The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-12
PUERTO RICO
BILL PASSES
End Of An Exciting and MemOr.
able Contest in Congress.
NOW RESTS WITH M'KINLEY
BiIl. as Amended. Changed In Almost Every
PrOvlsIou From the Original as
Presented 10 the Senate.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE long
and bitter struggle over the Puerto
Tlican tariff bill was ended today when
the house by vote Of i6l to l53 concur
red In all the senate amendments. The
bill now requires only the signature Of
the speaker OF the house and presi-
dent OF the senate before going 10 the
president for his approval These sig
natures viii be attached tomorrow and
before uightfall the bin will probably
be- law
As the bill originally passed the
house Il was a simple bill. imposing
Is per cent Of the Dlngley rates on
goods going into Puerto Rico from the
United states and coming from Puerto
Rico into the United tsates.
As amended by the senate, and today
agreed to by the house. all restrictions
on goods coming into the United States
from Puerto Rico are eliminated and
certain fOodstuffs and other articles,
which heretofore have gone into Puer-
TO Rico free by the executive order
are excluded from the operation Of the
i6 per cent duty imposed on goods en-
tering the island from the United
States.
A complete scheme OF civil govern
ment for the island is also attached
TO the measure.
Upon the final vote, nine repubh-
cans voted against the bill, namely.
Messrs. Heatwole (Minn), Crumpacksr
Qnd), Lane Qa.), Litteaeld (Maine).
Mccall tMass). II. c. Smith (Mich),
Fletcher (Maine), and Lorimer (lll0.
Two democrats. Messrs. Davey and
Meyer OF Louisiana were paired with
democrats in favor Of the bill and one
democrat, Sibley. Of Pennsylvania vot-
ed for ii outright. De vries, the other
democrat who voted for the original
bill. today voted against concurrence.
stanings (dem) of Alabama was the
only absentee on either side absent and
impaired.
The vote came at o'clock after a
very interesting and, at times. excit-
ing debate Of five hours, which COW
cred not only the bill. but the special
order under which the house acted.
one of the most dramatic features
of the day was the reading by Rich
ardson, the minority leader. Of the orr
ginal opinion of Chas. T. Magoon, the
legal adviser of the war department,
In favor OF the view that the consti-
: tuition extended over Puerto Rico ex-
proprio vigore.
Dolliver. of Iowa, in reply, termed
Magoon "a clerk who tried to over
rule a great lawyer at the head OF the
war department.
Warner, of Illinois, Crumpacker, OF
7 Indiana, Mccall of Massachusetts, anc
Lorimer Of Illinois. all republicans
made speeches against the motion tC
J concur.
Tongue and Moody, of oregon, Jone:
: and Cushman. of Washington, voted
for the Puerto Rican bill. Wilson, o.
J Idaho. voted against it.
J. WASHINGTON. April l1.-At 1
O'Clock today the house committee OF
n rules assembled in Speaker Henderson,
r private office and settled the days pro
o gram for the final contest over th'
d Puerto Rico bill The final vote wa
e fixed for o'clock this afternoon. Ear
b ly In the day party managers wer'
i exerting their utmost endeavors t
assemble a full vote. The measure
S adopted for this purpose were almos
d unprecedented in their thoroughness
e After the house had assembled, tn
C rules on the Puerto Rican bill wer
h adopted 15S to 142 This indicated tn
d passage OF the bill.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE clos
ing struggle over the Puerto Ricai
tariff bill, set for today, attracted grea
q crowds to the galleries. and all prepar
ations indicated field day, replet
a with exciting incidents. Excitemen
: was at a high pitch when the speaker
% gavel fell at noon.
As soon as the reading of the Journa
was concluded. Dalzell member o
/ the committee on rules, presented tn
special order. under which the hous
was to operate today. Upon deman
Of Dalzell, the previous question on tn
adoption of the rule was ordered. Thi
gave 20 minutes for debate on eac
side.
Dalzell said ne would discuss the rul
briefly. The amendments attached b
the senate, he said, furnished civil gov
ernment for the islands. 1t was tn
opinion of the majority that thos
amendments should be carried in tn
bill. There had been enough discus
sion on the subject. What the coun
try desired was not debate but action
| Richardson, the minority leader, call
ed attention TO the fact that the rul
would permit the house to vote onl
J upon single proposition. II it ha'