Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-04-18

extending the provisions of the pres.
ent exclusion law and also applying
that exclusion to all insular territory
under the jurisdiction of the United
States. The vote by which the sub.
stitute took the place of the original
bill was, yeas as, nays 80. Once the
substitution had been made, all sen.
ators Joined in It's support, with the
single exception OF Hoar the sub.
stitute being passed 76 to /. The
friends OF the substitute showed their
strength throughout the voting on
amendments that preceded final &C.
tion and succeeded in preventing any
material change in its features. Some
minor changes were made. admitting
Chinese persons connected with ma.
tionai expositions and providing for
certificates OF identification of Chin.
csc in our insular possession. Other
wise, however the substitute was
adopted substantially in the form that
Platt presented it. The senate. after
disposing of the Chinese exclusion
bill, made the Philippine civil govern
ment bill the unfinished business. The
senate failed to substitute the enact
ing clause of the house bill for the
senate measure, so that the bill now
will 60 to the house as an original
measure and. from parliamentary
standpoint, will have to be acted on
and treated the same as though the
house had not passed Chinese eX.
clusion bill already.
House.-The friends of the Cuban
reciprocity bill won substantial vic.
tory in the house today by carrying
motion to close general debate on
Friday at o'clock. Thesvote was 1853
to 1913. Thirty-three republicans voted
against the motion. but this detection
was offset by thirty-two democrats,
who voted with the great body of the
republicans for it. The strength of
the republican opposition to the bill.
Judged. by this vote. has decreased
since the vote was taken on the mo-
ton to 60 into committee of the whole
to consider the bill, when the vote
stood 1877 to 80. The debate TODAY
was featureless. The speakers were
Roberts, of Massachusetts; Patterson,
OF Tennessee, and Cochran, of Mis-
souri,, for the bill. and Bartlett. of
Georgia; Corliss, Of Michigan; Brous-
sard, Of louisiana; Bell, of Colorado.
and H. C. Smith, Of Michigan
against it.
Washington. April 17.-Senate--
For more than four hours today Nor
gan. OF Alabama, chairman of the
lsthmlan canal committee, addressed
the senate on the subject of the Mic
araguan canal. He devoted the great
er part of his speech to a considera-
ton of the desirability and practical
bility of the two principal routes, Mic
aragua and Panama. He strenuously
favored the former, maintaining that
in every possible respect it had many
advantages over the Panama route.
parliamentary change in the situa.
ton OF the Chinese exclusion bill was
made just before adjournment. the
measure passed by the senate yester.
day being substituted for the house
bill. This was done to expedite the
bill in the house. The resolutions
offered by Culberson. of Texas, direct.
ing the secretary of war to send to
the senate statement of moneys maid
to the United States owing to the
Philippine commission, and a state.
ment OF the amount of money expend.
ed for sending troops to the Philip.
pines and for their maintenance, were
agreed to.
House.-The opponents of the Gu.
ban reciprocity bill occupied much
OF the time Of the debate today, the
feature being vigorous speech by
Cushman (rep., Wash.,) against the
measure. Mr.. Cushman arraigned
the committee on rules and the house
leaders in breezy and at times sen.
sational fashion. A portion of his
criticism was in a semi-humorous
vein, but some of it was decidedly
caustic. DeArmond. one of the lead.
ing democrats of the house, delivered
forcible speech in favor of the tariff
reduction on trust articles. The other
speakers were Pierce of Tennessee.
Douglass of New York. and Lacey of
Iowa, for the bill, and Jenkins of Wis.
consin, Gamer of West Virginia, War.
ner of Illinois, Gardiner of Michigan,
Jones of Washington and Loud of
California, against it, Loud declared
that directly and Indirectly Cuba al.
ready had cost the United States one
thousand million dollars.