The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10


ence and observations mt public meet
ing that shall be free TO all. Mr.. Davis
has decided on this course after mn
ture deliberation and free consultation
with his friends.
The Loud bill relating to second class
mail matter was agreed TO in an
amended form by the House commit
tee on postoffices and post roads. In its
new form the bill is quite brief and is
as follows: THAT mailable matter of
the second class shall embrace all
newspaper and other periodical pub
lications which are issued at stated In
tervals and as frequently as four times
a year, provided that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as TO
admit to second class rate publications
which are issued periodically and TO
subscribers. but which are merely
books or reprints of books, whether
they be issued complete or In parts.
whether they be bound or unbound;
whether they be sold by subscription or
otherwise; whether they purport to be
premiums of supplements or parts OF
regular newspapers or periodicals. Sec
tion 2. That news agents shall not be
allowed to return TO publishers at the
pound rate unsold periodical pubiica-
tiops, but shall pay postage on the
same at the rate of one cent for four
ounces"
The Republicans of the House, in
caucus Thursday night, decided to take
the shortest possible route to termin-
alton of the Puerto Rican tariff prob
lem by concurring In all the Senate
amendments and sending the bill di-
rectly to the President. There was
feeble protest from Mr.. Cooper of Wis
consin, chairman of the insular com
mittee, and Mr.. Moody of Massachu-
sets, who favored standing out against
some of the features of the civil gov
ernment scheme attached to the bill by
the Senate. They objected especially
to the Senate provision making all the
members of the upper council of the
Puerto Rican Legislature appointees OF
the President and clothing them with
power to grant franchises, but the sen
timent of the caucus was overwhelm-
ingly against them. None of the Re
publicans who voted against the origin
al House bill were present Mt the eau
Gus tonight. AS soon as the Repub-
licans absent from Washington can be
summoned here, as early as Monday II
possible, the matter will be brought be-
fore the House under n special rule.
Alternative motions probably VIII be
cut off under the rule.
This was a notable day in the United
States Senate. 1t brought to q close
the sharpest and most prolonged debate
upon any measure since those discuss
ed during the memorable war Con-
gress' two years ago. At o'clock this
afternoon the votes were begun upon
the Puerto Rcan tariff and civil gov
ernment bill and pending amendments,
and less than an hour later the meas
ure, about which there has been so
much contention in and out Of Congress
was passed by majority of nine, the
final vote being 40 to 81. Only COM
mittee amendments were adopted. Ii
has been evident for some time that the
bill would command majority in the
Senate. but Notwithstanding the fact
the interest in the measure both of the
senators and the public has not tagged
an instant Following is the detailed
vote upon the measure: Yeas-Allison,
Baker, Bard, Carter. Chandler, Clark
of Wyoming, Cullom, Deboe. Depew,
Fairbanks. Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gal
linger. Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Hawley. Jones of Nevada, kean, Kyle,
Lodge, McBryde, McComas, Mcmillan,
Penrose. Perkins, Platt of Connecticut,
Plat of New York, Pritchard, Quarles,
Ross, Scott. Sewell shoup, Sp2oner,
stewart, i HurSlou, NetlhoIe. NolSXN
40 Nays-Allen. Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Clark of Montana, Clay, Cockrell Cul-
berson, Daniel, Davis Repl, Harris,
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kenny,
Lindsay. McLaurin, Martin, Mason,
(Rep), Money, Morgan, Nelson (RepD,
Sullivan. Talliaferro, Teller. Tillman,
Turley, Vest, Wellington (Rep)-31.
A correspondent writes to the Chica-
ID IL. Nn hn yn
ity for believing that houses that are
divided among themselves canot stand,
and therefore we may look for falls in
the United States Senate, where the
division of opinion among colleagues
was never so great as it Is to-day. In
the state of Indiana, for example, Mr.
Fairbanks and Mr.. Beveridge. and in
the state of Illinois, Mr.. Cullom and
Mr.. Mason, do not agree on scarcely
any topic. but they are not half as bad
as some of the other senators. In New
Hampshire the Hon. William r. Chan
dler has ben trying to get his colleague,
DR.. Gallinger, indicted and sent to the
penltentiary for violating the statutes
of the United States. Mr.. Frye of
Maine and Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts
are the red-hottest eXpansionists in
Washington. while their colleagues are
the strongest kind of antis. 1t was
only recently that Senator Hoar used n
page of popular weekly to prove that
the policy of the administration is
wicked and vicious, while Mr.. Lodge
took another page to prove that it is
patriotic and righteous. Senator Nc
Comas and Senator Wellington of
Maryland do not speak as they pass by.
The relations between Mr.. Tillman and
Mr.. McLaurin of South Carolina are
wow, littlp more friendly Mr. Caffpry
of Louisiana is gold-standard-anti-
papsion-fre trader. while Mr.. McEnery
is a free e-silver-expansion-pro
The two senators from Nebraska are
about as different as fire and water,
while Messrs Pettigrew and Kyle. who