c d un ting the Ie Philippines I wd Ind I both liotti bt i of f 1 these cases re reI I j to 10 H will ill go over ol r until tho e fall a I term 01 I Jurl SENATOR TALKS TAl Xu f York Mav I I JS i Senator J It II Itera BC Fr era i id de th II flowing statement e C T i rn n fl Ib h S me Court decision 1 J Jf r that hat ha ine i decision may be beut h beI b ut I it t IH IS to hear bear In mind that Porto has lino passed through three distinct periods that have luv relation laUon r to these thes canes CIt In the tho prior to the war Porto Port hilco was a u of ot Sushi mid and BB liS a such lIuch was wall tern tory tor In every scare of ot the word The Tue Island d foreign territory In Ina a legal sense enso l notwithstanding OUt our con conquest quest anti and military occupation until the ratification of the ho treaty of ot peace when It II ceased to 10 be he foreign t territory and became a Ll possession IO R or dependency of the tho United States Slates hut but not a it part art of the Iho United States State Being Heine a n dependency of 01 this country It was domestic tern tory as os contradistinguished from for tor foreign eln eign territory It Il In Is domestic still but It tl underwent a 0 r further change In Its legal relations to the thc country when Congress enacted the tile law of ot April 12 1000 IDOO providing a ft civil government the lie tariff duties for tor the thc of ot the tue Mine Atno Since SineI April 12 1900 It Is territory belonging to the th United States with of which Congress has hilS en enacted acted legislation Il fixing the status of or Its lIs Inhabitants Providing a n nl for tor them and und also for or the necea necessary sary revenues to the tho name He Bo teen tween the tue of Urn the treaty of peace and this legislation of ot April 1111 12 1900 WOO It U was territory of ot the till States with respect of ot which Congress load had not riot any power whatever by hy legislation or 01 otherwise What the lie court decided was ivas that while we WI were occupying Porto Rico prior to the ratification of ot the treaty of ot pence It was foreign ten terrItory Hoi y and our occupation government WAS waa military and all that woos was done was Inthe In Inthe Inthe the nature of or a u military necessity and valid on thIs account that tram from and litter after the tile ratification of the lie treaty treat of It was as no longer foreign territory but hut domestic territory within the Iho mean moan meanIng lr Ing of our tariff law according to which tariff duties can cnn bo ht collected only on Importations from rain foreign countries nail III that consequently the duties collected on from Crom rain Porto after the ratification of or the tho treaty of ot peace and prior to April 12 I 1900 OO when Cn rc first legislated were one Illegally collected Illegally collected however not because o Congress was 09 con constitutional power to 10 such duties on Importations from roni Porto orto valise cause during that tiit period Congress s hall had hadnot not KO so legislated The third proposition decided by h thc tue Ih sail anil the ono ojo of Import Importance once ance was vas that lint Porto Him being a ter ten of or the Ihl Is I not nol a II apart part of nr the tue States but hut only onh tor tel Ilton belonging to 10 the United Plotted States and that It Is therefore within the Ihl con eon power of to so lati with respect re poci to 10 It Including the Imposition of tariff duties an as it may sen lit and anth the Congress had tn M o legislated 1 ed Nl on the lay day of or 1900 1000 th provisions of or that law are nr valid lilt and to be and und enforced In other oIlier words word til Ih the effect of or the thc decision Is the till constitution does ol not follow tollow the linn Ilag antI that Congress has plenary pow power er Ir under tinder tilt the lit contention to govern our Insular acquisitions according to their several necessitIes The Supreme Court goes even farther and says Im s that If Ir there were no constitutional provisions In Investing Investing vesting Isling with this power It would nevertheless have this power since the tho states acting In their capacity could not provide the necessary ary legislation and ond political sovereignty can b be exercised only by hy bythe bythe the political department of the Govern Government ment men The This t decision Is III a n complete vindication Ion tion of oC tho position held by h the licon party panty with