New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-30

Senators shall sit here equal in dignity ana poMl
sachusetts the Imperial state Of New ork Mat ali
this shall be determined Immediately ana irrevoea-
bly, and for ali the future. This Is the ait 81,
TBS is the des
Sances of the critical periods OF our history
PREcEDENTs NOT TO THE POINT
The situation is. u.s. unprecedented Our a cf
ton must be ws.hout example. The decisions u
analogy that fraiest of the metnoos OF reasoning
sppies those Decisions ms 20 fe ems IS rather
fortunate than the reverse New situations tna
Courage Of our new condition. the frankness OF
difficulty. the constructive ability Oh none one
can exist eert 70 Apply opinions ea Of when
fbey wrote those opinions is waste OF intellect
We have read most OF those decisions ~ 1a H.
were at school; and. while entertain Tor tiei no r
respect their great authority commands T1ue
avail myself of woros and passages nor ,,n "a
in view OF The problem now demanding S0'H
as so express ahd ies eh It
phatac thai the opposition dare NOT quote ~ r5na
other sections not bearing on me hat tS
aurhoiity OK Command: power written by the IN
stinctive anticipation of our development; power
fathers; power so complete emphatic and unusual
THE Congress shall have power TO dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations lespec',ns
the territory other properly belonging ~ liie
United States"
BELONGING TO-" NOT "A PART OF"
So the Constitution says that there can be terri
tory oeonging 70 the oned Bur
tory belonging the United states cannot ne d
in terms II territory beiongs TO The United
States, and AZ the same time is d part OF tle
United States, it belongs TO, is owned by. a poGy
polite OF which il is itself rart-wnich Is an ao
surdity IN reasoning an lmpGssiog n Iarg5nrv be-
And Congress may even dspo5e OF ~ p
longing the United States dispose, o, nov ",
esIa bIishng Independent government only; not py
making tnat territory part OF me Repno nc oS
tory made elsewhere in The Consu Do -
me Inited stateS stand mere unlimited
and imperial. we make 1t part OF the United
government if we wish and ALLEVIATE il utterly
and yet we eeud o G' 6o can the uned
ALLEVIATE any part of itself or how can any par VI
States? Our Southern brothers asked the latter
question and million men answered IL with the'f
Congress shall have power to dispose Of territory to-
Ne can sell this territory Belonging to US then
yet how can sell it If it is part Q, us we
can sell Puerto Rico; we can sell the Phlipp ha
We turn them adrift, and all this mas Dee cen
proposed by those %a9 now e 1a man doubt
that the United States can dispose of Puerto RICO
not be if it is part Of the United States 50
5haf Re to 'f the Pned IS the power
free hand that territory The bestoWai OF tnat
tends over that territory since if it so Extended
the power could no longer exist - .. -,
word we s 2 GSr b gses epG
GO MOI Ta aes5ereton as faction wants it, but
we want it as the high justification of our free
hane We want want in it's own abstract right We
dschaTge - Of plain do ooEing A fo oHf
future the dominant Power OF earth.
AGAINST TARIFF.
Yet those who for partisan purposes oppose the the
consitnfionai principe Of free hand They Try
10 mingie reciprocity with Puerto Rico with Cal
territory belonging to the United States" If a
tariff inextricably involved with Ill n S66 fGn
aas pa4F ashs o. Ifss
3 s9oad With oaf pos is the best
which we can successfy Keep mem Rit p the
imposition of tariff is not involved in the the. con
sIitutional principle of free hand The very re-
Reeiprocity with Puerto Rico is only a mat
ter is Of fh au rsscpros foF
Sss nss Sh sFsa GS1RFy sp
a ens9 E e. well supply
Rico needs and cannot as we to which our
acts must in the end conform; 1t is reciprocity
Is reciproeity of predestinaiona relation estab-
Hshed in the nature Of things ana as in the
recent war When our markets are open to Puerto
j. as 5y T e w ane se
our the Rsps g hands, and
Rico aes0ats viii fs Placed In th it's
nil IN tnrn e5dow US Fer markets will exclu-
y s of Rs s be for her our iaF
world and clothing and hour ana corn aIid
mills and looms will have exclusive markets mere mere
And the prosperous we make her 10y oltela,,s
our markets to Puerto Rico. the more she can ous
Of us. and will.
CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS.
At the close Of Mr.. Beverages speech Mr.. For
arer asked that the Senate proceed with the con-
sideration of amendments.
he
cents pound on coffee imported into Puerto
Itico.
MIR Pettus Of Alabama moved to strike out the
amendment and demanded a direct vote on his
amendment which involved the question whether a
tax could be imposed products imported into
Puerto Rico which not imposed on the same
products imported into 'other parts of the United
States"
Mr. Galinger defended the amendment of the
committee Under Spanish rule. he said. tariff
had been imposed coffee imported into Puerto
Rico because the raised there is regarded as
tine best in the world, and IT desired to prevent
fl from being spoiled by being blended with inferior
brands
IF you have free hand to mutate the Con-
stitution, said Mr.. Pettus then you can pass this
bill; but If the Constitution means anything when
IL says that and duties shall be uniform, then
you have such right"
Mr. Pettus's amendment was defeated. 13 to 81.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia, offered amendment In
the form OF a substitute for Sections and , OF
the committee bill, establishing the regular Ding
ley tariff rates of duty articles imported from
foreign countries into Puerto R!co, and providing
that duties shall be levied articles imported
into Puerto Rico from the United States. into
the United States from Puerto Rico. Mr. Bacon
explained that IT his purpose to establish III
Puerto Rico the tariff system in vogue in this
country.
Mr.. Gallinger said the bill as it stood was in