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PUERTO RICO TARIFF Cabinet Office Issues an Authori tative statement. 4 NO FRICTION WITH CONGRESS The Bill, the Administration, If In Humanity's Interest. GAME" IN OPPOSITION This Chinxe Made by the Execatlve's Representative. Idea of the President Was to Ee-establish Trade In Puerto Blco anfl to Make Every Dollar of the Tariff Go to the Island. the Cabinet to-night gave out an authoritative rt.tement defining the position of the ministration in the Puerto Klcan affair Here Is the statement: Th.

re ha. been a wide misapprehension of the Puerto Klcan Tariff bill. the attl-tu, President. of "nd thHr re'tn to each other. The criticism and the concern which have com.

from noma well-meaning quartern are due almo.t entirely to a misunderstanding of the real facta. When the country correctly understand the truth as It Mainly will, it will thoroughly approve what hus been done. The attempt to represent that there has Wen a disagreement between the President jrt.d ongress wholly unfounded. There lias ben no essential difference between Hoth have sought the same object. The recommendation of the President and the House bill, in their purpose and their i-ffect.

come to the same thing. As a confluence eacll rightly sustains the other. The clouds of confusion on the subject have be-n clouds of misunderstanding, and will lear away. A simple statement of the facts will make this plain. The President, in his annual message of December, urged that the customs duties on trade between Puerto Rico and the I "Itel States Im removed.

Imports from Puerto Hlco into tlie United States have an.1 are now paying the Dlngley rates. They have no preference over goods from uiiy foreign country. The President felt hat Puerto Klco should be relieved of this He urged that it should be removed, riot as a matter of legal right, but of liberal and humane public policy. A CONSTITUTIONAL. OBLIGATION.

His argument Indicated his reasons and ruggeste.i his view as to the question of obligation. Puerto Rico, sev- I er-U from tfpaln. had lout her old markets I gained none In their place. 3hc had Wen 'devastated by hurricane and left destitute. Humanity dictated every effort to lift her up and to give her a new market.

This was the President's plea, end uniit need of such a plea if the Constitution of Itself carried free trade to Puerto Rico In that case free trade goes to her whet her right or not. What the President proposed was that the United States should offer the largest find mot generous measure of help to the distressed and suffering Island, and he has ever wnvered a single instant In the ob-je he sought. Had his suggestion been I and followed by all in his spin" Ie wlth limitation he Intended, all would have been well. There would have been no harm in any direction. Hut when the time came for action In Congress two tendencies were seen.

On the one hand, there were good men and Mme business and agricultural interests truit. While tlOt tlhlivlllir nr little Al.l (. leared that free trade with Puerto Rico f.K Present for free trade with the Philippine. They felt that le distinct nssertion and exer- Ise of the Kwer to impose duties, however smnll. as nn assurance that this power was reserved for other cases.

VIEW OF THE OPPOSITION. "On the ciher hand what the President proposed as a worthy act of National generosity and liberal policy was seized by iKilitlcul opponents and claimed as a necessary and Inevitable measure of inherent Constitutional right. They Insisted that the oiistltutlon by its cwn force extends to Puerto Rleo and all the new island poa-sersions. un.i spreads all Its provision over them. Including uniform taxation.

They were eager to com.uit a Republican Congress to the adoption of free trade with i uerto Rleo. not as a measure of generous expediency, but becaune thev could then hn that It had rivei-d a hard and fast principle which would tie the hands of the lover. )inetit evetywtiere the Philippines as well as in Puerto Rico, without regard to varying coiidltl. jus. and which would expose th Administration and its party to al! the criticism and attacks that would be made such a position.

11 was a cunning game, but It did not succeed. The apprehension of the honest objectors who feared that the Concession of full free trade to Puerto Rico would lead to and the designs of the rrafty partisans who meant that it should ere both met and frustrated by the bill which passed the House and which levies per or less than one-sixth of the rates. Thut low rate Involves no jHtsstble hardship. It has the advantage of producing needed revenue, which until rlvil government and law are fully organic! In Puerto Rico cannot be raised as well from any other source. There was another point which vtt not generally understood.

The bill provides that the whole amount of duties on goods roming from Puerto Rico shall be paid back to Puerto Rico for the benefit of the Island Thus it fully harmonises with the object at which the President a.ned of relieving the trade of Puerto Rico from burdensome restrictions and of extending the largest degree of help, and when It was crowned by the President's special message, promptly carried out by the House, providing not only that the duties hereafter collected but that those heretofore collected to the ftrnount of two million dollars should bo appropriated to be expended wholly In Puerto Rico for her development and Improvement, absolutely no ground was left for any pretense that the policy of the President and Congrecs was In the slightest degree harsh and oppressive, DECLARES IT IS NOT UNFAIR. Nobody can understandlngly object to the 15 per cent. duty, all paid back to Inert on the ground that It Is unfair and hard toward Puerto Rico. He can omlerstandlagly object only on the claim that there is no power to levy any duty at all. and such a claim would leave the President and Congress powerless and helpless In the Philippines as well as In Puerto Rico.