respect to the she Ih power of Congress s to for tor or Port lort anti the Philippines Philippine anti and ant settles It II once onre and aul for tor nil all that the United States Is 19 the equal count In sovereIgn power of any other Independent government WHAT SECT SICY HOOT ROOT SAYS New Ne York May fn Secy Hoot h Is quoted In a Washington dispatch dl to the time Tribune as aM Bribing 1111 of ot tin till Supreme Courts Court decision In lii the Insular cases Unquestionably t the he decision d of 01 the time court e sustains the contentions s sand and policy adopted by h the tiomi In conducting time the affaIrs of the Spanish Islands since the ratification of the Parts Paris treaty The Thc upholding of ot the act that Congress 1 has hns the power 1011 to 10 legislate without he heIng heIng Ing In limited by b the provisional cantIng conting contingencies codes encl s of the lime constitution For Por in instance stance stanie time the constitutional provision set setting ting torCh forth that uniform duties be he collected does not nol apply to the Islands The rhe general result of the decision Is certainly very gratifying Of Ot course there will viiI be some little embarrassment caused b ht the holding that no moo duties can be he collected except by congressional legislation bu hoc but It will willbe willbe wIllbe be only a 11 temporary Jin MB IH CALLS AILS IT rr A CHEAT Om AT VICTORY New Nell York May Ia 28 Former Atty AU ion Sen In Iii on ion Interview on the Supreme Court Porto Rican decision said salol H It Is a n splendid victory for tor the tIme ad administration ministration on the thc vital 1101 principle of ot expansion It Is unnecessary for me inc meto meto to say I am ama thoroughly satisfied with the result It Is II a n victory Ictor for the on time thu only point Involved Three Ills die distinct clauses classes da s H of ot action were Involved one protesting against the collection of ot tat tariff Iff upon Imports from coma Porto RIco after the tIme date of our armed occupancy of the time Islands antI and before the thc date of the tIme ratification of ot the time treaty of peace another a not lien protesting Protest i ng against agal net tail ft charges on omi Imports between time the ratification ratification cation and anti the passage of the Foraker I act and a third attacking the time Foraker I law lall as liS unconstitutional The decision scores a u victory for fr forthe forthe the administration in tIme the first of or these classes and und upon Ulon the tie third The Tho party wins sIns WillAIn sInsin In second class That rhut triumph Is II a u mere mell matter of ot anti and cents Importers will get gel back hack the money pall paid In tim tariff between the ratification antI the tIme passage of the time Foraker act Im mm Importers porters who iio paid pall without protesting will viii not get et their money buck The court decides that lint tho the Foraker l r act Is constitutional I that this country countr has hall the tho th legal right to govern Its It new possessions as ns territories to make special laws IUIs for tor them th and amid to tax their products This has hall been the conten conton contention ion tion of ot the thc administration front from Urn hi hivery very start It was the principal Issue In III the time last campaign for tor President Our Porto lorto Rican legislation was select selected Rel ct ed eu I by IJ Ir as Oil tho point of or attack In his Indianapolis speech The Th V V V decision puts a U 1 quietus upon ulon that sort Hort of or thing timIng and amid takes loke the thu matter out of or politics loll ties tot tnt nil all time This decision In la final There can canue be ue no ito appeal Time The decision will not hurl Porto Undo trade In iii the least ENGLISH New Nell ev York May In SA dispatch to the Tribune rom rain London says More Ilire or 01 lies less contradictory accounts have been Imn hero horo of ot the lie decision lolI of ot the tilt United States Supreme Court The Standard considers that America can calm now noli govern goern her conquests as lilt wholly ly I separate territory while time the Dally Dall takes the tIme view that lint time till Su Suo Supreme preme Court ourt has hns given Its lIs sanction to the Imperialist policy of or the lelin Icy ley Th lh Posts this dla patch from rein Washington on the other oIlier hand holds that the court has hino decided that Imperialism Is 18 contrary to tho constitution coast i I |
