New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-01
RECIPROCITY ASSURED.
THE CUBAN BILL IA VORABLY
REPORTED.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEES AC-
TION REMOVES THE LAST
SHRED OF DOUBT.
Gnr TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BrSE.l

Whatever doubts may have existed on this point
for the last few weeks were dispelled to-day
when the Ways and Means Committee ordered
Chairman Payne to report favorabIy his bill au-
thorizing the President to enter into reciprocal
trade arrangement with Cuba on the basis OF a
20 per cent tariff reduction. conditioned on the
Cuban government adopting the immigration
and Contract Labor laws of the United States.
the arrangement TO last only from the date OF
its making to December l. 1903. Those who
voted for the bill were Mr.. Payne. Of New-York:
Mr.. DalzelI, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Grosvenor. OK
Ohio; Mr. Russell. of Connecticut; Mr.. Steele, OF
Indiana: Mr. Mccall of Massachusetts,: Mr.
Long of Kansas. and Mr.. Babcock. OF Wiscon-
sin, all Republicans: and Mr.. Richardson, OF
Tennessee; Mr.. Swanson OF Virginia, and Mr.
Mcclellan of New-York. Democrats The votes
against the bill were cast by Mr. Robertson OF
Louisiana: Mr.. Newlands. of Nevada, and MI
Cooper Of Texas. all Democrats; and Mr.. Taw-
new of Minnesota and Mr.. MetcaH, OF Califor-
nia Republicans. Mr.. Hopkins. Of Illinois, the
only member of the committee absent, would
have voted for the bill if he had been present
Although the actual vote was ii 10 ., by general
consent Mr. Hopkins WAS recorded in the affirm
atfve making the recorded vote II TO D.
TAwNEY AND METCALF HOLD OUT.
The committees action had been so thoroughly
discounted by The Tribune's Washington DIS
patches for the last two weeks that the report
of the bill to the House by Chairman Payne Gre
ated no excitement or unusual interest Ic was
known by every member that the bill would be
favorabIv reported Just as soon the Repub-
Ifcau majority cared TO push their advantage,
and that the only reason IL not reported
last week was the desire Of Chairman Payne and
his party associates to exhaust every reasonaoie
means to induce the obstinate insurgents =
Messrs Tawney and Metcalf-to give up their
fight for the beet sugar interest and JOIN the
other nine Republican members OF the commit
tee to the end that no further question coaid
be raised as to the regularity of the bill as
strict party measure. It was evident from the
first that the Democrats in the committee were
divided on the reciprocity proposition. as their
perty fs divided hopelessly on every great ana
small question now enlisting public interest,"
and therefore. that the claim OF the Repuoh-
can '.insurgents' of sufficient strength 10 peat
the reciprocity bill the floor OF the House
with the aid of Democratic votes was mere
boast Hence II did not seem likely that even
Messrs. Tawney and Metcalf would persist to
the end in their useless and meaningless oppo-
sition. but now that they have put. themselves
on record as being Of hernsssss--ki iAi1- tina
poIfcIes and purposes Of the administration and
their marty leaders in both branches of Congress.
il IA not believed that much more effort viii be
made to bring them back into line. Ii IS ex-
nactsd that for the remainder of this Congress
these two Republicans will be free lances on all
propositions and that they will cooperate with
the Democrats quite often as they do with
their own party If they returned to the
next Congress it is said that probably neither
of them will be again placed on the Ways
and Means Committee. the most important po-
usicaI as we'll as legislative. committee Of the
Eou9e-in fact the ore committee where nearly
all vital and far reaching party measures
originate.
TARIFF REVISION SCHEMES KILLED.
Before reaching decisive vote on the bill
the committee took several ballots on various
amendments offered by the ''insursent" Repub-
ticans and the Democrats. Mr.. Tawney offered
an amendment to remove the differential duty
on refined sugar which was ruled out o9 order
by Chairman Payne being not germaHe- MI
Tawney appealed from the decision OF the Cnalf.
and on the appeal which was lost he voted
with the Democrats II is not denied that If tie
apueaI had been sustained and the amendment
adj lpted the bill would have been subject 10 an
sorts of tariff revision amendments in the
House AS the case stands now. however, the
urugramme for putting the measure through the
House without endangering party harmony or
openin< the way for prolonged Fard useless de-
hate IS well defined. The bilI4is not tarir
measure. and heSce any proposition 10 tack
tariff revision amendments or it, would be OUT
of order 1t is not doubted, of course, that the
Democrats and some of the irreconcilable IN
surgents" will offer amendments 70 revise OF
wholly repeal various schedules'of the DlnsfS
law but all such attempts will be~as promp'iS
dealt with as Mr.. Tawney's proposition was
dealt with in the Ways and Means Ccnlnteee
to-day
Mr. Richardson. the ranking Democrat on tne
committee offered several tariff revision arnehu-
rents that were - ~ '~-~
TEcy Were follows
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