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T he State of Dade News.
VO).. IX.
THE DEBATE CLOSED
General Discussion on Porto Rican
Tariff Ends.
TIJE GALLERIES WERE CROWDED.
A Notable Day In The Nation House-
Discussion . y The Ablest Debater*
Of Both Sides.
Wasington, D. C., Special.—The gen
eral debate on the Porto Rico, tariff
hill closed Tuesday in a blase of glory.
The galleries were banked to the door*
and every seat on the floor was occu
pied when the rival champions of th*
respective sides, Mr. Dolliver, of lowa,
and Mr. Bailey, of Texas, made tha
dosing arguments. Each spoke for an
hour and a half. The speech of Mr.
Bailey, devoted as it was almost exclu
sively to the legal phases of the con
troversy, while it was profound and
impressive, did not arouse the un
bounded enthusiasm which swept the
galleries and floor while Mr. Dolliver
was speaking. The lowan was at his
best of his wit, eloquence and sarcasm
in turn drew salvos of applause from
his Republican associates. Befor these
closing speeches were made, Mr. Can
non, of Illinois, chairman of the appro
priations committee and one of tha
veterans of the Republican side, made
an exceptionally effective speech in
support of the bill. Messrs. Carmack,
Democrat, of Tennessee; Clayton,
Democrat, of Alabama; Kleeberg,
Democrat, of Texas; Pierce and De
.Vrmond, Democrats, of Missouri, had
also made speeches In opposition to th
bill. The Republican managers ars
now confident that with the modifica
tions agreed upon at the conference
.Monday night, the bill will command
a narrow majority on the final vote.
Mr. Clayton, of Alabama, created
much amusement and enthusiasm by
reading a letter written by Chairman
Payne, to W. H. Curtis, of Palmyra, N.
Y., January 14, 1900, in which he advo
a ed free trade with Porto Rico on
the ground that it would give relief to
the stricken island. The letter also
contained the following reference to
the Philippines: ‘‘Under the treaty
the Philippine Islands are to have free
trade with Spain for ten years. We
could not extend these tariff laws to
the Philippine Islands, even if we
would.”
Mr. Kleberg, of Texas, and Mr.
Pearce, of Tennessee, also opposed the
bill. Mr. De Armond, of Missouri, said
this bill proposed to set aside the con
stitution not for the purpose of doing
something philanthropic, but in the
interest of of the partial or complete
enslavement of a helpless people.
“This change of front had been brough',
about by the influence of the agents of
mighty corporations.” The Porto Ri
cans, he said, were to be crucified in
order that the cross might be raised
in the Philippines. We could with
draw from the archipelago and leave
10.000,000 of tropical people to work
out their own salvation, “in my opin
ion,” he said, “that is what we ought
to do. (Applause on the Democratie
side.) But if they are held they nusf
be held under the constitution. The
inhabitants must be American citizens,
black, brown and yellow, and ultimae
ly be represented upon tills floor with
more representation than all New
England.”
Big Tel phone Deat.
Boston, Mass., Special.—The com
pletion of a deal whereby the Eri*
Telephone system, the largest Bell sys
tem in the United States, passes ini<*
the hands of the Telephone, Tele
giaph and Cable Company of America,
was eannounced Tuesday. The Erl
Company controls five branches oper
ating in North and South li-akot...
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Michigan. Ar
kansas, Texas and a part o: Ohio and
employs $22,000,000 capital.
Steamers Frozen In.
Baltimore, Special— Chesapeake Bay
steamers are tied up ‘by the ice, sus
pending traffic. If cold weather con
tinue-, much longer an oyster famine Is
feared. High winds have oankei tha
ice up in the months o: the rivers,
stopping all vessels. This is the cas*
on the Rappahannock. Potomac, ous
quehanna and other rivers. All o* p®
bay' steamers were late in reaching
their berths
, ' J* -v
D w y's P. Ize Honey.
