Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-24
CONES TO Vote TODAY
Porto Ricon Aid Bill on Final
Passage In House.
ALREADY THROUGH THE SENATE.
fiIiman Gave the Tariff Bill Advocates a
Hot scoring-Had Tilt with Foraker.
Perkins Statement -Gatiinger Defends
Attitude of Tarifites.

WASHINGTON. March 2l.-The confer
ecne report on the Porto Ricon relief
bill was presented and lip. M. today set
as the time for voting on it.
The senate adopted the conference re-
port on the relief bill by vote of IS to
10, practically strict party expression.
No Democrat voted for the report, but
Mr.. Stewart New voted with the Re
pablieans.
The time Of discussion was consumed
principally by Mr.. Tillman DER S. O.,
who made fierce attack upon Tia meas
ure, as agreed upon in conference, and
accused the Republican senator's and the
Republican party of indirection, hypoc-
rlsy and "dirty work" His speech was
quite characteristic and was listened to
with interest by his colleagues on the
floor and the people in the galleries.
Mr.. Tillman declared himself in favor
OF free trade with Porto Rico. In answer
to a question he said Ill part:
II we are to continue to hold the Philippines.
IN in favor of free trade with those islands,
Those who voted to bring into the country the
islands, with their cheap contract peon and
Malay laborers We're told of the results that
would follow the ratification of the treaty And
you could not get the votes necessary to make
the treaty law until you had bought some men
to vote for it,
Referring to the recent speech Of Mr. Bever.
idge, Mr. Tfilman declared it had been distfib-
uted among the Filipinos and had infused new
life and energy into the revolution because il
indicated the hypocrisy and double dealing the
United States had resorted to in the treatment
of the Filipinos
'The people, he shouted, will teach you
next November that trade and the flag and lib
erty and the constitution go together
Further along, Mr.. Tillman asked:
rs the president IA free trader today, or is
he following close behind the car driven by the
men who want protection against the little isl
and in the Caribbean sea p
After waiting an instant, Mr.. Tillman said:
"Of course there is dense silence in the
chamber, az a response to my inquiry The
senator from Ohio (Foralxer), too is doubtful
as to his position. I'd like to know if he is in
favor of free trade with Porto Rico? ?"
Mr. Foraker replied that his position had
been set forth fully in his speech on the Porto
Ricon government bill
This slight and not burdensome tax" said
Mr., Foraker, was determined upon by the
committee as generous and merciful means
of alternating the sufferings of the people of
Porto Rico 2"
Mr. Tillman replied that he had not read the
report, that the senator from Ohio had changed
front.
Further along, in connection with an edi.
torial in the Chicago Times Herald he said:
The senator, think, got out of the free
trade boat as soon as Mr.. Kohlsaat the editor
of The Times Heraldl got into it,"
Mr. Foraker: Il viii say to the senator and
IN the presence of the senate, that have been
much more comfortable in my position since
learned that Mr. Kohisaat had declared for
free trade Laughter
Continuing, Mr.. Tilman said: 81 believe
that Mr. Mckinley is one of the most lovable
men in public life; but the trouble with him is
that sometimes ne hasn't the backbone to stand
up against his party friends"
D1sclaiming any authority to speak for the
President Mr. Perkins Cali said that the be-
lief that the sugar trust had acquired the
greater part of the sugar product of Porto
Rico, and his desire to build up the beet sugar
industry IN the United States had induced the
president, he tPerkins4 believed. to favor a
tariff, if it We're true that he did favor it.
Mr. Galhnger pointed out that four-ffths of
the products exported from Porto Rico con-
sisted of coffee. Upon this the United States
placed no tariff
eve proposing to treat Porto Rico bet
ter than we treat any territory of the United
States. We collect internal revenue taxes in
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Arizona, and
every dollar of it goes into the United States
treasury. We shall collect internal revenue
taxes in Porto Rico, too but every dollar SO
collected will be returned to the Porto Ricons
and be used for their benefit
The trust which is suffering" said Mr.. Gal
hnger at one point, lis trust headed by the
British vice consul at San Juan. That trust
bought up the sugar under the full Dingley
rates, and, if they can get it into this country
free of duty, they viii make the full 100 per
cent of the tariff, but if we succeed in putting
tariff duty of Is per cent of the Dingley rate
on that sugar, the trusts profits will be cut
down by that much and the people of Porto
Rico will benefit to that extent"
Mr., a Al
with a forcefal statement in opposition to Mr..
Humans speech, in the course of which he
took occasion sharply to critcise the South
Carolina senator for dragging the measure into
politics. He had some eolloquial Tits with Mr.
Tilman