Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13
IN TIE SENATE.

made In the Senate, today. by NJ. Nor
gan to displace the present unfinished
business-the Spooner Philippine bill
10y the substitution in its stead Of the
Nlcaraguan canal bill. While Mr..
Morgan's motion failed. l. to -. the
Philippine measure had d narrow es-
cap" from being displaced by the Alas
kan civil code bill On motion III Mr..
Garter, the motion being defeated On a
roll call - to "A. The feature Of the
days proceedings Was an exhaustive
discussion Of tn" quay cas- hy Bur
rows If Michigan Senators VA both
Sides ~ tn" chamber gave him most
careful hearing and All At TIA" cnnclu-
sion of his speech warmly conErItul1t-
cd him.
Jones, Ark. chairman NJ thr Demo
cratic national committee. np.rc! thr
session with a sharp rvtort to Il charge
made against him in tn. House. yes
tcrday. by Deliver Of Iowa. Tho Sen
ate viii not be in session. Good Fiiday.
ldjourning over until Saturday.
CuIlom presented the couf.rcrc rc-
port on the executive, legislative ana
appropriation bill. TIL. report was
agreed to. Jones, Ark.. chairman Of
the Democratic committee addressed
the Senate IN 4 question W personal
privilege. He read from tn" Record
thu following quotation from the
SH'"'H ~ l'"'4IN'I. I'LL, ~ N" HOUSE
on the Puerto Eican hiU
accuse 'i'' 'h'll iiiIh 'l tli' lem
"cfatI' hAu''"i committee az h'ing iu
1,
ii' sum" conspiracy Il You VIII r-rNI'
me ;" l" SPEAK. mona IN my hand =
propose" Iiil"hdil"Nt "lIrltd hF ~'hd-
i"r Jones lr III" hlll h"H N''1ln" '
INV. ~ give tn proceeds ~ tn' Puerto
Eican customs to tho people ot Puerto
Rico an Amendment which # t had
h-en passed would have given the
American Sugar Refining Cn. Sl.Ap0.GU0
which they have already rlil in cash
into the treasury Of the Tri-aG States
On sugar imported from Puerto Rico"
4. as rulc. pay no attention t. as
pensions IF this character, said Jones.
but il may be possible that some hon
ct man may have been miSicd or
might misiudEe what has been doHc
by me. When the Puerto Ricdn bill
was presented in the Senate | Offered
an amendment To- refund tha duties
that had been collected from TIL. pto-
PIE Of Puerto Rico to the people who
had paid those duties. | did that from
the conviction that the government OF
the United States had no right Ia levy
any tariff duties upon products COM
ing from Puerto Rico ana IL W. han
no such right. il WAS common honesty
that We should give tn. money back -
the people from whom Wc had taken
it,
III have never looked To see who pIii
the revenues nor where this money
would 90 I am not in the confidence
Of In, Sugar Trust. They have not
come t. me {, complain If that duty
~ which they paid Sl.>pn.ooo. ! ala
not know that such was the fact Men
WHO are more familiar with thu DO
irss Of the Sugar Trust Of course know
more about that than |. but they had
paId a million and half Of this money
into the treasury NJ the United. |
know nothing Of il. What ! under
stood the facts to be- were that pro
tests We're made when these duties
were levied and that the ease WAS
pending in the United States supreme
,nurt AM | hnIin,-c tb,t ,,b.n ~. y,,
n", !, ',"n ,,r, "I', ai', '"' Viii" ~,
enc court "'cll'S thIS Pu'9i''h' 1t
paid back f. the men who paid il
-,
h'iltNe n u"iiIS Justice ~ hldlI't
who is involved. | believe in giving
thr devil His an. ana If Nv have ~
.I.:
liSht uil'r 'it laws l" i'NS INNS tdN
and the Sugar Trust has paid a part of
"