Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-03-05

puDllc. MeSSrS. Jett (lll.), Johnston
CIV. Va.) and Nonan (Ill) spoke
briefly against the measure. Messrs.
Reeder (Kas.), Graham (Pa.) and Will
son (Ariz.) closed the debate, the two
former in support, the latter in oppo-
sition.
Washington, Feb Ex-senator Depew
(rep., n Y.) addressed the senate on
the Philippine question. His Grafton
was beautiful in thought and diction.
He strongly upheld the policy of the
administration and in connection there
with pictured SO brilliantly commerce
and civilization moving hand in hand
for the happiness and uplifting of the
people of the Philippines as well as
those of this country that the galleries
were swept by a storm of applause.
After Senator Turley mad concluded his
government bill was again taken up
but little progress was made. Senator
Turley discussed the presidents main
tanned from 1926 to the present time
and said that not one case could be
found in the supreme court in Quay's
support. After Senator Teller (sil. rep,
Col had made an explanation of his
vote in the Mantle case and had de-
clared his purpose to stand by the
senates action in the Corbett case, the
Jai1 eiJ a ri
alton of the Hawaiian government bill
was resumed Senator Butler (dem.,
N. CD withdrew the postal savings
bank amendment Senator Pettigrew
(sil. rep, S. d. offered an amendment
providing that all contracts for labor
entered into since August -, 1898,
should be declared null and void The
amendment was adopted
Washington, Feb. 27-The general
debate on the Porto Rican tariff bill
closed in a blaze of glory. The gall
leries were banked to the very doors,
and every seat on the floor was filed
when the rival champions of the re-
spective sides, Mr. Dolliver (rep., IoWa)
and Mr.. Bailey (dem., Texas), made
the closing arguments Each spoke for
an hour and half The speech Of Mr.
Bailey, devoted as it was almost ex-
clusively to legal phases of the contro-
versy, while profound and impressive,
did not arouse the unbounded enthusi-
assn which swept galleries and floors
while Mr.. Dolliver was speaking The
IoWan was at his best, and his wit, elo-
quence and sarcasm in turn drew sal
vos of applause from his republican as
sociates Before the closing speeches
were made Mr.. Cannon (rep. I'll. !,
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, made an exceptionally effective
speech in support of the bill while
Messrs Carmack (dem., Tenn.), Clay
ton (dem., Ala.), Kleberg (dem., TeX.)
and Pearce and Dearmond (dem., Mo-
made speeches in opposition. The re-
publican managers are now confident
that with the notifications agreed upon
at the conference the bill will command
a narrow majority Turning directly
to the bill, Mr. Cannon secuted the cry
that had been raised that trusts had
dictated it. He charged that both the
tobacco and sugar stored in Porto Rico
already were owned by sugar and to-
bacco trusts. They had put forward
some natives as good pigeons to beg
for free trade so that while the demo-
Gratis cried out against trusts they
would be voting for them. Continuing,
Mr. Cannon said: SIN my judgment,
at heart opposed to this bill. They
see that if this humane and proper
measure is passed and goes into effect,
it will tell all the country and all the
world that the American congress with
it's American civilization, with its laws
and legislation, has power to be prac-
teal" Mr.. Bailey declared that there
was involved in the bill a question of
law, and a question of morals He
made an exhaustive argument against
the constitutionality of the bill. Mr.
Dolliver in closing for the majority
said: This bill is merely temporary
measure to provide revenue for Porto
Rico. Yet it has been magnified in
this debate until it has been made to in
clude the whole problem of govern
ment of all territory acquired by the
United States by the treaty of Paris.
The president recommended that con-
gress abolish all duties on Porto Rican
goods that the Inhabitants of the
stricken island might rebuild their fall
en- fortunes and regenerate their shat