Washington, D. C., Special. The
court of claims has rendered a decision
on the claim of Admiral Dewey for
prize money, cn account of the de
struction of the Spanish fleet, In Manila
Bay. The court decided against tae
admiral's contention that the enemy
force was superior to his, and award
ed him $3,570. The decision excludes
the supporting shore batteries, mines
and topedoes in the determination of
the enemy’s force. Admiral Deweys
claim was for S2OO each man belonging
to tlm enemy’s fleet, including thesu
fortifications. Counsel* for the admiral
may appeal to the United States su
preme court. The decision entitle*
the admiral personally to $9,570.
TILLMAN’S PITCHFORK.
Senator Morgan Gets a Complimen
taiy Jib From It.
Washington, D, C., Special—When
the Senate convened Saturday, consid
eration of the Hawaiian government
bill was resumed, the pending question
being on the amendment of Mr. Platt,
of Conneoticutt, providing that the
President should appoint the chief
justices of the Supreme Court and
judges of the Circuit Courts, and that
the governor of that territory should
appoint the officers, the amendment
limiting the tenure of office of appoin
tees to four years.
la a vehement speech Mr. Tillman
of South Carolina attacked the bdi as
leported to the Senate, and in passing
made a personal arraignment of Sen
ator Morgan for alleged lack of cour
tesy.
" The oliarehy which exists in
Hawaii,” declared Mr. Tillman, “and
which this bill perpetuates, is power
ful and unscrupulous. It is an auto
cracy greater than ever existed out
side of Russia.
“I sympathize with the Senator from
Connecticut in his efforts to secure a
properly appointed judiciary for the
islands a judiciary not controlled by
the oligarchy which now has its grip
on the islands.”
Referring to an incident which oc
curred the other day, in which Mr.
Morgan, of Alabama, declined to yield
to Mr. Tillman to reply to a statement
made by Mr. Wolcott of Colorado con
cerning the suppressed vote of South
Carolina, Mr. Tillman said:
' I have felt indignation at the treat
ment I received from the Senator (Mr.
Morgan). Never in mv experience in
the Senate have I been treated so dis
courteously by any member of the
Senate.”
Mr. Morgan endeavored to interrupt
Mr. Tillman, but the latter waved him
aside, saying: “I decline to yield to
the Senator. He has put himself out
side the pale of courtesy and consider
ation so far as I am concerned.” He
then explained the circumstances of
Mr. Morgan’s refusal to permit him to
reply to Mr. Wolcott.
“When 1 arose to explain the situa
tion in South Carolina as it was pre
sented by the Senator from Colorado,”
said Mr. Tillman, “the Senior from
Alabama said: ‘No, I cannot permit
you to speak now. I’ll leave you to
fight it out some other time!”
“it was the first time in my experi
ence* that I had been denied a
hearing in tike circumstances. No Re
publican would have denied me the
privilege, because there is no man on
that side of the chamber so lacking in
courtesy and decency.”
A Thriving Section.
In no section of the South is there
greater evidence of genera! prosperity
and advancement in every line of in
dustry than in that stretch of territory
extending from Moiroe, N. C., to Ports
mouth, Va., along the Seaboard Air
Line railway. Starting from Monroe,
one traverses first a region devoted tv
the cultivation of cotton, and directly
adjacent to the cotton fiejds sees im
mense and numerous cotton mills, that
take almost, or altogether the entire
product of the fields, and reduce .it to
a finished state. Then the great lum
ber section is passed. In the midst of
this lumber, or long leaf pine belt is
situated the unique town of Southern
Pines, where all the resources of wealth
and architectural ingenuity have been
exhausted to make a modern city in
the most favorable surroundings for
a health resort. The city of Raleigh
is next passed, the capital of Norta
Carolina. This city presents all th<
progressive features of the great State
that contributes to its greatness. It is
an educational and manufacturing and
industrial center, reflecting the pro
gressiveness of the whole State. Hen
derson, Wake Forest and Weldon art
live towns on the main line of the
Seaboard. From Henderson branches
a road to Dui’h&m, noted for ‘its to
bacco industry the world over. The
twin cities, Portsmouth and Norfolk,
Va., are at the present terminus of the
Seaboard Air Line. These cities do a j
amount of shipping that is entirely be
yond comprehension of the average
person. The prosperity and materia;
advancement of thlis belt of territoi*
must be attributed largely to the lib
eral management of the Seaboard Ait
Line railway system, which is always
quick to see and take advantage o:
anything calculated to upbuild the
sections through which its lines pass.
