The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-12

tattoo to secure order while the vote was
| being taken.
The Rule Adopted.
| The viva voce vote was pdecisive and
| TO save time n yea and nay vote was
| taken on the adoption of the rule. The
| voting was followed with intense interest
| Long and Underwood lowered about the
| desk seeing that every possible vote was
recorded.
The announcement of the adoption OF
| the rule, yeas, 15s, nays 142 present ana
| not voting H." was greeted with salvos
| of applause on the Republican side. The
| large majority was a general surprise. 1t
| was regarded as test vote.
The Republicans who voted against this
| rule were: Crumpacker 0nd), Heatwole
| Mimi. Lane Gal. Littlefeld (MeD,
| Loriner ull) Mccall (Mass.), II. c.
Smith (Mich) and Warner IND.
The only Democrat voting for the rule
| was Sibley Ua.).
| watson Opens the Debate.
| II was decided that the time remaining
| three and half hours-should be equal
| ly divided between the two sides, Payne
! and Richardson to control the time on
their respective sides. Payne yielded 10
| Watson. who opened the debate.
From the inception of the considera-
| ton of the Puerto Rican tariff bill to the
| present time, he said. there had been so
much misapprehension and misunder-
| standing. so much elimination and re-
elimination, 80 many charges and counter
| charges here and In the country that he
| would consider himself fortunate II he
were able to search out some of the hid
| den causes which had produced this agi-
| tation.
What were the causes, he asked. which
! f..Nat
/ influence. he said. had been the supposed
| conflict between the ways and means
committee and the president. Yet, he In
/ sisted that the president and his adj
/ visers were today unit In support OF
I the bill. The dark and mysterious in
! fuence which had been limited at. this
damnable charge reiterated on the floor
today. was baseless and false.
/ Continuing, he pointed out the reasons
which had led the president and his adj
| visers 10 change their opinions. New In
formation az to the conditions had been
+, obtained. The Republican was practi-
I cal party. 1t met conditions AS they
| arose. II had arisen to the occasion and
had framed this bill, founded upon justice
and wisdom. He rallied the Republican
recalcitrants who read the newspapers
/ and imagined they were In the swelling
I current Of history.
They were" he said. marking time,
but imagined they were I'm the triumphal
( march OF progress"
They were aliying themselves with those
whose banners we're inscribed with obso-
lete theories and who were themselves 1.-The
high priests OF pessmisn," preaching the
gospel of despair"
Creatures of Noah's ark" he asked, adj
dressing the other side. what do you pro-
pcse9 No voice comes from the tomb"
Republican appause)
Jones Attacks Government Features.
Jones (va) followed on the Democratic
side. He devoted himself principally 10
| the civil government features OF the bill.
4 Replying 20 Watson's query az TO what the
] Democrats would do, he said that II thew
could they would give to the inhabitants
4 OF Puerto Rioo a representative free gov
eminent. with the same rights, privileges
and immunities enjoyed by every American
| citizen.
The Republican Opponents.
Richardson then yielded thirty minutes to
I Mccall who divided his time among the
7 Republican opponents OF the bill. First
( II. c. Smith (Moh) stated the grounds OF
his opposition. He believed with Bismarck
! that the word was ruled from above not
! from below, and that the God OF nations
and of battles points the victory 20 the
| right. Now was the exalted opportunity
| OF this country he said and II should be
| the Republican party which should lead Il.
| But as believer In the survival OF the
good and the true, he said he could not
bring his conscience 10 support the bill
| II was a piece OF had faith against the
people Of Puerto Rico, who had fallen upon
their knees 10 the Stars and Stripes Gen.
Miles promise, then made should. he said
be redeemed. He demanded II.
Warner urged the same ground OF ohjec-
ton. The bill was, he said breach Of
! trust
~ this r,aa4,rs 10 a1cr,na. ~ ,ets
no people can safely become a part OF us
az they can have no assurance Of their
status or their treatment We may as
well write upon our borders: An hope
abandon We who enter here
Crumpacker. Ia the minute allowed him
argued that the bill was fundamentally
wrong, contrary 90 tho history and trail-
tons % the party TO which he belonged
The drst platform OF The Republican par
| " ne said declared that the constitution
carried political liberty to the people Of the
territories "a well as the states. and that
declaration was as true now as 50 was
| then
oGrody ana Hamilton each spoke aftecn
minutes in support 90 the bin
| Iorimer's Ten-Minut. speech.
Lor'mcr delivered a ten-minute speech Ga
| opposition to he bill which elected frs-
ausnt applause from the opposition
| u have Always favored civil government
for Puerto Rico. he saia but have 1nig
thought - gyins the people 81 that isi.
ana such Spternmcnt a. tree men should
sive 70 those who come under their ssp-
trol BY coma o. otherwise Will aniv
vote for .NG governments bln when r
viii Slye them such government as We
would scccpt scr ourselves am SURE
tbls measure would not be accepted hy
any man favorinE q on the aoor os tht.
house u the conditions we're reversed and
we're t ,n his power 90 resist iS"
| Nj SpeRker.' said hc iu concus.oa 81
think Ne have reached the crisis in rlr
history J think ~ aev1 q liberty revival.
u We arr true % ourselves " must have Il
II We are 60 bc true then he aiI.,at,
penalty Nil te dissolution % oar Re-ah-
lican uUitaticus \ nation vhl-a sur.