Between a 15 per cent. duty, as provided by the Congressional bill, every cent of which Is to be returned to Puerto Rico, that Island also getting all collected at the other end. and the removal of eustoms duties as suggested by the President for humanity's sake, there Is absolutely no difference whatever in practical results. In both, everything Is for humanity. Congress was aiming at the same result as the President, and the President rightfully accepts the act of Congress.

The representation that either was not In accord with other disregards every essential element In the case. "But between a 15 per cent, duty and free trade as a Constitutional right going necessarily and Instantly wherever, new land may be acquired there is the world-wkt difference between reserving tail dia- m. s--ssssasassssss1sSsssWamSSMass-ja vinwmrr.MMp In u. "JMr varying interes's and in. u' vl ng no discre- thJ, Tls 'tn7 Ii SL.

And fPSF fron MW experiment, and It highest Importance for our own nty" wel' for the. weKar of the new peoples who have come under tb flax wuh ourselvesf re. to defi with each case as Its own inert tsTnrS5 UV tht fte tTsT. bind erio jco would IVO THEIR OWN PIT. Th' PrtiiJ who sought to-put the President and Congress In a bole hare per.

bsps. unconsciously rug a pit' for them- ioey wiu and that they bar taken polUon which would stop them from Uer th7 proposed fn now to discuss the matter aspects or to treat It in a ffli'TnVI1' not Pu" this point. that or t. le ionsututlon Ooes not iL-S wn. I0 tend over the new pis- raon legisiauve act in bar oui-ivr i cuons irora tne ac-Q 4K-nxf down to thle time.

The- Republican Party had its birth In Cnn.tTt...i v- uu uwinne was uiai tne ta own force carried sU- 1X1 (O in Taw au I hn. sprang into i.u?. that doctrine. One of the the new dogma that the rnnaiitniinn in slavery Into any or v. mo uniieo oik irs ''i oangerous political heresy, at JETl nc.

the P'ct provision of tnat instrument itself, with contemporaneous eXtWM.lt Inn unrl with Judicial precedent; Is revolutionary In its tendency and subversive of the peace and mi viit- touniry. The political heirs of those who put forward the dogma that the Constitution own- forc carried slavery Into the territory of the United titates. now maintain the dogma that the Constitution of IIS OWn force carri a Iru trarl. ne new island territory of the ITn.t-H States without any legislative action. It is an Interesting circumstance that in this new epoch of our history the Republican Party is aoraln battling tnr kindred to that which gave It birth." SUBSIDY BILL TO BE REPORTED.

House Committee Acts on the Measure, Alter Agreeing to Amendments to Senate Bill and Others. WASHINGTON. March 8. The House Committee on Merchant Marine and fisheries to-day by a vote of 10 to 5 ordered the Shipping Subsidy bill reported, and Repw resentative Grosvenor. Chairman of the committee, was authorized to submit the report.

Mr. Grosvenor summed up the results by saying the committee had agreed on the amendments to the Senate bill, and also a few other final vote all the Republican members favored the bill as amended, and all the Democrats opposed except Mr. Chanter. who did not vote. Anti-trust amend ProP08! Mr.

Stevens were agreed to. As summed up by him they are as follows: That any vessel or ownr of a trust to Increase the pries of export freight or In restraint of export trade shall cease to draw compensation under this bllL That any combination or conspiracy of shipyards engaged In building vessels for compensation under this act Is declared Illegal, and upon proof of combination or conspiracy of ship-yards njr oi one-mira or tne new ton nage Of the I lilted 8talM rh. Treasury is authorised to admit foreign-built vessels to take the place of new vessels constructed under this act. except that such new vessels shall sot enter the coastwise or lake trade. Another amendment irrwil tn vV.lt I.

not in the Senate bill, reduces the bounty aniiuau) uuer leii years. SHIPPING DILL INDORSED. Favorable Report of the National As. oelstlos of Masalsetsrers. The Committee on Merchant Marine of the National Association of Manufacturers, of which Ludwig Xlssen is Chairman, has adopted a report favoring the Shipping till new pending In Congress.

The report is addressed to T. C. Search, President of the National Association of Manufacturers. Philadelphia, Penn. It says of the measure that It will create so great a demand for American-bulk ships that it will be possible greatly to reduce the cost of their construction and Anally result in enabling Americans to build ships in the United States as cheaply as they can be built abroad.

TO CHANGE THE CANAL TREATY, Senate Committee May Amend It, Giving the United States Bight to Defend the Canal in War Time. Special to The Sew York Times. WASHINGTON. March 8. The Opposition to the Hay-Psuncefote treaty in the Senate is exerting Itself Industriously to excite prejudice 'against that convention, and Is determined to defeat It in that way if in no other.

