Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-11
1t Passes. as Amended by Sem
ate, by but Scant
Majority.
SHARP CRITICISM OF BILL
Senate Passes the Pacific Cable
BIII-carrIes 100000
as a Starter.
COLD WAVE WAS GENERAL

Washington, April 1.-THE house
committee on rules has agreed upon
a special order which viii bring the
motion to concur in the senate amend
ments to the Puerto Rican bill to a
vote at o'clock. The test vote will
be on the adoption of the rule.
Speaker Dalzell and Grosvenor vot-
ed for the special rule, Richardson,
democratic member Of the committee,
against it. Representative Long, the
republican whip" said every repub-
lican would be present or paired with
a single exception (Boutelle, of Maine)
and it was hoped to pair him later
Washington, April 1.-THE closing
struggle over the Puerto Rican tariff
bill, set for today, attracted crowds.
AS soon as the reading of the journal
was concluded Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
vania, one Of the leaders of the ma
jority, and a member of the commit
tee on rules, presented a special or
der as follows: Resolved, That i'm
mediately upon the adoption of this
resolution the committee of house
bill SPAS, puerto Rico bilD, and the
senate amendments thereto; that the
same shall be considered in the house
until p. M, Wednesday, April 11th
when without delay or other motion
a vote shall be taken on the motion
to concur in said senate amendment
In gross. All members shall have
leave to print on the subject OF said
bill and amendments for ten days
from the adoption of this rule" Upon
demand of Dalzell, the previous ques-
tion on the adoption of the rule was
ordered. This gave twenty minutes
for debate on each side under the
rules. Dalzell said what the country
desired was not debate but action.
Richardson, the minority leader, call
ed attention to the fact that the rule
would permit the house to vote only
upon the single proposition.
"If 1t had been possible for the SEN
ate to add to the iniquity of the orig.
inal bill by levying Is per cent Ding.
ley duties on goods going into Puerto
Rico" Richardson said, "ft would
have done so, in its so-called civil gov
ernment amendment, under the guise
of civil government upon the people
of the island" He drew applause
from his democratic colleagues by
characterizing the president in the Ian
guage of ex-Speaker Reed as the
emperor of expediency." why"
Richardson asked, had the president,
secretary of war and the republican
party changed front upon this whole
question:" For reply he read the
statement Of Prof. Schurman of the
Philippine commission that the trusts
had gone down to Washington, and
sgrasped the republican party by the
throat" He also recalled the state.
ment printed a short time ago in a
local newspaper, that republican
member of the house said that in re-
return for the passage of the bill a
large contribution was to be made to
the republican campaign fund. Rich
ardson said the newspaper man who
wrote the interview was a reputable
correspondent worthy of credence.
Babcock, of Wisconsin, chairman of
republican congressional campaign
committee Indignantly resented the
charge Of Richardson that the repub-
lican campaign committee re
ceived money consider
sation for the Puerto Rican tariff bill.
Grosvenor made speech that kept
his side in almost continuous applause.
''It was glorious thing" he said, "to
witness the anxiety Of the democratic
party and mugwump press lest the re
publican party should destroy ITSELF .
He adored the democratic party for
making opposition to this bill test
of democracy. Allegiance to this
bill was now," he said, the shibboleth
Of republicanism. He hurled back
in Richardson's teeth the charge Of
bribery which was a lie. DalzelI con
cluded the debate on the rule.
The rule on the Puerto Rican bill
was adopted. Ayes 1853, nays 142
present and not voting IL. This was
regarded as test vote, indicating the
passage Of the bill.
It was decided that the time of tht
remaining three and a half hours bt
equally divided between the tws
fsides, Payne and Richardson to con
troll the time OF their respective sides
Watson, of Indiana, opened the debate
Republicans who voted against tn,
rule were; Crumpacker, Of Indiana
-Heatwole. of Minnesota. Lane. Of Iowa
sLittledeld, Of Maine. Lorimer, of iii
nois, Mccall. Of Massachusetts, H. c
Smith, Of Michigan, Warner, of I'LL.
nois. The only democrat voting 10
the rule was sibley. Of Pennsylvania
Jones. Of Vermont, made an argu
ment against the civil government
feature Of the bill. Maddox. Of Geol
gIa. and Williams. Of Illinois also on