The age-herald., 1900-03-24

~-~~->-~~~~~~-~~~-~-~ that Mr. Mckinley is one of the most lov- able of men in public life, but the trouble with him is that sometimes he has not the backbone to stand up against his party friends"
 Feel Kindly to Porto Rico
 MT. Gallinger, who is member of the committee on Pacific islands and Porto Ri- co, said in that committee there had been but one thought, and thar was to provide that which would be best for the interests of the islands and its inhabitants.
 We are supposed to treat Porto Rico better than we treat any of the United States" he said. We collect internal rev enue taxes in Oklahoma, Indian Territory and in Arizona, and every dollar of it goes into the United States treasury. We shall collect internal revenue taxes in Porto Rico too, but every dollar collected will be returned to the Porto Ricans and be used
 for their benefit"
 He said it was also a familiar cry that the trusts were controlling the republican administration. I've heard that when Ha- waii was annexed and free entry to our ports was given Hawaiian sugar. Now 1t
 is raised again when we propose to place d small duty on the products of Porto Rico for the benefit of the Porto Ricans them
 selves
 "The trust which is suffering" continued
 Mir. Gallinger, lis a trust headed by the
 British vice-consul at San Juan. That
 trust bought up the sugar under the full Dingley rates, and if they can get 1t into this country free of duty they will make the full hundred per cent. of the tariff; but if we succeed in putting a tariff duty
 of 15 per cent. of the Dingley rate on that sugar, the trusts profits will be cut down by that much, and the people of Porto Ri- co will benefit to that extent Bobtail Flush Failed In the course of the debate MT. Tillman said: 'We had some dares here yesterday, but the bob tailed flush of my friend from Ohio (Foraker) did not go through. Q4augh- ter)
 MT. Gallinger-Now, I admit the senator
 has the advantage of me. He is talking about things I do not know anything about. Qaughter)
 Mir. Spooner protested against the making of political speeches on measure like that now pending Having referred to the man. her in which MT. Tillman had characterized the work of the republican senators he and MT. Tillman became involved in contro- versy over the terms used by the South Carolina senator, which develoyed consid-
 erable heat and ended by MT. Spooner say ing that in view of statements justifying ballot box stuffing, and the employment of the shotgun policy against the negroes of the south ''he was tired of hearing all this prattle from senators on the other side of the chamber about the rights of the Porto Ricans and the Finpinos. It ought to be l understoodo that the senators on this side | of the chamber are as anxious to do the right thing as those on the other side" | After resenting brief but cogent argu- | ment in support of the conference report, l MT. Spooner said that the 15 per cent tar 1 fir was not intended as protective idea. | It had nothing to do with trusts. The only | proposition he said, which had in any way | favored the trusts, was the amendment of- | fered by Mir. Jones' of Arkansas, to return | the duties to those who had paid them The conference report was then adopted | by S5 to 15, the vote being strictly party