This morning the friends of the treaty were greatly astonished to find in some of the newspapers the report that Senator Davis, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, had offered an amendment to the treaty In yesterday's meeting of the committee providing for the addition to the treaty of certain language used in the Sues agreement for the construction of that channel permitting the Sultan of Turkey and the Khedive of Egypt to protect the canal that might be built. The argument to support thi amendment was that if authority was properly given to Egypt to protect the Suez Canal the United States should have the right to protect the Nicaragua Canal. "I do not know anything about this re- Eorted amendment," said an officer of the epartment of State. but I can say to you that the words proposed to be incorporated In the treaty before the Senate were studiously ami deliberately left out because they had no applicability. If the words attributed to Senator Davis are to be made a part of the treaty the result will be, when it is ratified, that Nicaragua will have the authority to control and defend the canal.

If Secretary Hay had put those words tn the treaty he would have been laughed at." The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will meet to-morrow to consider the Hay-Pauncefote treaty amending the Clay-ton-Bulwt treaty relative to the Nicaragua Canal. The sub-committee, consisting of Senators Davis, Lodge, and Morgan, will repo'rt to the full committee. This report Is favorable to the treaty, with an amendment providing that the United States shall have the right to defend the canal In time of war. The provisions to prevent fortification still remain. The amendment is considered sufficient to allow the United States to shut up the canal In time of war and to refuse to allow vessels of countries at war with the United States to pass through the canal.

THE CLAYTOS-ntLWER TREATY. Mason Wants to Kaow the Attttade of the Secretaries sf State. WASHINGTON. March Senator Mason to-day Introduced In the Senate a lesolutlon calllng'upon the State Department for all the correspondence between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain relative to the iethmlan canal authorised by the late Secretary J. G.

Blaine, and also a chronological recapitulation of the contentions made by the varies Secretaries of State since the signing of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as to the validity of this treaty, the replies by the Government of Great Britain, and the violations of the terms of the treaty on the part of Great Britain which have been held by the Government of the United States to have operated as an abrogation of the treaty." The purpose of the resolution la announced In the body of It to be to secure from the State Department a complete explanation as to the attitude of the various Secretaries of State relative to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty." In the preamble Gen. Lew Wallace Is quoted as saying that Mr. Blaine had told him while Secretary of State that he had written a note to the American Minister to Great Britain Instructing him to take the position that Ureal Britain had by her own acts rendered the treaty void. Thai statement Is contrasted with the statement attributed to the State Department that Secretary Fre-lingbuysen was the only Secretary of State who- had held the view that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty had been cancelled. THE DEFENDS PDEHTO BICAN BILL TO BICAH B1 bate Says Jn Senate Deb the Measure Is a Liberal 0ne2 WOULD BENEFIT THE ISLAND Ssnator Psttus Calls tfcs Bill Uaconstl- tational Senlbar Hoar Say It Is Disapotigm.

v. ASHINOTON. March 8Formal discus sion or tne Puertd Rlcan tariff and civil gtvernment began the Senate to-day and continued uninterruptedly for four and a nmr nourn. The principal speakers were nr. roraJter.

(Rep Ohio.) In charge of the measure, and Mr. fettua. but various time durins- the debut livi.lv colloquies occurred. In which other Senator. were participants.

I j-eiius opposed the nendina- hill ruea mat it Waal unconstitutional and In violation Mif KA J. w. piancipie or in is Govern -em as laid dowi by the fathers of the country. I u. I.

i-uraaer explained tha mumm detail and gave thfc reasons whv the com. mittee had determined uaon the levvlnr of "Pon Puerto Rlcan products. In opmion it wasl impossible for a direct to oe levied urion the neonl th i.i lend to support a ileal government, tecause of their present destitute condition. committees he saidl had conceived ih. -d-v oi Placing a small tariff on Puerto Hfesa products in order to raise a sum un otncrwise ra sed, to Hve the people of the lsiaid not only a good bov-ernment.

but also to build scAoolhouses and to mane necessary public Improvements. Muen, too. it was necessary that tha onc tlon of the extenkon of the Constitution over our insular possessions should be deter- m.nea oy the SupVemo Court, and- by the very provisions ofJ the bill It would lv in. evuaDie that the Supreme Court should pass upon that queitlon. Puerto Rico and the x-niuppnes.

be saltl were on the same basl. that the courtfs decision would deter mine our right to (levy a tari on nmd.w. eastern ardhlpelago. ME. PETTUS ON THE BILL.

Mr. Pettus, who! opened the dM. Kratulat.d the Jr indent on the position he had taken in his 1 ist annual message f.nor- lng free trade ween the United States and Puerto Rico. No sordid pol Iclans' fingers had been put Into the Ink that message," he said. "The President as honest and sincere advised fm v.

when he distinct tween the United states and t.i-- m. uc. IU XWCO. worn houses bf the present Coot. are controlled bj the The Preeldent is Ihe executive head of the "arty now In poat-r, and we had a rlht hope and to beltve that he would have some Influence cvfcr his partv in especially as the tallying crv for th .1 three years has been sunnort tk.

