The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-07
PASSES THE HOUSE.
The Porto Rican Tariff Rushed
Through by Republicans.
A HOT DISCUSSION.
Intense interest on Floor and
Galleries During Roll Call.
Sick Men Brought in

Galleries During Roll Call.
Sick Men Broughtin
to Vote.
The Porto Rican tariff bill, amended
as agreed upon at the conference of Re-
publicans on Monday night, so as to re-
duce the tariff from 25 to Is per cent.
Of the American tariff and limiting its
life to two years, was passed by vote
172 yeas to 16l nays in the House on
Wednesday. Six Republicans, Messrs.
Crumpacker Of Indiana, Fletcher Of
Minnesota, Littlefeld of Maine, Lori
mer Of Illinois and Mccall of Massa-
chusetts, voted with the opposition
against the bill, and four Democrats,
Messrs. Davey and Myer of Louisiana,
Devries of California and Sibley of
Pennsylvania, voted with the Republi-
cans for the bill. In addition, Mr..
Warner. (Rep.) Of Illinois, was paired
against the bill with Mr.. Boutelle
(Rep cf Maine for it. Two other Re
publicans, Mr.. Lane and Mr.. Fa7ris Of
Indiana were absent and impaired.
They were understood to be against the
bill. Four Democrats who were op,
posed to the bill, Messrs. Fleming Of
Georgia, Small Of North Carolina,
Smith of Kentucky and Stallings Of
Alabama were absent and impaired.
Other pairs for the bill were: Gibson
OF Tennessee, Reeves of Illinois, Bou-
telle Of Maine, Harmer Of Pennsylvania,
Bailey OF Kansas, Shelton of Michigan,
WadsWorth of New York, ali Republi-
cans, with Tate Of Georgia, Sparkmar
of Florida, Fox of Mississippi, Bella
my Of North Carolina, Cox Of Tennes-
see and Epes of Virginia, Democrats,
all against the bill. Herculean efforts
had been made to get out the full vote
and this led to some remarkable Incl
dents. Six men were brought from
beds Of sickness; two of them from hos
pitals.
There was great excitement through
out the roll calls, which were followed
with eager interest by thousands Of
spectators who packed the galleries
to sufocation. The Republicans iu-
dulged in demonstration of wild jubi-
lation when the final result was an
nounced. Immediately after the read
ing Of the journal: the clerk began
reading the bill for amendments under
the Eve minute rule When section 3
was reached Mr.. Payne, chairman Of
the ways and means committee, Of
fered an amendment reducing the tariff
from 25 to Is cents and limiting the
operation of the bill to two years,
Mr.. Berry of Kentucky said the
amendment proposed petty instead OF
grand larceny of the people Of Puerto
Rico. He ridiculed the laborious de-
bate through which the house had
passed over the question Of what the
United States" meant under the con-
stitution.
Mr.. DeArmond of Missouri called at
tention 20 the peculiar language Of the
substitute. The words coming into
the United States," he said, were
plainly intended to evade the constitu-
ton. But he argued that the "mur-
dering of the queens English" and the
violation Of the canous Of language
could not make it constitutional.
Mr.. Sibley of Pennsylvania an
nounced his intention Of voting for the
bill. But Puerto Rico, he said, was
mere incident to the broader PROPOSE
ton.
The emergency, interrupted Mr..
Williams of Illinois, ''is rot in Puer-
to Rico but in the politics of the Re
publican party. Democratic applause.}
Mr.. Sibley-You have located the
politics on the wrong side. (Republi
can applause
Mr.. Williams-It is pretty hard to
locate you. daughter
MIR. Sibley replied that as he had
said before, his seat could be consider.
ed constructively on the Republican
side. Continuing, he said that if it
was established that every foot Of terri
tory owned by the United States was
on an absolute equality then he was op-
posed to the whole policy Of expansion.
If the inhabitants of the Philippines
could compete with American produo-
ton and American labor he was willing
TO give the archipelago to Aguinaldo.
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa said that the
treaty by which Puerto Rico and the
Philippines became ours could never
have been ratified without Democratic
support.
Mr.. Carmack Of Tennessee suggested
that the Democrats had voted to ratify
the treaty because they believed in the
assurance OF Republicans, Mr.. Hep
burn among them, that the Philippines
were to be retained only temporarily.
Mr.. Hepburn Indignantly denied that
anybody speaking for the Republican
party had ever offered such an assur-
ance.
At this point Mr.. Cummings Of New
York threw the house into a furore OF
excitement. He described how he be-
lieved it to be the duty Of every man IN
a great crisis to rise above party and
support the government as ne had done
during the Spanish war. Il believe
now he should follow the lead Of this
principle" said he, emphatically, "and
| will vote for this bill"
This statement electrified the house.
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