The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-30


housing. transportation or any other 2ur-
pose. for which no permit OF delivery to
tho importer or his agent has been Issued.
shall be subjected 10 the duties imposed
BY this act. and 10 no other duty. on the
entry or withdrawal thereof: provided that
when duties are based upon the weight OF
merchandise deposited In any public or
private bonded warehouse. said duties shall
be levied and collected upon the weight OF
such merchandise at the time OF its entry"
Senator Pettus also introduced several
amendments to the Porto Rico bill as
follows: Providing a duty of five cents
= pound on all coffee imported into Porto
Rico. Prohibiting the proposed Porto
Rlcan Legislature from enacting any law
m conflict with the Constitution OF the
United States. That the Constitution OF the
United States and also the laws of the
United States not locally inapplicable shall
have the same effect In Porto Rico as in
0ther Territories OF the United States. Re
storing the original provision OF the bill
Tor a duty of Is per cent. of the Dinglcy
law on goods going both ways.
ACTION ON AMENDMENTS
When Senator Beveridge had concluded
his speech on the bill (printed eIsewhere)
Mr.. Foraker asked that the Senate proceed
with the consideration of amendments
The first amendment was one imposing a
duty of cents a pound on coffee imported
into Porto Rico. Mr. Pettus moved to strike
tine question whether tax could be i'm
posed on products imported into Porto Rico
which was not imposed on the same prod
uts Imported into "other parts of the
United States"
Mr.. Gallinger defended the amendment Of
the committee. During the Spanish regime,
he said, tariff had been imposed on coffee
imported into Porto Rico because the cof-
fee raised there Is regarded as the best in
the world and II was desired TO prevent 1t
hefr1r 11I 10
inferior brands.
IF you have a free hand TO mutiIate the
Constitution" said Mr.. Pettus then you
can pass this bill, but IL the Constitution
means anything when IL says that taxes
and duties shall be uniform, then you have
no such right.
Mr.. Pettus's amendment was defeated
liz to -.
Mr.. Bacon offered an amendment i'm the
form of substitute for Sections 2 and 3
OF the committee bill establishing the regu-
lar Dingley tariff rates OF duty on articles
imported from foreign countries into Porto
Rico, and providing that no duties shall be
levied on articles imported into Porto Rico
from the United States or into the United
States from Porto Rico Mr. Bacon ex-
planned that IL was his purpose TO establish
in Porto Rico the tariff system in vogue
In this country.
Mr.. GalIinger said the bill as il stood
was Infinitely more liberal than was the
amendment offered by Mr.. Bacon. 1.-The
committee said he. had only one object
In view. and that was to so legislate for
the Porto Rican people as TO render them
happy. contented and prosperous"
Mr.. Lindsay offered an amendment TO Mr..
Bacon's amendment providing for absolute
free trade between the United States and
Porto Rico. saying: II offer this amend
ment because Porto Rico IL an American
island, because its inhabitants are Amer
lean citizens, because the people were
promised the rights of American citizens
by General Miles, and because the Presi-
dof1< md farx f.f xu0 pIaF rod We =
our plain duty to give the Porto Rican
people free trade"
Mr. Bacon accepted the amendment, and
at his request the amendment went over
till Tomorrow.
TARIFF FEATURE STANDS.
Mr. Pettus then moved to strike out the
provision in Section 3 providing for duty
of Is per cent. of the Dingley law rates on
products OF Porto Rico imported into this
country The motion was defeated--16 to
Gas follows:
tana. Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Harris,
Jones Of Arkansas, Kenney, Lindsay, Nor
gan, Pettus, Sullivan, Turley yelling
tonic.
Nays-Anison. Baker. Bard, Carter.
Chandler. Clark of Wyoming, Cullom. De-
Doe. Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster. Frye.
Gallinger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough.
Hawley, Kean, Kyle, Lodge Mcbride, Nc
Scott. sewell shoup, Spooner, Warren,
Wetmore-33.
The following pairs were announced. the
last-named being opposed to the amend
ment. Martin-JOnes OF Nevada; Daniel
Penrose: McLaurin-P ritchard: Hoar-Mc-
Emery; Taliaferro-Mason; Turner-Aldrich
Rawlins-Wolcott; Money-Teller; Caffery-
Burrows; Pettigrew-Platt of Connecticut;
Simon-Depew; Chilton-Elkins; Heitfeld-
Platt of New York; Butler-Beveridge.
No announcement OF pairs was made of
ell ~
from the chamber when their names We're
called: Allen, Davis. McCumber, Mallory,
Nelson. Proctor. Stewart, Thurston, TILL
man and Vest.
The next committee amendment was that
which provided that the Spanish or native
Inhabitants of Porto Rico and their chill
dren should be "citizens of Porto Rico and
as such entitled to the protection of the
United States
Mr.. Morgan maintained that the people
OF Porto Rico We're citizens OF the United
States and as such were entitled to the
rights and immunities prescribed by the
Constitution. The amendment, he said
was vain and empty declaration"
1t became evident that the amendment
could not be disposed of to-day and Ii was
passed over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to the
section of the bill which proposes to re-
deem the Porto Rican silver coins i'm United
States money. giving so cents of American
money for the Porto Rican peso Mr. Nor
gan held that I'm the proposed exchange OF
coins the United States was taking advan-
tage OF the Porto Ricans. because the peso
contained the same amount Of silver as the
American dollar. The Porto Ricans. he
said. are entitled to 100 cents for their peso
because that amount of silver in money
would be worth 100 cents on the dollar Mr.
Jones of Arkansas and Mr.. Bacon took the
same position.
Mr.. Foraker maintained that the position
of the Democratic senators was not cor
rect. There was no intention TO deprive
the Porto Ricans of any value as the
American dollar now was worth in debt
paying power practically two pesos In Por-
TO Rico. He believed the proposition OF the