Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-04
The Senate Passes the Porto
Rican Tariff Bill.
YEAS 40, NAYS 81
Senator Proctor Voted No.
Senator Ross Voted Yes

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passed the Porto Rican tariff and civil
government bill last night by vote
of 40 to 81, as follows: Yeas Clark,
| (Wyoming), Cullom, Deboe, Depew,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Hawley, Jones, (Nev.,) Kean, Kyle,
Lodge, McBridge, McComas, McMil-
lian, Penrose, Perkins, platt, Conn, }
Platt, IN. Y.,) Prichard, Quarles,
Ross, Scott, Sewcll, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, VOL
cott--4O.
Nays--Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Clark, Mont, Clay, Cockrell, Culber-
son, Daniel, Davis, Tep.,) Harris,
Heitfield, Jones, Ark, kenney, Lind
say McLaurin, Martin, Mason (rep)
Money, Morgan, Nelson, rep.) Pettus.
Proctor, (rep.) Simon, Tep.) Sullivan,
Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, TWley,
Vest, Wellington, (rep.) .)-3l.
Washington, April 4.-After some mi
nor business had been transacted Mr..
Mason Ills.) addressed the senate His
speech was not confined to the Porto
Rican measure, but included in its scope
all the problems attendant upon the CON
troll and government Of cur insular pos
ardly and unjust any reflection upon his
patriotism and his love for the flag be-
cause of his opinions regarding the Phil
ippines. lie declared that if it was trea-
son to oppose a war of conquest, to lift
unjust taxation, to confer upon Il strug-
Cling people the blessings of liberty, to
protect the laboring men and women of
this country, then he was guilty.
Adyerting at this point to Porto Rico.
he maintained that when the treaty of
Paris was ratified the island became
part of the United States, and congress
had no more right to put a duty ON her
products than it had to put d tariff duty
on products passing between New York
and Washington.
II cannot say to Europe, that is wholly
foreign and alien. You may deliver the
ment of 100 per cent of the present duty
and then say to the Porto Rican, You
are So per cent American and Is per
cent alien. and you must pay your pro
rata share of an impost duty
Wholly or Not at All.
'",rhere is no such thing as an s. per
cent annexation. The people of Porto
Rico are either our people 100 per cent or
they are 100 per cent not our people,
Mr.. Mason presented what he main
tanned was the good faith of the govern
ment of the United States. The people
of Porto Rico had been promised by
General Miles and. at least in an implied
way, by others that they should enjoy
all the immunities and blessings of our
free government. These promises, lie
held, the people would demand should be
kept.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mason's
speech Mr.. Culberson CTex.) addressed
the senate in opposition to the pending
bill. 1t was his first speech in the SEN
ate, and he was given an attentive hear
ing, Particularly by his Democratic col
leagues. He declared that the pending
measure, so far at least as the tariff
provision was concerned was "ndefcnsi
BILE ON moral, economic and constitutional
grounds"
When the house met, Mr. Cooper
Wis.,, chairman of the committee on in
sular affairs, asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of the bill to author
ze the secretary of the treasury to desig
nate government repositories in Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. Mr..
Brewer (Ala) objected
A bill was passed to allow men who
served during the Spanish war or the
Philippine insurrection in the army, navy
or marine corps who enter lands under
the homestead act to deduct the time of
such service Grom the period required to
perfect title.
Under the special order made some
time ago the house went into committee
of the whole to consider the Hawaiian
civil government bill. Under the order
the debate is to last until Thursday, on
which day at O'Clock the vote is to be
taken.
Mr.. Knox (Mass.), chairman of the
committee on territories who was in
charge of the measure spoke in support
Of it. Mr.. Knox said in part:
''The duty is immediate and plain to
provide government for this new terri
tory of the United States, framed to meet
the needs of the Hawaiian people, not of
another people.
mo questions of general policy toward
other insular possessions should have
weight. Justice to Hawaii cannot be
done except when her own needs, her
own capabilities and her own rights are
fully regarded.
"No constitutional questions are in
volved in the present consideration of Il
government for Hawaii. The spirit of
the Declaration of Independence as well
as that of the constitution goes with the
present measure, for it is with the con-
sent of the governed"
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