Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-12
READY / ] FOR SIGNATURE
Porto Rican Tariff Bill Passes the
House, l6l Yeas to 1853
Nays.
Measure Will Be Signed by Speaker.
Reed and Senate President
Tripe,
And McKinley's Signature Will Be
Affixed Today Details Of
the Vote.


Washington April 12.-The long and
bitter struggle over the Porto Rican
tariff bill ended late yesterday after
noon, when the house by Vote of 161.
TO 1b3. concurred in all the senate
amendments. The bill now only requires
! the Signatures Of the speaker OF the
house and president Of the senate before
going to the president for his APPROVAL
These signatures will be attached today
and before nightfall the bill will proba-
8bly be a law AS the bill originally
passed the house it was simply a bill
Imposing IS per cent of the Dingley
rates on goods going into Porto Rico
from the United States. AS amended by
the senate and agreed to by the house,
all restrictions on goods coming into the
United States from Porto Rico are elm
mated, and certain foodstuffs and other
articles which heretofore have gone INFO
Porto Rico free by executive order are
excluded from the operation of the 10
per cent duty imposed on goods enter-l
ing the island from the United States.
| .Aconnlete scheme of civil government
FLOR the island is also attached to rile
measure. Upon the final vote. nine
Republicans voted against the bill
Nlessrs. Heatwo.e of Minnesota, Clura-
packer of Indians. Lane of Iowa, Little
field Of Maine Mccall of Massachtl-
setts. II. e. Smith of lltehigan. Warner
of Illinois. Fletcher of Maine and Lori
8merof Illinois. Two democrats-AIessrs
Davey and Meyer of Louisiana-weres
paired with democrats in favor of the
BILL and one democrat MIR. Sibley of.
EPenns ylvania. voted for it outright.
Mr.. Devries, the ether democrat who
voted for the original bill, yesterday
voted against concurrence. Mr.. Stall
ings. democrat, of Alabama, was the
only member on either side absent and
impaired. Tie vote came at . o'clock,
after. Il very interesting and at times
exciting debate. of i've hours, which COW
cred not only the bill, but the special
order under Which the house acted.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee, the mi-
snority leader. conluded the debate on
llis side. He aroused great enthusiasm
among the democrats by reading ex-
tracts from the original opinion of
Charles +. Magpon, the !egal adviser of
HE insular bureau Of the war departs
8ment, in whiehihe argued that the con
istitution was extended ex prio yigore to
Porto Rico The opinion had been sent
70 the house in ansWerto the house res
altition adopted on Saturday last ana
arrived after MIR, Richardson spoke
earlier In the day. The opinion was
dated Feb. 3 He had no words of criti-l
cisnl, he said. for Mr.. Magoon for chan,
sing his mind. III e was buta subordinate
officer. But what would the country
think. he asked. of the secretary of war
who had demanded that he reverse his
opinion?
Mr.. Dolliverof Iowa followed. Much
had been made of the fact, he said.
that changes had been made in tbs opin-
ions ofsinen on the foorand intlle ex-
lecutive branches of the government,
and the final act of eloGusnce on the
other side he said. had been the read
ing of the opinion of "a law clerk who
thought he could overrule the great;
lawyer who presides over the war de-
partnent.''
Mr.. Dolliver said he would prefer the.
opinion OF lawyers like Mr.. Mccall or
Mr., Littlefield to the opinion of a law
clerk.
In conclusion, he dismissed as be-.
meath contempt the charge of bribery
as motive for this bill. He had az.
we'll acc,:sa Mr.. Richardson of corrup-
tion for Introducing a resolution to
place raw sugar en- the free list: This
was a republican measure. he said, en-
dorsed by the republican president and
the republican leaders.
Mr.. Payne, of New York. the floor
leader Of the majority. closed the d.
bate With a vigorous speech, in which
he said he vas ready to submit the Is
sues Involved in the pending bill TO,
the common peoplesof the country.
The proudest act Of my life. he
said. is my connection with this bill
from start 10 finish.
Al ) o'cieek the house, under the
terms Of the special order proceeded
I TO vote.
The roll call was followed with in
Etense interest. The only demons trations
occurred when MIR Henry c. Smith. Of
Michigan, voted no" and when the
speaker directed the clerk to call his
name and answered faye. When the
speaker announced the passage of the
Toll ayes. 161: nays, l53; present and
not voting. 1.-THE republicans cheered.
for several minutes.
The roll cali was as follows:
Yeas--Acneson, Adams, Aldrich, Al
exander, Allen Of Maine. Babcock, Bal.
ley of Kansas. Baker, Barham, Bar
Itholdt, Bingham. Bishop, Boreing.
Boutelle, Bowersock, Brick. Bromwell,
Brosius, Brown. Brownlow, Bull,
Burke Of South Dakota. Burleigh, Bur-
ton, Butler. Calderhead. Cannon Cap
ron, Clarke of New Hampshire. Coch-
rane of New York, Connell Cooper of
Wisconsin. Corliss, Cousins, Cromer,
Crump, Curtis, Cushman. DAZZLE. Dali
eel, Davenport (samuelJ. Davidson,
Dayton. Dick, Deliver Dovener, Dris-
coll. Eddy, Emerson, Faris. Fordney,
Foss, Fowler, Freer, Gamble, Gardner
of Michigan, Gardner of New Jersey,
Gibson, Gill, Gillett OF New York,
Graft, Graham, Greene of Massachu-
|setts, Grosvenor Gruot, Grow, Ham
ilton, Haugen, Hedge, Hemenway,
Henderson, Henry, Hepburn. Hill, Hit.
Hoffecker Hopkins. Howell, Jack. Jen-
kins, Jones Of Washington Joy, Kahn,
Ketcham, Knox, Lacey, Lands. Law
renee. Linney, Littauer. Long Loud,
|Loudenslagsr,L Lowering, MeCleary, Nc
Pherson. Mann. Marsh, Mercer, N esick.
Metcalf. Miller, Mondell, Moody Of
Massachusetts. Moody of Oregon Nor