I The public prJss Is iow trvino- tA. us Deneve that thfe Secretarv w- ui lae penaing bin and u- President has acJeded to the provision, of the measure. Kir one. I rf he Though soldier and is aoT able Tnd De everything re-elected to the Presidency8 by naaty nyve 'it SZZL man." arooa M-Sf? il lh of law ii. "uul me question He hoped Senators would not ner- 0t "Uch a Uw-haroly dece' he taken the floor J.

laaen tne ct that enacted Into Which declared il, form throuahonT "H1- stallmtnts-a litt now and a little then." In conclusion Mr. Pettus besought the Senate not to at empt, by act of ConaVp.IL to change the Constitution. tof Congress. At the conclusion of this speech Mr Xglff" gave notlcT of hi3 tute to the entire substitute of the Sena committee for the House bill on the table. Mr.

Forarer. Ohio) hlreplled toMr! 11 6 crtttcn aroused by the bill, both In the newspapers and among the Mr rlkT that the Idea was ab oad that the act DroDosed the People of J-rto Rico. He was cf opinion that a misunderstanding of the measure prevailed vnru8a beln "Hberal." said Mr. Foraker. the leasure Is the most libera and generous legislation ever prised for a territory of the United States." bo far as -he id been Informed." no Pt7 Native man In Puerto Rico had dissented fi om the propositions of the measure.

Ther may have been some criticism on the part of Puerto Ricahs but SmeraMyit wa5 as an excellent bilIK He ed at length the testimony of Gov. Gen Divis of Puerto Rico the Committee Pacific Islands and Pue to Rico. Mr Undsay Ky) Interrupted Mr ZtlS- Qen. Davishlmself to mrr ended free trade with Puer- "Ves." repMel Mr. Foraker, "he did make such a -ecommendation.

But the committee, afte full consideration, decided against his preposition. We are here to legislate for th whole United States, and we were force, I to consider th ouestlon from all point? of view. The tariff provision was cone 'ved In mercy to the Puerto Rtcans. and In Its generosity It Is without precedent In le territorial legislation of the United Stat ss. DEBT OF THE ISLAND.

The mortgai Indebtedness of the Island is $20,000,000. The United States Government extended tho time for the payment of thatdebt for eighteen months. If It had not been for th United States the whole of this vast prop rty would have been sold to satisfy credito -s. If necessary, the time will be extendi again, and perhaps again, until Congress gets done discussing Constitutional que itlons and soea to the relief of a suffering people." "Pjned the provisions of the bill, showh that all the Internal taxes and the custo ms duties. Instead of being paid Into the United States Treasury? i had been the ase In every other Territory, would go lntn the treasury of the Island and be- eolely Tor the benefit of the Puerto Rlcans.

In round figures, these revenues would aggrega te SI 400 000 from customs and $800,000 from Internal revenue. -Mr. Lindsay asked how much the last vt? rw rule on the island coat the Inhabitants. 0 .0." replied MK Foraker. And It was expended as only Spaniards thatwayn ony tBat come to them in Mr- 2Jjlne RP- Interjected th ProPl to expend Sl.ino.OOO for i choolbouses on the Island and a like sum fo the construction of roads Tea." com Inued Mr.

Foraker. we p'ro-pose to do at. and we propose, in that connection, tc provide the Inhabitants with remunerative labor and employment." Continuing. I the Ohio 8uinp after all mefns of raising revenues had been considered It vas found neceaaary to provide at least $1,000,000 more per annum men it was proposed to levy a duty of 25 per cent, oi ifie Lmgiey law on products of the Island Imported into this countrv and turn the-amdunt so raised back to Puerto SUGGESTS AN lAPPROPRlATIOX The Senator admits," said Darla. 1 1nterrupting.

that this hand. ins oil revenues to a political sun. a .1 NEW YORK TIMES. FRIDAY; division 0f th United' States 1 unprecedented. Then why not, raise th rereaua aa usual and.

If necsary to relies) dlstreaa in Puerto Rico, provide the relief by a dlreetappropriatlon from the United States to Vnnn rw onderUken jemieat In any 'j4 foraker. The sHua- hhTna a ii anomaloua It the SLhlS 'noola. good roads, and lt ut set them JSSfL." tMation as la a- ws-aFa gU inj mil Inout1 rttr of this ach.VnK.D.,rlfIlvTta,t hlch piaces tne Inhabitants tn th i to have vnon the neool of SrllnS: e. direct appro- ucvu WOUiQ S1UCA tO fs vavs I -TTJU rreat emerrency." renlled Mr "rV- rU-Ti oanator suggests. P0' all be dead of starvation th reUef could reach them.

