The sun., 1900-04-12
THE PORTO RICAN BILL
Closing Scenes EefOre Vo.e Was Taken
In the House.
SENSATION BY RICHARDSON.
lie Reads Alleged Statement of
Srhnrmnn Declaring That Trusts
Had Grusped Republican Par
tY by the Throat.

ty by the Throat.
Washington, April 1.-THE closin,
struggle over the Porto Rico tariff bill il
the house attracted great crowds to TIN
galleries, and all the preparations indi
eatcd field day replcte with exciting in
cidrntS.
Excitement was at high pitch whcr
the speakers gHyol fell 1T noon As 500.
as The rcnding OF the journal was con
cltldrd MIR. Dalzell tPa.D, one OF the lead
erS Of the majority and member of thu
committee on rules. presented the Specia
order under which the house was tt
operate us follows:
" "i;rsolred, That Immediately upon tic
adoption Of this resolution the commit.
aec nt the whole house Oh the state Of
~ p'Uh shall be discharged from tho
.-idel3ttinn Of ii. X. 1913 dhe Porto
.ti"o bib and tie scnatc amendments
thereto; That the sainc shall he considered
IN HE house until J p. m. Wednesday,
Apnl ~. l!lU0. when, without delay or
other notion vote shall be taken on
the motion 10 concur in the said senate
amendments on gross. And all members
shall have leave TO print ON the subject
af said bill aud amendments for ten DAYS
from the adoption of this rule"
Upon the conclusion of the reading Of
HE rule upon demand Of Mr.. Dalzell The
previous question on its adoption was
ordered. This gave 20 minutes for de-
bate on each side under the rules. Mr..
Dalzcll said lie would discuss the rule
briefly. On Feb. 2S the house sent to the
,Y,tr 49, i..iI
amendments attached by the senate fur
nlshed Il civil government for the island.
1t was the opinion of the majority, he
SAID, that those amendments should be
concurred in. There had been enough
discussion on the subject, he said. What
the country desired was not debate. but
action.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
called attention to the fact that the rule
would permit the house tosvote only upon
single proposition. If it had been pos
sible for the senate to add to the iniuuity
of the original bill, levying Is per cent
of the Dingley duties on goods going into
Porto Rico, he said it had done so in the
so called civil government amendment
Richn rdson Expresses Regret.
Proceeding, he expressed his regret
that the secretary of war had not seen
mt TO furnish the opinion of Judge
CHARLES A. Magoun. the attorney Of the
insnlar bureau, to the effect that the con-
stltution extended ex proprio vigore to
our new possessions, upon which, he
said, the original recommendations of the
president and the secretary of war were
based.
lie read some extracts from this al
legged suppressed opinion. which had been
printed in New York paper. The read
ing was frequently punctuated with an
pause. Why. Mr.. Richardson asked
had the president. the secretary of war
ana the Republican party changed front
on this whole question? For reply he
read the statement of Professor Schur-
man of the Philippine commission that
the trusts had gone down to Washing
ton and had graspcd the Republican par
ty by the throat" He also recalled thc
statement printed short time ago in n
local newspaper that Republican nom
hcr of the house had said that in return
for the passage Of the hill large CON
tllhution was to lie made to the Rcpuh-
lican campaign fund
Mr.. Richardson created something of n
sensation by giving the name of thc
newspaper man who had written the in
tcrNlew. saying he was reputable cor
respondent worthy of all crcacncc,
Mr. DE Almond MOI said the rule was
evidence that those who had decided to
suppress intellect chain the will and
Stlhe the conscience realized that they
must do their work quickly. He com
mended those who had the manhood TO
stand out for the right and warned the
majority that the Republicans would
nave the country to reckon with.
Mr.. Babcock (Wis.), chairman of tbc
Republican congressional campaign com
mittee, TO whom Mr.. Dalzel yielded n
minute and half, Indignantly resented
the charge of Mr.. Richardson that the
Republican campaign committee had re-
'eived money contribution for the Por-
to Rico tariff bill.
A Challenge.
AS a member of that committee he do
sired to dcnounce it as absolutely without
and he challenged any one
o name the Republican who was respon-
'ihle for such charge.
snort speeches were made by Mr.. Gros-
Tenor and Mr.. Dalzell sustaining the Re.
publican position.
MIR. Richardson was on his feet MS Mr.
,alzell closed with a motion to recommit
he rule with instructions tA.report new
ule and substitute provNing:
"First.-For free trade between the
Jnited States and Porto Rico.
'Sccond.-A civil government for tho
erritory of Porto Rico republican in
orm'
The speaker ruled that as the prcyious
question had been ordered on the rule
ir. Richardson's motion was not in Or
er.
The rule was adoptcd-15S to 142-a
majority of four larger than that by
fhich the house passed the bill original !
Y.
Republicans who voted against the rula |
we're: Crumpacker Of Indiana, Heatwole |
I Minnesota. Lane of Iowa, Littlefcld |
I Maine, Lorimer of Illinois, Mccall of |
massachusetts,, IL. c. Smith of NIichi- |
an, Warner of Illinois.
The only Democrat voting for tho rula