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- When the hour OF a clock arrived, tn AZ,
being the time agreed upon Tor. ssyo Ils
upon the bill; ar. oons moved so recon-
init the measure to the Postof1ce Co1na-
:mittee without nstructt ions.
q The motion TOT recommIt prevailed. on a
yea and nay vote-14S to 96-sixteenS pe eAl1s
present and not voting.
The House then at 4:55 2. NJ. NJ. ,i ad-
journed. =
In5the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Almost the
entire session Of the Senate to-day was
spent. In the discussion Of the conference
report upon the Porto Rico approprla ton
bill The Democratic4s senate man11ested
"a disposition to criticise the restora ton
Of the House provision, covering future
collections of revenue, protesting to md
In this action a desire to continue the
Dingley tariff.
Speeches were made on these lines by
Messrs. Bacon, Cockrell,1 Jones OF Ar
kansas, Berry and Allen. The Repubii-5
cans met the taunt with a proposition to
take a vote Immediately upon the House.
Porto Rico tariff bill, and 1t looked at
one time as if . the unanimous consent
would be secured for a vote on the tariff
measure tomorrow.
Senator Proctor objected, however, on
behalf of the Republican free-traders, and
when he indicated willingness to agree
to a vote next week, Senator Petlus put
an end to the proceedings by calling lor
the regular order of business
INFORMATION WANTED
The following resolutions were passed.,
BY. Mr.. Allen, requesting informa ton
as to the tariff rates in force IN the phil
ippines, Guam, Porto Rico and Cuba. ana
the amount collected in each instance since
the American ocupation; by MI Bu VI
asking the Secretary of the treasury sior.
information as to the bank charters sral ~
ed since the passage of the currency nlll,
and for other Information concerning e.'e
operations of the bill
The Senate then took up the conferees
report on the Porto Rico appropriation
BILL
s.. Mr.. Bacon, of Georgia. objected TO the
changes made in conference. me report
would, he said. indicate that mutua! co!,-
$cessions had been made on behalf OF both
tho senate and the House, but he held
that an analysis would show that the
Senate had yielded practically everythllis
and the House nothing.
Mr.. bacon objected especially 70 the
concession on the part OF the SENATE ~
the House contention that the approprla-
ton should cover future collectlons as
well as those accruns up to January Isl
The appropriation bill, he said should OF
definite In terms, and especially was II
believed by Mr.. Bacon that5it was Tue q
purpose of the bill to provide for the
contingency that the tariff bill no"
pending may fail. In that event the reVe-
nue. arrangement would continue. That
he thought. was legitimate conclusion
Mr.. Bacon then launched upon gene
raj argument against the Republican poll
cy with reference to trade between tne
United States and the islands acquired II
the war with Spain. No such outcry nae
recently been witnessed as that Wnlcr
had gone up all over the country as alter
the passage of the House bill which was
intended to Cypress an unprotected people
Naturally, the Republican leaders hac
sought to find protecting shelter iron
this storm, and this bill#was intended az
a Deace offering to appease the indigna
ton Of the people Not only had there
been trouble in the country at large, blu
in the Senate as well, and as a conse'
quence the Senate for the first time II
its history had peace committee com,
mittee appointed by the Republican eau
Gus Of the Senate to preserve peace
among it's members.
NIr. Bacon also dwelt upon the insist
ence of the House upon the language
continuing the collection and return o.
the revenue "under existing laws" Thus
instead of having free trade with Porto
Rico or a reduction to fifteen per cent.
as promised, we are. he asserted, to con-
tinue the present relation. enforcing the
full rate of the Dingley law To adopt
this conference report meant the leaving
Of the tariff wall standing; and Senators
who Irofessed to be favorable to free
trade could not afford to shut then
ewes to this fact If then, Congress
should adjourn without passing another
law, those who should vote for the
conference report would be responsible
for leaving this great burden upon {
people for whom there was SO much ex-
pressed commissiration. The House
could have accepted the Senate amend
ments. and he insisted that there could
have been no such failure but for the
intelligent discussion of the bill by the
interests which were advocating a tariff
on the exchange of our commerce with
Porto Rico.
Not only did Mr. Bacon want free
trade with Porto Rico. but he wanted
it quickly. The great need of the Porto
Ricans5 was to have such legislation as
would put them in a position to help
themselves, and this could not be done
by the course al present proposed Inc
talk Of charity and humanitarlanlsm
was derided by. him as mere pretence.
He also contended that the money tc
be returned would not go to the people
from whom 1t had been collected.
ENTITLED TO FREE GOVERNMENT
mfr Pacon urged that Porto Rico was