Kilieu r>y i.s t.utsc.
Greenville, N. C., Special.—Mr. L acl
Cox, of Contentnea township, Green
county, went in a cart to Grimeslan.
Friday afternoon for a barrel of floui
After starting back home his horse ra,
away and he was killed. People ilvin t
near the road saw the horse with th
broken cart running by. They wen
back to investigate and found Mi. Cos
dead in the road. His neck was bre
ken and his head terribly mantled.
Weathered The Gale.
Fort Monroe, Special.—The traAi
port McPherson, towed by the steamc.
Admiral Sampson, passed in the capes
at daybreak Saturday and anchored off
Fort Monroe quarantine station. She
brings troops from Cuba. The trans
j port had a thrilling experience. Du
i ring the heavy storm of Monday, while
; 440 miles at sea, she broke her propell
!er shaft atul drifted helplessly for
i many hours almost to the coast of Ber
muda. Assistance was asked of a lit
tie Italian steamer, but her captain
was afraid the big transport would
i <wamp him.
TRENTON, GA„ MARCH I, LOO.
WILL MEET JULY 4TH
Democratic National Convention Will
*
Assemble on That Day
AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
Milwaukee was Also a Candidate for
fleeting Place, But Kansas City Won
Out Easily.
Washington, Specia'..—The next Na- !
tional Democratic Convention will be
hold at Kansas City, Mo., July 4th.
This was the decision of the Demo- j
cratic National committee which met
at the Hotel Raleigh to fix the time
and place of holding the convention.
Milwaukee was the only other city
competing for the honor of entertain
ing the convention, and the poor show
ing she made when the vote was taken j
(the result being Kansas City 40, Mil- !
waukee 9),caused general surprise, j
The claims of the rival cities as to ho- j
tel accommodations, railroad and tele- j
graph facilities were presented in open j
session by representatives of each city :
and subsequently in executive session, j
ex-Governor Stone, on behalf of Kan- !
sas City, and National Committeeman,
E. C. Wall, on .behalf of Milwaukee,
explained the financial inducements
which the city he represented was wil- j
ling to make. Each offered the com- !
rnittee $50,000, but in addition Kansas
City was willing to furnish hotel ac
commodations for the members of the !
committee and the hail with decora
tions and music free of expense to the
committee.
One of Milwaukee's strongest argu
ments was the political effect which
tihe holding of the convention in that j
city would have upon the ■ German- 1
American voters, who were represent- j
el to the committee as wavering it j
their allegiance to the Republican par- |
ty. It seemed to be taken for granted
by at least two speakers that Bryan
would toe re-nominated and that the
Chicago platform in substance would
be reaffirmed. Opposition to trusts j
expansion and imperialism together j
with every mention of Bryan and the j
CLicago plaform aroused enthusiasm, !
but during the open session of the j
committee there was no allusion to
free silver. Three dates for holding
the convention were.proposes. May 9vh,
by Mr. Townsend, of Oregon; June 14,
by Senator Tillman, of South Carolina;
and July 4th, by Mr. MoGraw, of West
Virginia. A speech by ex-Senator Gor
man, in favor of holding bo precedent
and naming a date later than that for
the convention of the party in power,
had considerable influence in causing
Independence Day to be chosen.
After the committee had selected
the “Gate City” of the West, the Kan
sas City boomers held a jollification
meeting in their rooms at the Raleigh.
