Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-25
TARIFF Bill PASSED
Senate by Vote OF Is to 26
Passes the Philippine Tariff
B;ll.
The Measure Provides for Tariff
Duties on Goods Exported to
Islands.
Rate Fixed at IS Per Cent oil the
DiDgley Duties--.Close OF
Debate.

Debate.
Washington. Feb. 25.-After eight
hours of tumultuous debate Monday the
senate, shortly before o'clock last eve-
ming. passed the Philippine tariff bin
/ by n vote of 46 to &c, strictly party
vote. Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. McI.aurin,
the two senators from South Carolina,
! who on Saturday last We're declared by
| the senate to be in contempt because of
their fight in the chamber, Were not
| permitted by voice or vote to partici-
pate in the proceedings. The question
as to their right to vote precipitated a
sharp debate lasting nearly two hours.
Mr.. Turner (dem.) of Washington con-
| tended vigorously for the right OF the
| two senators to cast their votes and he
was sustained by Mr.. Patterson tdem.)
of Colorado. Mr.. Bailey (dem.) of Texas
and other democrats. They held that
teven tho the two senators actually We're
under arrest and in the custody of the
f
| that they be allowed to vote, as
the senate had not passed on their case.
| Mr.. Foraker Mr.. 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
| upon them.
1 d
| The president pro tenn, Mr.. 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 Mr.. McComas and Mr.. Wellington
OF Maryland became involved in n con-
troversy, during the course of which the
latter declared that If Mr.. McComas
should make his statements outside OF
| the serate chamber he would brand
them as malicious falsehood. He was
| called TIC order promtly and resumed his
seat amid considerable excitement
| Many amendments We're offered to
the Philippine bill, but; except those Of
fered. by the committee. only one, an
amendment restricting the operation of
the sedition laws enacted ry the Taft
commission, was passed.
| The amendment of Mr.. Forker., fix
! ing the rate or duties levied upon prod
ucts coming into the United States from
the Philippines at so per cent OF the
| Dingley rates, instead of 15 per cent.
as fixed by the bill, was lost, but 1t re-
lceived large republican vote. Had
the democrats voted for it as a party ii
would have carried, but many demo-
Gratis voted against 1t.
| AS passed the measure provides that
articles imported into the Philippine
archipelago from the United States
shall be required to pay the duties lev
lied against them by the Philippine COM
mission and paid upon like articles i'm
ported into the United States from the
Philippines shall pay duty of as per
| cent of the rate fixed by the Dingley
law. less any export taxes paid upon
the articles sent from the Philippine
archipelago as required by the Philip
| pine commission. All articles now inn
ported free into the United States shall
| be hereafter exempt from export duty
imposed in the Philippines.
I The bill exempts the commerce pass
ing between the United Stated and the
Philippines from the operation of the
navigation laws of the United States
! until January !, 1904, and authorizes
| the Philippine commission TO issue IL
cense tc craft now engaged in lighter
/ age or exclusive harbor business. pro-
| vided such craft are built in the United
States or in the Philippines and owned
| by the citizens of the United States or
by inhabitants of the Philippine islands
and used for their benefit.
All articles manufactured In bonded
warehouses of imported materials OF
of materials subject to internal revenue
tax, when shipped from the United
states to the Philippines, shall be eN-
empt from the internal revenue, and all
| taxes paid upon such articles shipped
to the Philippines since November 10,
1901. shall be refunded.
Mr. Allison. in the debate on the bill
4 then defended the policy of the admin
.listration in the Philippines, and, Mr.
4 Clay challenged any senator to indicate
a single instance of disloyalty to the
i American army on the part of any dem
B ocratic senator.
i Mr. Hanna said that with the per-
sonal differences of the two senators
from Maryland he had nothing to do
but when statements We're made in
volving the action of a president whose
lips now were closed in death he felt il
was time for him to speak.
/ "The statement made" said he, "tha1
a promise was given by our dead presi.
dent with respect to the disposition o.
the Philippine islands, promise tina
4 was not kept resent that Statement
lin the name of the American people,
/ (Applause.)
He was willing to admit there nigh
have been misunderstanding, but i
any refutation of the charge were need.
ed the character of President McKinle!
ought to afford sufficient REPUTATION o
1t.
4 Mr. Rawlins, in charge of the minori
ty substitute, made brief speech il
support of the substitute.
4 The debate was closed by Mr.. Fair
banks with an eloquent speech in sup
port of the measure. Four O'Clock hay.
ling arrived, Mr.. Lodge offered tn,
amendments of which he had given no
tice an hour before and both wer,