The Territorial legislature controls the
internal affairs of the Territory; but its acts may be changed or vetoed
by Congress. The people of a Territory have no voice in National
affairs, but they elect a delegate to Congress, who may debate but not
vote.
Porto Rico.--The government of Porto Rico is different at some
points from that of the other organized Territories. The upper
house of its legislature is the Executive Council and consists of
the administrative officers of the Territory (secretary, treasurer,
auditor, commissioner of the interior, attorney-general, and
commissioner of education) and five other persons appointed by the
President. Five of the eleven members of this council must be
natives of Porto Rico. The House of Delegates has thirty-five
members, elected triennially by the voters. There is elected by the
people a "resident commissioner" to the United States, who, unlike
the delegates from other Territories, has no seat in Congress, but
rather has official relations with the President.
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