Show TE MAY DE t T TEN fN TODAY i B ANS F iR FO FOR FOB FATE FA OP OF PORTO RICAN BILL Have Eave Only Three Majority In Ii the House Democratic Members Mem s Are ATe Hopeful Washington April 10 At a special meeting of the ways wa s means corn com committee c m today It was by a vote of 8 S to S to t report the Porto Rico bill as it passed the senate without amendment and to move a concurrence In the senate amendments This means me ns the acceptance of the territorial form of government for Porto Rico as added to Ito the bill bUl by the I senate and other lesser less r changes Chang on on the I tariff and other features I The Th vote on concurring in the tho senate bill bUl was on party linen Une 1 with wish the exception of Mr McCall the mem member member ber of the committee who first dissented from the bill billIt billIt billIt It was wag made known during the meeting that the bill would be taken up tomor tomar tomorrow row and a strong intimation was given gien that the plan contemplated contemplate l was to allow each side two hours A meeting of ot the rules committee has been beon called for II 11 tomorrow morn morning morning mornIng ing when the question of ot a special rule I fixing the time and duration of or debate will wUl be he determined If Hmo two y hours on each side is allowed the tho vote will come late in inthe inthe inthe the day daj if it at all tomorrow as consider considerable cons considerable der able time will be spent in passing the I special rule 0 As AB to the final result of the vote yote there continues to be much doubt and not a little anxiety on the Republican side ow owing lug ing to t the extremely narrow margin be between between between tween the two sides Representative Long Lo 6 the Republican whip said There Is too much mud doubt to venture a 3 prediction The rho situation H ii f summed up thus The Republican R majority in the house is nineteen there ar nr eight Republicans Republicans against the bill that leaves a ma majority majority of ot only three It is a narrow mar margin margi gin gi n or Representative Underwood the demo lemo democratic cratic whip said paid We will wUl have every everyman everyman I Iman man present except two wo they are ore In bed i Thero will be no Democratic votes for forthe forthe forthe the bill liis will wil make the vote ote very close anu a we hope pope to prevent concur concurrence concurrence rence ronco |