A number of Republicans rebelled against this measure as being unjust and oppressive, to Porto Rice and as putting the islands definitely without the boundaries of the United States. It seemed likely that the bill would fail, for the normal Republican majority inthe House is but about twenty. A' compromise was offered and adopted, whereby the rte of duty is reduced to 15 per cent, and it is declared that the mensure is a temporary and an emergency one to provide needed revenue for the island. In this form the bill passed the House by the vote of 172 to 161. likely that it will go through the Senate quickly and be si
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