The evening times., 1900-06-25

Republic. and to the maintenance OF its
| plighted faith"
| Mr. Littlefield rebuked the Republican
majority by saying that the bill came to
Congress against the recommendation Of
| Brigadier General Davis, Of Porto Rico.
against the protest OF the delegates from
| Porto Rico. against the recommendation OF
the Secretary of War. and against the
| recommendation OF William Mckinley
| President OF the United States" and
| against the original recommendation OF
| the Chairman OF the Committee on Ways
| and Means.
A paragraph in Mr.. LittIefeld's tariff
| speech which the Democrats print in
| black-face type. follows:
1T might be interesting TO know why
| they have changed front upon this great
! question, that is about TO put the Republi-
| can party In the position to which I have
| called your attention. before the people of
this country. upon the threshold Of a great
national campaign, which will determine
| whether the Government OF this country is
| to rest. either in the hands Of the Repub-
| lican party. or OF gentlemen upon the other
side of the House l Weld TO no man in
the Republican party. upon this floor, or TO
| the Chairman OF the Committee on Ways
! and Means, much as I reverence and re-
speCt him, and as high an admiration as J
| have for his great ability yield to no
| man in ny devotion 20 the Republican par
| ". and my desire for It's success, in the
| coming campaign This II is that leads me
| to suggest that it is better 70 have the
| fullest consideration here, OF this question.
rather than to inject it inconsiderateIy into
the coming campaign. as later upon the
stump II may be difficult to satisfactorily
explain our position 10 the enlightened,
fair-minded intelligence Of the American
people
I'VE had better listen and think now
than 10 listen later. A word here as TO the
| assertion Of the President Of the United
| States as to the plain duty Of the Repub-
| lican party. and of The American Congress.
II is as much the duty OF ne Democrats as
the Republicans. because later. when I
| reach that stage in this discussion. l shall
base it IpoI the broad proposition that. 10
my L-'-C appeals to every patriot, and
every man who believes in the good faith
| OF the Republic. its honor, and its integri-
y. Every Democrat who sits on this hOCr
! is interested in that proposition Gs well
! as my Republican friends. with whom I
just now cannot act upon this bill
The Plain Duty Message.
Another convincing paragraph 10 which
the Democratic CO. paign managers are
calling the attention Of voters in large and
heavy type ia TIE following,
What does President Mckinley say
He SAID when he sent his message TO the
HOuse-and / have received no C-Inmuni-
cation from the President Of the United
States since-mark that-he communicated
10 me. through the Constitutional channel;
I say since then. neither directly nor in
directly. have I received any communica-
tiou from the President Of the United
States that would tend 10 indicate that
when he said-not that 10 was his opinion,
not that he thought not that he would ad-
wise or suggest but that &c was the plain
duty'-stOp and listen 10 that minute
the plain duty OF the Republican Congress
/ to give free trade b.tweCu Porto Rico and
the United SJates--he did not mean H.
/ That Is an assertion Of fact. 10 was either
/ true or false. II conditions have changed.
| let some gentlemen suggest it while I am
! speaking II there has been any change
/ Of conditions that could be mentioned by
/ any gentleman since the President OF the
! United States said IL was our plain duty
! let him assert i, now That statement was
| either true or false when he made il, and
! if it was true or false when he made II. It
I is true or false now. I believe Il was alb
( solutely true. I say TO my friends that
am not ready. upon the question Of policy
/ even. to cast a vote in this House against
| what the President Of the United States
! has truthfuny said. was my plain duty
| stand upon that proposition. ! stand BY
| the President OF the United States and a
little later l viii call your attention to
some sIgHiEcan' reasons why
One OF the telling points and which AZ
! the time called forth great laughter and
I applause on the Democratic side. and 10
! which the campaign managers have great
! confidence. was tIat brought out IL J-e
( paragraph which follows.
What IS this hjH2 I take iJ in detail
/ The second provision iH IL imposes vh.t
they call an import duty on the mznufaC-
, lures and products Of the United States
! coming into Porto Rico TIE bill imrOses
/ q duty on all goods coming from PCr-o
| Rico into the United States and On goods
I coming Into Porto Rico from the Unit d
States. Coming beth ways. ! suppose the
language Of the bill is 50 cCuched in a
[ futile effort 10 get rid OF a provision o.
I the COu5titutiCD which provides that 70
| ported from any state" ] submitted u
/ two members Of the Ways and Means Gem
mittee the question, as to whether they
1 could give ma any legal distinction between
/ these propositions First a vessel is load
l ed with lumber. say in Portland. and starss =
! for Porto Rico. Under this bill we VIII
assume the tariff to be $1,000. Under this
l riyes, and who collects It2 The United
States Gov. -nment- Into whose pocket
/ does it gO2 Into he United States Gov
ernmeRts. Second. what legal distinction
IS there between collecting the duty when
{ she clears from Portland for Porto Rio
Z before she leaves the State or collecting
: it afterwOrd IN Porto Rico The same hand
/ collects At either IN Portland, or in san
: Juan. lt goea into the same pocket in
[ either case. into the same Treasur-. ard
/ IL 90 be disbursed, under the provisions
/ OF this bill. without any appropriate. from
4 tho public Treasury, which the Const tuition
/ provides. But I DO not suppose the Con
| et!tutiOD is anything between friends
| II could not be ssCeTtaiued at Democratic
headquarters how many copies Of the Lit
/ tleheld tariff speech are being pr:utes :
! and sent out. but it is known that the num-
/ Der is large
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