Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
PUERTO RICAy BILL.
The Senate Agrees to Vote on the
Measure Next Tuesday.
Many PENSION BILLS AWAIT ACTION
Tho Army Appropriation BIZ stIli Under
Consideration In the House -Ot0e and
Missouri Indian Lands In Nebraska
and kxnsxs-Bills Introduced.


yesterday agreed to vote on the Puer
TO Rican government and tariff bill
| Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock
An important utterance was made
later In the day on the bill by Senator
Davis, Of Minnesota, who advocated
free trade between the United States
and Puerto Rico. His speech was
comparatively brief, but his reason
ing was SO close and cogcnt that he
crowded into small space an immense
amount of well-dgcsted information
and careful thought. Ills principal
proposition was that the necessary
money to be raised by taxation should
not be raised by a duty levied upon
Puerto Rican products, but by an in
ternal revenue tax levied on rum and
tobacco produced on the island. This
system, in his opinion, would better
suit the people of the United States
and those of Puerto Rico than the
proposed tariff and would be lust
equitable and constitutional. The
amendment offered by Senator Carter
TO the Alaskan civil code bill relating
to the mining for gold under the wa
tiers of Cape Nome was agreed to,
but no further progress was made
with the measure.
In presenting resolution provid-
ing for additional help for the com
mittec on pensions, Senator Gallinger
said there were more than 1,750 senate
bills before the committee and hun
dreds of house bills yet to come One
senator, he said, had asked the com
mittee to investigate AZ eases and it
was physically impossible to do this
work without additional help.
Senator Foraker introduced bill
increasing to the extent of 25 per
cent. the salaries of all male employees
Of the government printing office
where the salaries were now less than
"a per day.
The senate failed to confirm the
nomination of w. d. Bynum as gem
rral appraiser of the port of New
York because of the absence Of a
quorum. The nomination was de-
Dated at some length and was at
lacked by Senators jones' of Arkan-
as, berry and Money, while Senator's
Fairbanks and Spooncr spoke in Mr..
'yn'm's behalf The opponents of
confirmation based their opposition
N the ground that Mr.. Bynnm is
rot democrat, although nominated |
IS such II was stated that Mr.. BY.
MN had taken the lead of the gold
movement in TIE democratic party
or the purpose of dc'oatiug Mr.. Rrv-
u and they quoted allidavits from
efsons who professed to have heard
i'm say that this was bis reason.
The Army Appropriation Is II.
Washington, March 2O.-The house
e'lerday devoted practically the
hole day to the consideration of the
fmy appropriation bill. Several
lnor amendments were adopted
nd about half the bill was considered.
here was good deal of extempo-
neouS debate during the day little of
hlch was pertinent to the biIl Mr..
riggs, of New York, created a d.
'rsion by charging reckless extraya-
ance in the fitting up of the trans
'rt Sumner and preciWitated a lively
II upon the subject. He gave no
ce that later he shoulCLask the house
= investigate he subject.
On assembling the house passed
nate bill to approve a revision and
lmstment of certain sales of Otoe $
I'd Missouri lands in the states Of
chraska and Kansas, notwthstand- ,
9 the vigorous antagonism of Mr..
lccy, OF Iowa, who declared that the
lyers of these lands had not kept the ,
ntracts they made at the sale of the {
nds and now sought to have the
lrchase price scaled down. Mr.. Cal !
'rhead of Kansas, who lives within |
n miles OF the location of the lands. +
rongly urged the passage of the bill
ID explained the circumstances un- |
r which the settlers had bid wildly /
the lands TO keep them out of the G
nds of spectators. I
The conference reportson the urgent o
ielency and pension appropriation 4
lis were agreed TO, I
Mr. kleberg, of Texas, introduced
u to prevent the organization of /
nsts, monopolies, etc, and the grant h
of charters to the same and Mr.
tzgerald, of Massachusetts, one pro- Il
ling that clergymen of any de. v
should he admitted to the 7
my posts at any time when desired z
officers or enlisted men. 4
Washington, March 3O,--A direct :
lie was taken by the senate yester- '
on the proposition to strike from F."
, Puerto Rican measure the proyi- p
n leyylng 10 per cent, of the Ding
law duties on Puerto Rican prod =,
Is. The proposition was defeated /.
Il vote of IL to 80. While the vote :"
egarded as presaging the passage of :
pending measure il is not regarded >,
the final vote ON the bill .
e feature of the debate was the y
'ech of Senator Beyeridge, of In y
ma, While he advocated reciproc- "