Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-28


Porto Rico tariff bill, amended as
per conference agreements. has
just passed the house by a vote of
172 for to 161 against.
Washington, Feb. Is. The last day of
the struggle over the Porto Rico tariff !
bill in the house opened at II With all
most every member in his seat and a |
large attendance in the galleries. The
leaders on both sides were actively en-
gagged in rallying their forces and max |
ing computations upon the final vote,
which will be taken at 3 O'Clock. Tn
aerwood, OF Alabama, democratic
whip, said the result would be very
| close and would turn upon ,he votes of
two or three men on the democratic
side. Tawney, the republican whip,
| spare Immediately after the reading
LOT the journal the clerk began reading
the bill for amendment under the five
/ minute rule. When section 3 WAS
4 reached Payne offered a substitute for
that section which provided that after
the passage of the act all merchandise
1 coming into the United States from
/ Porto Rico and coming into Porto Rico
4 from the United States shah he entered
i upon payment of II per cent Of The
4 duties required To be collected upon like
4 articles of merchandise imported from
i foreign countries; and in addition
! thereto. upon articles of merchandise
ls.e
i into the United States and Withdrawn
for consumption or sale upon payment
of a tax equal To the internal revenue
! tax imposed in the United States upon
4 like articles of merchandise Of domestic
manufacture and on all articles of
!, merchandise of United States manufae-
ture coming into Porto Rico. in addi-
!, stion to the duty above provided in the
payment of a tax equal in rate and
amount to the Internal revenue tax
Imposed in Porto Rico upon like arti-
lcles of Porto Rican manufacture.
Il Berry, of Kentucky, opposed the sub
stitute and said the amendment pros
+, Iposed was petty instead Of grand lar
. llcens OF the people OF Porto Rico.
!, The bill was opposed i'll short
Il speeches BY DaArmend OF Missouri,
. Fitzgelalsl of Massachusetts. ptes of
81 Virginia and was defended by Grow u
: Pennss lgania, Graft Of Illinois and
I,rownel oil Ohio, who hitherto OPP
posed the measure, and GrosNenor Of
i ohio. Payne's amendment was adopted
: Without division.
. At 3 o'clock Mccall. of Massa ehu-
lsetts, in behalf of the minority. offered
as a substitute the bill for free trade
. with Porto Rico. originally introduced
''tby Payne, and the yeas and nays Were
i ordered The substitute VAS defeated.
II 1853 yeas to l15 nays. This indicated the
passage OF the bill.
Iii the house chamber the general de-
bate IN the Porto Eiqo tariff bill clesed
: in blaze of glory The galleries We're
9 banked to the doors and every seat on
y the floor was occupied when the rival
: cfampions OF the respective sides. Dol
r Iliver of Iowa ard Bailey Of Texas. mads
the closing arguments. Each spoke for
an hour and a half. The speech OF Bail
: ey. devoted as it WAS almost exclusively
8 Ito the legal phases of the controversy
whlle profound and impressive, did mol
). arouse the rnbounded enthusiasm
Z which swept the galleries and floors
S While Dollnier was speaking. The Iowar
h Was at his best aud his Wit, eloquence
e anG sarcasm IN tuin drew saivos of ap,
II plause from his republican associates.
e Dollyer said he was not frightened
e by the denocratic predictions of disas
e ter Or of the effect of an appeal 10 the
e popular fear of free trade howeve
: smail even when presented by IN
managers of the democratic politics j,
i 1.-The United States. Free trade Will
10 Porto Rico could introduce no elemen
a of alarm into the American narke
i, place. But this cry had done the re
IS publican party at last a great service
If for it had put a stop to the unscrupu
:. Ilous agitation that was filling tn
! United states with fear that in t;ikin,
is possession Of the vast tropical areas Q
m these territories the United States wer
found helpless to dea with them. eN
+. cept en- terms of such political rtimac
= and commercial equality as the consti
IL tuition prescribes for the people of tn
a. United States. The speaker said Their
"A is pending in the state department tn
ID most elaborate negotiation ever at
AZ tempted in the history of our diplomac
,r based upon the pledge made by GU
a. commissioners at Paris that whateve
III we did in the Pacific ocean we woul
"a maintain an open door for the CON
@ merce of the world.
8 No man. he Went on. should hay
is voted for an appropriation 10 carry TIL
al Paris treaty into force who had not ia
Is ken nanful resolution TO shoulder III
of Infinite responsibility which ii laid upo
his country. He denounced in scathin
va terms the man who would seize the mis-
II, cradle opportunity TO harrass the GOV
in eminent for political purposes. Yet sue
n man. leaving his uniform in F'lorid;
had fastened to Washington to rail-
his supporters for the ratification of tt
b. treaty in order that he might subs.
It. quently turn it to political account.
n. the heat and dust of the coming can
e. paign, he said. the moral characteristic,
de OF such a man would not escape the a
ii tention of the American people.
he Bryan had advised, not that "
nd should abandon the rich archipelago.
&C. which there was come sense, but III,
d. we should remain there With the arm
&C. recognize the military leadership of IL
W chief of one of the sixty tribes and a
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