The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-12

a people not citizens Of the United States
in territory not a part of the United
States, yet every official was to take ar
oath to support and defend the United
States. Mr.. Hay (Va.) also criticised the
civil government scheme proposed in the
bill.
Mr.. Hopkins Qll.) asserted that the bill
when enacted into law would be far more
advantageous to the people of Porto Rice
than the United States laws in force ir
New Mexico, Arizona or any territory Of
the United States. He claimed that the
bill was in strict accord with the humane
promises made by General Miles.
! Mr.. Richardson (Tenn.), the minority
leader, concluded the debate on his side
He aroused great enthusiasm among the
! democrats by reading extracts from the
| original opinion of Charles E. Magoon
| the legal adviser of the insular bureau
of the War department, in which he ar
| gued that the constitution was extended
| eX-proprio vigore TO Porto Rico. The
| opinion had been sent TO the house in an
swer to the house resolution adopted Sat
urday last and removed after Mr.. Rich
|
ion was dated February %. He had no
words of criticism, he said, for Mr.. Ma
COON for changing his mind. He was but
a subordinate officer. But what would
the country think. he asked of the secre-
tary Of war, who had demanded that he
| reverse his opinion prolonged demo
| cratic apolause.)
Mr. Dolliver Qa) followed In all char
| ity and generosity, he said, he conceded
the right of every man to hold his own
| opinion. Much had been made of the fact
| that changes had been made in the opin-
| ions of men on the floor and in the exec
| utive branches of the government, and
the final act of eloquence on the other
side, he said, had been the reading of the
opinion of a law clerk, who thought he
could overrule the great lawyer who pre-
| sidesove the War department" In con-
clusion he dismissed as beneath contempt
the charge Of bribery as a motive for
this bill
Mr.. Payne, the floor leader of the ma
jority, closed the debate with a vigorous
speech, in which he said he was ready to
submit the issue involved in the pending
bill TO the common people of the coun-
try. 1.-THE proudest act of my life" said
he, lis my connection with this bill from
start to finish" Republican applause.)
At o'clock, the house, under the terms
of the special order, proceeded to vote.
The roll call was followed with intense
interest, and when the speaker announced
the passage of the bill, ayes 161 nays 1873,
present and not voting II, the republicans
cheered for several minutes.
The roll call was as follows:
Yeas-Acheson, Adams, Aldrich, Alex
ander, Allen (Me.), Babcock, Bailey
(Ban.), Baker, Barham, Bartholdt. Bing-
ham. Bishop, Boreing. Boutelle, Bower
sock, Brick, Bromwell, Brosius, Brown,
Brownlow. Bull, Burke IS. D., Burleigh,
Burton, Butler, Calderhead, Cannon, Ca
prom, Clarke On. ". Cochrane IN. y,
Connell, Cooper CWis). Corliss, Cousins,
Cromer Crump Curtis, Cushman, Dahle,
Dalzell, Davenport (SamueD, Davidson.
Dayton, Dick, Dolliver, Dovener. Dris-
coll, Eddy Emerson. Faris, Fordney.
Foss, Fowler, Treer. Gamble, Gardner
(Mich), Gardned On. j., Gibson. Gill,
Gillett On. ". Graf. Graham. Greene,
(Mass.). Grosvenor Grout, Grow, Hamil-
ton, Haugen, Hodge, Hemenway. Henry,
Hepburn, Hill, Hit, Hoffecker. Hopkins,
Howell Jack. Jenkins. Jones CWash).
Joy, Kahn. Ketcham, Knox, Lacey. Lam
dis, Lawrence, Linney. Littauur. Long.
Loud. Loudenslager, Lowering. McCIeary,
Mcpherson. Mann, Marsh. Mercer. Me-
sick. Metcalf Miller. Mondell Moody
(Mass.), Moody (Ore), Morgan. Morris
Mudd. Needham, O'Grady. Olmstead.
Overstreet. Parkers, Payne. Pearce (Mo)
Pearre. Phillips. Powers Prince, Pugh
Ray On. ". Reeder, Reeves. Roberts
Rodenberg, Russell, Shattuc, Sheldon
Sherman, Showalter. Sibley. Smith NIl)
Smith IS. W., Smith CIV. Al, Southland.
Spalding, Sperry, Sprague Steele. Ste
vens. Stewart On. ". Stewart CWis).
sulloway. Tawney. Tayler COhio). Thorn
as Qowa), Thropp. Tompkins. Tongue
Van yoorhis, Vreeland. wadsworth.
Wanger, Waters, Watson. Weaver
Weeks. White. wise, Wright, Young, Mr.
Speaker-161
Nays-Adamson. Allen CKy). Atwater.
Bail. Bankhead. Barber, Bartlett. Bel.
Bellany, Benton. Berry Bradley. Brant-
ley, Breasele, Brewer. Brundidge, Burie-
son, Burnett Caldwell, Campbell. Catch
ings. Chanler. Clark (sfo.). Clayton CAIa)
Clayton N. ". Cooney. Cowherd. Cox.
Crawford. Crumpacker. Cummings Gu
sack. Daily. Davenport STANLEY. Davis
De Almond. De Granenreld. Devries.
Denny. Dinsmore, Dougherty, briggs.
Elliott, Finley, Fitzgerald (Adass.). Fstz-
gerald CN ". Fitzpatrick Fleming.
Fletcher. Foster. FOX. Gaines. Gayle.
Gilbert. GIynn. Gordon. Green pa. Grit
filth, Griggs. Han. Hoatyoie Henry TEX
as), Henry CI.ss), Howard. Jett. John
ston, Jones Cva). Kitchen. Klsberg,
Klutts. Lamb. Lane. Lanhaus. La,fmer.
Lentz- Lester. Levy. Lewis. Little Little
field. Livingston. Lloyd. orirne- NcAIeer.
McCall. Mcclellan. McCulloch. Mcdowell.
McI-ain. MeRae. Maddox. May. Meekisoa.
Myers fIad-l. Neon. Muller. Narhen. Ne
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