Ex-Governor Stone addressed the gath
ering predicting that those who attend
ed Che convention would depart wkh
praises upon their lips for the hosp.-
tality they had received and that the
nominee of the convention would be
the victor at the polls in November.
The committee was called to order
by Senator Jones, chairman. Every
State and Territory was represented,
either by 'Che committeeman or proxy.
There were strong indications when
the committee met Chat Kansas City
would be chosen. ‘Each city was al
lowed thirty minuite9 to present its
claims and the two rival cities argued
in rotation.
James A. Reid, prosecuting attorney
of Kansas City, made the opening
speech presenting the claims of the
metropolis of the Southwest. The in
vitation he presented, he said, came
not only from the citizens of Kansas
City, but from the unfaltering trium
phant Democracy of Missouri. ,
Kansas City has thirty nine lines of
railroad, and ‘her telegraphic facilities
are excellent. Her hotels are more
than ample. Outside of the great ho
tels of New York, there were in Kan
sas City seven hotels that will rank as
hish as any in the United States. The
committee, he said, should have the
first choice of rooms at these hotels,
the delegates Che second choice. Ho
tel rates, he promised, would not be
raised. Mr. Reid was especially ful
some in his eulogy of th > convention
h’H. wM h, he said, would seat 25,-
000 people.
1 he allowing call was issued in the
afternoon:
“The National Democratic commit
tee having met in the city of Washing
ton, on 'the 22d day of February, 1900,
has appointed Wednesday, the Fourth
of July, as the time, and chosen the
city of Kansas City, Mo., as the place
of holding the National Democratic
Convention. Each State is entitled to
a representation therein equal to dou
ble the number of its senators and
representatives in the Congress of the
United States; and each Terrßory,
Alaska, Indian Territory, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, shall have six dele
gates. All Democratic conservative
reform citizens of the United States,
irrespective of past political associa
tions and differences, who can unite
with us in the effort for pure, econom
ical and contaitutinal government, and
who favor tihe republic and oppose the
empire are cordially Invited to join us
in sending delegates to the conven
tion.” jfl
Z'EMGCIiA TIC.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The South.
Lycurgns L. Laflin, the wealthy gun*
powder manufacturer of Chicago, at
Old Point Comfort, Va.
Ropresenhative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, proposes to stop interstate
transportation of products of the Sil
ver-plated Ware Trust.
I't is reported at Montgomery, Ala.,
that General Wheeler, who is expectel
home soon from the Philippines, will
announce ‘himself as a candidate for tihe
Bamo'aratic nomination for governor
of Alabama, and will not, therefore, be
a candidate for renomination to Con
gress from his district. He is a great
favorite in Alabama politically.
The North.
Mayor Jones, of Toledo, 0., recently
the “golden rule” candidate for Gov
ernor, is said to have Congressional
ambitions.
Rev. Charles Palmerston Anderson
was Sunday consecrated Bishop Co
adjutor of the Episcopal Diocease of
Chicago, 111.
A terrific snowstorm, accompanied
by a forty-mile gale prevailed through
out Northern Ohio Saturday, seriously
blocking traffic.
Accused ‘by her husband of infideli
ty and locked out of 'her rooms, Mrs.
Martha Ditmeyetr, 20 years old, drank
carbolic acid and died at New York.
Because recognition of their union
was refused 600 machinists struck at
the works of Frazer and Chalmers and
of Crosby and Co'., at Chicago, 111., Sat
urday.
Asa result of a secret meeting at
Cincinnati, 0., of the Wooden ware As
sociation.* it is said there will be an
other advance in prices of all wooden
ware articles.
The Penn Bridge Company, of Beav
er Falls, Pa., was the lowest bidder, at
$94,616, far the erection of a ship fit
ters’ shop at Norfolk Navy Yard.
A wealthy farmer, Matthew Latti
mer, aged 72 years, was frozen to death
while walking a half mile to his home,
near Elyria, O.
