The sun., 1900-03-20
STILL At WORK
MIR. Beyeridge Offers One
Amendment to Puerto
Rico Measure.
HOUSE TAKES UP SAME BILL
Fortifications Appropriation Bill
was Reported 10y Chairman Cam
non and it Calls for $7,O03,-
4ss for Carrying Out
Seacoast Defenses.

idge Qnd.) gave notice at the opening OF
the session of the senate in connection
with an. amendment to the Porto Rico
bill which he offered that he would adj
dress the senate next Thursday on the
amendment and pending measure. The
| following is Mr.. Beveridge's substitute
| for. the tariff section Of the Porto Rico
bill:
"All articles coming into the United
States from Porto Rico or going into
Porto Rico from the United States shall
be admitted free of duty. But this act
shall not be construed as extending the
constitution of the United States or any
part thereof over Porto Rico, and it is
hereby declared that the constitution of
the United States is not extended over
Porto Rico"
i A bill authorizing the secretary Of the
navy to loan naval equipments to certain
military schools was passed.
The senate then proceeded to the CON
sideration of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, Mr.. Cul'
lom Ulls) being in charge of the meas
ure. AS reported to the senate the bill
carried $24, ,155,S00.
After the reading of the bill, the COM
lnittee amendments having been agreed
to as the reading proceeded, the bill as
amended was passed without division.
Speaking of the amendment, Senator
Beyeridge said after the close of the ses-
sion:
1--WE have followed the presidents sug-
gestion apprdpriating $2,00O,00o for tnt
immediate relief of Porto Rico, which is
more than the house bill would have Civ
on the island in the entire two years OF
its life. This removes the reason whicf
members had for voting for the bill ant
restores us to the position first announce,
by the president. On the great principles
involved We are in entire harmony witt
the president. !,
"trhe object of my amendment is tn
same as that of Senator Davis amend
ment, but the latter extends all of tn
taxation and revenue provisions OF tn
constitution over pcsto Rico, and whel
any part of the constitution is eAtcnde
it is there forever"
The House.
At the opening Of the session of tn
house bills were passed to constitut
% South Manchester Conn, port of dc
livery: to authorize G.. e. Mari an
Il. H. Pearce to accept the siive
watches awarded TO them by the Domii
ion of Canada for services in rescuin
British sailors, and to authorize y 1
D0bbins to accept the gold watch frol
!, the Dominion of Canada for similar SER
III ices. The pension appropriation hll WI
sent to conference. Mcssrs. Barne
(Wis.). McCleary (Aiinn.) and Bell tColo
were appointed conferees.
The senate bill to appropriate So0,U
for repairing the revenue cutter Ihet
was passed. Mr.. Cannon then called I
an lion hill
moved that the house nonconcur Ill u
SENATE amendments. Mr.. McRae tArE
moved concurrence Mr. Cannon eXplal
l1r cd the changes made in the bill by Il
senate. which, he said, restricted the
proDriations to the duties collected pl
vious to Jan. 1, 1900.
The house provision appropriated al
the duties collected after that date al
those to be hereafter collected. The OF
or change made by the senate, that desl
mating the purpose to which the mon
should be put, he said. was only chan
of form, the house provision having L
the expenditure of the money to the Il
erection of the president.
Mr.. McRae said the essential dim
ence between the two bills was that
house bill affirmed the right of the unit
States to impose the Dingley RAJ
against Porto Rico, whereas the SEM
- provision upon this subject was indefinl
The Notifications appropriation
was completed by the house commit
;ae aae on appropriations and reported to
M ION house by Chairman Cannon 1t app
I'M PIRATES $7,O93, ,4SS for carrying forwa
epS the plan of sea coast defenses begun
zen 1883. The principal items are: Gun a
pre' mortar batteries, $2000,000; pneuma
'un- dynamite batteries, S1S0,000; installat
M sue Of range and position finders, $1,000
a n,.- sites for Notifications, S2OO,o0o; pi
on. on. ervation and repair of fortifieatio
,lan $ %ao0 600, t,rnodaas for barbor defer
1t SSoV,ooo' SSo 49, n,,t ~, ,p 80 fort;tcat;ons
'Aa' 002, ,5SS.