The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-11
In CONGRESS-.

o'clock this afternoon voting was
commenced in the Senate upon the
Porto Rican tariff and civil govern
ment bill and the pending amendments
and less than au hour later the meas
ure, about which there has been 80
much contention in and out Of Con-
gress, was passed by majority of nine,
the final vote being forty TO thirty-one.
Only committee amendments were
adopted. Three amendments offered
by Mr.. Davis of Minnesota were de-
feated, two of them without division.
Senator Ross spoke prior to the vote
being taken. He laid stress upon the
importance Of proceeding with care in
this crisis. He thought the constitu-
ion had not extended to Porto Rico
upon the signing sof the peace treaty
and argued that it would be unwise to
extend it by legislation. He also con-
tended that the bills provisions for
civil government were liberal and that
under it the Porto Ricans would have
better government than they had
ever had.
Mr.. Ross said he thought free trade
should be established as soon as posi-
RE between the United States and
Porto Rico. Meantime the provisions
of the pending bill had been agreed
upon. If he could have his way he
would place duty upon all products
entering the island and not permit
some to enter free and place duty
upon others. He thought this provis-
ion was unfair if not illegal. He
would however, subordinate some of
his opinions and vote for the measure.
The detailed and final vote upon the
measure is as follows; Yeas-Clark,
(Wyoming,) Cullom, Deboe, Depew,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Hawley, Jones, (Nev.,) Kean, Kyle,
Lodge, Mcbride, McComas, Mcmillan,
Penrose, Perkins, Patt, Conn.,
Piatt, IN. Y.,) Pritchard, Quarles,
Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, Wolcott.
40.
Nays.-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry
Clark, (Mont.) Clay, Cockrell, Culber-
son, Daniel, Davis, (Rep.0 Harris,
Heitfield, Jones, (Ark.,) Kenney, Lind
say, McLaurin, Martin, Mason, (Rep.O
Money, Morgan, Nelson, (Rep.D Pei
tus, Proctor, (Rep.,) Simon, (Rep.D
Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller, Tilman,
Turley, Vest, Wellington, (Rep.)-3l.
These Republicans favoring the bill
were paired with Democrats opposing:
Burrows of Michigan, Elkins of West
Virginia, Hanna of Ohio, Hale of
Maine, Warren of Wyoming, McCum-
Der of North Dakota. Aldrich of
Rhode Island (Rep.) was paired with
Pettigrew of South Dakota (Sil. Rep.),
and McEuery of Louisiana (Dem.)
with Hoar of Massachusetts, the latter
in opposition.
The only change in the pairs on the
final vote related to Mr.. Beverage of
Indiana. Mr.. Clark of Montana an
nounced that he understood, if present,
Mr.. Beveridge would vote for the bill.
He therefore transferred his pair to
Mr.. Rawlins (Dem.) of Utah. This
permitted both Mr.. Clark Dem) and
Mr.. Hanna (Mr. Rawlin's pair) to vote
| for the bill.
WASHINGTON, April 4-Peace was
restored in the Senate to day before
that body convened and during the
proceedings of the session there was
only a reminder of the harsh language
used just before adjournment yester-
day. Tie session opened with lively
and interesting discussion of the status
of the Quay case, in the course of
which Mr.. Wolcott apologized for the
language he had used yesterday, dis
claiming any intention Of being often
sive to anybody, least of all, to his
friend, Mr.. Lodge. The Colorado SEN
ator made vehement and eloquent ap-
peal for early action upon the Quay
case. He was supported by other
friends of Mr.. Quay and it was decided
fl 10 ally to take up the case tomorrow
under the unanimous consent agree
meut made on March 16.
At the request of Mr.. Garter the
Alaskan code bill was called up and
discussed at considerable length.
Pending action on it, eighty one pen
sion bills were passed, pensions of 500
a month being granted to the widows
of Rear Admirals Calhoun and Meade,
of Commodore Inch and of Colonel
Lyster.
An exciting scene occurred in the
House as the climax of discussion of
the Kentucky situation, when Mr..
Wheeler, Kentucky Democrat, and
Pugh, Kentucky Republican, faced
each other from opposite sides of the
main aisle and INDUCED in wordy
due. Mr.. Pugh charged Mr.. Wheeler
with incorporating certain facts. He
was laboring under great excitement.
Mr.. Wheeler showed admirable temper,
and though quick to resent the fancied
insult, awaited the explanation of Mr..
Pugh in which he discaimed any inten-
ton of imputing to him personally a
desire to distort the facts. Throughout
the debate which was precipitated by a
speech of Mr.. Boreing, the other Re-
publican member of Kentucky, there
was an air of suppressed excitement.
1t was the first time the subject bad
been preached in the House and in
tense interest was manifest.
Representative Underwood OF Ala
bama, the Democratic whip, has tele-
graphed all absent Democratic men,
bers of the House to come to Wash
| Il. a.