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gives us these rights. and we should
exercise them. We sympathized with
Poland. with Hungary. with Greece:
with all the South American Republics:
with Armenia and with Cuba in their
struggles for freedom. Many We help
ed. Why, ask in the name of all that
is Just and honorable, in the name OF
our glorious past. should we now re-
fuse 10 render moral support. our sym
pathy and our aid to the patriots OF
South Africa? Is the great light of the
Republic going out?
REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS ME-
NACED.
"In my opinion. the defeat of the
Beers will he the severest blow to Re-
struck in more than n century. and
every friend of liberty the world over
would fervently pray that Dom Paul
may he successful. The Administra-
ton seems to he secretly In sympathy
with Great Britain and rendering her
all the aid 1t can. Every liberty-lov-
ing citizen of the Republic should de-
nouncc and condemn these pro- English
tendencies OF the White House. This
Republic should stand by Republics
not against them.
God. bless the embattled farmers of
South Africa is my fervent prayer, and
from the ashes of the conflict may
there arise Il greater and grander Re-
public, the glorious United States of
South Africa"
EVILS OF MILITARISM.
Mr.. Lenta, of Ohio, n member of the
Military Affairs Committee. discussed
the evils of militarism The eSpcndi-
lures for the army hai grown. he said,
until they now absorbed one. fifth of
the gross expenditures of the govern
ment.
Mir. Marsh, of Illinois. replying with
some heat. characterized Mr. 4ent2'S
speech as throughout Il disgrace to the
American Congress, Il violation of all
the dccencics of the House. Fe assert
cd Mr.. Lentz had misrenresentcd his
country. misquoted history. made un-
Just and false accusations, and no
vituperative enemy Of his country could
have uttered more diabo!ical scnti-
ments. lie said this. he added. on his
own responsibility as a member. and
cleaning toward MIR. I.entz) "Gs 4 gem
tleman outside this House.
Continuing. he denounced the course
of the Democratic party. which, he
said. in time OF peace was "hell for
war" and in time OF war was hell for
peace" He maintained that our title
to the Philippines was rs coroniete as
was our title 10 Florida, and IL was as
much our duty to suppress rebellion
there as In Florida. If the President
should Withdraw the army from the
Philippines and allow the islands 20
pass out of our possession. he said, he
would he subject to impeachment pro-
ceedings.
General debate was closed and the
bill read under the nve-minute rule.
After speeches by Mr.. Sparkman and
others the House at $40 D. m. ad-
journcd.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, March 27.-The Porto
Rico tariff and government bill was
under discussion for nearly three hours
in the Senate to-day. but most of the
time was consumed in the consdera tion
of a free coinage amendment offered
by Mr.. Morgan. The amendment Is
still pending. The conference report
on the pension appropriation pill was
agreed to.
At . o'clock, by pevious agreement.
the Porto Rican measure was taken
up.
Mr.. Foraker announced that he had
concluded not to ask a separation of
the Tariff and Civil Government bills.
but had decided TO proceed with the I'M
finished business as it WAS now before
the Senate.
AMENDED.
The paragraph as TO franchises in the
bill was amended to read as follows:
provided. however. that all grants
or franchises, rights and privileges or
concessions of n public or quaSi-public
nature shall be made by the executive
council. with the approval of the Gov
ernor, and all franchises granted in
Pcrto Rico shall be reported to Con-
gress. which hereby reserves the power
TO annul or modify the same"
FREE COINAGE PROPOSED.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to
section of the bill. providing for the
free coinage OF silver In the United
states. He said he found no provision
in the bill for the establishment or
national banks on the island.
Mr.. Foraker replied that the bill ex-
tends all of the laws of the United
States to Porto Rico which are not To-
cally inapplicable.
"Does the Senator think national
banks may be established there?' in
quired Mr.. Morgan
within the limitations named IN tne
hill should say yes" responded Mr..
Foraker.
Then" retorted Mr. Morgan, Porto
Rico Is not a foreign country. There is
no question about the logic OF that
proposition"
MIR. Foraker explained that the provi-
sion in the bill relating to coinage was
simply one for the exchange OF the
Porto Rican silver coin into American
silver coin The general question of the
free coinage of silver did not enter into
the matter.
Mr.. Morgan declared that the pend
ing bill proposed to take from the Porto
Iiicans the peso, which was practically
q dollar. and pay them 60 cents for 1t.
To this statement MIR Foraker took
issue. The Porto Rico peso. he said,
was now worth about As cents in our
money in Porto Rico. and the bill pro-
posed to pay 60 cents in money of the
tinted states for il, provided the Porto
Mean desired to make the change.
AIR Clnv-..Is Il not a fact that the