The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17


people of part of the United States should |
be deprived of their rights or privileges /
and immunities of the Constitution"
ALIENS AMENDMENT KILLED
Mr.. Allison moved to lay the amendment |
of Mr.. Allen on the table. The motion pre-
vaiIed-Ss to IL. The detailed vote follows: |
Yeas-AlIison, Baker, Bard. Beveridge. |
Carter. Davis. Deboe. Elkins, Fairbanks, |
Foraker. Foster, Gallinger, Gear, Hale. |
Hanna. Hawley, Kean. Lindsay. Lodge, |
Mcbride, McComas. McCumber, Mcmillan, |
Penrose. Perkins. Pritchard, Quarles, Ross.
Sewell. Shoup. Simon. Spooner, Thurston,
Warren. Wellington, Wetmore-S6.
Nays-Allen, Bacon. Bate. Berry Butler
Chiffon. Clark of Montana, Clay, Cockrell
Culberson. Harris, Kenney, McLaurin,
Morgan. Rawlins. Tillman and Turley-l'
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, withdrew the
amendment he had offered yesterday, say
ing. in doing so. that great storm had
ragged in Porto Rico and that likewise
great storm was raging in this country,
the cause of the latter being the action of
the House on the Porto Rican question.
There was now a strenuous effort on the
part of the Republicans to get out OF this
storm, and the bill proposed was the means
they We're employing to land safely. He
declared that the course of the govern
ment toward the people of the island, and
not the hurricane, had paralyzed the in
dustries of Porto Rico, and said the remedy
was to permit the Porto Ricans to bring
their products here free of duty and TO buy
and sell wherever they might please.
"The course We have pursued toward
these people," said Mr.. Jones. ''is wrong
and indefensible. What the Porto Ricans
want is not charity, but justice. 1t is per-
hat he Gfraf nm n a f.
fairs on the island is due to the high taxes
with which the people there arc afflicted"
In answer to a question by Mr.. Allen Mr..
Allison replied that under the military gov
ernment in Porto Rico all food products,
farm implements and many other useful
necessary articles were admitted free of
duty He said it was proposed to pass
Porto Rican bill here I'm the Senate that
would be entirely just to Porto Rico and
to the United States.
Mr. Allen-Does that include the tariff
provision?
Mr.. Allison-Undoubtedly.
| Mr. Allen asked what rates of duty the
| goods of Porto Rico were now paying in
| the United States.
WILL BE LIBERAL AND JUST.
''They are paying the rates fixed by the
! Dingley act" replied Mr.. Allison. THE bill
we shall pass for Porto Rico will be liberal
| and just to all. 1 take it there is no senator
| on either side of this chamber who would
| propose to continue the present CONNER
| cial conditions between the United States
| and Porto Rico for any considerable time.
| / want the matter hastened in every way
| possible
| Mr.. Jones inquired where the money
| came from that was being expended in
| Forto Rico now and had been expended
| heretofore.
| Mr.. Foraker replied that large amount
| had been expended from the emer-
| gency fund and that some had been ex-
| pended from customs receipts. The War
Department hoped that relief would be af
| forded by Congress, but the relief had been
| delayed long that the present PROPOSE
| tiCn had been brought In.
Remarking that he could not ascertain
| just what the object OF the bill was Mr..
| Jones said he would content himself by Of
| fering the following amendment:
| From and after the passage of this act
/ duty shall be collected on articles COM
| ing into Porto Rico from other parts of the
| United States or goods coming from
| Porto Rico into other parts of the United
| States.
| Mr. Pettus declared his opposition to the
bill, holding such appropriations were dan
gerous as precedents and ought to be aban-
| doned.
Mr.. Wolcott inquired if the appropria-
tions made for the relief of the Mississippi
river sufferers at various times were not I'm
terms more liberal than the present meas
ure.
Mr. Pettus replied that this was not true
''We relieved many sufferers by appropria-
tion," he said, 'but in every instance
| specific appropriation was made for a spe-
cifc purpose
In answer TO a further inquiry by Mr.
| Wolcott Mr.. Pettus maintained that not
dollar of any relief appropriation hereto
| fore made could be used for any purpose
than that specifically defined i'm the legisla-
tion. THE proposition now before u.s." he
declared, lis bad policy, and IL is danger
Gus policy"
TILLMAN WIELDS HIS PITCHFORK.
Mr.. Tillman said there was evidently so
much division among the Republicans that
IL appeared doubtful TO him whether they
would be able to enact any Porto Rican
legislation at all. He said Ii looked as IL
the Republican party had reached the end
of its rope and that the last hope now was
to contend that Congress was without limi-
tations in the government of or In legis-
lating for acquired territory. Referring to
the difference between the government S
treatment of Hawaii and Porto Rico as to
the admission of their respective products.
Mr.. Tillman said: Senators owed it to
themselves not TO show such discrimination
on the one hand and such outrage on the
other" He was going TO vote for the pend
ing bill, he said, because the enactment of
the measure into law the only way TO
restore to the people of Porto Rico taxes
taken from them wrongfully and uncon-
stitutionally. 'The United States has not
given the people of Porto Rico cent, and
it is high time," said he, that we give
back them the money we have stolen
from them
Mr.. Tillman declared that the government
. established now in Porto Rico was worse
than that forced upon the people by Spain
| particularly as to the island fiscal affairs
as under Spanish rule the Porto Ricans
had at least a free market in Spain fol
their goods.
This assertion Mr.. GaIIinger disputed
calling Mr.. Tillman's attention TO the fact
, that Spain levied duty upon Porto Rice
products, especially coffee which consti-
tuted four-fifths of the export product OF