Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-02
Six Republicans Oppose Meas
ure and Four Democrats
4
= Support It.
ANXIETY FOR THE REsUL7
Members Brought From Sict
Beds in Order to Get Out 4
Every Vote. :.
Wild Demonstration by Repub
licanS When the Result Is
...-Announced. 49,

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The battle
royal over the Porto Rican tariff bill
ended in a sweeping victory for the Re-
publicans. The bill, amended as agreed
upon at the conference of Republicans
on Monday night so as to reduce the
tariff from 25 to e. Is per cent of the
American tariff and limiting it's life to
two years, was passed by vote Of 172
yeas to 161 nays. Six Republicans
Messrs. Crumpacker Of Indiana, Fletcher
and Heatwole Of Minnesota, LittletleM
of Maine, Lorimer of Illinois and Me-
Call of Massachusetts-vot with tlr5
opposition against the bill, aud four
Democrats-Messrs.D Davey and Meyer
of Louisiana, Devries of California and
Sibley of Pennsylvania-voted with the
Republicans for the bill. In addition.
Mr.. Warner (Rep., Ills.) was paired
against the bill with Mr.. Bp1telle
rep, Me.) for it. Two other Repub-
icans, Mr.. Lane of Iowa and Mr.. Faris
Of Indiana,
Were Absent and Impaired. 2:
Herculean efforts had been made to gt
out the full vote and this led to SONY.
remarkable incidents. Six men were
brought from beds of sickness; two Of
them from hospitals. Mr. Brownlow Il
! Tennessee Was brought in carriage
accompanied by his wife and physicialh.
He sat bundled up near the eltran6,
until his vote was given and then witty
drew. It was felt that the strain wouXl
ney, the Republican whip, urged that
the bill might be lost by this one vote,
Mr.. Brownlow said: -
~ would rather lose my life than see
this bill lost.' = a.,
Mr.. Tawney and his assistants were
out in carriages
Accounting for Every Vote,
and Mr.. Underwood the Democratic
whip, was similarly exerting every
means to get out his vote Three Dem
ocrats were brought from sick beds. 4
The first test was OH a substitute Of.
fered by Mr.. Mccall on behalf of the
opposition. 1t was the o:E 3lnll Paylse
bill for free trade with Porto Rico ami
was defeated, lGU to III. Only five IL.
plhlicans voted for the substitute. Nj
Fletcher (Rep., Minu.). who subA.
quently voted to rcconmit and against
the bill, voted against the Substitute. IA
motion to recommit it which followed
shared a similar fate, being lost, 100 10
172. There was great eXcitelnent
throughout the roll calls, which were
followed with eager interest by thyu-
sands Of spectators who packed the gll-
leries to sutTocation. The Republica rs
indulged IN demonstration OF viii
jubilation when the final result was an
nounced.
M'LAURlN AN ExPANslONlsT
First -1emocratic Senator to Take That
side of the Question.
WASHINGTON. March l.-Eotwith-
standing the agreement made by ke
senate to vote OH the Hawaiian govern.
mcnt bill final action OIL the measure
, was postponed for day Practically
no progress was made on the bill al.
though it was under consideration
nearly four hours.
One of the features Of the session was
the speech Of Mr.. McLaurin Is. g. on
the Philippine question. He was the
first Democratic senator to express him.
self for expansion. He secuted what be
called the ':buyaboo Of imperialism,
with which some Of his colleagues were
trying to frighten the people, declared
the question was not one Of politics ard
maintained the acquisition Of the Phil
ippines would be Of immense advantage
to this country, especially to the South,
by opening to the United States the
; trade of the Orient.