Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-19
57TH CONGRESS-.
House Passes the Temporary
Philippine Revenue Bill.
Five Republicans Oppose and Three
Democrats Vote for It.
Imposes DnJ.eI Rates On Exports and Com
missions Rates on Imports.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The bin to pro
vide revenue temporarily for the Philip
pine island passed the House, today. by
vote of 163 to l2S. Five Republicans
Mccall of Massachusetts: LittIefield
Of Maine; Heatwole, Eddy and Stevens
of Minnesota. voted with the Demo
| crats against the bill and three Demo-
crats-iRonertson. Davey and Brous-
sard Of Louisiana, voted with the Re
publcans for it.
Meyer, :: Democrat of Louisiana, was
paired in favor Of the bill with Foster,
an Illinois Democrat. Warner Of Hi
nois who voted against the Porto Ri
can bill in the last Congress. voted for
the Philippine measure. today. Crum-
packer Of Indiana. who also voted
against the Porto Rican bill. was ab-
sent
In the course Of the debate. today
the Democrats were several times
taunted with their failure to present an
alternative proposition for the pending
measure but just before the vote was
taken on the passage of the bill the at
titude OF the minority was learned in a
motion to re-commit. offered by Rlc.-
structed the ways and means commit
tee to report the bill back amended so
IS to reduce the customs and internal
revenue laws or the United tates to q
revenue basis and to extend them TO
the Philippines until the latter with the
aid Of the United States should be able
to set up a stable independent govern
ment. This proposition did not COM
mand a Republican vote. and the three
Louisiana Democrats above mentioned.
voted against it. Meyer of Louisiana,
was paired against il.
The speakers. today. We're Hepburn.
la, and Dalzell, Pa. for the bill, and
Henry, Texas. Williams, Miss. Mccall.
Republican. Mass. Greene. Pa. and
Mcclellan. y. Y. against
The bill passed. today, imposes the
Dingley rates on goods entering the
United States from the Philippines
and the rates established BY the Philip
pine commission on the goods entering
the Philippines from the United States
Il also provi les for the collection Of ton
mage taxes on vessels plying between
the United States and the Philippines
and that foreign vessels may ply be-
tween these ports until Jan. /. 1905 The
duties and taxes collected under the
provisions Of the bill shall go into the
Philippine treasury to be expended for
the use and benefit of the islands.
The House resumed the debate upon
the bill to provide temporary revenues
for the Philippine islands under an
agreement that the bill should be voted
upon at o'clock this afternoon. The
attendance in the galleries did not in
dicate much public interest i'm the de-
bate.
Henry. Texas. was the first speaker
He characterized the bill as oppressive
and outrageous. Months instead Of two
days. he said. would not be too long
for the discussion of a measure Of vital
interest TO 100000. He dwelt upon
the injustice of the double export and
import tax on rice sugar and tobacco
and charged that this double taxation
was in the interest of the sugar and to-
bacco trusts.
Henry took issue with his Louisiana
colleagues as TO the effect of free trade
Y 18th the Philippines upon the sugar in
dustry of Louisiana. He pointed out
Porto Rico last year produced more su-
Sar fer export than the Philippines and |
denied that free sugar from the islands |
would threaten the Louisiana industry |
with annihilation. The benefits from |
the sale Of cotton and rice. he argued, |
would more than compensate for an i'll |
jury to the sugar industry.
Williams. Miss. followed Henry. He |
said that as long as the Philippine
archipelago was Il part Of the United !
States and within its domain it should A
be treated as part of the union with /
the same equality and uniformity en-
joyed by the other territories he believ-
ed we should get rid of the islands rs
soon as We could do so with honor to
ourselves and benefit to the Filipinos
Williams paid his respects TO the su-
prene court which he said. arrived at
its decision by shifting majority of
one" 1t made of the old nelastic oath
bound constitution an instrument that
would bend to political necessities.
There was no danger, he said. if the
COUNTRY proceeded along its present
lines. of becoming a mother country"
'or peoples in the East. It was more
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