The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-17

mean that it is the purpose of the Con- gross that the United States should permanently retain sovereignty over tho Philippines. but 1t is hereby sol emnly declared to be the settled pur- pose of the Congress to 1t the people Of said islands for self government at the earliest practicable moment. and when the result shall have been ac- complished. to leave the government and control of the said islands to the people thereof, to the end that they shall be recognized by the Uniteo states as a free and independent na. ton. as was done ia the case or Cuoa. Rates on Tohacco.
 MT. Fordney offered an amendment limiting to 20.000 tons of sugar the amount that can come into this coun- try from the Philippines Tn any one wear. all In excess of that amount to pay the regular tariff on sugar. As to tobacco the amendment provided that in any one year 5e,000.000 cigars, 300,- GOO pounds of wrapper leaf and 100000 hounds of filler leaf shall come In free in any one year. Twenty-Five per cent. of the Dingley rates are to apply to an additional amount as follows: 10O.- Ooo. .oo0 cigars, 4o0.o00 pounds of wrap per leaf. 4,o0oooO pounds of filler leaf. Fifty per cent of the Dingley rates to | | 75 per cent. of the Dingley rates to the next 2o0.00o.000 cigars.
 MT. Fordney and MT. Cassell (Pa-1 | spoke for the adoption of this amend' ] ment and Mir. Payne opposed It. Oppo- sition was made by MT. Longworth | tohio) on the ground that 1t was of | fering prosperity to the Philippines with | a string to 1t. Criticising the expe- dition to the Philippines last summer. I .1&at- f1f | Mir. Hogg (CoIo.) said 1t seemed to him | it had cost the government $le,0Oo. | just, the amount the press agent Of l the Panama Canal Commission had ! cost---to inform tho American people or | the administration of affairs there. He referred to the account of the trip by | Col. Edwards It showed that they | visited certain place and there was | a parade, a dinner and a dance They | visited another place and there was | another parade, another dinner. anoth- | CT dance. He was surprised that mem | bers had secured so much information. | On endeayoring to reply, MT. Payne was laughed at in admitting the hos ! pitaIity of the Phiiipinos and the fre- | auent .sbanketta." However. he said, time for full hearings was had 1 The vote on the Fordney amendmens | was understood to embrace the full | strength of the opposition to the bill.
 On rising vote eighty-six members | voted for the amendment and lzd ! against l An amendment sievying a duty of ! twenty-five per cent. of the Diugley
 tariff on rice from the Philippines was offered by Mir. Pujo (L4a.) and. accepted l by Mir. Payne. Before his amendment
 was voted on substitute was onereo | by Mir. Parker, applying the twenty l five per cent rate to all articles from ] the Philippines except hemp. already l on inc free list. The vote taken on l Nr puiofs arnenduient resulted in six ty-four affirmative and fifty negative votes, the amendment being adopted I Mir. Parker,s amendment was defeat | An arnendsnent py Mir. slayden tTex-l yvlsT y,ii9d ont of order because 1t de. clared that the bill should not be helt I to mean that the United States intends | to incorporate the inhabitants of tne Philippines into citizenship of the Uni l fed states or to retain the islands
 permanentfy, but that it is our inten. tion to establish a suitable government
 there to prepare their people TOT mae
 MT. Pou CN. C9 presented an amend,
 merft providing that whenever 1t shal be ascertained by the President tha, any article manufactured In the United states is sold abroad for less than al home the President shall have power 1 to reduce the import duty on the par l ticuiar article to adjust the amount ol
 advantage given the foreign buyer
 The amendment went out on point oi
 order
 NlIlams's AdrOit Thrust.
 The minority leader, MT. Williams noticing ga lucid interval on the pari of the administration and the party. in
 power,". offered an amendment putting sugar and tobacco from the Philippines
 on the free list. He twitteG tne sst he-
 publican opponents of the Dill wltn
 .wealxi knees" because they had just refused to support MT. McCall's amend
 ment to ''cut loose" from the Philip
 pines. ..,,,
 Mr. Payne thanked Mir. Williams but ! declared his help was not needed IT
 perfecting the bill l C,bamp Clark declared he had a most
 pertinent question to ask: Does tht
 gentleman think he can pass this oll
 without our help?
 T consider that question very i'm
 pertinent" was MT. Payne's answer
 much to the amusement of the Demo
 cratic side.
 feated, the House dividing on party
 lines, 6S to ITO.
 MT. Mann (Ill), secured the adoption
 of an amenment providing that tariff
 and internal revenue collections shal
 go directly into the Philippine treas
 ury only until April Ii, 1909.
 An amendment cutting off $2.50 tor
 of the differential on refined sugal
 ana leaving S2.S0 of the differentia was offered by Mir. Clark (Mo.) MT. Payne made a point Of ordei against the amendment.
 Mir Clark said here was an opportu nfty for all those Republicans who haC denounced the sugar trust to back uI . their words If you vote agains
 this amendment" he continued, for ] aver and eternally hold your peace ahout the extortions of the sugai trust.' His amendment would reduce ! inc differential yearly to the total O $6,9I7, 1905.
 MT. williams (Miss) urged the Re l pubIicans to follow the precedent mad 5 on tho Cuban reciprocity bill when tn House voted to lift the whole dineren
 tial on refined sugar
 The difYerential fight was renewe , by Mir Payne with the conclusions tha the Republicans who voted with tn Democrats st that time were 'stam peded."
 Addressing himself to his RepubIica colleagues. Mir, Payne declared: "Yo
 may follow him (Mr. Willlams) to you
 political graves. There is no law
 prevent it."
 number of Republicans who desired | vote oE the differential amendment an
 hoped that the chair would rule tha it was gern,ane to the bill.
 OlmAted Sustained.
 Tn riilinR Mir OImSted cited man