The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-04
,IJERTO RICO
TARIFF BILL
is ADOPTED.
=, Passes the Amended Measure
BY a Majority of Nine
Votes.
IFST VIRGINIA SENATOR'S
!, favor It's Passage-will be Ac-
y. ,.1tsd by HOuse-The People
W Need Immediate Relief

o., r5so,fFh 10 tho Intclligencer.
nr..',,suryGTON, ~, D. c., April S.-The
". w." what protracted contest in the
O',s .. oyrr Porto Rican legislation.
'os' | "a an end this afternoon when
~" mn as amended by the senate
KAN H. sIrrrs in some material points
- ". m, bin passed by the house. was
I..,s5 .',' By a majority of nine votes.
g, S,,a,ors EIkIns and Scott, of West
.-ina both favored the measure.
..,,or . scott voted for 1t and Senator
go ,s, " hen his name was called an
,,e,, .,,"~aa ,Aat he was paired with sena-
rbn,on. Of Texas, Had the latter
-, present. Senator ElkIns would
ave voted age
senator Scott said tonight that he
,r,red the bill as the best present
.,,bod Of relief for Porto Rico. The
,,,sctIoDs under the bill, II 1t shall be-
,o,,s ,,,. a law will be all expected for the
srsst Of the people of the island, and
go tha amendments made by the
,.,,s will not be hard upon them nor
,,,B the people OF the United States
Would Close Every Business House.
senator Scott is OF the opinion that
"a ,,npose an internal revenue law up
!, PORTO Rico at this juncture, would
,,,,, evary business house on the is
I,rB and as legislation is imperntiveiy
rs.lsd, the bill as IT passes the senate
:. in his Judgment, the proper meas
~. II q, believed the bill will pass
,ss house nj an early day. The princi-
MI. embodied in the house bill are
maintained, and as these caused the
r,otracted discussion OF those particu-
i, priprlples when the original bill
vas before the house, and all phases
Of the question were exhaustlvely treat
3D. IT Is the opinion that the Republi-
can leaders will At once agree upon
man which will insure the prompt rat
.8cs,Ion of the sanate's action, espe-
'enry as the early recognition Of Porto
Rico demands, and the need OF relief
for the people seem to be OF great i'm
POTiance.
Interest Did Not Flag.
Il has been evident for some time
that the bill would command major
i,y in the senate, but Notwithstanding
that fact the interest in the measure.
both Of senator's and the public has not
tagged an instant. To-day the CALLER
les we're crowded and hundreds of peo-
pie flled the corridors unable to secure
even standing room in the galleries.
From il o'clock. when the senate con-
vsned. until the hour when the voting
began. advocates and opponents OF the
bin brilliantly and eloquently main
taIned their convictions and the audi
tors were kept in a state at constant
excitement The particularly notable
speeches ot the day We're delivered by
Mr. Mason. OF Illinois, in opposition TO
the measure, and by Mr.. Foraker, of
Ohio. who replied to a brief speech by
Mr. Wellington OF Maryland. It was
the Ohio senator's desire to clear up
any Misunderstanding or mIslnforma-
ton concerning the bill.
Sensational Episode Occurred.
Nr. Mason's speech was argumenta-
tive, eloquent and amusing by turns,
and as 1t covered the entire range Of
the country's duties and responsIblllt-
les to what the Illinois senator sarcas-
ucally termed Our ln-su-lar possess
'!ons," 1t was very interesting to his
hearers.
Just before the senate adjourned,
sensational episode occurred. in which
Nr WoIcott, OF Colorado. accused Mr..
Lodge, or Massachusetts,, Of uttering
that which was "unquaIidedly false"
The difficulty arose over an effort
made by Mr.. Lodge to have the Spoon
n bill made the unfinished business.
This Involved the displacement % the
Quay case and the friends OF the for
iaer senator from Pennsylvania made
things exceedingly lively FOR half an
hour.