The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
PORTO RICO BILL
Passes the United States Senate
BY a Mai ,risy of Nine.

BY Maj of Nine.
IT WAS A NoTAsLe DAY.
Senator Mason furnished Argu-
ment and Amusement. Sena.
tor Wolcott Accused Sena-
tor CT Speaking Falsely.
Tuesday Of last week was 8 notable
day in the United States Senate. 1t
brought to . close the sharpest and
most prolonged debate upon any meas
ure since those discussed during the
uenorble ''Wsr congress-" two years
ago. At I o'clock Tuesday afternoon
the votes were begun upon tho Porto
Ricsn tariff and the civil government
bill and the pending amendments, and
in less than an hour later the measure,
about which there has been so much
contention in and out Of congress, was
passed BY 8 msjority 81 9, the fnsI
vote being 40 to 81. Only committee
amendments were adopted. The par
ticulsrly notable speeches Of the day
were delivered by Mr.. Mason Of Hi
aois, in opposition to the measure, and
By Nj. Foraker Of Ohio, who .eplied to
: brief speech by Mr.. Wellington Of
Maryland. It was the Ohio senator's
desire to clear up any nisunderstsno-
ing or misiDfornation coneering the
bill.
Mir. Mason spoke II faeos Of the reso-
luton Of Mr.. Wellington, which offers
Independence to the Filipinos. aud
against the bill proposed By Mr..
Spconer Of Wisconsin, oonferriug su-
thority upon the president to govern
the Philippines until congress should
otherwise do It. Incidentally he op
posed the tariff proposed to be placed
on Puerto Ricsn products. he was op
posed to holding the Philippines, be-
cause under the law Of nations We have
not title and never can have complete
title except by conquest Of the inhsbi-
esnts. | do net wish the 5000 600
Filipinos FOR cisisens do not wish
them for slaves. II We govern them
they must either be citizen or serf
Whether they lsbor ss our citizens and
EQUALS before the law or whether they
labor IS our political slaves, their labor
sompetes with the labor Of our country,
and am opposed to that. sm for
expansion. | voted for the annexation
of Hawaii, but would never have sent
65, 000 men there to compe! them to
accept our flag. II cshe. words, | sn
sgsinss taking any territory BY con
quest against friendly people, and
against taking sny territory that brings
cheap class Of labor in free and open
competition with the class Of men and
women Who do the labor in this coun-
try. He declared that il it vss treason
to oppose 8 var of conquest, se lift un-
Just taxation, to confer upon strug-
Cling peop:.e the blessings Of liberty, 30
protect the labor,ng men and women q
thus country, then be was guilty. He
said that only by amending the eons'i-
tuition could tariff be levied against
the people Of part of the United States
to prevent their trading With the rest Of
the United States. Il beg you," he
appealed, ITO count the cost Of such an
amendment speskins Of the fever Of
war which be said was upon the admin
istrasion. Dir Mason ssid: But IS
vs approach the hour when We must
again appeal TO the judgment of7O, ,OOO,-
OUU people and the sres under the pots
of patronage sre burning low and the
dangers Of disappearing possoGces ap-
pear to rs like hideous nightmare,
the hour Of convslescence approaches.
and ne shout to the laboring people Of
the county, No, DO. 1t is ! mistake.
We have sacrificed the money and the
lives Of the people; We have abandoned
the faith with the fathers for land, bat
We will abandon it all rather than for
sake the political partisan doctrine; and
We are saying on both sides Of this
ehamber-,hose who have believed in
the permanent government oSthePhilip-
pine islands-thas il our permanent
sovereignty there neans the taking into
this country, in competition With our
labor, products of the people there, We
will abandon this kind Of expansion" !"
Discussing the powers Of congress IN
der the constitution SIS Interpreted In
the light Of the provisions of,he pen
ding bill, Mr.. Mason said The coo-
s,itution says you cannot make 9 title
Of nobility, but we apply that only to
the States, you understand. The dis
singuished senator from New York
{Depew) can be the Duke OF Ponce, and
not violate the constitution; the dis
tinguished senator from Indiana
(Beveridgel the prince Of Puerto Rico;
and the distinguished lawyer who
sought to defend this bill upon 40 IN,
constitutional ground (Spooner) can
at least demand the little Of the lord
chief high duke Of the checker board
somewhere in the Philippines, that
they may sit in judgment upon the
laws and upon the people. (Lsughter).
Does the constitution say you cannot
make title of nobility Yes Does it
20 to the outside territory? No. Then
Won can make titles of nobility then
..Ged help the uen who in November
plays that game.
Mr. Culberson Of Texas then spoke.
Il was his first speech in the senate.