The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-12
.PORTO. RIG AN BILL
PASSED The HOUSE
Requires Only Signatures.
to Become a Law
Mn 3 REPUBLICANS.
Were Recorded Against the Measure
on Final Vote.
THE DEBATE WAS EXCITING.
The Closing Struggle Attracted Large
Crowds and the Galleries Were
Crowded EIcssrs. Hay. Jones
and Swanson We're Among
the Speakers Against
he Measure.
THE DEBATE WAS. EXCITING.

the Measure.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE long and
bitter struggle over the Porto Rlcan
tariff bill ended to-day when the House,
by a vote Of 161 to 153, concurred in all
the Senate amendments The bill now re-
uuires orly the signature of the Speaker
of the House and the president of the
Senate before going to the President for
his approval These signatures will be
attached tomorrow, and before night
fall the bill probably will be law.
AS the bill originally passed the House
it was simple bill imposing Is per cent
of the Dingley rates on goods going into
Porto Rico from the United States and
coming from Porto Rico into the United
States. AS amended by he Senate. and
to-day agreed to by the House, all re-
strictionS on goods coming into the United
States from Porto Rico are eliminated,
and certain food stuffs and other articles
which heretofore have gone into Porto
Rico free by Executive order, are ex-
cudcd from the operation Of the Is per
cent. duty imposed on goods entering the
island from the United States.
A complete scheme of civil government
for the island is also attached to the
measure. Upon the final vote nine Re-
publcans voted against the bill-A1essrs
Heatwole, of Minnesota; Crumpacker, of
Indiana; Lane, of Iowa; Littlefield. of
Maine; Mccall, Of Massachusetts: II. G..
Smith, of Michigan: Warner. of Illinois;
Fletcher, of Maine, and Lorimer, of
Illinois. Mr.. Sibley (DemocraD. of
Pennsylvania. voted for the bill.
Two Democrats, Messrs. Davey and
Meyer, of Louisiana, were paired with
Democrats in favor of the bill. Mr..
Deveys, the other Democrat who voted
for the original bill, to-day voted against
concurrence. Mr.. Stallings Democrat, !,
of Alabama, was the only member on
either side absent and impaired
VOTE AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
The vote came at S o'clock. after a
very interesting and at times, exciting
debate of five hours, which covered not
only the bill. but the special order under
which the House acted. One of the most
dramatic features of the day was the
reading by Mr.. Richardson. the minority
leader of the original opinion of Charles
E. N1agoon, the legal adviser of the War
Department. in favor of the view that
the Constitution extended over Porto
Rico ex proprio vigore.
Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, In reply, termed
Mr. Magoon a clerk who tried to over
rule the great lawyer at the head OF the
War Department.
Messrs. II. G. Smith, Of Michigan:
Warner of Illinois: Crumpackef, Of In
diana; Mccall. of Massachusetts, and Lo-
rimer of Illinois, all Republicans, made
speeches against the motion to concur.
The closing struggle over the measure
attracted immense crowds to the galleries
and marked a field day in Congress.
AS soon as the reading of the journal
was concluded, Mr. DalZel, of Pennsyl-
vania one of the leaders of the majority
and member of the Committee on Rules,
presented the special order under which
the House was to operate, as follows:
Resolved That Immediately upon the
adoption of this resolution the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of Union
shall be discharged from the consideration
of@H r.. S245 (the Porto Rico bilU, anu the
Senate amendments thereto; that the same
shall be considered in the House until 8
P. NJ, Wednesday, April 1lth, 1900, when.
without delay or other mot ton, a vote shall
be taken on the motion to concur in the
said amendment of the Senate en- gross.
And all members shall have leave to pre-
sent views on the subject of said bill and
amendments for ten days from the
adoption of this rule
Upon demand of Mr.. Dalzell the pre-
vious question on the adoption of the
rule was ordered. This gave twenty min
utes for debate on each side under the
rules.
NOT DEBATE BUT ACTION.
Mr.. Dalzell discussed the rule briefly.
1t was the opinion OF the majority, he
said, that the Senate civil government
amendments shall be concurred in. what
the House desired was not debate, but
action.
Mr. Richardson. the minority leader,
called attention to the fact that the rule
would permit the House to vote only upon
a single proposition. lit had been poss1-
Bile for the Senate to add to the iniquty
of the original BILL levying IS per cent. OF
the Dingley duties on goods going into
Porto Rico. he said, it had done SO in the
so-called civil government amendments,
under which gu!se the Senate had i'm
posed an imperialistic government upon
the people Of the island.
Mr.. De Armond, of Missouri. .Asaid the
rule was evidence that those who had
decided to suppress intellect, chain the
will and $stifie the conscience. realized
that they must do their work quickly ~
Mr.. Babcock of Wisconsin, said the
Republican Campaign Committee indig-
nantly resented the insinuation of Mr..
Richardson that the committee had re-
ceived money consideration FOR the
Porto Rico tariff bin. zszss
tMr. GrosVenor said that allegiarce to
this bill was now the sliibbolsth Of Re-
publicanisnI. He hurled back in Mr.Rich-
ardson's teeth the charge that bribery
which had been reported Il to have been
made by a Republican member. ..sW do
not believe Il, cried Mr. Grosvenor. I'VE
know it Is a lie Republican applause1
3 I do not say any man made the statement,
but If he did he is liar. - Democratic
gjeers.) s:s3ssss
Mr.. Dalzen. reyerting to Mr. Richard-
sons chara acterizatlon of the rule as an
outrage recalled the rules brough {. III
when the Democrat ts concurred IN the