The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-17
PHILIPPINE BILL
 PASSED BY HOUSE
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 Caste and his little crew of men, women
 and children of the steamer Cherokee, stranded off the New Jersey coast.
 MT. Steenerson of Minnesota obtained | the floor on a question of personal privi- | lege. He had read from a Boston paper an article quoting President Roosevelt as | saying to MT. Steenerson on last Saturday | that if he had known MT. Steenerson was | opposed to the Philippine tariff and state- | hood bills he should not have appointed 1 MT. Steenerson's man as receiver of the | general land office at Crookston Minn. | Mir Steenerson first commented that if l it were true the President had used the | language attributed to him it was | serious matter.
 But" he continued, "the article Is | false-no such language was ever used by | the President. (Republican applause). Nor
 was anything ever said by him in my hearing that could be susceptible of any such meaning" Still more applause greeted this statement.
 MT. Steenerson said the whole thing was
 not only false. but was ridiculous, be-
 cause he did not hold the views on the
 bills as stated He concluded by stating that his interview with the President was entirely pleasant
 Taking up the Philippine bill for amend- ment, MT. Payne secured the adoption of the committee amendment when MT. Will liam Alden Smith sought recognition for 20 minutes. On Mr. Payne's objection MT.
 Smith retorted:
 Why, sir in my twelve years service in this House I have not occupied the floor as long as the gentleman held it in opening the debate on this bill. Is Given Twenty Minutes. MT Smith was given twenty minutes on the statement that he did not alto gether hold the views of the opponents of the bill.
 MT. Smith contended that the bill would not only not assist the Philippines but would be detrimental to them. He ex- p1ained this by saying that Hong Kong
 was the principal market for Philippine sugar and that by reducing the duty
 this market would be lost by operation of the Brussels convention excluding bounty fed sugars from European coun- tries or their dependencies. MT. Smith offered an amendment making the duty on sugar 60 per cent of the Dingley rate, instead of % per cent, provided in the bill. It was defeated 73 to 19l. An amendment defining the purpose of the Philippines to be to fit the islands for self-government, and to give them independence, when they have reached the proper state, was onered by MT
 
 MT. Payne at once raised the point Of order that the amendment was not ger mane to the bill
 Speaking to this. Mir. Mccall said 1t was the same proposition that prevailed with reference to Cuba. He believed the Unit ed States had pursued the policy of sdrift' long enough. It was our duty under the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain to declare our intention with reference to the Phillip pines.
 Chairman Olmstead ruled the amend ment was not in order, supporting the ruling by a long line of precedents MT Mccall appealed from the decision of the chair. Pending vote on the appeal. Mr Underwood of Alabama, made plea for the amendment
 The decision of the chair was sus- tained by a rising vote of 19S to 129, MT. Mccall, Hoar and Fordney of Michigan' being the only republicans voting to sus- tain the appeal. The text of the Mccall amendment is as follows:
 Mccall's Amendment. "And, provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to mean that it is the purpose of the Con- gross that the United States should perma- nently retain sovereignty over the Phil | ippines, but it is hereby solemnly de- 1 clared to be the settled purpose of the Congress to fit the people of the said | islands for self-government at the earliest practical moment and when that result shall have been accomplished. to leave the government and control of the said islands to the people thereof to the end that they shall be recognized by the United States as a free and independent nation, as was done in the case of Cuba MT. Fordney offered an amendment limiting to 2O.000 tons of sugar the amount that can come into this country from the Philippines in any one year. all in excess of that amount to pay the regular tariff on sugar. As to tobacco the amend- ment provides that in any one year fifty million cigars. 3OO0o0 pounds of wrap per leaf, and three million pounds of filler leaf shall come in free. Twenty five per cent of the Dingley rates are to apply to an additional amount as follows