The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-02

Clark of Wyoming Wanted to Pay
Her $3.50, 900, Hut THAT and Several
other Amendments Were Killed.
Measure Was Passed without Di-
visiOn-PortO Rican Tariff Bill Re-
pOrted-senate Dill substituted for
House Measure.
Washington. March AFTER being un,
der consideration for nearly ten days the
bill providing a form of government for
the territory of Hawaii was passed by
the Senate to-day without division. Mr.
Cullom had charge of the measure.
When consideration OF the Hawaiian bill
was resumed, Mr., Morgan Of Alabama re-
sumed his speech of yesterday anita gono
izing on technical grounds the amendment
of Mr.. Teller relating, to the establish
ment of district court with a district
judge in Hawaii, carrying with it the right
of trial by jury before the court.
He asserted that the bill as it stood
now would legslate out of office every
Democrat In Hawaii. He did not care so
much about that, so far as executive Of
flee was concerned; but when 1t was ap-
piled to judicial office 1t was a dangerous
practice. He declared his belief that some
senators were determined to give a politl-
cal complexion to the Hawaiian judiciary.
Mr. Foraker chairman of the Commit
tee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, to
which the House Porto Rican tariff bill
had been referred, interrupted Mr.. Nor
gan TO report the bill back to the Senate.
The report struck out the preamble and
III. "a
bill and substituted the Senate bill pro
viding a government for the island Of
Porto Rico together with certain amend
ments to the Senate bill.
Most of the amendments were of minor
Importance, but one of them fixed the
tariff on Porto Rican products al IS perl
cent. of the tariff fixed by the Dingley
law. Other amendments related 90 mar
riage and divorce laws, one permitting
priests 10 marry after renouncing The
church. MIR. Teller's amendment was
then adopted.
Wanted 10 Pay the Ex-Queen.
Mr.. Clark of Wyoming proposed an
amendment appropriating s250,OO0O to be
paid to Liliuokalani, late Queen of the
Hawaiian Islands, for all interests she
may have in the crown lands. the sum
to be repaid from the revenue of the
crown islands.
the part of equity and justice that the
Queen, who had been deposed by the
United States forces, should be reimburs-
cd for the losses she had sustained
Mr.. Cullom opposed the amendment,
holding the late Queen had no rights In
the matter. She was here, now, he said.
consulting lawyers as to her claims
against this government and his under
standing was that many of them had in
formed her that she had no good claim.
The amendment precipitated a general
discussion of the deposition of Queen Lii
liuokalani, participated in by Mr.. Jones,
of Arkansas; Mr.. Pettlgrew of South Da-
kota and others.
Mr. Pettigrew favored turning the is
lands back to their people.
Mr.. Quarles of Wisconsin followed Mr..
Pettigrew making his maiden speech in
the Senate in opposition to the PROPOSE
tiOn TO pay to the former Queen any sum
of money He said:
Hundreds of MANNED and crippled SOL
diers are knocking at the doors of this
Congress and asking for a small addition
to the pitful amount they now have 10
support life. |, for one, would much pre-
fer to give this sum of $3.50 600 to them
than to give it to the relict of royalty as
a gratuity."
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut protested the
right to the crown lands was in the peo-
After some further discussion the amend
ment was Laid on the table without di-
vision.l
Amen dments Did Not Go.
Other efforts we're made to amend the
bin, but they were of no avail.
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut offered an
amendment providing that the territory
of the Hawaii should not at any future
time be admitted to the Union as a state
or be attached to any state of the Union
Mr.. Morgan made the point of order
against the amendment that 1t was Of
fered after 4 O'Clock, and therefore vio-
lated the agreement TO vote at that hour
After some discussion the point of order
was sustained.
The measure was then passed without
division.
On motion of Mr.. Foraker the Porto Ric-
an tariff and government bill was made
the unfinished business.
At 445 p. m. the Senate adjourned