New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-19

this body" he said. 1T charges them WIN
Willingness to shelve legislation which nlenipei'
here consider very important In order 10 se0ut0
the ultimate triumph Of this BILL 90 ho' "
lieye it. 1 think the gentleman from AiaO
MIR Underwood) must have been MISTAKEN u
,nisiutorned but nevertheless, think 1t ms duty
10 this House to be more explicit and 10 ioea'e
this offence where IL properly belongs
With great earnestness Mr. Hepburn contih-
ned TO EXPRESS his doubt whether such alleged
,nethods would he resorted 20 20 pass Dill 10
which he was convinced 90 per cent OF the
Republicans were Indifferent or opposed he
ridicIled some of the most ardent friends OF the
measure He quoted from the speech OF MI
f.,oe,enor the statement that Mr.. Grosvenor
declined 10 support a bill for 80 az 81 OF %
r,er cent reduction. II was only when the coH-
cession was reduced > per cent further tha' ne
was induced 10 support IT. In other words. SAID
Mr. Hepburn had It not been for that last
nickel Of reduction the gentleman from ONO 10
quote his own language. would to-day have been
with the insurgents attempting to divide the
Republican party and 10 destroy It, 0reaI
Cod" exclaimed Mr. Hepburn, ION what sien-
der thread hang everlasting thinss! tIfedI
laughter ard applause( Mr.. Hepburn also
satirized the speech of Mr. Long, of Kansas,
which he described great physical effort.
which fitted the Kansas statesman for cham
oueensberry rules, He denounced the feature
of tbe hill TO compel Cuba to accept inmi
grafton laws when the greatest need of Cuba
to-day was labor. If the Yankee was what he
sometimes said to be-cunning. grasplng,
avaricious and adroit-then he would say this
section Of the bill had been written by Yankee.
The remaining time after Mr. Hepburn con-
cluded-two hours and twenty minutes-was d.
yided equally between Mr.. Tawney, of Mime
sofa who closed the debate against the bill, ana
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania. who closed it for
the bill Mr. Tawney at the outset defended
the course of those on the Republican side who'
he said had not surrendered their CONVICTIONS
that thrift might follow fawning." He point
ed to fustrious instances in the past "heie
Republicans had opposed measures advocated
by a majority Of their colleagues notably the
case of ex-Speaker Reed in the Lilo Congress-
when he voted to issue gold interest bearing
bonds He declared that those OF his colleagues
who believed as he die had been denounced as
traitors, their motives had been impugneo ana
they HAD even been insulted because they had
,5araa 70 assert and defend what they believed
30 be for the interest of their party, their con-
stituents and their country.
Mr. TaHnev argued that IL the beet sugar in
dustry were properly protected, in a few years
n would supply the entire domestic consuTnp-
zion 1t YVES for this reason, he declared, that
the Sugar Trust seeking through the agency
Of this bill to cripple and destroy its great rival
Of the future In conclusion, Mr.. Tawney SAID
that this was the first time Republican leaders
had nroposed to depart from the protective
.heory The Republican party was bound In
honor 10 keen faith with those II had induced
to enter the beet sugar industry. If the United
States owed a debt TO Cuba, 1t should be PAID
ont of the public treasury by the whole people,
and not alone by the farmers who were growing
sugar beets.
DAI.ZFLLs ARGUMENT FOR THE BILL.
Mr. Dalzell. i'm closing the debate for the
friends Of the bill declared that ii was not an
attack on protection 1T is not a revision of the
existing tariff law or its schedule. 1t will not
harm, a single American industry or deprive an
American workman Of a single days wage ne
said This bill contains single proposition lor
reciprocal trade relations and is JUSTIFIED on
Main business principles. But il is more than
that 1t is step toward the redemption of the
pledge we made not to Cuba, but TO ourselves
when we volunteered to intervene TO right the
wrongs which she suffering under the Span
fish regime He insisted that it was our duty.
now that Cuba was to be set upon the high
road of the world to see that she started under
fair auspices.
While Mr. Dalzell was speaking several Sena-
tors including Messrs Elkins, Spooner ana
Fairbanks came into the chamber. The gal
leries had become filed to overlooking. and al
most every member in his seat. so that ne
had a brilliant and attentive audience He re-
peatedly stirred the friends of the bill TO APP
plause.
Mr. Dalzell discussed the question OF striking
the differential from refined sugar. That diner
ential he said WAS placed in the Dingley law
for the benefit Of the beet sugar industry III
4 am to have sugar from trust said he, L
want IT from an American trust, not an Engllsh
trust" In conclusion he said: we nave
pointed out to Cuba the way she must walk.
We cannot abandon her now. We must ana
can give her, not generous, but just, treatment
and fulfil the mission assumed when we en-
tered upon the war for humanity. Applause)
At 8 O'Clock the time for general debate ex-
pired, and the bill which consisted of only one
section. was opened to amendment under the
Eve minute rule
SUGAR DIFFERENTIAL AMENDMENT
M Morris of Minnesota, one Of the Republ-
.an opponents OF the bill, recognized and.
amid much excitement offered amendment
% remove the diferential from refined sugar.
rhe amendment was follows:
ia. issuance of said proclamation. and while
enid agreement shall remain in force. there
.h,,r br levied collected and paid. in lieu
,f the duties thereon now provided by law
,n all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard
Ia color. and q all sugar which has gone
through a process refining. imported into
one cent per pound.