Tho Senator from Minnesota would vote for apprnprUUon. and other Senators committee thoroughly considered that mattM- and TiZriL, tter to adopt the provisions of tn lhclr neroslty and In response to an Inquiry. Mr. Foraker said it was generally understood that all of .7. tooacco now on the Island "tsmT.

'T lno sugar and Tobacco I.Lthj"w-"" he said, the Impo- proposea would ran upon thoo well able to bear It and to contribute 'east that much to the suffering Puerto aMla, RIGHTS OF CONGRESS. Mr. Foraker became Involved In a colloquy with Mr. Hoar as to the Constitutional right of Congress to levy a duty on products from a Ttrritn-v th. United States, in which the Ohio Senator Provisions of the Constitution referred to had no application in the mco.

mt. Hoar continued the point, and Mr. Foraker finally Oeclared that the himii i Pf "ff beyond the law-book stage" and jusiico ana numanity. Mr Hoar Senator's answer?" asked No. It In not! rtm-LA u.

warmly. idivm 1 Won. and the persistency with which the mcssea ii snows tnat he does not want to accept the answerT I might stand nero and nuntn Hiuwi.na 1 Courl Puerto starved, and It would have, no elTect upon senators who differed from me. This con- Iln.tw be-n solng on for two years, and it win havt dAami -i by the Supreme Court, Then we shall have wnl or tne question to which we an win bow. If we cannot lew a dntv nn rA uct of Puerto Rico, we cannot levy a duty nt.ii.LiK lno fniuppines.

it the rmimnines an. nnv a no states, and If we cannot levy a tariff on their products, we might Just well dismantle our Custom Houses and go out of the protection business. There can be no Intelligent legislation on this question until we get a commanding view of the situation that would be afforded Supreme Court' vu OPEN DOOR IN PHIUPPINES. Then Mr. Foraker discussed the nrnhakii.

ity that this Government would be asked by other powers "for an onon i PhUlppines, and declared that lt was an Important and perhaps imminent contingency of which account would have 'to be laaen. Mr. Tillman 8. foinWniiWe concessions to forion that this country was under no obligation except a moral one. tne Orient, and after -I an entrance to China.

tVouThf thePn te. a a----c- s-uuiu uuv at; ail Rico WS propoaed to deal with Puerto Then." Mr. Tlllma tontentlon of philanthropy. Klorv. of the humanitarian "There Is an pkv a "Ponded Mr.

Foraker: "and "the Senate; cannot accompush anything by ridlcX In now Pol-it -ettlid may k.now where we stand." Then the contention Is that we can take Puerto Rico under our wingnd protect he? trade with Puerto co. and the House had a to. that end. only changing Its course' of nollcv ki. Mr Oxnard the sugar lra Replylnr.

Mr. Ponir.r mah to Mr. Hanni" OhloT I am not tha t- confidence." said' "Ihav.no doubt, however, that the President ZZ conviction and best sentiment. No doubt he would prefer free, trade with Puertn 'if he probably knows more'now than he knew when he promulgated that knowing more, lt is his duty as ama'n add tlon" laI to his recommenda- Mr. Foraker referred ivain sibility of securing a 8upreme Court decision and Mr.

Tillman remarked that he feared the Sunremo Pm.rt dering Its opinion. acknowledge 'no othee woo man Its own wllf Asked If he did -PT to. abide "uch opinion E.0'? d.l,XeP.ed- Mr- replied that ad to many things from the Suoreme Oourr tho. doubt he would have to abide by It This Incident brought out a brief word of defense of tho Sunnm. i Foraker who said he had for that tribunal denes' respect and the utmost conn' MR.

HOAR FOR A GIFT. Mr. Hoar said the thing to do now waa to make an appropriation of a sum of money sumcient to relieve the distress of the Puerto Rlcans. That course would be defi nite, and there would be no delav or In humanity In It. He appealed to Mr.

Foraker Pw1 to Insist upon a contrary course, and thus "keen bread out of the mmiih. th- starving people, for whom he had made so eloquent an anneal, bv tho tHiA. proposed by him." far as the question of an open door was concerned. Mr. Hoar said, he did not consider that It was raised In this bill On the contrary.

the door was shut as. tight by this bill as the Ingenuity of the honorable Senator could shut it. It was utterly Idle to say that this lesialaHnn fw.sii-i any Influence upon the open door question." question Trom Mr. Teller. (Stl.

Rep. Mr. Foraker said that he regarded Puerto Rico as a denend Mrv and not as an integral part of the United Mr. Bacon nnlntad m.t ks he believed to be the Inconsistency of providing for a delegate In Congress far Puerto mco. wno im noi a ci men or the United States, and who is to be elected by persons who are not cltlsens of the United States, but who must take an oath to obey the v.i'iin.itUiiuii v.

uuiim oiates. atr Foraker contended that this waa h.t been done In the cases of Louisiana. Florida, andln many other Instances. The discussion of the questions of constitutional law Involved In the bill was con- unuea unui a ciock. Mr.

