Show RELE fOR PORTO RIO II I I House lakes Final Action on Conference Report I MEASURE IS I AGREED TO I I I f I Vote Stood 135 Ayes to 87 Nays A 1354ycs Number of Democrats and Independents Inde-pendents Voted With the Bepubli cans for the Report Speaker Henderson at Once Signed tho Engrossed En-grossed Dill nnd it Went to the President Pro Tern of Senate Preliminary Pre-liminary to Being Seffit President I Washington March 21After a brief and spirited debate the House today took the last Congressional stop In completing com-pleting the Porto Rico bill agreeing to the conference report by Ii i vote of 133 to S7 present and not voting 20 The vote was on party lines except that n number of Democrats and Independents Independ-ents voted with the Republicans for the report 17 Bell of Colorado Chanler of New York Cochran of Missouri Cummings of New York Davenport and Stanley of Pennsylvania Dave of Louisiana Devrlcs of California Mcoklson of Ohio Newlands of Nevada Ne-vada Scudder of New York Shafroth of Colorado Thayer of Massachusetts I Wilson and Idaho and Wilson of South Carolina 1 Speaker Hen erson at once sjgncd the 1 engrossed bill and It went to the President Presi-dent pro tern of the Senate preliminary to being presented to the President The bill turns over to the President for the use of Porto Rico about 52000 000 of customs receipts collected on Porto Rico goods up to January 1st last and such amounts us may hereafter here-after accrue until otherwise provided I by law The debate lasted but an hour but In this time the whole range of I Porto Rico legislation as discussed An important bill passed during the day appropriated 10000 for designs for a suitable memorial In Washington to Ulysses S Grant this being the llrsi step in a movement to secure an arch similar to the Arch of Triumph In Paris commemorating the Illustrious I soldierstatesman A resolution was I passed asking the Secretary of State for Information on the open door negotiations concerning China Mr Steele of Indiana renewed his request re-quest that Saturday afternoon April llth he set aside for the reception of the statue of Gov Oliver P Morton of Indiana Mr Fitzgerald of Massachusetts Massachu-setts who objected to this request yesterday yes-terday explained that he did so In order to draw the attention of the country to the fact that through bigotry big-otry and prejudice there had been no reception up to this time of the statue I of Father Marciuotte given by Wisconsin Wis-consin to the Nation He did not press t the objection and the order was made for receiving Coy Morions statue The House then devoted Itself to eulogies to the late Representative Epes of Virginia Resolutions of respect and I eulogy were passed and at 305 p in as a further mark of respect the House adjourned |