Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-01
House Defeats Substitute for
Porto Rican Tariff.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Payne, of New York, submits a substi-
tute for the Third Section Propose
Ing Duty of Fifteen Per Cent
oflhe Regular Tariff:

Washington, Feb. 2s.-(By Associat-
ed Press.)-At o'clock Mccall, of
Massachusetts, on behalf of the minor
ity offered as substitute the bill for
free trade with Porto Rico originally
introduced by Payn2 and the yeas and
nays Were ordered. The substitute
was defeated by 159 yeas to IT'S nays.
I Later-The house passed the regular
bill by vote Of 172 to 161.
Washington, Feb. 2s.-(By Associat-
ed Press.)-The last day of the strug-
gle over the Porto Rico tariff bill in
the house opened at II o'clock with al
most every member in his seat and
large attendance in the galleries. The
leaders on both sides were actively en-
gagged in rallying their forces and MAX
ing computations upon the final vote
to be taken at o'clock. Underwood,
of Alabama, democratic whip, said
that the result would be very close and
would turn upon the vote of two or
three men on the democratic side.
Tawney, republican whip, said the
bill would have five votes to spare. I'm
mediately after the reading of the
Journal the clerk began reading the
bill for amendment under the five min
ute rule. When section 8 was reached
Payne, offered a substitute for that
section, which provided that after the
passage of the act all merchandise
coming into the United States from
Porto Rico, and going into Porto Rico
from the United States shall be enter
ed upon payment of Is per cent of the
duties required and collected upon like
articles of merchandise imported from
foreign countries; and in addition
thereto upon articles of merchandise
OF Porto Rican manufacture, coming
into the United States and their with
draWal for consumption or sales, upon
the payment of tax equal to the in
ternal revenue tax imposed in the Uni
ted States upon like articles of mer-
chandise of domestic manufacture; and
on all articles of merchandise of Unit
ed States manufacture coming into
Porto Rico in addition to the duty
above provided in the payment of
tax equal in rate to the amount of the
internal revenue tax imposed in Porto
Rico upon like articles of Porto Ricanl
manufacture. Berry, of Kentucky, OPP
posed the substitute and said the
amendment proposed petty instead of
grand larceny of the people of Porto
Rico.
Payne Substitute Adopted.
The bill was opposed in short
speeches by Dearmond, of Missouri.
Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts,, and OF
ey, of Virginia, and defended by Grow,
of Pennsylvania, Graft, of Illinois,
Brownell, of Ohio, who had hitherto
opposed the measure, and Grosvenor,
of Ohio. The Payne amendment was
adopted without division.
In the Senate.
Soon after the senate convened to-
day Aldrich, of Rhode Island, was call
ed upon for the conference report on
the financial bill, and made an expla-
nation of the difference between the
senate bill and the conference bill.
The first change was in the section
defining the standard. 1t was, he said.
a purely verbal change and undoubted-
" strengthened the section. The Sec
ond change was the provision inserted
in the bill making it the express duty
Of the secretary of the treasury to
maintain reserve fund in order that
the parity of United States money
should be preserved. Aldrich thought
the senate bill did impose that duty,
but the house conferees insisted that
the injunction should be incorporated
in the bill in explicit terms. The next
change provided that the gold re-
serve might be held in gold coin cor
bullion p the last two words being add
ed, because the facilities for the coin
age of gold would not at present adj
init coming gold in sufficient quantity
to maintain at all times the reserve in
gold coin.