Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-30
CONGRESS- MASTER OF
the NEW POSSESSIONS
Supreme Court Declares Ccnstitu-
ton Does Not Extend TO
the Islands.
DETAILS OF lNsuLaR DECISION
General Policy of the Government Upheld
-c.sief Justice Fuller. linrlnn, Brew
cr aud rce,si.n,n Dissent from
Majority.

--Csicf Justice Fuller, Harlan, Brew
aud rce!si;m,n Dissent from,
Majority.
WASHINGTON. May 2S.-ln tie Gnitet
States supreme Court yesterday opin-
IeAs Wee haaGed down in III hut twc
q. the cases before teat court invoiv-
ina the relation OF The lntea states
10 its i.ssul.;. possessl1iis. The tive
eases in which no conclusion was am
i-eQHceel were these li..9w'l rs the four
tesA diamond rings case. ;lad the Soc
c,:d ~ tl.c loooicy rases The ulidecid-
e. laoley case deuis wen /, phase CT
the Porto Eicstn ql SIZED. and tie dia :
meila rings case involves ne right To
III ilce importation Of merchandise
FROM TIE Philippines - tie uni.ea
STATES.
The original Intention of the court
h;-d been TO adjourn lpr t!s term after
Yesterdays siti:sa. but the decision
q! The cases took about five hours.
SO that the court djeurued until TO-
daN. wien it is presumed the other
eases NE be p ssed upon.
II. the severed cases decided
tbs TWO Which atllaeJed the ;sre,,te st
attcntion Ia the 4ouvt were what are
known as the De Lion, cifse and that
known Us tie lpovGes C;.se, AVID CT
these two the epinian in the DnN'l- S
case is considered the most fa:' reach-
ing, as II affects our future relations.
tn De Lima case Ge;it with {. trans
iti0nal fisase OF oli insuissr relations.
TIE De Lima caS@ was the FIRST To r.
cciye The attention Of the conyt. and as
f IL !
pesea TO The government contentious,
nlany PERSONS preeipitate,y arrived at
the conclusion that the government
mad been NoYSteii ali along me line.
THIS Niew suffered a decided change
when tile conclusion was announced In
the loMnes casa. The court was very
cNeHly divided OH both cases, but po,it
lea. lines Nei'e a@t ~ an coMtrciing.
The DE I!r,a Case.
The De Lima cas- involved the pow
e. OF the government to collect a duty
on goods Imported into the United
States from Porto Rico after the raii-
feation of the treaty os Paris and be-
fora the passage OF the Porto Rican
act. The court said the government,
contention in t.lis case WAS substan-
TALLY Il c!:ii'n that Porto Rico is for
eign territory. The entire case. turned
upon That contention. The court held
that the position Wss rot Wull taken.
that Porto 1890 YVES not ut the tine
loltisn Territory ANA that there Gore tfe
duty Which Had been collected must ba
letarael.
The decision In the loowaes case fol-
lowed tho history oi The dealings of
the CE!le,i STAKES With Porto Rico s.
step farther Th2t case dealt With the
legality OF tlse eNaction OF duties on
goods imported from Porto Rico into
New York after the passage of the
forafseas@et providing tor (, duty upon
goods slipled from the United States
toto Porto Rice. and also on those
shipped from Porto Rico To the United
tai":s. La this Case the court held
that such eXtetipn was legal and CON
stitutieaal. Tho point Ct the two ol,ll-
ieAs considered collectively is that por-
u lsieo Was never. after the acq,iisi-
ton OF That island. foieisn territory
that untA congress acted upon the
qlif stioll no diitN could be collected, but
- s4pa as congress outlined 0 method
az contrpi.iilS the islands revenues that
aoil0n b2saIae hindiilg: in other
words. tslat congress hifs, poaTer UNI
der the constitution 10 prescribe
INC ilisi4.-er %! collecting the rev
enues q the country :; in
sNlaF isss sions ANA has the lisil1 10
~ duty IN goods Imported TO oui,
st. %. axt5s,,.it, ,es,,, ~, ~ ~.
lrnit..tf sf3.l..s h3ias -, i'r;.t ~. ~,
Tor IT, litls45 p,l,i,fs.s nv -.
pant - ~ lstitaa s,.tf.. l., ~, ,l.,<,,i,
tjl4t ,tns shi,,,,s,l .F,,..,, t,,.i,, ',,,. :.
and To t'lfite,t States .iie entitled to
tie same Treatment AS though they
.es o..%ans = y '''''
Justiee Blown delivered the courts
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