Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-04-12

'' tlti llIl. t'ltN, Nti'I AGAINST con-
currrnc-. Stalliu.e. Dem. Ala. was
th- only member on either sil- absent
ana impaired.
A. soon as the roadirE "f tha Hou-,
journal was concluded Dalz"U. a..
one Of thu leaders uf thr majority. and
q member of the committee on rules,
presented tho special ord., under
winch the House WAS to operate. Ii
provides that Immediately upon tne
adoption of this resolution TIL. commit
tcc Of thu whole shall bc discharged
from the consideration If tho till ana
the Senate amendments thereto: that
the same shall b. considered in tn.
House, until > F. NJ. when vote SHAH
BE- taken on the motion to concur in tn.
Senate amendments IN gross.
Upon the conclusion of tine reading
thn previous question On its adoption
WAS ordered This gave ~ minutes for
debate IN each side under the rules
nalzru sail hc would briefly discuss
the rule. On Feb. 4>. the House sent
to the Senate the Puerto Rico tariff
bill. The amendments attached by thr
Senate furnished 4 civil government
for the island. 1t was the opinion of
the majority, he said. that those
amendments should be concurted in.
Richardson. the minority leader.
called attention to tine fact that tn,
rule would permit the House to Vet"
only upon q single proposition. If X
had been possible fur the Sonat" to adI
to The iniauity ot the original bin levy
ing u per cent. Of the Dmglry duties
int, n.
said it had done so in the co-called
civil government amendment
Under the guise Of civil govern
ment. the Senate has composed an i'm
pcrialist government upon the people
~ the island. He quoted President
Mckinley. Secretary Root. cX-Prcsi-
dent Harrison, Speaker Reed ana other
Republicans Of national reputation III
favor Of free trade with the islands
ana drew applause from his Democrat
ic colleagues by CharaCterizing the
President in the language of cX-Speak-
cr Reed as the emperor of cXpedien-
cy."
Proceeding. he expressed his regret
that the secretary Of war had not seen
fiji to furnish the opinion Of Judge
Chls. A. MaEoun. the attorney Of tn
insular bureau. to the effect that the
constitution extended. tx proprio
vigorc. to our new possessions. upon
which he said tn" original rcCommcd-
datiOnS of the President and the sec
retarY of war were based.
why" Richardson asked. had the
President, the secretary Of war and
the Republican party changed front on
this whole question:" For reply he
read the statement Of Prof. Schurman
Of the Philippine commission, that the
trusts had gone to Washington and
had grasped the Republican party by
tn" throat"
He also recalled the statement print
ed. short time ago. in a local paper
that Republican member of the
House had said that in return for the
passage Of the bill, 4 large contribution
was tp b. made to the Republican
campaign fund. Richardson created
something Of 4 sensation by giving the
name Of the newspaper man who hal
written the interview. saying h was
a reputable correspondent worthy Of
all crcdance.
DE Almond Mo. said the rule was
cVidenc" that those who had decided
to suppress intellect. chain the will
ana stilr the conscience. realized tina.
they must 80 their work quickly. Hal
commended those who had the man
hood ID stand out for the right ana
warned The majority that the Republ-
cans would have the country to reckon
with.
Babc"ck. Wis, chairman of the Re
publican Congressional rampaien cnO1
mittre, TO which Dal2ell yielded a min
ute ana a half, Indignantly resented
the charge Of Richardson that the Re
publican campaign committee had re-
ccived a money contribution for the
Puerto Eican tariff bill. nv mem