The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-03-25
WHAT CONGRESS rs DOING, AND SOME
OTHER WASHINGTON MATTRRs.

house OF Representatives held, on
Tuesday evening, their fifth con.
ference TO consider the subject OF
CUBAN RECIPROCITY,
and after a brief and not particu-
larly spirited session agreed to sup.
port the policy of the President and
the Republican leaders. This will
mean that the President will be au-
thorized TO enter into q reciprocal
agreement with Cuba whereby
Cuban products will be admitted TO
the United States on payment of the
Dingley tariff rates less 30 PEI cent.
and the United States will be charged
but 80 per cent. of whatever tariff
rates Cuba may charge on the i'm.
ports of other nations. By an amend
ment presented by Representative
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, this ar
rangement is limited TO December
1, 1908, two months after the Euro
pean countries will cease to pay
boUnties on beet sugar, by the pro.
visions of the agreement reached at
the Brussels conference. This ac-
co~mplishment of harmony among
the Republicans is q source of great
qualification to the party and par
ticularly to the leaders who have so
strongly urged this policy upon
their followers. On Monday the
Senate
PASSED THE HIP SUBSIDY BILL
with but six Republicans voting
against it. The fact that Senator
Allison of Iowa voted against the
the measure was a disappointment
TO Senator Frye as he had hoped that
the Senator from Iowa would sup
port his cherished project. Should
the Democrats in the House and the
Republicans from those States which
oppose the bill in the Senate, vote
against it, it could not become a
law. A Republican member who
stands very close to the Speaker
told me that if the friends of the
measure were wise they would not
call it up at this session of Congress,
but would permit it TO lie over until
the short session when it's chances
of adoption would be far better than
now. Senator Frye believes that it
can pass the House now, but it is
quite possible that his friends in the
lower chamber will pursuade him
not to push it at the present time.
The bill
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PREsI-
DENT
and those in line of Presidential sue
cession from attacks by anarchists
and others, is now the order of bust.
ness in the Senate. It will be fol-
lowed by the anti oIeomargarine bill
and that disposed of, the Senate will
take up the Chinese exclusion bill.
Senator Penrose said yesterday that
he regards it as most important that
this bill should be passed as soon as
possible because of the amount Of
clerical work which must be accom-.
plished before it oan go into effect.
It is not anticipated that there will
be any opposition to the bill which
is practically a re-enaotment of the
Geary law with such changes as will
make it's provisions easier of admin
istration. Senator Morgan is still
urging the Senate ste ering commit
tae to place the
IsTHMIAN CANAL BILL
next on the calendar after the Chi
nese exclusion bill but he is opposed
by Senator Hanna who Iegar ds it as
too early to properly consider the
measure. Senator Morgan realizes !
that if there is much more delay the
bill will go over to the short session,
for the Republican steering commit.
tee has announced June 10th as the
probable day of adjournment, and
there still remain ten of the fourteen
annual appropriations bills to be
by the Senate. The House
on Rules has adopted
THE RESOLUTION OF REPRESENTATIVE
CRUMPACKER
and will accordingly report it favor
to the House This @ that
the Speaker will be authorized TO ap
point a select committee to invest.
gate the question of Congressional
representation in it's relation to auf.
frage. Mr.. Crumpacker told me re-.
that he had in fact no inten-
ion Of interfering with the race
question in the South, but that he
believed that if such a committee
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