The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-25
PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED.
4 STRICTLY PARTY TOTE AFTER 4
 TUMULTUO DEBATE.
FOrty-six Senators for the Measure and Twenty-six Against-Tiilman and NIeLnurin Not Permitted to Vote Another Sensational Incident NIT. Wellington Threatens MT. McComas- Amen dments to the Ell.

Washington, Feb. 24.-After eight
 hours of tumultuous debate to-day, shortly before seven o'clock this even ing the senate passed the Philippine
 tariff bill by a vote of 46 to .26 a strict
 ly party vote. MT. Tilln1an and MT.
 McLaurin the two senators from South
 Carolina, who on Saturday were de-
 clared by the senate to be in contempt
 because of their fight In the chamber,
 were not permitted by voice or vote to
 participate in the proceedings.
 The question as to their right to vote
 precipitated a sharp debate lasting
 nearly two hours. MT. Turner, demo-
 crat, of Washington, contended vigor-
 ously for the right of the two senators
 to cast their votes and he was sus-
 tained by Mr. Patterson of Colorado,
 MT. Bailey of Texas and other demo-
 crats. They held that even though the two senators actually were under arrest
 and in the cust stody of the sergeant at arms, they could demand that they be allowed to vote, because the senate had
 not passed on their case.
 MT. Foraker MT. Aldrich and other republicans held that the senators clearly could not participate in any of the proceedings of the senate until they had purged themselves of contempt and the senate had removed the ban placed on them.
 The president pro tenn, MT. 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 MT. MoComas and MT. Wellington of Maryland became involved in a con- troversy, during which the latter de- clared that if MT. McComas should make his statements outside of the sen- ate chamber he would brand them as malicious falsehood. He was promptly called to order and resumed his seat amid considerable excitement.
 Many amendments were offered to the bill, but except those offered by com mittee, only one, an amendment re- stricting the operation of the sedition laws enacted by the Taft commission, was passed. The amendment of MT. Foraker, fixing the rate of duties levied upon products coming into the United States from the Philippines at 50 per cent of the Dingley rates, instead of 75 per cent, as fixed in the bill, was lost but it received a large republican vote. Had the democrats voted for it as a party it would have carried, but many voted against it. Il
 As passed the measure provides that articles imported into the Philippine ar ,hpelago from the United States shall oe required to pay the duties levied against them by the Philippine com mission and paid upon like articles inn [ ported into the archipelago from for ign countries, that articles imported | nto the United States from the Phil ppines shall pay duty of 75 per cent. if the rates fixed by the Dingley law, i ess any export taxes paid upon the ar icles sent from the Philippine archi- ,elago as required by the Philippine All articles now imported rec into the United States shall be exempt from export duties imposed in the Philippines.
 The bill exempts the commerce pass ng between the United States and the Philippines from the operation of the dV1RdIlOn ldNS oL lUt Ililltl totdleS ntil January 1st. 1904 and authorizes he Philippine commission to issue li- enses to craft now engaged in lighter ge or exclusively harbor business, pro- ided such craft ore built in the United tates or in the Philippines and owned " citizens of the United States or by of the Philippine islands. he duties and taxes collected in pur- uance of this act shall be paid into he treasury of the Philippine islands nd used for their benefit
 All articles manufactured in bonded 1 warehouses of imported laterials or of materials subject to in- ,rnal revenue tax, when shipped from ,e United States to the Philippines lall be exempt from the internal reve- ue tax and all taxes paid upon such rticles shipped to the Philippine isl nds since November 15, 1901, shall be funded. :