Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-01
56th CONGRESS-.
House Passes Puerto Rican
Tariff Bill, 172 to l6l.
Remarkable Scenes During Debate
Sick Members Attend to Vote.
Six Republicans Vote against and Four Demo
erals Tor The Bill.

W d7IIlilS ION, Il en-. 60 IN bdttlt
royal over the Puerto Rican tariff bill
ended in the House. today, in Il sweep
ing victory for the Republicans. The
bill, amended as agreed upon at the
conference Of Republicans, Monday
night, so as to reduce the tarif from
y TO Il per cent. Of the American tariff
and limiting its life To two years. was
passed by a vote Of liz yeas To lGl nays.
Six Republicans. Crumpackcr Of Indi-
ana. Fletcher Of Minnesota. He1tWole
Of Mime sofa. Littletield Of Maine. Lor-
inner Of Illinois. ana Mccall Of Massa-
chusetts. voted with the opposition
against the bill and four Democrats.
Davey and Myer Of Louisiana, DeVries
Of California, ana Sibley Of Pcnnsyl-
vania, voted with the Republicans for
the bill
IN addition. Warner. Rep, I'LL. was
paired against tn bill with EuuteI-,
Rep. Me. for it. TWO other l:cpubli-
cans. Lane of Iowa. and Paris Of In
diana. were absent and impaired The
Were understood ID be- against the lii.
Four Democrats who were opposed To
the bill. Messrs. Fleming. Ga. Small
~ G.. Smith. Ky, and Stallings. Ala.
We're absent ana impaired. Other pairs
We're Gibson, Tenn. Reeves, I'LL. Har-
mer. Penn. Mailey, Kan. Sheldon.
Mich. Wadsworth. y. Y. all Republi-
cans. for the bill, with Tata. Ga,
Sparkman. Fla. FOX. ND. Hellamy,
y. a.. COX. Tenn. ana Epp $, va.
Democrats. all against the bill.
Herculean efforts had been made to
get out the full vote and this led To
some remarkable incidents. SIX men
were brought from beds # sickness.
two Of them from hospitals. Nj
Rrownlow Of Tenn ss-e. was brought
i'll Il carriage ACCOMPANIED BY his wiIe
ana physician. H. sat bundled H.
near the entrance until his vote was
given ana then withdrew. 1t was felt
that the strain would be severe on
him but when Nj. Tawnev. thu Re-
n,ibIican v.hin IIrqa1 thar tho hili
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Stitute offered by Mccall on b.nalf If
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Payn" bill for free trade with Puerto
Rico ana was defeated 1fo ~ ia only
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tutr' + lclcI'F. KEEP, MIMI. Nh" sup
seQuently voted u re-Commit and
ao.,inet m. hin voted ag,i1et ,ba s,,b-
Sutuit. = motion ~ ft-conlnllt ~
which followed shared similar fate
h.in.. list 1eo 70 10
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There was great excitement through
out the roll calls. which We're followed
Min .ag.r ipt.,ae, III, ,I,,,,ganf. r
"i'' - nous TT n
spectators VINO packed the galleries t.
SuffocatiOn The RepublicanS INDUCED
in a demonstration nf villa iubilatio,
I
y htH lil' hldl result was ANNOUNCED
Immediately after the reading of the |
iou,,raI tho ,I.rl, Iauan ,aodino tho
= '"N
Puerto ltIro tarlit Dill for amendment
under the 5-minute rule. When sec
nm, ] ,yas raacbad p,,,a cb,i,,,,,,, |
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f.rad tho folInI,.irer snI,.tit,,,a for ,.,a+
,a.+inn.
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nto the United states from Puerto Rico |
ma coming into Puerto Rico from the ,
, i'tn nta'eT Sl,t r. entefed IL I'm srT
1cr cent IL TN. duties which arc required |
o be levied. collected and paid upon like
nraf coI,ntrias 5nd In aitin ~ ,ht III,
Ipun articles Of merchandise Of Puerto
tlcan manufacture coming INTO the
imItio, ~, 81 -, - ~, 49,, ~
.qull to the internal revenue tax imposed
2 the nlttd States upon the IKE articles
HIN Int N M naiI III intar,,i rayan,'n
stamps or stamps to be purchased ana
'rovlded by the commissioner Of internal
..ctnr M irtern9l rayanHe ~ 49, ar most
To the port If entry Of said
MERCHANDISE IN INC ! n.ted states ana ~
f intrnai Tcver,3 vii ne
pproval OF the secretary of the treasury
hall preScrlbe: and m a. articles q
r.. cmming into Pmarto Rico II addifion
o the duty above provided in payment Of
tax equal IN rate ana amount to me IN
IN ~ ,,,,on ii.e arficin ~ Puerf, BiraD
PAYNE explained that the substitute
lid two things: 1t reduced the duty