Hoar made the closing observation. In which he took sharp Issue with the principles enunciated by Mr Foraker. He held that the doctrine pro posed to. be applied to Puerto Rico and the Philippines would result In a desootlsm. and It would be none the less a despotism because It was to be carried Into effect by moral men of high civilisation.

At 5 o'clock. In accordance with previous agreement, the Senate took a recess until Alaskcff.ia rCdln tb OPPOSE PUERTO RICO TARIFF. Members of th Produce Exchange Adopt Strong Resolutions President's Belief Plan Approved. A special meeting of members of the Produce Exchange was held yesterday to take action relative to the questions raised by the measures now before Congress as to a Puerto Rlcan tariff. Elliot T.

Barrows presided, and John W. Ahles acted as Secretary. Mr. Barrows said that the question as to Puerto Rico was qjitte different to that presented as to Cuba and the PhUlppines. We had not annexed Cuba, and the PhUlppines were in a state of Insurrection.

The people of Puerto Rico had enjoyed privileges under Spanish rule such as few colonists had enjoyed, and they were an enlightened T.nJr the Americtn soldiers with open arms, but they bad been paid with scant kindness. The island had been devastated by the We had given to the people a military rule less kindly than that which 8 pain had given to them, and we now were considering a orou-paUlon to discriminate against them Att trade. Mr. Barrows said that he did not be-iiSTJ T.h proposition was In accord Stated th. Peopl -of the United by Robert K.

An-' bjr p- Thomas were then read and adopted. They were strongly caadamaatorv of the Puerto XVlcau Tariff 0, :1900, vii. 7 "Jlv M-ar. sen ion in thy Pb, conscience. Tne bill appropriating for The us and benefit of t0 duties already coutctod on rerto Rico called tho thl Immediate relief to rS Stressed UUnders.

is eminently Just and to accordnoe with the rAri In favor of unrestricted trade between the two countries. PlOTIALa rOB TOBACCO TBTTCT. Wanlsl Prefer Free Tra4e. Xet Prate. tlra la Poert KJe.

W. W. Fuller, counsel tor and a Director of th American Tobacco Company, aaid yesterday that the company In noticing siaxements. tnat what laecalled the Tobacco Trust has been active and In--Vential in urging the imposition of duties merchandise from and for Puerto Klco, departs from its usual custom. Mr.

Fuller, for the company, denied without qualification that it had In any Kni-' jercommunlcated with President Mc-J' Root, or any other mem- r-" or or eitner nous of tobacen vu rutrw tucan fee hntI7Jarican tobacco Companyiwould by free trade with Puerto S.Sn-"!? Ll nilr Interested Irt one thlTlsndW 'Ch cigarettes on anv taciories or JSd ttfJ atorles of Puerto Rico. oittemntil. bought WVl to.bJiy Jl of considerable K.nern.ddede tbCC th UUuxL Ur-wl'ilfd '2LAfc Vn- ftted. i. ny tariff whatever, the matter causal Tif consequence to us to have to US? lon on our part with regard SOCIALISTS ON PUERTO RICO.

OoTernmeat's Action Denonneed at Socialist-Labor Party Xeetinr in Coofer TJnion, A meeting of the Sodaliat.TK-T.-. held In Cooper Union last nia-h. against the action of the United States Gov- crnmenr. in regard to Puerto Rico. The hail was about two-thirds flud were adopted condemning military rule xbtis in tnat Island.

Speeches In Snanish m.d Ejluardo Conde. delegates 'rto Wcoto the recent ntiVoV VnJf.r. An Jnter- vi' ...1... Binsi utn. 1ML- finff wtted that 7k 1.

"5 'aoorers received from 75 cents to 1 per day they pelled to work for 2S cents a daV The w.as cted at the U-tal. a. Secretary, and the ChIef 0ajg wCa'. "PPesI dSn. "Utreatmcnt.

ia.nei saia tnat millionaires like P. Mnrnn and XV il ll'k 1 v. i i.i i. icy nau maae "ury, a fairyland, tJEnow. by what right they were fi i i Pwer to command the services of wnuto svinsn hng of Philadelphia said that -1 d.

come for all men and women 7t tllJi71 ln nd Mborty to decide If Canltalists wera nnt lnd sln A00" the war with nicy iimu io get markets abroad or have revolution at home. Charlea I. -m AT.w iuc c-onaicion or affairs In Cuba was worse now than It ever opanisn mie. So much." he Strips." 11,6 gIory toe SUr nd Tho 1 Brooklyn. -eier to.

