The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-17
APPROPRIATION
FOR PORTO RICO
The Measure is Passed by
the Senate.
NO AMENDMENTS MADE
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas Withdrew His
Free Trade Amendment.
NO AMENDMENTS MADE
QUAY CASE UP TUESDAY FORTNIGHT
The Bill Establishing Civil Government il
Porto Rico Practically Completed by the
Subcommittee Of the House Com
mit.ee on lnSular Affairs.
By The Associated Press J

tijy Inc ASSOclateu FreSS.
Washington, March 16-The Porto Rico
Appropriation Bill was passed by the
Senate today. It's text follows:
BE it enacted, ETC., that the sum OF
S2,O95. 455, being the amount of customs
revenue received on importations by the
United States from Porto Rico since the
evacuation of Porto Rico by the Spanish
forces on the 18th day of October, 1898,
to the first of January, 1900, shall be
placed at the disposal of the President,
to be used for the government now ex-
listing, and which may hereafter be es-
tablished in Porto Rico and for pubic
education, public works, and other gov
ernment and public purposes therein;
and the said sum or SO much thereof as
may be necessary is hereby appropriated
for the purposes herein specified. out OF
any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated"
This relief appropriation bill, recon-
mended in II special message by President
Mckinley, follows a debate, at times
spirited. extending over parts Of two
days Before its passage Mr.. Allen (Neb.) J..
offered an amendment to the bill declar-
ing that the Constitution extends over
Porto Rico by it's own force but ii was
lost by the decisive vote Of Sc to II. Mr.
Jones (Ark.), withdrew a free trade
amendment offered by him and that prop
osition therefore did not reach vote.
Other efforts to amend the bill were
fruitless.
The Senate unanimously agreed to take
up the Quay case two weeks from next
Tuesday and discuss il until disposed Of
the discussion not to interfere with the
unfinished business, the Spooner Bill
authorizing the President to govern the
Philippines until otherwise directed, the
appropriation bills or conference re-
ports.
Mr.. Hear (Mass), offered the following
resolution which was adopted:
THAT the Secretary of War be directed
to communicate to the Senate n letter OF
Emilio Aguinaldo dated at Bacoor, July
18th, 1898, addressed to the American
Commander and forwarded to General
Merritt, July 9th 1895"
Mr.. Gallinger (N. HI, offered a reso-
luton which was agreed to, that the
members of the Cabinet be directed to
communicate to the Senate the number
OF clerks in their departments giving the
number between specified ages, and also
those who, in whole or in part, are per-
manently incapacitated.
Mr. Hoar then renewed his request to
fix date for taking up the Quay case
resulting as already stated. Meantime.
Mr.. Galinger On. H., who yesterday had
some hot words with Mr.. Penrose (Pa.),
denied that any Senator opposed to the
seating of Mr.. Quay was employing par
liamentary tactics to obstruct vote on
the case and announced he would vote
against him without any preliminary OBJ
lection Consideration Of the Porto Rican
Appropriation Bill was then resumed.
The Chair having ruled that the COM
mittee amendments to the bill had been
adopted, other amendments offered were
in order. The committee amendments
provided that the money appropriated
should be that collected up to January
1st, 1900, the appropriation to be used
for ''public education, public works, ard
other governmental and public purposes. -
The first amendment was that Of Mr..
Allen (Neb) 1t provided that the Con
stitution was, by force of the treaty con-
cluded between the United States and
the Kingdom of Spain at the city c;
Paris, France, April 1lth, 1899, extended
over the island of Porto Rico and It's in
habitants.
Mr.. Allen entered a motion to lay the
amendment on the table, but withheld
it while Mr. Chiffon (Texas) addressed
the Senate on the general proposition or
the amendment and the Porto Rican ques-
tion. He said the bill is as wrong end
dangerous in principle as the lax on tea
which fired our forefathers. The CorSH-
tuition, he urged, goes wherever the tlaS
flies.
Mr.. Allison's motion to table Mr.. Allen s
resolution prevailed, SO TO IT, as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Bard Beveridge, Carter
Davis Dcboe, Elkns, Fairbanks Foraker. Foster
Frye, Callinger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley
Kean Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McComas. Nc
Cumber Mcmillan Penrose, Perkins Pritchard
Quarles, Ross, Sewell. Shoup, Simon, spooner
Thurston, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore-36
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Chill
ton Clark Month Clay. Cockrell, Culbersop,
Harris Kenney. McLaurin, Morgan. Rawlins
Tllman and Turley-l7.
The amendment offered yesterday by
Mr.. Jones (Ark) was then laid before
the Senate. Mr. Jones said he had decid-
ed to withdraw the amendment In a
discussion of his position he declared
that great storm had ragged in Porto Rico
and likewise a great storm was raging
in this country, the cause If the latter
being the action of the House on the
Porto Rican question. He said there was
now strenuous effort on the pa-t Of the