Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-27
PHILIPPINE BILL
Passed by Strict Party Vote Of
46 to 26 by the Senate
Yesterday.
M'LAURlN and TILLMAN OUT
Not Allowed to Speak or Vote ON the
Measure-O One Amendment Restricts
Operation of Sedition Laws
Provisions Of the Bill as it
Was Passed.

! tumultous debate to-day, the Senate
hortly before seven o'clock this evening.
passed the Philippine tariff bill by vote
40 to rs, a strictly party vote. Mr.. Tillman
nd Mr.. Mcl.aurin, the two senators from
South Carolina, who on Saturday last were
declared by the Senate to be in contempt
because of their fight in the chamber, were
not permitted by voice or by vote to par
ticipate in the proceedings
The question to their right to vote
precpitated a sharp debate lasting nearly
two hours. Mr.. Turner. DEM, Washing
ten contended vigorously for the right or
he two senators to cast their votes and no
was sustained by MIR. Patterson of Colo
ado, Mr.. Bailey of Texas and other demo-
Gratis.
MIR. Foraker, Mr.. Aldrich and other re-
publicsns held that the senator's clearly
could not participate in any of the pro-
ceedings OF the Senate until they had
purgcd themselves of contempt and tho
Senate had removed the pan pidceu Oh
them.
The president pro tenn, Mr. 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
MIR. McComas and Mr. Wellington OF
Maryland became involved in contro-
versy during the course of which the lat
ter declared that if Mr.. McComas should
make his statements outside OF the > n
ate chamber he would brand them as d
malicious falsehood. He was called to or
der promptly and resumed his seat ain'd
considerable excitement
MANY amendments were offered to the
Philippine bill but except those offered by
committee only one, an amendment re-
stricting the operation OF the sedition laws
enacted by the Taft commission was
passed.
: AS passed the measure provides that ar
ticles imported into the Philippine ARCH
pclago from the United States Snhll D.
required to pay the duties levied agar st
them by the Philippine commission am
paid upon like articles imported in the
archipelago from foreign countries, that
articles imported in the United states
from the Philippines shall pay duty OF
Is per cent. of the rates fixed by the Ding
ley law less any export taxes PAID upon
the articles from the Philippine archi-
pelaso as required by the Philippine com
mission All articles now imported Tree
into the United states shall BE- hereafter
exempt from export duties imposed in tn q
Philippines.
The bill excerpts the commerce passing
between the Un,ted States and the PM
! ippnes from the operation of the naNiIa
ton laws of the United states until July
l. 1901 and authorizes the Philippine COM
n is.ion to issue licenses to craft now en-
Gagged in lighterage or exclusively hHfo9r
business, provided such craft are bh'll IN
the United States or in the Philippines and
, owned by citizens of the United States or
, by inhabitants of me Philippine lSiairl'
The duties and taxes collected In pursual &c
of this act shall be paid into the treasury
> of the Philippine Islands and used for
their benefit.
All articles manufactured in bonded
manufacturing warehouses Of imported
materials or materials subject to internal
revenue tax. when shipped from the Uni
ted States to the Philippines shall be OK
cmrt from the internal revenue tax and
taxes paid upon such articles shipped 10
the Philippine Islands since November 10
lcl, shall be refunded.
Four O'Clock having arrived, Mr.. Lodg
offered the amendments Of which he had
, given notice an hour before, ana both
were adopted The amendments Were. 10
, provide for the right OF appealing TO the
, board of general appraisers and to Tx
July |, 1904. as the time when the navisH-
ton laws of the United States should he
extended absolutely to the Philippines.
Mr.. Patterson. Dem, or Colorado, then
offered his amendment providing for the
, repeal of the seditiOn acts passed by thu
Philippine commission and vote was
taken on it, When the name of Mr., No
: Iaurin was passed, Mr. Patterson asked
why, but was drowned in chorus from
the republican side demanding "the reg
ular order When the roll-call was com
pleted Mr.. Turner, Dem, of Washington,
demanded to know why the name of tho
. senator from South Carolina had been
. called
THE names of both senators from South
Carolina" replied Mr.. Frye, the president
pro tenn were omitted by the clerk by
direction of the chair"
Then followed quito a long wrangle.
/, Mr.. Turner insisting on discussing the
question of the right of the South Carolina
senator's to vote, despite points of order
: that under unanimous consent agreement
to debate was in order on any subject. Mr..
Frye in the chair however, said that the
l matter Of keeping to that agreement re-
manned with the senators and also that
he would not refuse to recognize a sena-
tor who rose to Il question of personal
7 privilege. Mr. Turner insisted that the fact
' that n senator had been declared to be in
: contempt did not deprive him of the right
of voting.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio said it would be
contrary to common decency for mem
Der of the body declared to be in cont empt
. 60 attempt to participate in the procet d.
ings.
= Mr. Mallory, Dem. Of Florida insisted
I that tho fact that the senators were in
u contempt indicated that they had not yet
% been punished and he maintained that until
s the Senate passed upon the matter the
: senators were in the same status as by
@ any other senator's
At this point the guest OF the nation,
@ Prince Henry of Germany, was escorted
o into the chamber to a seat by the side OF
t President Pro TEN Frye. AS the prince
IA assembled the Presidents platform the SEN
i ate rose as a body and hearty applause
swept over the floor and the thronged gal
leres.
= Mr. Bailey, Dem. of Texas, expressed tho
( opinion that senators could not be prevent
d ed from exercising their right to vote
even though they were under actual arrest.
While Mr.. Bailey was speaking Prince
Henry, who had occupied his seat beside
Senator Frye for 20 minutes. withdrew
from the chamber, accompanied by his es-
cort, and amid applause from both the
floor and the galleries.
Proceeding Mr.. Bailey said that any
senator would have been likely under the
same circumstances to do what the sena-
tors from South Carolina had done on Sat
urday and ne declared that he did not con-
slider their offense so serious as the depri-
walton of a State of its representation OF
the doro of the Senate,
Finally, ths chair rocog nized Mr.. AIdnci
and he made tie point that. as The Senate
was proceeding urder an unanimous
agreement to vote en-. the Philippine bill nc
discussicn was in order on any subject
He asked that this point he submitted L
tho Senate, which was done. with the re
suit that the discussion was declared ou
OF order by a vote Of ~ to 20. On thi:
question Senator Wellington voted will
the republicans to sustain the point OF or
der, while Senator Jones CT Nevada ant
| Snnntcr Ma son oted with tho demosrai |;