The body of Henry Waterhouse, Jr.,
the Hawaiian planter who died at New
York during his honeymoon, has toeen
cremate*], and the widow will take
home the ashes.
Although the American Magazine,
the official organ of the Daughters cl
the American Revolution, has not been
a profitable venture, the society has
decided to continue it, with Mrs. ‘Elroy
M. Avery, of Cleveland, 0., as editor.
Herbert J. Willard, of Somerville,
Mass., whose obituary was widely pub
lished in New England a couple 1
weeks ago, writes to the Dartmouth
College paper that he appreciates the
eulogistic notices, 'but he is still alive
Foreign.
Herr Kg. King Menelik’s chief, w-hc
is in Marseilles, refutes the story that
the King !is 'planning an anti-English
coup 4n Abyssinia.
Ritter von Ja-uner, of the Carl Thea
tre, Vienna, one of the best theatrical j
managers in Austria, has committed j
suicide with a revolver.
Young Mrs. Ada Williams, murder- J
ess of her baby, says she “flnd6 Ijon
don prison life dull,” and wants -t'h<
officials to "expedite her execution.”
Countess Dundonald, wife of Duller’?
cavalry general, has had a magnificent
•avenue of elms in Abergele, North
W?’es, razed to spite an offending Dis
trict Council.
Discovery of the mutilated body o!
Thcmas M. Atkinson, a marine of the
United Otiates cruiser Prairie, in the
eana' at Havre, Indicates that he was
murdered and robbed by seaport thugs.
At last accounts General Cronje wai
still at Paa.ndeberg drift, Orange Free
■State, holding out against Lord
Roberts’ British army.
General Duller is meeting strong
apposition in his advance toward
Ladysmith. Natal.
Fighting between British and Boers
has occurred near Sterkstroom, Cape
Colony.
*
.
‘ Miscellaneous.
Dr. Koch is experimenting with ma
laria germs discovered in Malay mon
keys, and hope® to get a clew to the
cure of malaria in men.
Consul Canada reports from Vera
Cruz that the corn crop there Is short
and the shipments .*-om America may
be profitable.
S. C. rienument.
Columbia, S. C., Special.—. South
Carolina 'has been tardy in erecting a
monument at Chlckamauga, but th*
Legislature h- - made an appropriation
of SIO,OOO ;-c he purpose. A hand
some eh i't of South Carolina granite
will be err ed, surmounted by a bronze
palmetto ;.ee. Tbe commission con
sists of Governor McSweeney, Adju
tant General Floyd, General C. I.
Walker. Commander South Oarolin?
Division, United Confederate Veterans;
Col. J. w. Harvey Wilson and Captain
C. K. Henderson. The ifionument will
be erected on Snodgrass Hill, where
the Carolinians fought fiercely, and
there will be markers for Kershaw’*
Girt*’ and M-anigault’* brigade*
ARE UNDER GROUND.
i- . ,
Cronje’s Men Burrow in Holes Under
River Bank.
LOCATION* OF BRITISH FORCES.
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The Fate of General Cronje Now
''Secondary to the Operation to th t
Invasion of Lord Roberts.
London, By Cable.—4:2o a. m.—The
Boers ace assembling an army near
Bloemfontein, with which to dispute
I the invasion of Lord Roberts. This in
telligence comes from Pretoria by way
of Lorenzo Marques. The comman
does are described as "hastening from
all quarters of the two republics.” No
estimate is made of their numbers, but
the withdrawal of the Boers from most
of the places whore they have 'been in
contact with the British except the
district near Ladysmith, may raise the
resisting force to 30,000 men. This
figure assumes that the Boers 'have
now between 60,000 and 70,000 men in
the field. The gathering of this army
across the path of Lord Roberts gives
significance to General Cronje’s stead
fast defense. He has engaged tho
corps of Lord Roberts for ten days
now, and whether he is relieved or
not, he has given time for the dis
persed Boer factions to get together
nd to prepare positions to receive the
British advance when Cronje is over
come and Lord Roberts moves for
ward. It is difficult to conceive that
the Boers are strong enough take
the offensive and to relieve General
Cronje from his precarious situation.
The War Office has nothing after mid
night to indicate his collapse, and he
may hold out for a few days. The cor
respondents seem to have no exact in
formation respecting his resources.
Some soy he has plenty of food, but is
short of ammunitions. Others assert
that he abandoned his food supplies,
but kept abundant supplier of eart-
I ridges.
General Duller, on Saturday faced
the last and strongest positions of th*
Boers who bar has way to Ladysmith.
The strenuous fighting indicates a 'bat
tle between armies, rather than rear
guard actions protecting a retreat. On
Thursday and Friday, he lost 43 offi
cers killed and wounded, representing
probably a total loss of from 400 to 500
men.
Up Chesapeake Lay.
A trip on the historic and matchless
ly enchanting Chesapeake Bay is de
lightful at all seasons and under all
circumstances. It is especially so now
when every breeze whispers of -bud
ding, leafy springtime and opening,
fragrant flowers. To sit upon the
dock, or recline in a herth In one of
the old Bay Line’s magnificent floating
palaces, and luxuriate in the comforts
provided by this enterprising com
pany. one can enjoy an outing to the
fullest possible measure. From Nor
folk to Baltimore on one of the Old
Bay Line’s magnificently oppointed
steamers is a bay voyage that gives
one something to remember and 'talk
albout. The safety, comfort and luxury
of the trip are exceeded only by th*
courtesy and kindness of the officials.
People who udmiare the beauties of
nature combined with the comforts of
art always enjoy this trip on Chesa
peake Bay on one of tihe palative
steamers of the Old Bay Line.
Brevities.
There have 'been as ’high as 44
deaths per month due to grip in Edin
burgh.
Italy’s foreign trade last year aggre.
gated $587,595,600 and surpassed all
records.
Sworn In.
Frankfort, Ky., Special.—Tbe State
contort board awarded certificates of
election to all the Democratic contes
tants for minor State offices. Imme
diately alter contestants were sworn
in, they repaired to the State house in
a body, where they made a formal de
mand on the Republican incumbents
for possession of the offices, ‘but the
demands were not acceded to.
The Hepburn canal bill was re nor t
ed to the House. It declared the Day
ton Bulwer treaty a dead letter.
Dogs Gave Alarm
London, By Cable. —Further details
; of the attack made by Colonel Plum
mer's forces on the Boers’ position, de
fended toy a twelve-pounder, neai
Crocodile Pools, not far from Gaber
roces, show that as the British were
struggling up the -hill in the dark,
through a net of barbed wire, they
alarmed the Boer watch dogs, who
gave togue. The Boers opened fire anu
the British charged, but Che Boers ex
ploded dynamite mines, doing much
, damage and the British retreated.
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Porto Rican Question Discussed in
The House.
SENATE.
Fifty-Seventh Day.—When the Sen
ate convened all the galleries wer
crowded and many people vainly
from the corridors,
It was a splendid compliment to Sen
ator Foraker, of Ohio, whose selection
to read the Washington farewell ad
dress, in accordance with the annual
custom, had been announced. It was
a fine bit of elocution which met with
warm cdngratulation.
Fifty-eighth Day.—The Republican
members of the conference committee
on the financial bill reached an agree
ment. The Democratic conferees were
called in and stated their opposition
to the bill, and without further for
mality the bill was ordered reported
providing for gold coin of the above
standard, and as it will probably be
come a law, provides:
That the dollar consisting of twenty
five and eight tenths fine, Shall be the
standard unit of value, and all forms
of money issued or coined by the Unit
ed States shall be maintained by the
Secretary of the Treasury at a parity
of value with this standard.
Fifty-ninth day.—Throughout the
session the Senate had under consider
ation the Hawaiian Government Bill.
The discussion took a wide range, but
the basis of it was an amendment off
ered by Platt (Conn.) as to tho
appointment and tenure of office of tho
judges of the Hawaiian courts.
Sixtieth Day.—Formal -discussion of
the right of former Senator Quay to
a seat in the Senate as a member from
Pennsylvania was begun by Mr. Tur
ley of Tennessee in a constitutional
argument against 'the seating of Mr.
Quay.
'Consideration of tihe Hawaiian gov
ernment bill brought out a lively dis
cussion between Mr. Tillman of South
Carolina and Mr. Spooner of Wiscon
sin in which the former admitted that
ballot boxes had been stuffed and ne
groes had been shot in the south, to
maint-an white domination. An
amendment was made to the bill strik
ing out the property qualification for
voters for members of the legislature,
but little other progress was made.
Mr. Frye of Maine reported the ship
ping subsidy bill.
HOUSE.
Fifty- Seventh Day.—The debate oa
the Pprto Rican Tariff Bill brought
ont' srtrerar notable 'speeches in the
House, including one by General Gros
venor, of Ohio, who answered a num
of questions as to tihe attitude of the
President; another by Representative*
Moody, another Massachusetts Repub
lican, who -sfiarply criticised the posi
tion of his colleague. Mr. McClel
lan (N. Y.), and Mr. Brantley (Ga.),
also spoke against the bill, and Mr.
Parker (N. J.), in support of it. The
debate was continued at a night ses
sion.
Mr. McClellan (N. Y.) opened the
debate. Mr. McClellan argued at some
length that the of Porto
Ric-a are citizens of the United States,
with all the constitutional rights of
citizens, and that the Constitution ex
tends proprio vigore over the island of
Porto Rico, the United States only
holding it in trust, for the State event
ually to be erected out of the territory.
‘The moral aspect of the case,” he
said, “ is quite as important as in the
legal- It involves the good faith, the
credit and the honor of the United
States.”
Fifty-eighth Day.— An agreement
was reached in the House that the vote
on the Porto Rican tariff bill will be
taken at 3 p. m., next Tuesday. Gen
eral debate will close Monday and
short speeches, under the five minute
rule, will follow up to the time of the
vote. The leaders continue to express
the belief that the bill will pass, but
the impression is growing that a mo
tion to recommit the bill to the com
mittee on way3 and means will com
mand strong support and may prevail.
Mr. Underwood, the Democratic
“whip,” sent out telegrams to all ab
sent Democrats to be present on Mon
day, when the voting may begin. The
speech of Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, was
the feature of the day, and kept the
House in a furore for an hour.
Fifty-ninth day—Throughout the
debate on the Port-o Rico Bill in tne
House of Representatives there was an
undercurrent of speculation on the
outcome of the efforts to bring about
united action on tne present majority
members of the House. Frequent con
ferences were held between represen
tatives of the various elements.
The debate brought out a speech by
Representative Tawney, of Minnesota
scoring Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, fo.
his speech of yesterday, and also two
speeches from the Republican side by
Mr. Tompkins, of New York, and Mr.
Powers, of Vermont, opposing the bill.
Mr. Thayer, of Massachusetts, closed
the day with a defense of the Anti-
Imperialists. The other speakers weu
•Mr. Eddy, of Minnesota, for the •ill.
and Messrs. Clayton, of Alabama, and
Broussard, of Louisiana, against It.
Sixtieth Day.—The general debate
I on the Puerto Rican tariff bill in the
' house was extended until on announ
cement of Mr. Payne of New York, the
floor leader, that no compromise 'had
I been 'made with the dissatisfied Re
! publicans. The speakers to-day were
; Messrs. Boutelle of Illinois, Brown of
Ohio, Mondell of Wyoming. Graham of
Pennsylvania, and Reedfic of; Kansas
•for the bill and Messrs. Bartlett of
Georgia, Latham of Texas, Moon of
Tennessee, Williams of Illinois, John
son of West Virginia, Southerland of
Nebraska, Jett of Illinois, Moon of
'•llinois, and Wilson of Arizona against
NO. 52.