The age-herald., 1902-02-25
Eight Hours of Tunu|tuous Debate Preceded the
 Final Vote
PULLMAN AND M'LAURIN
 DENIED RIGHT ID VOTE
During Hot Discussion Wellington Calls Mecomas a Malicious and cowardIy Llar-Promptiy
 Called to Order.

Washington. February 24-After eight
 hours of tumultuous debate today tn.
 Senate shortly before o'clock this even
 ing passed the Philippine tariff bill by a
 vote of 46 to 26-a strictly party vote. | MT. Tfllman and MT. McLaurin, the two Senators from South Carolina who on | last Saturday were declared by the Sen ate to be in contempt because of their fight in the chamber. were not permitted | by voice or by vote to participate in the proceedings ;
 The question as to their right to vote | precipitated a sharp debate lasting nearly two hours. MT. Turner DemocraD of Washington contended vigorously for the right of the two Senators to cast their votes, and he was sustained by MT. Pat terson of Colorado. MT. Bailey of Texas and other Democrats. They held that even though the two Senator's actually were under arrest and in the custody of the sergeant-at-arms they could demand that they be allowed to vote, as the Sem ate had not passed on their case MT Foraker, Mir. Aldrich and other Repub- lcans held that the Senators clearly could not participate in any of the pro- ceedings of the Senate until they had | purged themselves of contempt and the | Senate had removed the ban placed upon | them.
 Frye Ruled Against Them. | The president pro tenn, MT. Frye, held
 that the two Senators could not vote
 and he was sustained by a majority of
 the Senate During the debate on the
 Philippine bill MT. McComas and MT.
 Wellington of Maryland became involved
 in a controversy, during the course of | which the latter declared that if MT. Mc-
 Comas should make his statements out side of the Senate chamber he would | brand them malicious falsehoods He | was called to order promptly and he re- | sumed his seat amid considerable excite | ment.
 Many amendments were offered to the | Philippine bill, but except those offered | by the committee only one, an amendment restricting the operation of the sedition | laws enacted by the Taft Commission, was passed. The amendment of MT. For aker fixing the rate of duties levied upon l products coming into the United States | from the Philippines at 50 per cent of the Dngley rates. instead of 75 per cent, as | fixed in the bill. was lost but received a large Republican vote. Had the Demo-
 
 have carried but many Democrats voted | against It.
 Provisions of the BiII.@ As passed. the measures provide that | articles imported into the Philippine arch ipelago from the United States shall be required to pay the duties levied against them by the Philippine Commission and paid upon like articles imported into the archipelago from foreign countries; that rtt tr1ano led fntn fhn Tntt tad Gtofa from the Philippines shall pay a duty of 75 per cent of the rates fixed by the Ding ley law. less any export taxes paid upon the articles sent from the Philippine arch ipelago as required by the Philippine Commission. All articles now imported free into the United States shall be h, e. after exempt from export duty imposed | in the Philippines. The bill exempts the | commerce passing between the United l States and the Philippines from the oper- | ation of the navigation laws of the United | States until July 1. 1904, and author | izes the Philippine Commission to issue | licenses to craft now engaged in lighter | age or exclusively harbor business, pro- | vided such craft are built in the United | States or in the Philippines and owned by citizens of the United States or inhabi- tants of the Philippine Islands l The duties and taxes collected in pur- | suance of this act shall be paid into the | treasury of the Philippine Islands and | used for their benefit All articles man. l ufactured in bonded warehouses of i'm | ported materials or of materials subject | to internal revenue tax, when shipped | from the United States to the Philippines | shall be exempt from the internal rev. | enue and all tax paid upon such articles shipped to the Philippine Islands since November 15, 1901. shall be refunded. Echo of the Fight. An echo of the sensational fight of Sat urday was heard in today's session of submitted the following letter which was read at the clerks desk:
 'Washington, February 24, 1902 ITO Hon. J. c. Pritchard, United States
 Senator Washington:
 My Dear Senator-I was prevented, as you know, from offering the resolution which I wrote at my desk on Saturday demanding an investigation of the charges made by my colleague by being adJudged in contempt of the Senate. I am now debarred the privilege and request you to introduce the resolution for the reason that if the charges are true I am unfit to remain member of the Senate, and if they are untrue the man who made them is unfit to remain member of the Senate. In any event feel that am entitled to a vindication by the same body that makes investigation in the proceed ings for contempt. l herewith enclose the resolutions Yours truly,
 JOHN LOWNDES M'LAURIN."
 Mir Pritchard- then offered the follow ing resolution:
 Whereas, The senior member from the state of South Carolina charged in speech on the floor of the Senate that the junior Senator from the same state had been improperly influenced in casting his