The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-15
SCORED BY STEVENS
MINNESOTAN ASSERTS THAT ONLY
THE SUGAR BARONS WANT
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
CALLS ANNEXATION BOOZE
Speaking on the Chinese Exclusion
Bill, Mr.. Foraker Says Meas
ure Is Violation of Our
Treaty With China,
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU.
Washington, d. c.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 14-Repre-
sentative Stevens, of Minnesota. made the
principal address on Cuban reciprocity
today. He declared that those who Ua1s
pressing congress to give relief to Cuba
were mainly men who had gone into tina
Island IN the hope Of amassing fortunes.
They were Spaniards, Europeans or
Americans who had gone to Cuba since
the war They had taken no part in the
revolution. They were sugar barons, not
Cubans. 1t was a mistake to believe that
this legislation would aid the Cuban
| masses AS a showing that there was no
distress in Cuba, he declared that on a
recent visit TO Cuba he found there were
in the banks of Cienfuegos, a city Of o.
O0O Sl2,OOO,OO0 of deposits. Judged by bank
| deposits that city was richer. therefore
than any city in the United States of the
same size.
Calls Annexation n "BOgie."
Mr.. Stevens dubbed the threat of an
nexation as "a bogie man." AS a Repub-
lican he favored reciprocity. If there were
any genuine reciprocity In this bill ne
would support it. But he asserted this
bill would not greatly increase our trade
with Cuba, and said that in 1894, when
reciprocity with Cuba existed, her export
trade was only $20OO,000 more than it IS
today.
Mr.. Robinson Qnd) discussed the ques-
ton Of the future annexation Of Cuba,
! opposing it on the ground that the in
corporation of the island into our body
polite would be inimical to the welfare
of the laboring classes.
A deficiency bill carrying $4,000 was
passed.
Foraker Sees Wreck Ahead.
The Chinese exclusion bill occupied the
attention of the senate throughout to-
lar TcT
O. making extended speeches in OppOsi-
ton. Mr.. Foraker cOntended that the
pending measure was ViOlative of our
treaty with China and was calculated to
prevent our commercial expansion in the
far East. While strongly supporting the
| policy Of the government to exclude China
! labor, the Ohio senator maintained that
this could best be accomplished by an
extension of the present law, holding that
the drastic provisions of the pending bill
would cut off our cotton trade with China
and thus wreck the cotton industry Of the
South Mr.. Teller briefly responded to
Mr.. Foraker, urging that the right to
abrogate treaties was fully recognized
Mr. Lodge (Mass) gave notice Of an
| amendment striking out the much dis
| cussed clause prohibiting the employment
of Chinese on American ships.
Mr.. Quarles CWis) asked if the new
Chinese policy of sending youths to
American schools would not make each
one Of these youths an advance agent Of
American civilization.
Mr.. Foraker responded by reading re-
cent edicts directing that young men from
every province be sent abroad to study
Responding to Mr.. Forakers contention
that the pending bill was violatiye of our
treaty with China Mr.. Teller (Col) point
ed out that the right to abrogate a treaty
was completely recognized. He read from
the record showing that many senator's
now in the chamber and others, including
Blaine and Thurman, had voted for the
abrogation of the Burlingame treaty with
! China.