The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-24

purport of the legislation had been given
and he expressed his astonishment that
| so brave and fair-minded q man as the
| Senator from Ohio Should lend himself TO
| subterfuse. in trying 10 get his party out
| OF ditch. II he Mr. Foraker was not
more of Republican than of an Ameri-
| can. he would not do it.
| In his ieTky. disconnected style Mr.
/ Tillman quoted from the editorial article
OF a Chicago paper and commented on 1t
1 with the remark that the Senator from
| Ohio had simply got out Of the free trade
! party before Kohlsaat got into it. Tpe
! Senator. he SAID. could not live in an at
mosphere contaminated by that presence.
| II frankly confess" Mr.. Foraker con-
| tinucd good-naturedly that since
| learned that Kohlsaat favors free trade in
! Porto Rico. have had good deal more
confidence in my present position
The Sugar Trust.
Mr.. Perkins interposed a remark in
contradiction of the idea that the Sugar
! Trust had anything to do with the question
/ Mr. Tillman ridiculed Mr.. Perkins far
( fetched explanation, which he said eN-
/ planned nothing. He had read somewhere
I a description of dohammeds bridge 10
I hell being the breadth of a single hair
aud he thought that that was about the
size of the bridge which the Senator from
4 California had given the President to back
( out upon. The President. he declared. sent
: TO Congress a free trade message and then
backed out Of it.
Mr. Gallinger spoke next. saying that
when he left the chamber last week. the
Senator from South Carolina was making
an eloquent and absurd speech on the
/ Porto Rican bill and on his coming back
now he found the same Senator engaged in
| the same way. The Committee on the
! Pacific Islands and Porto Rico of which
/ he (Mr. Galiingerl a member. had no
I other purpose In reporting the bill than
. to benefit the people of Porto Rico and
: the quality of its mercy was not strained.
/ The conference report ought TO be agreed
to promptly. AS to the political exigency
which the Senator from South Carolina
had spoken OF, it had no influence whatever
OH him tMr. Gallingerl. He had acted
/ with the purpose of helping the people of
! Porto Rico and with other object or
purpose.
As to the Senator's prediction of the de-
| feat Of the Republican party in the next
election. he thought his mind would be dis
/ abused when the people OF the United
/ States came to understand that Republican
Senators were endeavoriug 10 look 70 the
| best interests of Porto Rico. Their sober
second thought would lead them to com-
! prehend the fact that Republican Senators
| had no other purpose than to legisiate for
! their benefit and advantage. The United
States Government. he said. has given to
! Porto Rico benehcsnt rule. II has sent
1 there Goyernor-the ablest officer in the
| Army. an intelligent, broad-minded, con-
| servative man. under whose administration
! half million dollars from the Treasury
/ of the United States has been expended TO
relieve suffering-~As TO the Sugar Trust
| exercising any influence in the matter, Mr..
| Gallinger cast ridicuie on that idea, and
| said that the only influence sought TO be
| exercised was that of sugar owners at the
Arlington Hotel with British Vice Con-
| sui at their head.
| Mr. Tillman broke into Mr.. Galiinger's
remarks and dared the Republican ma
| jorlty to vote on the question whether the
| Constitution extended TO Porto Rico. We
had some dare yesterday" he said, "and
| some bluff. And when the bobtail bluff
was sprung the Senator from Vermont
| tMr. ProctoD came up limping, and there
| fore did not win the game. Now, If you
dare me to vote Oh such a bill, am ready:
| and dare you
| Mr. Gallinger-The Senator has the ad-
! vantage of me. He is using language
which / cannot understand. tLaughter.l
Mr.. Tillman-When l say 1 dare you, l
| mean dare the Republican majority.
will probably transact its business in its
| own way, unintimdsted and uninfuenced
| by threats and suggestions of the Senator
| from South Carolina.
sIr. Spooner Replies.
Mr.. Spooner replied in a quiet dignified
manner to Mr. TilIman's outpouring. He
suggested that the Senator from South
| Carolina might have used less offensive
Some OF them, he said, were not entirely
in keeping with the dignity appropriate
TO the place. He condemned for instance,
the assertion that some votes in the Sem
ate had been bought. He also objected
| to the charge of hypocrisy and to the use
OF the expression dirty work"
| Mr.. Tillman said he would strike out
the word dirty and merely say leaving
the Republicans to their work.
why not say their necessary work.
| SIR. Gsllinger asked.
| Because" Mr.. Tillman exclaimed, that
| would be a lie. outright"
Mr.. Spooner in commenting upon Mr..
! Ti,lmsns sympathies for the people Of
Porto Rico, reminded him OF the treat
ment which the colored people of South
| Carolina had received and were receiving
Mr.. Tiliman justified that treatment, and
I
in South Carolina, the shooting of negroes
and the using of violence and fraud ad
been resorted to 10 secure white soyer-
eighty in the State.
I'VE did it," he said, "and l have no
apologies to make for il"
Mr.. Spooner said that the Senator from
South Carolina arrogated vast deal to
himself in putting himself forward as the
| advocate of Porto Rico. He protested
against that arrogant assumption In all
the discussion on the conference report
not thirty minutes, he said, had been de-
| voted to the report, but the Senate had
| heard political speeches from beginning
| to end. He was not there to speak for
the President He was there, as other
/ Republican Senators, loyal TO the Presi-
! dent ard loyal TO the party. The questions
were complicated ones requiring thought
and care. and moderation instead of vitu-
peration.
During all the tine that Mr. Spocner
was trying 10 express his views he was
subjected to constant interruptions on the
part of Mr.. TiIlman. who stalked nervously
about the central aisle, and in his jerky, dis
connected style made comments or replies
| TO what the Senator from Wisconsin said
The President pro TEN called attention
! more than once 10 the violation OF the
Senate rule against interruptions without
the Chair being first addressed Mr.. Till
I man aDologized but still continued to
break in upon Mr.. Spooners remarks.
| At the close OF the discussion the Senate
proceeded TO vote on the conference re-
| port which was agreed to-yeas 35, nays Is.
! Tho vote in detail was as follows: