Show TAXATION OF U S TERRITORY I To that class whir > h affects to be levu that thr > Porto Rico tariff bill hatters the Constitution I of the United I States a few Hues from a speech In he Senate the I other day by Senator Spooncr ought to be good rending He I said I Our army colored Cuba durinrc be I war beforo wlili bjmln KrntiigM Our and linos subsequently wIre established our lug lon LCd Or Santiago our flag IB tntTtt I now But JH our Constitution tlnro Ortnlnly l not Can we legislate for Cuba No wi Clha rannul Yet our Hag Is 1 there Our soldiers arc there but lng CoiiHtltutlon Is not Tho only law which follows Iho flag la 1 the law of war The ab follows tho Constitution not the Constitution the Hag Then in response to f question b Senator Tillman Spoonor said The proposition that he I Conslllutlon nxliMids of UH own tot Cl over acquired territory was Invoolod 1 In Iho Iii 1rcsts of nluvery Iho I now floKina WI S advocated In the Interest of slavery by Mr l Calhoun 1 Webster opposed 1 in the Inierosi of liberty and In tIn Iii telest of nound con Hlltutlonal leIsla I thou Tho Calhoun dog 101 ma wo thought I was shot lo draih on the mnumbored butilpilolds of tin I war i of tho I Uobolllon I had mipposcd thit after sla very hdd boon laid awiy w had hoard the last of thin contention whkli Is by I to no suppoao moans HO lew Its many people scorn A little further on he said Tho President Is In Porto Hlco Just an he In In tho Philippines Just as he was In California after the treat of cession Ilo ls 1 here under the war power and he will remain there in III t exercise all power until Congress nhnll legislate for Porto Rico I > y the exercIse of that I power he changed sOle xerc Iho Porto chnngcl lw 1 Klcan laws and modified the Porlo RIcan tariffs lrrlfs Then Senator Turley asked as to the source whence lhi revenue would bo derived ubder lluj I pending I bill I I and Senator Spooner repjlud I say It comes from tin Sugar Trust and Its Importers from Iho rich sugar producer on the Island I In I cit ltr I event it Is I right 11 I comes from the right spot anil It will RO to the right JOl Then Senator Spooner made clear the distinction between the taxes placed by Congress on acquired territory and on States In this bill the tariff is not S for the United StaleJ nation but for Porlo Rico Tho tax is a lax on the articles of production and not a chI paid for entering the products Inlo Ito United Stales The necessity Is set forth by Cov Gen Davis of Porto RIco 1 He says 2000000 will be needed annually to meet the expenses of he Island I cannot be raised by I direct taxation of tho properly of the Island whllu the I Island Is under military Iule I must I come through a tariff or through taking tak-ing It from the taxpayers of the United States by a direct appropriation Tho Constitution gives direct power to Congress to make all needed regulations regula-tions for territory belonging to the United States It given the power to Congress to sell such territory If It pleases to The Democracy will uc I cCpl that plain reading of it 80 soon I aw Il once more gets Into power |