The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03

iiHment Of SOLDIERS wac adopted Mr..
Hoar addressed the Senate Ia support OF
MIR. Q7sy's right 20 seat In ths body.
Mr.. Hoar discussed at length this his
tory OF the framing Of that part OF the
CONSTITUTION relating 10 the sle1tion of
Senators, his particular idea teing TO
| thJw that the country &C large was vast
" Interested In having every STATE fully
retressnted in the Senate. This Idea, ha.
raid. was constantly before the trainers
Of the constellation.
MIR. Hoar dweit particularly upon tbs
| importan CO Of q siugis vote, especially lin
the Senate. He declared that one vote
had changed the policy of the county to
imperialism. Twice In his own state had
= single vote elected the chief magistrate
| OF the commonwealth.
Was II presumabie, he inquired. that
the trainers OF the constitution had IN
tended that In such oircum stances rs th 9
present the great stats OF Pepnsylvsnis
should have In tho Senate only half OF
It's representation or that the people Of
the country should lose the advantage of
of $4,000 persons.
In response to an inquiry by Mr.. Tur-
Icy, Mr.. Hosr said that In the case Of the
chief executive Of q state the respon sibili-
| ty for action or inaotion was definitely
fixed upon one man. II the governor did
not feel that be was correct In his POSI-
ton before his constituents he would
make no appointment.
The trainers of the constitution he said.
Of power and, in the appointment OF q
Senator. q proper repre- sentative In suob
action Of the peopls.
Mr.. Hoar asserted that Senators knew
that the three seats claimed by Messrs.
Mantle, Allen and Beck VI It'll were decided
against these gentlemen because they
were silver men and the Senate was
about to enter upon the consideration of
the repeal OF the Sherman Law. Mr.. Tur-
ley cited the hypothetical case Of the gov
srnor Of Kentucky calling troops :, the
state ospital and dispensing the legisls-
turs before the election Of the United
States Senator as had recently happened
after the election Of the Senator. He held
that II the governor subsequently should
appoint Q Se,ator, the Senate would GER
tainly refuse him seat.
MIR. Elkins CT West Virgipi, then ad-
dressed the Senate. "Ihe question pre-
sented to the Senate" he said, els one
purely Of lava proper construction Of
the constitution, and no other element or
fact or should enter into Its determina-
ton. MIR. Quay's merits or demerits. or
his personality hsve nothing to do with
| the case or In reaching n conclusion.
In the case now pending no reason
pr essnts itself why the Senate should not
go forward In Its duty and obey the
plain language OF the constitution by
seating Mir. Quay. To my mind the
language of the constitution is plain and
| should occasion no doubt"
The Quny case was then laid eslde and
consideration was begun Of the Puerto
Rioan tariff and government bill ysster-
day made the unfinishsd business.
Mr.. Teller Of Colorado. declared that
1t seemed to him that the COMMITTEES had
mployed good deal Of industry and
care to make Puerto Rico part OF the
| United States. de said:
| "The people are oitizsns Of the United
States the committee has established
| United States courts, the ports ara
| United States ports and In every way the
committee hns determined that the island
shall be part OF the United States And
then the committse inserts the remsrk-
able provision that We shall levy a duty
upon Puerto Rioau products brought into
the United States.
| az am not disturbed" continued Mr.
Teller "about this talk of our holding
province or holding colonies. 1 see no
reason why we should not have provinces
or colonies. A free government like ours
would carry freedom and light to them.
Il see no reason why we should not
maintain sovereignty over the island,
But the party In power has reached the
point where 1t must determine upon and
enunoiata q policy with regard to our In
sular posss ssions. / want the party In
power to say whether IL may be the pur-
posslultimsteIy to take In this island as
a state. l know the people there are nt
for self government and they ought in
my opinion to have 1t as soon as 1t may
be given them. would not DO alarmed
II We should speak of the Province OF
Puerto Rico. But say that I'm not 60
ing to vote for any bill that does not give
the people absolute control Of their own
sffairs.'
Mr.. Teller then sent to the desk the
following amendment in the form Of an
add tional section, which. he said, II
adopted would settle what the policy of
the government would be.
ut Is hereby declared that II is the in
tsntion by this act TO establish tempo
rsry government In Porto Rico for the
purpose Of enabling the people thereof TO
establish a permanent government repub-
lican In form, In which there shall be 40
corded to the psople the right of self
govern ment and TO that end they are au-
thorized to adopt constitution consist