Brooks or BROOKLYN MEVS ARGCMEJfT. Delegation 1 Washlasrto. Balljll.g; of Warship Here. WASHINGTON1. MamK from Brooklyn wss befnr th.

ir uui mittee on Naval Affairs to-day In advocacy a one or tne new naval vessels built in the United States Navy Tard at Brooklyn. The delegation Included a DM tht the show- department in favor of ETivale eonstruction was due to the charg-K sfcalnst a ship under con-trubtion ln Government yard of mueh of the wrk of w7th the some dT.T- the committee showed finm of. opinion on the f.vr.k.i iusi a majority would taken. reiue8t- nnalVtron was REPORT OX CO.fSCLAR REFORM. lloase Cosnaalttee Pavers Bill Provld- imi service Baals.

WASHINGTON Mamk a rfed on oreign Affairs the bill for the reorganisation of the Consular Service nn i. Drrice DS SIS. The report says In part: ac.ulstlons of territory to Thai trade, reaching i.S?0 year, is an evident PMl ports can be largely Increased" ex PESIOV LCGISLATIO DATS WASHINGTON Xfak a -im nouse today adopted a rule setting aside the Cay Sessions nn th. mA man xourtn mdayi of each month for pension legislation. The ijr urawn, limited debate on each bill to ten minutes on a aide, but this rjrovlalnn i.t.

upon tne assurance of Mr. Richardson. Tenn the minority leader, that-hi. side of the In flllbustering." a lvehf i dLb.at 00 1 there was Pean MrTrinrt.r0 Pll has blocked MnZ l.V.S:: dfandlf thesence of aTuo TlTlaueMM. fuon becamso irelt thatrtS SX; threatened to order the Sergeant III to compelMr.

Talbert to t.kVhls" A mKW IFPJL Mr, uw wiwr conauct WSS unhmM. rSfnn.eIJUemaJ on th noor. He member tram Pennsylvania presented a r-rkabre spectacle when he expressed th hope that some one. Popults'or RebuoUein should contest his fTalb'si in iP: that he could vote to thlVhtaout wUh! out reason or Justice, ashe mUai. from Alabama Lad been thrown lt Ttm "So.

Democratli applausa.1 Pfoceedlng, Mr. Talbert denounced the Republicans as hypocrites and nnJtindld friends of the old soldhVrs7 Hi feUersted his IntenUon of Insisting upon tie present of a quorum for the consideration oTb2- slon bills, whether the stiVlons Kid at nlgbt or ln the daytime Mr. Grosvenor, Ohlo. noked fun tfo'nnii6. tn he now assumed, recalling the fact C0NOBXSSI0NAL K0TZ3.

hlo- TKlmsB yW to the G'- Wllsoa. Chief ot has submitted to Congress an estimate otlim sua fnr r.m ngaand RfanS CtRtVsi The Senate has passed th bill giving Amerleaa register to the steamer Wlndwant paWted b7 ReprMratattre Xetchora' of Kw Terk yesterday presented the report of the House Cmtnitt. of Fort Hamiltoa, New Tor Harbor. The- House yesterday Uwh on tha election ea-e ef Wise rromSefclJ eaa Vtr-iei, THrtlet. iTVStS Beantbs lailuaitaiUjwAMmEia MARCH -v'- I Exhibition Closes in Absolute To-night at 8 To-morrow (Saturday) Night at 8 At Chickering Hall (Admission Free No Reserved Seats), THE Blakeslee Fischhof COLLECTION Notabl By Eminent of Early English, and French Schools.

"U- THOMAS E. KIRBY, Auctioneer. American Art Association, lianagers. 1 i riii uisuuiusui ut mifluis Qr HDicn rrnv fins enn nlrrw rhe tfensei THE A MOSZKOWSKIsayi: Any one hidden in a room Have You Heard It PRICE, $250. near by aho will hear the Pianola for the first time will surely think that it rrnt virtuoso that plays." Orw larrtrTcnsnts are gladly show, to the marsly curious as w.Il as to tatsodlaa nsmkusi's AEOLIAN COnPANYs 18 WEST 23d Street, Ne York that hs would ask a vote on lt at 9 d'rinrk u.

day. In the Senate vastenta Iff. TaTaann In seoordance with tba aotlos ha gave yasterday, moved to dlscharfs the Commltlaa on Koratcn Relations from further consldsrmtkm of his rtsoln i.on miroaucw iw last sympathy fur the Boars. Under tha rules tha bdiim over aatll to-morrow. Tha House Ytarrlav a d.w.

bins, a Democrat, from the Fourth Alabama DIs. trit-t, and seated IB his stead William P. Aidrteh. a Republican, who has beea three ttmes a contestant from the same district on the ground of h. wo Ws seat for the third time from a Republican House.

The vote was a strict party one. A second "Urgent Deficiency AprropriatloB bill was reported to the House yasterday. It earnes a total of S1.43H.5WL The nuln llama an. fn k. Philadelphia Mint.

(143.000. and Qovaenment printing. 4f.uuo. The naval Items Include $12v00 eontiogencr fund. S3S.000 tor water hoats at Manila, UO.00O for coal barges st Manila.

