The age-herald., 1900-03-20
Cannon Wanted to Stick to the
 Original House Bill.
WAS SCORED BY THE DEMOCRATS
Motion to Concur Was Lost by Vote of S6 to 11o, and the Speaker App pointed Cannon, Moody and
 McRae as Conferees

refused to concur in the senate amendment to the Porto Rican relief bill. The demo- crats supported motion to concur on the ground that it would avoid further delay in extending relief to the inhabitants of the island, but the republicans stood firmly be- hind Chairman Cannon in his demand that the house should insist upon it's original provisions.
 The remainder of the day was devoted to District of Columbia business.
 The pension appropriation bill was sent to conference and Messrs. Barney, of Wis consin; McCleary, of Minnesota, and Bell, of Colorado, were appointed conferees.
 Mr. Cannon called up the Porto Rican appropriation bill and moved that the house non-concur in the senates amend ments. Mr. MacRae, of Arkansas, moved concurrence.
 MT. Cannon explained the changes made in the bill by the senate, which he said restricted the appropriations to the duties collected previous to January 1, 1900.
 The house provision provided also for the duties collected after that date, and those to be hereafter collected. The other change made by the senate, that designating the purpose to which the money should be put, he said, was only a change of form, the house provision having left the expenditure of the money to the discretion of the pres ident.
 MT MacRae said that the essentinal dif- ference between the two bills was that the house bil affirmed the right of the United States to impose the Dingley rates against Porto Rico, whereas the senate provision upon this subject was indefinite
 Dutits should b Returned
 Members on both sides, he said, were agreed that the duties collected on Porto Rican goods should be returned, the demo- crats especially taking the stand that there should be absolute free trade between the island and the United States
 MT. Bell, Colorado also advocated con currence in the senate amendments.
 MT. Ball, Texas, said he was astonished to hear the gentleman (Cannon) move non concurrence in the senate amendments When the bill was originally before the house Mir. Cannon had appealed for storm swept, starving Porto Rico"
 Concurrence will send to the island inn mediate relief. Non-concurrence will cause delay. MT. Ball paid his respects to the "anonymous cabinet officer who, some days ago, had attacked as crafty politicians those who had refused to support the Porto Rican tariff bill. He said he could hardly believe that one who assailed others in so underhanded a way could be a member of the cabinet. MT. Moody, of Massachusetts, and MT. McCleary, of Minnesota, advocated Mr Cannon's motion, declaring that the Porto Rican tariff b.ll proposed to treat the people of the island better than the people of any territory of the United States were ever treated.
 Mr. Swanson, Virginia, denounced the Porto Rican tariff bill as infamous and said the pending bill to give back the duties collected under the Dingley law was an attempt to sugar-coat the outrage. The power to fix the duties on goods coming into and going from this country was the power exercised by England prior to the revolution and was one of the main reasons why the colonies threw off the yoke.
 Talked and Voted Different
 MT. Hemenway of Indiana said the trou- ble with the democrats was that they talk ed one way and voted another The repuo- licans proposed to deal with the situation in a practical way. They proposed to give to the people of the islands every dollar heretofore collected under the Dingley law and every dollar hereafter collected under the 1o per cent. rate.
 Mr Cannon ridiculed the democrats for their harsh words concerning the treat- ment accorded Porto Rico In contrast with the treatment accorded it by Spain. Gen tlemen," he concluded, 'talS is cheap. Here Is action The house bill was right. Let us stick to it.'
 The motion to concur was lost by vote of S6 to 119, a strict party vote except that MT. Thayer, democrat of Massachusetts, voted with the republicans.
 The motion to non-concur then prevailed without division.
 The speaker appointed Messrs. Cannon, Moody and McRae conferees on the part of the house.
 A bill to incorporate the Washington Tel ephone company and providing rates of $40 per annum for business houses and $3S for residences was passed. The present rates in the district for telephone service are $125 for business houses and $100 for residences A bill to incorporate the Frederick Doug lass Memorial and Historical ass. :iation was passed