The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-25
PASS BILL AT LAST
PHILIPPINE TARIFF MEASURE
GOES THROUGH TO ENACTMENT
BY A STRICT PARTY VOTE
ONE AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED
New Law Provides That American
Products Going to Philippines
Must Pay Same Duty as Those
of other Nations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-After eight
hours of tumultuous debate today the
senate shortly before o'clock this even
ing passed the Philippine tariff bill by a
vote of 46 to 26, a strictly party vote. Mr..
Tillman and Mr. McLaurin, the two SEN
ators from South Carolina who Satur-
day last were declared by the senare
in contempt because of their fight Ill the
chamber, were not permitted by voice or
by vote to participate in the proceedings.
The question as to their rights to vote
precipitated a sharp debate lasting near
ly two hours. Mr.. Turner Dem., Wash }
contended vigorously for the right of
the two senators to cast their votes and
he was sustained by Mr.. Patterson (Col.),
Mr.. Bailey CTeX.) and other Democrats.
They held that even though the two SEN
atorS We're actually under arrest and in
the custody of the sergeant-at-arms, they
could demand 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 clear
ly 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, Mr.. Frye, held
that the two senators could not vote,
and he was sustained by a majority Of
the senate.
Many amendments were offered to the
Philippine bill, but, except those offered
by the committee, only one, an amend
ment restricting the operation of the scGt-
ton laws enacted by the Taft colnmis-
sion, was passed. The amendment of Mr.
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 IS 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 II
would have carried, but many Democrats
voted against it.
Foraker Denies Cruelty Charges.
Debate on the bill was limited to fr-
teen minutes by each speaker
| Mr. Hoar said that he intended to vote
| for the measure unless something was
! presented that did not seem to be there.
Mr.. Foraker declared that the work o.
| this government in the archipelago had
been an uninterrupted success, and not
the miserable failure" which had been
charged by the minority. He denied that
! the officers and men of the American
! army had been guilty of atrocious crllel-
! ties and barbarities, and he insisted that
! his amendment fixing the duties ut - per
cent instead of 70 per cent of the Dingley
rates should be adopted.
Mr.. Turner, of Washington, resented
Mr.. Spooners criticisms upon the
Democratic party for what he said We're
! the structures on the army of the Unit
ed States. He believed it was unjust
to the dead and cowardy to the living
to inject the late President Mckinley 5
name into the debate
Mr.. Berry, of Arkansas, said the Phil
! ippine trouble had cost $500000,000, and
! 5000 American lives and millions of prop
| erty burned and otherwise destroyed.
Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, declared that it
! was not possible to make an attack on
the governments Philippine policy with
! out staining tho monument the Amari-
can people were raising to William Me
| Kinley. He had little respect for man
who thought the cause of liberty had q
| better chance under a Malay chief than
! under the American flag.
/ Vest Proposes an Amendment.
Mr.. Vest, of Missouri gave notice OF
an amendment that by the pending bill
it should not be held that the United
States intended to incorporate the in
habitants Of the Philippines into citizen
! ship of the United States nor to retain
the islands permanently as an integral
! portion of the United States; but that
| it is the intention to establish in the
| Philippine archipelago a government
| suitable to the wants and conditions of
the Philippines.
| Mr. Elkins, of West Virginia, main
| tained that the treaty of Paris and the
| decisions of the supreme court determin-
! ed the status of the Philippines They he
! longed to the United States The Filip1nos
owed allegiance to the United States and
| the United States owed protection 20 the