The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-12
PORTO RICAN
Tariff Bin Will Become Law
Today

wAsHINGToN. APRIL 1.-THE long
and bitter struggle over the Porto Rlc-
can tariff bill ended today when the
house. By a vote Of l61 TO 1853. coucurrtd
in III The senate amendement. The blf
now requires only the signature of the
speaker OF the house and the president
OF the senate before going to the presi-
dent for his approval. These signatures
win be attached tomorrow and before
night fall the Bill Will probably become
a law.
AS amended by the senate and today
agreed to by the house all restrictions on
goods coming into the United states from
Porto Rico are eliminated and certain
food stufrs and other articles which here
totore have gone into Porto Rico free
by executive order are excludod fro--
the operation OF the IS per cent duty
imposed on goods entering tho island
from the United States. "A complete
scheme OF civil government for the island
IS also attached to the masure Upon The
final vote, nine republicans voted against
the bill-Messrs, Heatwole. OF Minnesota;
Crumpacker, OF Indiana; Lane, o. Iowa
Littlefeld Maine; Mccall, OF Massachus-
etts; IT. c. Smith, OF Michigan; Warner.
OF Illionis; Flethsher. OF Maine; and
Lorimer, Of Illinois. The democrats,
Messrs. Davey and Mayer OF Louisiana;
were paired with democrats In favor OF
the bill and one democraat, Mr.. Sibley,
o. Pennsylvania, voted for Il, outright.
Mr.. Devries. the other democrat who vot-
ed for the original bill, today voted
against concurrence. Mr.. Stallings. DEM
Ocrat, OF Alabama, was the only member
OF neither side absent and impaired The
vote came az 5 o'clock, after very ir-
teresting and at times exciting debate OF
hve hours, which covered not only the
bill, but the special order under which
the house acted One OF the most dra-
matte features Of the day was the rea J.
ing by Mr.. Richardson OF ,he original
opinion OF Charles E. Magon. the legal
adviser of the war department. IN favor
Of the view that the constitution ex-
tended over Porto Rico ex proprio vigore
Mr.. Dolliver, IN reply, termed Mr. Ma
goon a clerk who tried TO overrule tn,
great lawyer at the head Of the war de-
partment
| AZ II o'clock the committee on rulei
assembled In Speaker Henderson's private
office and settled the days program, fix
ing the final vote for five p. m. today
The special rule provided for the occasion
allowed twenty minutes on each side I,
debate the rule, and on its adoption {
debate on the bill until o'clock. 1
was expected that this arrangement
would bring test vote on the rule earl.
IN the day It was arranged that TN
rule should be brought in immediateI.
after the reading OF the journal.
The speaker and Messrs, Daizell ans
| Grosvenor voted for the special rule, an'
Mr. Richardson. the democratic member
OF the committee voted against H.
Early in the day the party manager
we're exerting their utmost endeavors {
assemble a full vote. The measure
adopted we're almost unprecedented 4
thoroughness. On the republican std
there were twentysor thirty absentee'
but Representative Long the republica
"whip" was In telgraphlc coinmunica
tion with everyone OF these, and Il wa
known on what train each would arrive.