1922. CONGR.ESSION.AL RECOR.D-HOUSE. 979 1\nat is the law as to stolen property? The burd~n of proof EXTE:i:{SIOXS OF UEMARKS. !"ihifts to the man who has to explain his possession of it; Mr. DAVILA. lUr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ he has got to satisfy you beyond a reasonable doubt how he tend my remarks in the RECORD by printing therein a message got it, or you will convict him of stealing it. The burden of sent to Congress by the Porto Rican delegation to Congress proof shifts in this case. now in Washington on the subject of an autonomous form of :\1r. Newberry is charged \Vith having secured this seat by government for Porto Rico. the lavish and unlawful use of money. That $200,000 has been The SPEAKER. The Commi:ssioner from Porto Rico asks expended can be established without the checks and stubs and unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD in the bank books. How much more could be established if we had those manner stated. Is there objection? records God, and God only, knows. Mr. Newberry, where are There was no objection. those books? They were in your possession. Where are those The mes age referred to is, as follows : stubs? They were in your possession, in the hands of your agents CA.NADA L 1839-PORTO RICO Dl 1922. and friends. Where are the checks? All of them have been de­ It needs no change in the principles of government, no invE'ntion of stroyed; none of them are here, and you stay out until the a new constitutional theory, to supply tbe remedy which would, in my eleventh hour and then you come in and make a lame anll opinion, completely remove the existing political disorders. It n eeds >ery evasive statement. but to follow out consistently the principles of the British constitution and inh·oduce into the .government of the great colonies those wise pro­ The colleague of the junior Senator from Michigan [l\1r. visions by which alone tbe working of tbe representative syst~m can in TowN'SE ~D] says that the junior Senator from :Michigan has any country be rendered harmonious and efficient. · suffered the torments of hell. Well, that is always the fate The responsibility to the United Legislature of all officers of the government except the governor and his secretary should be ecured by of the evildoer, because the Bible tells us the way of tran:5- every means known to the British C{)n. ·titution. Tbe governor • • • gressor is hard. I can say, in conclusion, that Mr. Newberry should be instructed that be must carry on his governm~nt by heads can blame nobody but himself. ,The men and women who of departments in whom the United Legislature shall repose confidence, and that he must look for no support from home in any contest with the believe that this Government belongs to the people and that legi lature except on points involving strictly imperial interests. nobody should be put in control who buys place and power with LORD DURHAM.. money must stand arrayed against l\Ir. Newberry in this serious PETITION 01!' THE PORTO RICAN DELEGATION TO CO~GRESS THROUGH THiil matter. He has nobody to blame but himself. His situation RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FROM PORTO RICO. h; described in the language of the poet, who said: The delegation that is now in this country petitioning for a remedy to the political situation prevailing in Porto Rico deems it its duty The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree that I bavc . to reprint in pamphlet form tbe introductory note to a volume published planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. by Mathuen & Co.,, London, 1902, because by plac~g that ~eat and DEATH OF DELEGATE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE. noble example withm the reach of those wbo are gomg to legislate for us in Congress, we will help demonstrate to them, although tbey know A me sage from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Over­ it beforehand that in all problems from race to race and from people hue, its enrolling clerk, communicated to the Senate the intelli­ to people there exists no wiser or more practical solutions than equality and justice. gence of the death of Hon. JONAH K"GHIO KALANIANAOLE, late a It is surprising to find tbe reallY astonishing similarity there is be­ Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii, and transmitted the tween the political situation in Canada in 1839 and 1hat of Porto Rico In 1922. Both peoples, at the different times, went through a deep resolutions of the House thereon. ' crisis and suffered the pains in her en t to a profound metamorphosi'l. 1\:lr. SPENCER. :Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions of It may be that the situation of the former 75 years ago differed in the House be laid before the Senate. some minor details from that of the latter at the present moment; The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the resolutions but generally speaking, the causes being identical, so much the effects be and appear. The Canadian crisis was solved by the British of the House of Representatives, which were read, as follows: parliament under tbe advice of Lord Durham : the Porto Rican crisis IN THE HOUSE 01!' REPRESENTATIVES, is to be solved by tbe American Congress. In tbe first case, Canada January 9, 11/!Z. was redeemed by the principles of British liberty; in the latter, Porto Rico hopes to be redeemed by tbe principles of American liberty. Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of tbe 'rbe American Congress is fully advised as to conditions in Porto death of Ron. JoxAn KUHIO KALA::-l'IA::-l'AOLE, tbe Delegate from the Terri­ Rico. Proceeding by eJimination, it seems to be generally understood tory of Hawaii. that statehood is not possible. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to tbe Senate Ethnical and economic problems of no probable solution will ever and h·ansmit a copy thereof to the family of tbe deceased. be in the wav to that end. Great .American statesmen, as Root and Resolved, That as a further mar·k of respect this House do now ad­ Stimson have openly declared against it saying tbat the insular pos­ journ. sessions' should be governed by laws strictly autonomous in their Mr. SPE!\OER. I offer the re ~ olutions ·which I send to the character. Statehood is to be preeeded by incorporation. .A.nd here lies tbe crux of the whole question. But what does this word incor­ desk. poration, so much u ed and abused, impart? What does it mean? j The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read. It means assimilation, as Mr. Snow aptly says: The resolutions (S. Re . 207) were read, considered by unani­ "The regime which tbe French call the regime of assimilation. the mous consent, and unanimou ly agreed to, as follows: majority of the Supreme Court in the insular tariff cases call the regime of • incorporation.' The French word seems the more proper. Resoh;ed, Tbat the . enatl> has beard with profound sorrow of the 'Incorporation ' means 'admission into the body and personality ' of death of Hon. JONAH KUHIO KALA::-l'IANAOL.m, late a Delegate from the the State. In the case of a State under popular government. in­ Territory of Hawaii. corporation of lands and populations can only occur by admission of Resolve tb_ That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the them to a repre entation in the legislature on equal terms with the House. of .Kepresentati>es. lands and populations already constituting the body and personality of tbe State, and with equal participation in the vote for the execu­ :\.1r. SPEXCER. As a further mark of respect to the memory tive if he is elective. In tbe case of a Federal State, incorpor·ation of the deceased Delegate from Hawaii, I move that the Senate of lands and populations can only occur when they form a State adjourn. and that State is admitted into the union as a State, on equal terms respecting representation in the Congress or parliament, anu with Tbe motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and equal participation in tbe vote for chief executive if he is elective. 22 minutes p. rn.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tues­ Lands and populations, however, though not incorporated into the oay, January 10, 1922, :- t 3.2 o'clock meridian. State may be dependent upon the State under a regime similar in all respects, except participation in the election of tbe central govel'D­ ment, to tbat which prevails in the lands and populations which are actually incorporated into the State. Such a dependency is under tbe regime of ' assimilation ' as <1istingui bed from the regime or HOU E OF REPRESENTATIVES. 'autonomy.'" Knowing now that the words "incorporation" and "assimilation" represent equal concepts, we ask is assimilation possible in Porto Rico, l\fo_·oA.Y, January 9, 19Z2. hundreds of miles apart from the national environment, with u nati>e population numbering nearly 1,300,000 souls? Mr. Paul Reinsch writ­ The House met at 12 o'clock noon. ing on the subject in his admirable work · "Colonial Administration," The Chaplain~ Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered the following prayer : sa~.s~; • * The policy of assimilation bas thus far in practice pro>ed unsuccessful and at times even di sastrom~ . 0 God, Thqu ha t taught us by the words of Him who spake " The policy of assimilation rests upon the old rationalist doctrine of the universality of human reason.