Show NOTABLE DAY IN SENATE ti Closed an Unusually Sharp and Prolonged Pro-longed Debate April 3Thl was a notable Washington kate Sen States table Ony In the United ale H brought to a cloSe the sharp cut ariA mot prolonged debate upon dlscUaHed dur any m m ur < s since thone Congreps ing the memorable war iwo year age At I oclock this afternoon tho begun upon noon Limo vote uere Ulcim tariff arid civil gmmvrnnnenL Porto amoiMlmciiw anti less and tending bill nbour than au hour later the ne ue which there lies been so intuit con Siii 1 Of Congress timnilon in and curt tIre finiul Iota I of june pnsitei by a majority S ota belnK tO to 31 Only comnmitt0 amemdrneilt were udopted JNTKREST IN BILL 4 for iwmio tim ha been evident Tt has a rita command 0nit time mlil would mnotwit11S1ammd I 4 tile Senate but Irm jority meaSure interest in time lag time act the tire public has bnthr tf Sezmfll0l ann rodto time gal I instaimt not jlagcd rim crowded and inundreds of lethis woro irruiblo to 4 3eOplO filled the corridOes rODS in tire gal I even secure standi ii I Jones < BRILLIANT SPEECHES Seuato the From 11 oclock when when the vot ii convened until time hour and oPPntnh5 of hag began tidvOOtes 1oqU0fltiY Iflflifl the bill brilliant3 arid and tIme audi I titined their com1ViCtl0 of C0fl2tiLfl tars cpI in a 5tntC hI excitemehit of partlcUiari notablO ti flu bY Maseni diivered the day were irnoitim nflU bi t in opQjiItitfl 10 lime itiro t I 1 Mr FOraIC of Ohio P t k et ppceclI iz jr i f = Marvlancl It was the Ohio Senators deslfo to clear up any misunderstanding misunderstand-ing or misinformation concerning the billrASON AT HIS BEST Mr Masons speech was argumentative argumen-tative eloquent and amusing by turns and as It covered the entire range or the countrys duties and tespoflIlIlII tlca to what the Illinois Senator sarcastically sar-castically termed our Insular possessions pos-sessions It vas very Interesting to his hearers SENSATIONAL EPISODE Just before the Senate adjourned a pensntlonal eplsodc occurred In whIch Mr Wolcotl of Colorado occuBOd Mi Lodge of Masjwchusetto of uttering that which was unqualifiedly l false The dllllculty arose over an effort made by Mr Lodge to have thy Spoonur bill made the unfinished but lrll s This Involved In-volved the displacement or the Quay case and the friends of the former Senator Sen-ator from Pennsylvania made things exceedingly lively for half an hour MASON SPEAKS After some miner business had been transacted Mr Mason addressed the Senate 3Us speech was not confined to the Porto Rican measure hut Included Includ-ed In its scope all the problems attendant at-tendant upon the control and government govern-ment of our Insular possessions lie spoke in favor of the resolution of Mr Wellington which offers Independence to the Filipinos and against the bill proposed by Mr Spooner conferring authority au-thority upon the President to govern the Philippines until Congress hould Otherwise direct Incidentally he op llosed the tarltT proposed to be placed on Porto Rican products REASONS FOP HIS COURSE He was opposed to holding the Philippines Philip-pines because under the law of nations na-tions we have nbt title and never can have complete title except by conquest i con-quest of the Inhabitants I i do not wish thorn for slaves If we govern them they must either be citizens or sons Wliother thov labor as our citizens and equals before tho law or whether they labor as our political slaves their labor I compotes with the labor of our country coun-try and I am opposed to that 1 IS FOR EXPANSION II am for expansion 1 voted for the annexation of Hawaii but should nover have sent 65000 men there to compel I I them to accept our flag In other words I I I am against taking any territory by conquest against a friendly 1 people and 11 rtgalnst taking any territory that brings a cheap class of labor in free and open competition with tho class I I oi men and women who do the labor in this country I STILL A PATRIOT I Mr Mason resented as cowardly and unjust any reflection upon his patriotism patriot-ism and love for the ling because of lilA opinions regarding the Philippines He declared that If It were treason to oppose a war of conquest lo lift unjust taxation to confer upon the Hlruggllng people the blessings of liberty to protect I pro-tect the laboring men and women of this country then he was guilty BECOME PART OF UNITED STATES I Adverting at this point to Porto Rico ho maintained that when the treaty of Paris was ratified the island became apart a-part of the United States and Congress had no more right to put a duty on her products than It had to put a tariff on products passjng between New York and Washington F Unless you can get the Supreme court to stultify and reverse itself I said Mr Mason there Is bul one way to levy a tariff upon the people of the j United States to prevent their