The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-12
PORTO RICO TARIFF BILL
IS PASSED BY The HOUSE
Goes to President Today For His Signature and it
Will Then Become a Law.
Long and Bitter Struggle Between the Two Parties Ends in
Close Victory Fer the Republicans.

Washington, April 1.-THE long and
bitter struggle over the Porto Rican
tariff bill ended today when the house,
by vote Of Isl to 15S concurred in all
the senate amendments. The bill now
requires only the signature of the
speaker of the house and the president
Of the senate before going to the pres
ident for his approval.
These signatures win be attached TO
morrow, and before nightfan, the bill
viii probably be a law As the bin
originally passed the house it was a
simple bin, imposing Is per cent of the
Dingley rates, on goods going into Porto
Rico from the United States, and COM
ing from Porto Rico into the United
states. As amended by the senate and
today agreed to by the house. all re-
stricuOns on goods coming into the
United States from Porto Rico are
eliminated, and certain foodstufTs and
other articles which heretofore have
gone into Porto Rico free by executive
order, are excluded from the operation
Of the Is per cent duty imposed on
goods entering the island from the
United States. A complete scheme of
civil government for the island is also
attached to the measure.
Republicans Against Bill.
Upon the final vote nine Republicans
voted against the bill Messrs Heat
wole Of Minnesota, Crumpacker of In
diana, Lane Of Iowa, LittIefeld Of
Maine, Mccall Of Massachusetts,. H. c..
Smith of Michigan, Warner Of Illinois.
Fletcher of Maine and Lorimer of IL
linois. Two Democrats, Messrs. Davey
and Meyer of Louisiana, were paired
with Democrats in favor of the bill
and one Democrat. Mr.. Sibley Of Penn
sylvania, voted for it outright Mr. De
Vries. the other Democrat who voted
for the original bill, today voted
against concurrence. Mr.. Stallings
Oem., Ala.) was the only absent on
either side absent and impaired.
The vote came at o'clock, after q
very interesting and at times exciting
debate Of five hours, which covered not
only the bill, but the special order IN
der which the house acted.
One of the most dramatic features Of
the day was the reading by Mr.. Rich
ardson, the minority leader, of the orig
inal opinion Of Charles T. Magoon, the
legal adviser Of the war department, in
favor of the view that the constitu-
ton extended over Porto Rico ex pro-
prio vigore. Mr.. Deliver Of Iowa IN
reply, termed Mr.. Magoon a clerk who
tried to override the great lawyer at
the head of the war department.
Special Order For the Day.
As soon as the reading Of the Jour
nal was concluded Mr.. Dalzeli (Pa.)
one Of the leaders of the majority and
a member Of the committee on rules,
presented the special order under which
the house was to operate as follows:
Resolved, That Immediately upon
the adoption Of this resolution the
committee of the whole house on the
state Of the Union shall be discharged
from the consideration of H r. S245
(the Porto Rican bilD, and the senate
amendments thereto; that the same
shall be considered in the house until
5 p. m, Wednesday, April Il, 1900,
when without delay or other motion a
vote shall be taken on the motion to
concur in the said senate amendments
in gross"
Upon demand of Mr.. Payne the pre-
vious question on the adoption of the
resolution was ordered. This gave
twenty minutes for debate on each side.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader.
called attention to the fact that the
rule would permit the house 10 vote
only upon a single proposition. If ii