Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
RETAINED The TARIFF
sENATE's VOTE ON AMENDMENT TO
PORTO RICAN BILL.
Motion to Strike Ont Provision for
Duties Defeated. Sixteen to
Thirty-Three.

A direct vote was taken by the Senate
late yesterday afternoon a proposition to
strike from the Porto Rican bill the pro-
vision ievying a tariff Of 10 per cent Of the
Dingley law duties on Porto Rfcan products
and it resulted in the defeat of the propo-
sition by a vote of 80 to 16. The amend
ment read: That on and after the passage
of this act all merchandise coming into the
United States from Porto Rico and coming
into Porto Rico from the United States
shall be entered at the several ports Of en-
try upon payment of Is per cent of the
duties which are required to be levied, col
iected and paid upon like articles of mer-
chandise imported from foreign countries.
While the vote is regarded by many as
presagfng the passage Of the pending meas
ure. 1t is not regarded as indicating the
final vote on the bill. The vote In detail
follows:
Yeas-Bacon. Bate. Berry, Clark tMont).
Clay, CeckreH. Cuiberson. Harris Jones
(Ark-). Kenney, Lindsay. Morgan. Pettus.
Sullivan. Turley and Wellington-18; demo-
Gratis, Is; republican. l.
Nays-Aliison. Baker. Bard. Carter.
Chandler. Clark (Wyo). Cullom. Deboe.
Fairbanks. Foraker, Foster. Frye. Calm
ley. Kean, Kyle. Lodge. Mcbride McCofaas.
Mcmillan. Perkins. Quarles, Ross. Scott.
Sewell. Shoup Spooner. Warren and Wet
more-33: all republicans.
the Observation-Disclosures and Jones New.
Daniel and Penrose. McLaurin and Pritch-
ard Hoar and McEnery. Taliaferro and
Mason. Turner and Aidrich. Rawfins and
Wolcott. Money and Teller, Caffery and
Burrows. Pettigrew and Platt tConn), 81
mon and Depew. Chiffon and Elkins. Heit-
field and Piatt IN. ", Butler and Bever-
fdge.
Not voting and not paired-Ailen. Davis.
McCumber Mallory. Nelson. Proctor, Stew
art, Thurston, Tiilman and Vest.
Question of Citi.enship.
After The Stars report had closed the
Senate considered the committee amend
ment which provided that the Spanish or
native inhabitants of Porto Rico and their
children should be citizens of Porto Rico
and such entitled to the protection of
the United States
Mr. Morgan maintained that the people of
Porto Rico were citizens Of the United
States, and as such were entitled to the
rights and immunities prescribed by the
Constitution. The amendment. he said,
was a vain and empty declaration"
1t became evident that the amendment
could not be disposed OF before adjourn
ment. and it was passed over until today.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to the
section of the bill which proposes to re-
deem the Porto Rican silver coins in United
states money. giving 60 cents of American
money for the Porto Rican peso. The
amendment proposed to pay 100 cents for
the peso.
Alleged Determination.
Mr.. Morgan held that in the proposed
exchange of coins the United States was
taking advantage of the Porto Ricans be-
cause the peso contained the same amount
of silver as the American dollar. The Porto
Ricans. he said. are entitled to 100 cents for
their pesos. because that amount of silver
in money would be worth a hundred cents
on the dollar.
Mr.. Jones (Ark) and Mr.. Bacon (Ga) took
the same position.
Mr. Foraker maintained that the position
OF the democratic senators was not correct
There was no intention to deprive the Porto
Ricans of any value. the American dollar
now was worth In debt paying power prac-
tically two pesos in Porto Rico. He be-
Heved the proposition of the bill was en-
tirely liberal to the Porto Ricans.
The discussion of the amendment took a
wide range and had not been concluded
when the Senate at 4:55 pm. adjourned.