trading j j with the rest of the United States You j must amend the Constitution lo do it I I You must strike out that clause of Iho ConstitutIon which says all duties must be uniform I beg you to count the cost of suchan amendment PORTO RICANS AMERICANS 4 I cannot say to Europe that is wholly foreign and alien you may deliver de-liver the pr1lucl of your labor hereupon here-upon the payment of 100 per cent of tho I present duty and say to the Porto Ricaiis You are S3 per cent American and 15 per cent alien and you must pay your prorata share of an Impost duty There Is no such thing as an So percent per-cent annexation The people of Porte Rico are either our people 100 per cent or they are 100 per cent not our people WHAT MILES PROMISED Mr Mason said the people of Portp Rico had been promised by Gen Miles that they should enjoy all the Immunities Immuni-ties and blessings of our free Government Govern-ment rhese promises he held the pcqple would demand should be kept Speaking of the fever of war which he Bald was upon the Administration Mr Mason said 1 But as we approach the hour when wo must again appeal to the Judgment of 70000000 people and fires under the pots of patronage are burning low and the dangers of disappointing postofHccs appear to us like a hideous nightmare the hour oC convalescence sand s-and we shout to the laboring people of the country No no ltsa mis rake SAYS IT IS PARTISAN We hae sacrificed the money and the llvea of the people we have abanDoned aban-doned the faith of the fathers for land but wo will abandon it nil rather than forsake the political partisan doctrine and we arc saying on both sides of this chamber those who have bollced In I the permanent government of the Philippine Phil-ippine Islands that If our permanent Hoverelgnty there means the aklng into this country In competition with our labor products of the people there we will abandon this kind of expansion l expan-sion POWERS OF CONGRESS Discussing the powers of Congress under the Constitution as interpreted In the light of the provisions of the pending bill Mr Mason said The Constitution says you cannot make a title of nobility but wo apply that only to the States understand The dlslln ctilohcd Senator from New York De pcw can be the Duke of Ponce and not violate the Constitution the distinguished distin-guished Senator from Indiana Bover Idgc the Prince of Porto Rico and the distinguished lawyer who 1ms spught to defend this bill upon an unconstitu tional ground Spooner can ht least demand tho title of the Lord ChIc High Duke of the Checkbuard bomo where In the Philippines that may sit in judgment upon the laws and upon the people Docs the Constitution say you cannot make a title of nobility Yes Does It go into the outside territory terri-tory No Then you can make titles of nobility there God help the man in November who plays that game CULBERSON OPPOSES BILL At the conclusion of Mr Masons ppocch Mr Culbcrson addressed the Senate opposition to the pending bill It was his llrsfc Speech in the Senate and ho was given attentive hearing particularly by his colleagues He declared de-clared that th pending measure so I far at least as the tariff provisions were concerned was indefensible on moral economical and constitutional grounds QUESTIONS FORAKERS STATE MENT Mr CtilbcrfionHOld It had been main tained by tile Senator from Ohio For aker that the dogma that the Consti tution t extended of its own force over acquired tenltyry originated with Mr Oalhoun In the Interest of slavery I This he contended was not the fact As It i was a great mistake of history wild Mr Culberson It must not go unchallenged un-challenged here Tho Constitution Itself It-self is the true orjgin of the doctrine Jl was announced first In ISOH bv 1 Thomas Jefferson not in the intorest of human slavery but In the Interest of religious freedom TEXANS CONTENTIOUS Mr Culberson quoted extensive au thorities In support of hi A contention IMr Qulbunran contended that there fliad been a great change In the Repub lican party ji recent years That pnrtv was jiow dedicated to commercial greed and the attempe under Mr Porakcr leadership WW to carry the power OC ihe United States unaccompanied by J J J f I ± jjjjjjjjij tire Constitution to a people struggling to be free HIS CHARGE A GRAVE ONE He appccfated that this was a grave charge but maintained that It was well founded and that the course proposed vas a larnish upon thC fair fame of this country flf contended that whatever what-ever might be said of tho Constitution I asa whole there could be no doubt since Porto Rico had been annexed oft of-t tho application of Its provisions relal Ing to dimes excises and Imposts and j these plainly prohibited the Imposition I I of any duly In commerce between the J United States and Porto Rico MIGHT BE PARTISAN Mr I Culberson took strong ground I against relegating the