930.000 for a naval aqotp- uitoi. ym.ni at smaeua. ana 9 1UU.UUU for work OB vessels mow es the stocks. lsslfatlats wy thm PreeUeat. WASHING March a -The President to day ssnt the folloelng aoraln at looa te the Sesate: To bs iDdlaa Agents-rJames H.

sfoateata. ef Butts Mont for. the Blacafeet Agescy. Montana: Oearse W. Hasslett- at trim.

the Nava)o Agescy la New Mexico. army eecotvi ueuteaaats te be rirst Ueo. tenaots ef Infxntpr L. Oiorge B. Pond.

Third; D. T. Merrill, Twelfth: a. n. wetnerui.

Bisth; C. N. Murphy. Tweaty. second: T.

A- Baldwin, Jr. Twenty-fourth: 6. H. Shfclda. Twelfth: H.

tkiTlVnth A. Im, Oanger, Eighteenth; J. B. Kemper. FOur-Janth: J.W Barnea.

Eighteenth; I. A. Sexton, FOorth O. B. Thorne.

Twenty, sm a. Hoeland. Tweaty-thlrd: Alfred Aloe, Eighteenth; him tt iuw.li, Beoootf; H. A. Zrum, Twelfth: J.

H. Campheil. Twenty-A'th. CaalryTo be Second Lieutenant Private T. W.

roods. Troop B-, Third. Volunteer Army Puerto Rfc Regtmeat Cant. William B. Fifth Cavalry, te be Major Joseph Lai so Vina, of Puerto Rice, Acting Aa.

wni dkiww, umira etatee army, te be Assistant Burgeoa w(th ruk ef Captain. TBS Trait ZD 8EBVICZ. Arssy. Oat A.r.111. lng reported bis Srrival at Now Tork City, will sShsTaASS a VsaT.

A Jk iiaAa fl funerordera 1 ae VI aSWWJ tisamminw II ISJ SS SSW T- Van Oredale. Bereath Infantry. detailed as a snember of the TsamlnlsVa? J01 ertBnertden, (or etea theret with during the examluaUoa of Captain only. 7.7 JTT i.iu Araiiery. wue will resume bis eeat ea the beard for all ether examJaatlona.

t- Secoud Ueut. Jaaaes D. Kaese, Eleveath Car. fry. United States havtug tesdered Ws teslsnatloe, ta honorably dlacaarged.

A board of of ft oar te. coasts ef Cat, wnu lam W. RoWneoe, Jr AaLaT Qartar )P- Hrrr Taylor. tCorps of EnaaawTl 'l Hosklas. (Third ATtUler) Will Mill at Mrrw C.

)i- or ee aoae thereafter as Hictk.u. Iurpose e( ceeasdaHag and TKtrw nrxai the additional land reeulnd fee Tutabto buUdlal sttee for garrleaa) purpoats at Tart ismt i j. Buretty Head.) as PUnVwUsosTwaI(uc Sure con V. M. h-taKt Coeaad aicaTT tolTTmort Medlosi Itiisicta.

O. ai. U. Uassea is 5 Jo-day at Noon" Madison Square South, Xcvr Yorka Public Safe a and a. -r- a Paietipgs Masters the 1" butch, Flemish; -ifv -a -m f'aW MAI A' 1NU iLriv SAUER savst can freely say that thr Pianoh fives me mors lei sure than I have had from thousands of so-called 'treats of pianistic effort" At gJfreea the BalUmore sad srderei ta tha w- Orove detsnhaj from the Brooklyn and ordered to taeSauZ A sTssalsrt TJi? Commanoar ta Chief ssavaassnu SE- i.areb'armwrjr x.naniirT m.

Hartoa is 53Jtbe navy Bo-toVMarcS rata th. uwtaeoee uajut. immrfilmUr 1 K3- iaaajd 7. wpnir eutr on ta. IaM nYLIviliw Tork March 1L Ltw.

Commeadar B. Tuata la g- 7rJ l-rWfef TZmIZj. to" -etach-d from tba Pjoola -Aprtl a and erdred to the Bica- K-l-os is erdeed te' duty JoQ uiBea, Lieut. Johne J-9-. Cctnmeadera Scl H- Rots, aad iMlnTj.

J. dataeued from the Kere. li the Boston Tard March la. Mevesaesits sf Xaval Teseela. WAgHINQTON.

March a -The Dixie left rua. ehal yesterday for Gibraltar. as Mwmm The Caesar at Pert RoyaL The Potosiae has saOsd from Ker Tfia tim escitaa Hairo You fJo Take; one. wineglassful of Johann ioffs Malt Extract with your meals, and you will be surprised with what relish you will eat and how you will long for 7 your meals. T.lclt Extract acat 'appetite and cares indigestion.

Insist on Johacn HofTs and you wm not disappointed..