The National tribune., 1900-04-05

Hayner will do as they agree to.-Stack.
of the gross expenditures of the Govern
ment. A large standing army was nC
part of the scheme of the fathers. The
machinery of the Government cost the
people now SO per capita against 81
cents in the days of Thomas Jefferson
The Monroe Doctrine, under which II
republics had been built up south of US
was no longer to be held sacred. Turn
ing his attention to the Philippine queS-
ton, he produced an array of alleged facts
to show that the soldiers III the Philip
pines had no heart in the war against
the insurgents, and desired 10 return home.
He challenged the Presidents statement
that the volunteers had willingly remained
after their terms of enlistment expired.
He read a letter from Assistant Secretary
of War Meiklejohn in reply to request
for the discharge of a soldier denying
the request, and saying the Department
was flooded" with such applications.
Representative March. of Illinois, replied
to Mr.. Lentz. He spoke with great heat.
The speech, he said, was characteristic
of the gentleman from Ohio. In the alb
sence Of facts a brilliant imagination had
been drawn upon. One complaint had fol-
lowed another, he said, until the gentle
man from Ohio had earned the sobriquet
''the great scoder." Novituperative enemy
of his country, he said. could have uttered
more diabo!ical sentiments.
Il DESIRE" he continued, with flushed
face and emphatic gesture, TO characterize
his speech from beginning to end as a dis
grace to the American Congress and j
violation of all the decencies OF this House.
He has misrepresented his country, mis-
quoted history. and miSStated the position
of this side of the House. He has ex-
hausted his whole vocabulary IN unjust
and false accusation against his country.
And / make these statements, said he,
looking at Mr.. Lentz, upon my response
bility as member here and as a gentle
man outside of this House. One of the
beautifl things about the Constitution
he went on sarcastically, "is that no man
can be punished under the law for words
spoken in debate here. So the gentleman
from Ohio goes scot free, Notwithstanding
the false charges he has made
Continuing. he denounced the course OF
the Democratic party. which he said. in
time of peace was "hell for war" and in
time of war was 'heIl for peace" He
maintained that our title To the Philip
pines was as complete as was our title 10
Florida. and ii was as much our duty to
suppress rebellion there as i'll Florida. If
the President should withdraw the army
from the Philippines and allow the islands
to pass out Of our possession lie said he
would be subject 10 Impeachment pro-
ccedings.
In the Senate on March % an unanimous
agreement was reached 10 vote upon the
Porto Rican tariff bill at 4 p. m. on April 3.
Senator Davis. in Il speech. gave notice
that his convictions in favor of free trade
were unaterable. His remarks We're
uttered in a dignified and earnest man
ner.
Senator Davis declared that the House
bill did not have to be passed TO insure a
decision from the Supreme Court, as his
own amendment with its stamp tax and
per centum of revenue tax, provided ample
ground for raising a legal question.
Mr.. Davis emphasized his statement that
under the House bill there would be free
rum, while medicines, clothing. boots and
shoes. etc. would be taxed. He insisted
tina, by t1xiiig them, as he propo5 d, 81 0O0,-
600 could be annually raised, while the
aggregate of revenues from the tariff,
much or little, is unknown. In conclusion
he said:
Il have said about all want on this bill.
1t has been imperfectiy SAID, inadequately
said, but it has been said with the most
thorough and uualterable conviction that
what have said is right, absolutely right
right not in "a party sense, but politically
and economically right. In my judgment
the only course that can be logically or wisely
pursued under pr,sC n, conditions is 70 ban
don this pernicious mockery of a tariff be
tween Porto Rico and the United States and
return to the path Of plain duty and pursue
it to its log cal and beneficial consequences.
Senators Davis and Nelson introduced
amendments to the Porto Rico bill. Sen
ator DaViS'S amendment is a modification
of his previous amendment, and it pro.
Vides for duty on tobacco and rum When
brought into the United States from Porte
Rico.
Senator Nelson's amendment is a sub,
stitute for section 8 of the bill, and in part
is as follows:
Section o. That on and after The pa,
sage of this act all articles imported into
the United States from Porto Rico. and al
articles imported into Porto Rico from tht
United States shall be exempt from duty
provided, however, that articles of Portt
Rican manufacture coming into the United
States shall, before being withdrawn fol
| consumption or sale, be subject to the pay
ment of tax equal TO the internal revenu,
tax imposed i'll the United States upon the
| like articles OF domestic manufacture.
In the House the Army bill was CON
sidered.
In the Senate. late in the afternoon O
March ~, after a day of discussion of tn,
Porto Rican bill, Senator Pettus aimed "a
| the keystone of the tariff structure with ;
| motion 10 strike the Is per cent tariff sec
| lioii l'Dii hl' JIM II ""o al teSt IHOliOi
| Ii would have been test vote if all tn,
Republicans for free trade had, like Well
| ingtOn, announced their position aud Votet
accordingly. The vote in detail was as
| follows:
Yeas-Bacon. Bate, Berry, Clark Mon
tana), Clay. Cockrell. Culberson, Harris
Jones Arkansas. Kenney, Lindsay, Nor
gan, Pettus, Sullivan. Turley and yelling
ton-i6; Democrats. II; Republican. /.
NaSs-Al.ison, Baker, Bard, Carter
Chandler, Clark lWyoming) Cullom, Deboe
Fairbanks, Foraker. Foster, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough
| Hawley, kean. Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride
| McComas, Mcmillan, Perkins, Quares
Ross, scott. Sewell. Shoup, Spooner, War