control of the affairs of Porto Rico to Congress un ennlrolcd by constitutional provisions Congress was apt to be partisan and such being the fact profligacy and I oppression were to bo expected As for himself he prayed God that the time I would never come when Congress or I any other power should have unlimited control over the humblest Individual In the country MANY SHORT SPEECHES The order for fifteenminute speeches or Ics then went Into effect Mr Clay 1 addressed himself largely to showing l 1 what ho designated the Inconsistency of the supporters of the pending bill I The original measure he said was diametrically opposed in its provisions I to the pending bill providing as it did for a territorial form of government J It was also In keeping with the Presidents I Presi-dents message He recognized no message from the President that was not ofllclal and therefore still regarded the Presldenl fs favorable to free trade with Porto Rico regardless of the assurances of Senators and the Speaker of tho House Mr Clay said his objection to the bill was based on the fact tliat It violated fundamental principles and sacred I I pledges and was the flrst step leading to untold wrong I ROSS SUGGESTS CAUTION I I Mr Ross laid stress upon the importance I Im-portance of proceeding with care Iti I this crisis He though thc Constitution I I had not exlonded to Porto Rico upon thc signing of the peace treaty and argued that It would be unwise to extend ex-tend it by legislation Ho said he thought free trade should bo established estab-lished as son as possible between the United States and Porto Rico Ho would however subordinate some of I his opinions and vote for the measure TELLER PROTESTS I r Mr Teller entered his protest against I the pending bill He would vote against it not because It levied a duty on Porto I Rican products but he did not object to that provision bu1 he did believe thc United States ought to treat the people of Porto Rico as It was proposed to treat those of Cuba He believed Congress had ample power to legislate for the people of Porto Rico under tho I treaty of Paris OWE NOTHING TO PORTO RICANS He said a great deal 1 had been said about what we owe the Porto Ricans Wo owe them nothing he declared This Congress may llx the status of the inhabitants of the island and Its I control over thorn in that respect Is absolute I am not opposed to a tariff on Porto Rican products If wo had a colony we could give Its people either a tariff or free trade BACONS IDEA OF BILL Mr Bacon adverted to what ho termed ie evolution of the lending bill showing it had developed from a free trade to a tariff measure < The provision relating to the citizenship of the people had likewise been changed When this bill passed It would be the first law declaring that people for whom Congress had legislated were not citizens citi-zens of the Unlled Slates It was Indeed In-deed a historic occasion WEILLNGTONS POSITION Mr Wellington opposed the pending measure but said he had stood ready to Support the bill first presented to iho Senate upon the subject That bill had been regarded as Just and consii tutlonal But he said the legislative legisla-tive monstrosity now before us transgresses trans-gresses ever principle of national honor patriotism good faith and justice Jus-tice I am compel led therefore to part from my colleagues of the Republican majority and vole asalnsl thIs bill FORAKER EXPLAINS Mr Forakor said the speech of Mr I Wellington mado it appropriate for him to say at the close of the debate soar so-ar as the pending bill was concerned there had been nothing unusual or different dif-ferent from legislation generally I Mr Proctor Inquired why the Presi dent the Secretary of War and Gen Davis the Governor of Porto Rico had not seen and noted the necessity for a tariff on Porto Rican products NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATION L do not know retorted Mr For oker why It did not occur to them Perhaps II did What I do know is that the subject was thoroughly and Impartially investigated and the necessity neces-sity for the legislation proposed now established beyond quibble by our committee Did that necessity Inquired Mr Tlllman change the political status of the people of Porto Rico from oiti zens of tho United Stales to citizens of Porto Rico REASONS FOR CHANGE No answer Mr Foraker I hat was hot the reason The reason for that change was the opposition of Democratic Demo-cratic Senator They maintained thai the conferring of citizenship of United States upon the people of the Island was a practically extension of the Constitution Con-stitution over the people of the Island That Is I the reason wo made the change DUTY OF MILES It was not for Gen Miles con tinued Mr Foraker to speak for the Government as to political policy that was for Congress His duty was to carry the nag there as he gallantly did The