The Washington weekly post., 1900-04-03

script He was. az times. esfeeially elo-
qusnt. and AZ eli times was earnest and
foreefuL The attention on the part OF
the Senate was rOt universal. but the
large crowd IN the galleries remained un-
I'll the last sentence was uttered
At the conclusion OF his address Mr.
Bsveridgc left the Senate by way OF the
Democratic cloak room and Thursday
departed for DansvtlIe. -. Y, where his
wife is seriously H. He viii not return
in time 20 participate in the voting. but
VIII be paired in accordance with his
declarations Thursday.
In the first skirmish in the Senate Thurs
day over the question OF free trade or
tariff with Porto Rico. only one Repubi-
can had the courage to vote his cDnvic-
tons ami align hirrself in the Democratic
column The name Of this solitary indi-
yidUal is
WELLINGTON, % Nzrylsrd.
It was late in the afternoon, after
day OF discussion Gf the Porto Rican bill.
that Senator Pettus aimed at the key
stone of the tariff structure With a mo-
ton 10 strike the i per cent tariff sec
ton from the bill. II was a test motion.
II would have been test vote If all the
free trade Republicans had. like yelling
ton boldly announced their position and
voted accordingly As 1t was, Senator
Proctor cid not answer 10 his name. and
said aftsrward that he did not under
stand the question before the Senate. Sen
ators Davis and Nelson did not vote, anI
their pairs were not announced. OF all
the Republicans whose pairs were stated.
only two, MessTs. Hoar and Simon, were
found on the side Of free trade.
The Vote in Detail.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Daeon. Bate. Berry. Clark Moutans). Clay.
Coekrsli. Cuberson. Harris, Jones arkansas. Ken
ney. Lindsay, Morgan. Pettus, Sullivan. Turley
and WeIlinEton-ls; Democrats, Is; Republican, /
Nays-Allson. Baker, Bard. Carter, Chandler
Clark WyOming). CullOm. Deboe Fairbanks. Fol-
aEe- Foster Frye. GalInger. Gear Hale Hanna
Hausbrough, HaElsy, Kean, Kyle. Lodga Mcbride
AcComss Mcmillan. Perkins. QUarles Ross. Scott
Seweii Shoup, spooner. Warren, and wetmoro-33;
all Republicans.
Pairs tthe last-nsned being opposed 10 the amend
menu-Martin and Jones CNevadal Daniel and Pen
rose, Mclalrin and Pritchard Hosr and McEnery,
Taliaferro and Mason, Turner and Aldrich, Rawlins
and Wclcott. Money and Teller, Canery and Bur
rows, Pettigrew and Plstt CConnecticuu. Simon and
Depev, Chiffon and Elkirs Heitfeld and Platt CNeS
York;. Butler and Beveridge
Not voting and not paired-Allen Davis McCum-
her. Mallory Nelson, Proctor, Stewart, -hurs;on,
Tilnsn, and Yes.
1t Is probable that when the vote is
taken on Senator Nelson's amendment, at
least SIX Senators who were recorded
thursday or the tariff side, or who were
not recorded at all, will vote for free
trade, viz: Davis, Nelson, Proctor, Mason.
Hoar, and BeveridSe. This will reduce the
majority against free trade from seven
teen TO five. Some of these Senators.
Unlike Mr.. Beveridge, will vote to the last
against the tariff, even TO the point of
opposing the civil government bill. which
includes the tariff. Senator Proctor sail
thursday that he would be one of these
Senator's
The discussion Of the amendment took
wide range and had not been concluded
When the Senate, at 4:55 p. m, adjourned.