The sun., 1900-02-24
Mr.. Daniel Speaks in Behalf of
Pennsylvania Senator and
Vote is Taken.
PORTO RICO BILL In HOUSE
Mr.. Payne, the Majority Floor
Leader, Gives Notice That He
Will Move Monday to Close
the Debate Rou-
tine OF Congress.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Tn anticipation
of a lively debate on the question of tb
right Of Matthew s. Quay to q seat il
the senate as member from Pennsylya
MIA spectators crowded the galleries.
President Pro TEN. Frye laid befor
the senate the following cablegram, ad
dressed to him as president of the sen
ate, from San Juan, Porto Rico:
Commissioned by people Porto Ric,
attending celebration commemoration an
niversary birth Washington request tina
for humanity's sake solution be adopte,
economic problems. Every day repre-
sents considerable loss, leading to tota
ruin"
1t was signed ''Camara Comercio."
AT the request of Mr.. Pettigrew, VIII,
has been absent from the senate for sew
eral days on account of illness, his reso
luton expressing sympathy with til,
Beers in their war with Great Britain
eaunsssiotats,a ans On tue calendar without DIS
The qaS ton of the seating of Mr.
Quay was presented by Mr.. pcnrose
who requested the chair to lay before the
senate the resolution relating TO the sub
ject as q question of the highest privi
lege.
The senate then decided to take up the
case by vote of 81 to Is. The vote was
as follows:
feas-Allison, Bate, Beveridge, Carter,
Chandler, Clark tAIon), Culberson. Dan
iel, Davis, Depew, Fairbanks, Foster,
Gear, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones
(Nev.), Kenny, McComas, McEnery, Nc
Laurin, Martin, Morgan, Nelson. Pen
-
Shoup, Stewart, Taliaferro, Vest, War
ren, Wolcott--34.
Nays-Aldrich, Burrows, Butler CAT
fiery, Chiffon, Clark CWy.), Cockrell, Cul-
lon, Foraker, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna,
McCumber, Mcmillan, Pettus, Platt
Comm, Proctor, Quarles, Rawlings,
Ross, Simon, Teller, Tillman, Turner'S.
Mr.. Daniel (Dem., Vs.) then addressed
the senate IN favor of seating Mr.. Quay.
In the house.
The debate upon the Porto Rican tariff
bill was resumed in the house Mr..
Payne IN. -, the floor leader of the ma
jority, gave notice that on Monday he
would move to close general debate.
Mr.. Richardson (Tenn.), the minority
leaGer, appealed to Mr.. Payne not to
close debate on Monday. He said it was
impossible for those on his side of the
house to express their views this week.
Mr.. Powers tRcp., VT joined with Mr..
Richardson in the appeal for more time.
He said il was exceedingly important
that there should he ample time to debate
this important measure. For himself he
desired more light upon the subject be-
fore he voted
Mr.. Payne replied that there had been
a general understanding that the debate
should end i'll a week.
Mr.. Grosvenor said the Democrats had
been debating this question for two
months. Tons, indeed carloads, of liter
ature on the subject had been sent out,
and he thought very little that was new
could be said upon the subject.
Mr.. Richardson replied that the ques-
tion of unequal taxation of the territories
was now being discussed for the first
time.
Mr.. Jones Dem., Va.), a member of
the insular committee. was the first
speaker. He discussed the conditions
which existed upon the island of Porto
Rico which led to the presidents recon-
mendations of free trade for her goods
and quoted from the testimony before
his committee to prove that the condi-
tions were far worse now than when the
president made his recommendation. He
pictured the distress that prevailed on
the island and declared that only imme-
diate relief could prevent the actual star
vation OF many of the inhabitants.
Mr.. Maddox Dem., Ga.) followed in
opposition TO the bill. In the course of
his remarks he read a long letter from
former Representative Turner Of Geor-
gia, who was for many years upon the
ways and means committee, denouncinp
the new theory of the constitution,
upon which the pending bill was based.