Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-13
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, May Is.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
Disaster will threaten the great IRON
ore industry 10 this country if the AID
rich tariff of rs cents q ton fails OF
adoption, according to Senator Burrows,
of Michigan. In speech to the Senate
today he said the iroD-ore mines in this
country could not Overcome cheap ore or
high grades from inexhaustible deposits
In Cuba.
senator RsYner, of Maryland, made
an argument 10 favor of placing ore on
the free list.
HOUSE.
The House today went into committee
of the whole to discuss the Philippine
tsriff bill recommended by the customs
officials Of the Philippine Islands and
introduced by Mr.. Payne, chairman Of
the ways aud means committee.
1t was some time before a quorum
could be secured. Mr.. Olmsled, intro
duced bill, as soon as the House con-
veoed, providing for the changes 10 the
government oil Porto Rico that we're re-
commended by President Taft in his
message of Monday. Mr. Olmsted's bill
provided that whenever the provincial
legislature should neglect 10 appropriate
money for the running expenses OF the
government an amount equal the sp-
prOpristions Of the previous year could be
drawn from the treasury. OImsted ex-
planned that there is a crisis in Porto
Rico and that it is necessary for this
legislation 10 bs enacted st once.
Mr.. Clark objected on the ground
that the emergency was not sufficient
to do away with the regular order OF
referring the bills to a committee. he
said that even the presidents mes.
ssge had not been referred n com.
mittee.
Mr.. Garrett offered a resoluti direct
ing the speaker TO appoint COMMITTED
on insulsr affairs forthwith. % division
the resolution was lost u to 1O4. Mr..
Rsndell rasedsthe point OF no quorum,
and, although only l7S members bad
passed between the tellers on Mr..
CARROTS motion, the speaker declared
that POI were present and the House
went into committee of the whole.
II was agreed to try to finish debate
on the Philippine tariff bill this after
| noon.
Mr.. Robinson drew FIRE from Payne
when he ssked him how long it would
be before the republican party proposed
to allow the Filipinos to govern them
selves. Mr.. Psyne holly declared that
the republicans had tried to prevent the
Spanish war but that the democrats had
forced it on them. After the war, he
said, the republicans were responsible to
the country and TO God for the proper
government OF the territory that came
into our hands as the result of the war.
/ Mr.. Payne asked Mr. Robinson If he
believed that all the people in bis state
we're capable ofsslf-goyernment and why
it wasn't given to them.
81 resent The imputRtion that any
people in this country are incapable OF
self-government," shouted Mr.. Robin
SOD, sand | believe they are sll capable.
Just because we will not submit to ne
gro domination we are always accused Of
denying them the right of self-govern-
! ment."
Declaring that the enactment of a
tariff law for the Philippine islands in
the Congress OF the United States was q
farce and advocating a new policy for
securing immediate independence for
the Filipiuos, Mr.. Harrison attacked
the whole theory of the Philippine tariff.