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Show If PORTO RICAN DEMANDS INQUIRY INTO REITS ACTS AND CONDUCT Boasts of Graft and Influence Credited to Governor Gov-ernor in Statement Made by Resident Commissioner Com-missioner in House of Congress WASHINGTON', March 2. Demand HL I for "i congressional Investigation of the B sets and conduct of Governor E .Mom n t- Retlj of Porto fLco, looking 'o his -jl removal from office, was rnad hi the "'WkM U hou-e today .y I'elcyat.- Felix I'm- rngtg-- Daviia resident commissioner I Si c Porto Rico I til The people he represented asked wM I that 'iii" step be taken "only after Hj the Hh rd I njj administration was Riven 'la I p. f i ee opportunity to ad ' Mr Davis jo! " h.i is .-i member of the I nlonlst par-i- of the Island, expressed the hciief T that If Governor Roll-- should be call- Jg ;i .1 wltrio , i .'. r. an investljratlnc jo committee, "he himself will be the Wt 9 , of the justice of our dc- H si n n n(i foi his remo1 1 1 P !iiik n lot -i'i ! ' h -j r v. rji against the governor Pr. I'HVlla told rn the house that while he believed Pres-I Pres-I blent Haruing made a mistake in ap- pointing blin he Knew thr president t. was Imposed upon." Therefore the I -t sppolntmen w lb nol qnad "knowing-1 "knowing-1 rii ) oi with thi leasl malice toward the j i people of I'nrto Hlco." ' kt t.lsT OF CHARGES Mr Dav.'la charged among other Obm pc thins BW r Th.it Ciiui mm Hells ' announced Wu public! ii il Ik Intended to make Pjg (200,000 during the nexl four years flfl iiro in office, whereas the salary as gov- Wl" ernoi r- $10 000." Ll "oo That be has endeavored to "stir upj y!c strife and discord .imonif the citizens" SI That he unlawfully Interfered with tho courts of justice and attempted WBt i Intimidate Judges. Thai in public speeches he uttered m 1 41 disregard of ihe feelings and sentl-j S3Q " mcnts r.f t li c cltizi-ns and denounced J f the (lag of Puii" I'll j .ih a 'dirts, HBB That he declared to members of lh HaJ c senate lie would hive thr tr rnmnnt! at Washington "annul the organic act" m .. which prov ides that the senate shall I f j ratify appointments "unless the nom-j Sl.H c Inatlons wart confirmed; which I .,, amounts to intimidation.'! , And h 1 1 em p t e d to 'poison BC TV the minds and prejudice public opin- ion in the Cnltcd States, by staling in public speeches that prominent Porto Ricans were disloyal and traitors." trai-tors." "I am strongly of the opinion.'' said Mr. Davlls that an investigation of Reih's past history will show he was I not the kind of ti man who should jh.n been appointed governor of 1,-300,000 1,-300,000 people His pasi Is shady to sav the least." I Charging thai Relly had been re moved as assistant postmaster at Kansas Kan-sas Cltv and lhat the postofflce department de-partment had refuseij to give him the Irecnrd In th- case, Mr. Devils added "If he was not good enough to be an assistant postmaster, how can he he Qualified as governor of a distant possession ?' L VIMs IM 1.1 ENCE. "Governor Relly " Mr Devila said "boasts of his strong influence with the president Of the t'nlted States." '"'I am a very Influential man.'" he quoted Relly as saying. "Asked by th" president why he did not make appointments. Relly told me he replied. re-plied. 'Mr President, u are the boss" an.l the president said, "Mont, bring the names and I will sign." The .administration of Governor Reily has been a succession of insults in-sults to the people When he went to the Island hn found a land Of peace and happiness and almost overnight he transformed it Into a hotbed nf dls-senslon dls-senslon and despair He could have had the everlasting friendship and affection af-fection of Porto Ricans of nil classes hud he possessed the least qualification qualifica-tion to be their governor And I say to you In full truth, we can stand no more. The moment has come when our self-respect rebels. We appeal to you for relief from this administration." |