Secretary of War hud made no pledge As For the President il was hisunemlc who were assuming to represent rep-resent him He had recommended Lhat we give the Porto Ricans 1 free trade WHAT BILL PROVIDES That was Just what this bill does True for a time a duty Is imposed for less than twentyt thr c monthsto meet an emergency There would be absolute free trade sooner if the Porto Ricans should ask It In ihu proper way Furthermore absolute and present free trade was vouchsafed d by the bill on practically nearly all osscnilal articles In view of this act there was no violation viola-tion of pledges or contradiction of the Presidents recommendations The President had not called for free trade on the day that his message was issued I Is-sued but had recommended It as a line of pollc > GALLINGER SUPPORTED BILL Mr Galllngor supported the bill say ing here was no proposition to treat the people of Porto Rico any uorsc than the residents of the District of Columbia all of whom were governed without their consent I STEWART FORMEASURE Mr Stewart thought legislation on thin subject should have been i postponed post-poned for a year or two fb permit 1 of opportunity to study the questions involved In-volved He cxprosued his Intention however < to vote for the bill which he wild upon the whole was a liberal measure VOTING ON AMENDMENTS When the hour or1 l oclock was reached 1 the chairman announced that the voles upon thc pending amendments amend-ments and the bill should nov be taken I At the suggestion of Mr Foraker the I committee amendments which had been paused over were revorlod to and adopted without division DAVIS AMEXDMLONT Mr Davis I then offered his < amend I meat providing that No duties on Imports or exports shall after the pae sage of this t aet be levied or collected on any > articles Imported froim the United Slates into Porto Rico or from Porto Rico Into the United Slates Mr the and nays and Davis demanded yeas the amendment was lost 30 lo 10 the detailed vole being as follows YEAS Allen Bacon Bate Berry Clark Mont Clay Cockrell Culberson Daniel Davis Harris Ileilfeld Jones Ark Kenny Lindsay McLaurln MJirlln Mason Money Morgan Nelson Nel-son Proctor Simon Sullivan Talia ferro Tlllman Turley Vest Wellington Welling-ton 30 NAYS Allison Baker Bard Carter Chandler Chan-dler Clark Wyo Cullom Deboe De pew Fairbanks Foraker Foster Fryo GaUlnger Gear Hnnsbrough Hawley Jones Nov Noun Kyle Lodge McBride Mc-Bride McComcs McMillan Pen rose Perkins Plait Conn Platt N Y Prltchard Quarhs Ross Scott Scwcll Shoup Spooner Stewart Teller Thurs lon Welmore Wolcott 1IO PAIRED Pairs were ajinoumcd as follows Those first mentioned being favorable to the amendment CafferyBurrows ChlUonElklns RawllnsHanna Hoar McEnery I MalloryHale TurnerWar ren PottlgrewAKIrlch Butler cCum ben Mr IBevorldge was the only absentee who was not paired lie has a regular pair with Mr Clark of Montana Mon-tana and that Senator announced that if present Mr Ueverldgc would vote for the amendment Without division two other amend meats offered by Mr Davis wore defeated de-feated l NELSON AMENDMENT LOST I Then Mr Nelson Rep Minn offered of-fered his froo trade amendment The ayes and noes wero ordered and this amendment too was lost JH to 11 b Mr After an amendment offered by Spooner making a slight change in the measure had boon accepted by Mr Forakor and agreed to two amendments amend-ments offered by Mr Bacon one being a substitute for the entire bill crc defeated without dl Isbn j BILL PASSED The bill was then I reported to time t Senate lie amendments wore agreed to and onVin aye and nay vote It was passed by a vote of JO to 31 a majority of 0 The only change In the pairs on the final vote < related to Mr Beveildgo of Indiana Mr Clark of Montana announced that he understood that if present Mr llcvorldgo would vote for the bill Ho therefore transferred his pair m to Mr Rawllns I Dem Utah This permitted both Mr Clank and Mr Hanna Mil Rawllns pair to vote SERIOUS SNARL Scarcely had the Porto Rican bill boon disposed of whemi quite unexpectedly unex-pectedly a serious snarl over the case of former Senator Quay arose Acting under the unanimousconsent agreement agree-ment reached on March IGth lhat the Quay case should bo taken up today subjecL to the consideration l of appro Iprlallon bills conference reports the present unfinished business and Senate bill liari fthe Spooner bill as to thc government of the Philippines Mr Lodge moved that the Spoon I bill 10 made the unfinished business This was objected to by the friends of Mr Quay and Mr 1 Wolcoll moved to adjourn The motion was lost 20 to 29 Mr Lodge then removed his motion and then 1 Mr 1 m Wolcotl moved lo adjourn ad-journ but his motion was lost 29 to 29 A long wrangle ensued and when nt 555 the Senate adjourned the situation situa-tion was till strained and the status of the Quay case unsellled |