Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-25
57TH CONGRESS.
Philippine Tariff Bill Passed
by the Senate.
TiIlman and McLaurin Not Allowed to
Cast Their Votes.
Wellington Gives McCormas the Lie
and Is Ordered to Seat.

shortly before O'Clock this evening,
Tie Senate passed the Philippine tariff
i bill by vote of 46 to rs, a strictly
party vote. Tillman and McLaurin, the
two senators from South Carolina, who.
Saturday, We're declared by the Senate
to be incontempt 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 de-
bate lasting nearly two hours. The
President pro tenn, Frye, held that the
two senators could not vote and he was
sustained by majority of the Senate.
| During the debate on the Philippine
BILL McCOmas and Wellington of Mary
land. became involved in a controversy
during which the latter declared that if
McComaS should make his statements
outside Of the Senate chamber he would
brand them as malicious falsehood.
He was promptly called to order and
resumed his seat amid considerable eX-
| citement.
| Many amendments We're offered to
the Philippine bill, but except those
| offered by committee, only one, an
amendment restricting the operation of
| the seditiOn laws enacted by the Taft
| commission, was passed.
| As passed the measure provides that
articles imported into the Philippine
archipelago 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 for
inier fri hot art. INN Tod
into the United States from the Phil
ippines shall pay duty of IS per cent.
OF the rates fixed by the Dingley law,
less any export taxes paid upon the
articles sent from the Philippine archi-
pclagO as required by the Philippine
commission. All articles now imported
| free into the United States shall be
hereafter exempt from export duties
imposed in the Philippines.
| The bill eNempts the commerce pass
ing between the United States and the
| Philippines from the operation of the
navigation law of the United States I'M
til July l. 1904, and authorizes the Phil
ippine commission to issue licenses to
craft now engaged in lighterage or ex-
clusively harbor business, provided
Isuch craft are built in the United States
or in the Philippines and owned by citi-
zens of the United States or by inhabi-
tants of the Philippine islands. The
duties and taxes collected in pursuance
of this act shall be paid into the treas
ury of the Philippine islands and used
for their benefit.
| All articles manufactured in bonded
manufacturing warehouses of imported
materials or of materials Subject-to in
ternal revenue tax, when shipped from
| the United States to the Philippines,
shall be exempt from the internal rev.
enue tax and all taxes paid upon such
articles shipped to the Philippine is
lands since Nov. Is, 1901, shall be re-
funded.
| The Senate met at IL o'clock to dis
pose of the Philippine tariff bill. More
than ordinary interest attached to the
meeting. today, not only on account of
the last day of debate and the final vote
on the bill which has caused so much
debate, much of it in a bitter and par
tisan spirit. but also because of the fact
that during the day Prince Henry
would visit the Senate.
Both of the South Carolina senators
1 NtlC vi lIC IloOi NHtIl tut DcIlsitt WAS
called to order. McLaurin came in first
and Tillman just as the chaplain offered
prayer. A small bunch of red roses and
white carnations lay on Tillman's desk.
An echo of the sensational fight Of
Saturday was heard at the conclusion
Of routine business, when Pritchard
Rep, n. c., submitted the following
letter, which was read:
Washington. Feb. "a, 1892. Hon. j. c.
Pritchard. Washington. my Dear Sir
| II was prevented, as you known from
| offering the resolution which | wrote at
my desk on Saturday demanding an in
| veStigation of the charges made by my
| colleague by being adjudged in contempt
| of the Senate. l am now debarred the
| privilege, and request you to introduce
| the resolution for the reason if the
! charges are true | am unfit to remain a
| member of the Senate: and if they are un-
true. the man who made them is unfit to
remain a member of this honorable body
| In any event, / feel that ! am entitled to
a vindicaton by the same body that
makes investigation in the proceedings
for contempt. l herewith enclose the res
| olution.
| Every truly yours, John Lowndes Nc
| Laurin.
Pritchard then offered the following
| resolution:
| Whereas. the senior senator from the
| state of South Carolina charged in q
| soeech on the floor of the Senate that
the junior senator from the same state
had been improperly influenced in casting
| his vote for the ratification of the treaty
| of peace between the United States and
| Spain; and that
| whereas, the said charge was en-
| phatically denied by the junior senator,
| Resolved, That the committee on priv
i ileges and elections be directed to inves
/ tigate and report as to the truth of the
H. l. F.rlI rx..-
persons and papers"
On motion of Hale the resolution was
referred to the committee on privileges
I, and elections
The Philippine tariff bill then was TAX
en- up, speeches being limited to Is min
utes each.
Hoar said he intended to vote for the
measure unless something was presented
that did not seem to be there.
Foraker declared that the work of this
government in the archipelago had been
an interrupted success.
He denied that the officers and men Of
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