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...University of Pennsylvania has ordered 10,000 copies of its annual catalogue to be printed in Spanish for circulation in South America, Mexico, Cuba and Porto Rico...
...platform was adopted containing the following principles: Opposition to imperialism, to the present tariff rate, to trusts, and to an increase of the army; support of free trade for Porto Rico, of the reduction of the war tax, of an increase of the navy, of civil service reform, and of the gold standard...
...first act has less movement than the second, and does not give so much opportunity for clever acting. It takes place at West Point and contains but one special feature, a golf dance. The second act, supposed to occur at Coonie Ilo, Porto Rico, is brighter and has more life. The sailors' hornpipe, in which eight of the leaders in the Spanish war are represented, is both novel and pleasing. Two other features of this act are the Cuban army, a unique dance by a band of recruits, and a quartette dance by four Spanish dancers. All the scenery used...
...include Porto Rico within our customs boundary is economically advantageous to the island; it fulfills our national moral obligations, and it is politically wise in that it upholds the highest spirit of American institutions, of American civilization, and of American governmental ideals...
...construction upon the Constitution not only fallacious but certain to work the most disastrous results in the future. We might thus argue from the point of view of the United States, but we prefer to lay special stress on the evils inclusion would bring to Porto Rico...