The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-04
By MAJORITY Of N|NE
PUERTO RICAN BILL. is PASSED BIZ
THE SENATE AFTER PRO-
LONGED DEBATE
Mr.. DAVIS FAILS TO SCORE
HIS EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY ALL COME
TO NAUGHT
SENATOR MASON SARCASTIC
Senator Nelson's Free Trade Amend
ment Is Also Voted Down
Senator's In "A Snarl Over
the Quay Case.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-This was q
| notable day In the United States senate.
| 1t brought to a close the sharpest and
most poignant debate upon any measure
since those discussed during the memor-
able war congress" two years ago
at 4 o'clock this afternoon the votes
were begun upon the Puerto Rican tariff
and civil government bill and the pending
| amendments and less than an hour later
| the measure about which there had been
so much contention in and out of con-
gress was passed by a majority of nine,
the final vote being 40 to 81 Only COM
mittee amendments were adopted
1t had been evident for some time that
| the bill would command a majority in the
senate, but notwithstanding the fact the
interest in the matter both of senators
and Of the public had not tagged a bit.
All day tho galleries were crowded.
From II o'clock, when the senate con-
vened, until the hour when the voting
| began, advocates and opponents of the
bill brilliantly and eloquently maintained
their convictions, and the auditors were
kept in a state of constant excitement.
The particularly notable speeches of
the day were delivered by Mr.. Mason
Gn) in opposition to the measure, and
Mr.. Foraker (O.), who replied to a brief
speech by Mr.. Wellington (Md.). 1t was
the Ohio senator's desire to clear up any
| misunderstanding or misinformation con-
cerning the bill.
Mr.. Mason's speech was argumentatiye.
eloquent and amusing by turns and as 1t
covered the entire range of the country S
duties and responsibilities to what the
Illinois senator sarcastically termed "our
in-su-lar possessions, 1t was very In
terestiug TO his hearers
When the hour of o'clock was reached
the chairman announced that the votes
upon the pending amendments and on the
bill should now be taken. At the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Foraker the senate amend
ments which had been passed over were
reverted to, and adopted without di-
vision.
Mr.. Davis (Ainn.) then offered his
amendment providing that mo duties on
imports or exports after the passage of
this act should be levied or collected on
any articles imported from the United
States into Puerto Rico or from Puerto
Rico into the United States
DAVIS AMENDMENT VOTE.
Mr.. Davis demanded the yeas and nays
The amendment was lost, 80 to 40, the
detailed vote being as follows
Yeas-AIlen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Clark
(Mont), Clay, Cockrell, CulbeTson, Dan
iel, Davis (Rep.), Harris, Heitfeld, Jones
(Ark.l, Kenny, Lindsay, McLaurin, Mar
tin, Mason (Rep), Money, Morgan, Mel
son CReP2, Pettus, Proctor SR;epl, Simon
ley, Vest. Wellington CRep.)-30.
Nays-Allison, Baker, Bard, Carter,
Chandler, Clark (WyoQ, Cullom, Deboe,
Depew, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye,
Gallinger, Gear, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Jones New, Kean, Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride,
McComas, Mcmillan, Penrose, Perkins,
Platt (Conn), Platt IN. Y), Pritchard,
Spooner, Stewart Teller, Thurston, Wet
more, Wolcott-40.
Pairs were announced as follows, those
first mentioned being favorable to the
amendment: Caffery-Burrows, Chiffon.
Elkins. Rawlins-Hanna, Hoar- -McEnery,
Mallory-Haie; Turner-Warren, Pettigrew-
Aldrich, Butler McCumber.
Mr. BeVeridge was the only absentee
who was not paired. He has a regular
pair with Mr. Clark, of Montana, and
that senator announced that if present,
Mr.. Beveridge would vote for the amend
ment.
Without division two other amendments
offered by Mr. Davis were defeated
Then Mr., Nelson (Rep., Minn) offered
his free trade amendment. The ayes and
noes were ordered, and this amendment
too, was lost, Is to Al.
After an amendment offered by Mr..
Spooner Rep., Wis.,, making a slight
change IN the measure had been accept
ed by Mr.. Foraker and agreed to, two
amendments offered by Mr. Bacon Dem,
Ga.), one being substitute for the entire
bill, were defeated without division.
BILL IS PASSED.
The bill was then reported to the sem
ate, the amendments were agreed to, and
on an aye and no vote it was passed
by a vote of 40 to 81, a majority of 9.
Following is the detailed vote upon the
measure:
Chandler, Clark (Wyo.), Cullom, Deboe
Depew, Fairbanks, Foraker Foster, Frye,
Gallinger. Gear, Hanna. Hansbrough,
Hawley, Jones New, Kean, Kyle, Lodge
Mcbride, McComas, Mcmillan, Penrose
Perkins, Platt Comm, Platt IN. W,
Pritchard, Quarles. Rose, Scott Sewell,
Shoup, Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Wet
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry Clark
(Mont.), Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dam
iel. Davis (Rep.l, Harris. Heitfeld, Jones
4
tin, Mason lRep0, Money, Morgan Nell
son (Rep.), Pettus, Proctor (Repo Simon
(Rep), Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller, TIL
man, Turley, Vest, Wellington (Rep. 81
The only change in pairs on the final
vote related to Mr.. Beveridge Qnd) Mr..
Clark (Mont) announced that he under
stood, if present, Mr.. Beveridge would
vote for the bill. He therefore transferred
his pair to Mr.. Rawlins Dem, Utah).
This permitted both Mr.. Clark and Mr..
Hanna (Mr. Rawlins' pair) to vote
Scarcely had the Puerto Rican measure
been disposed of when quite unexpected
ly, serious snarl over the case of for
mer Senator Quay arose.
Acting upon the unanimous consent
agreement reached on March 10, that the
Quay case should be taken UP today.
subject to the consideration of appro-
priation bills, conference reports, the
present unfinished business and senate
bill 1885,. the Spooner bill as to the gov
ernment of the Philippines, Mr.. Lodge
moved that the Spooner bill be made the
unfinished business
This was objected to by the friends of
Mr.. Quay and Mr.. Wolcott (Rep.. COLI
moved to adjourn. The motion was lost.
20 to 29
Mr.. Lodge then renewed his motion.
1t was antagonized by Mr. Chandler.