The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-08
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON.

SOME VIEWS AT WASHING ON
Washington. February s.fSioF core'p0"deH5e-l
now an open secret that the president favors reduetoh
:. 49,. =. o- ..n, IL, the duties on Cuban sugar tie toll
the members of the cabinet practically that at meeting VI
other day and is understood that he also maue MS
ton plain TO Speaker Henderson and RepTesenauVe
when they called on him recently 1ehue'soH anu
by virtue of their positions the committee on rue P
cay control legislation in the house Ihey nave SO lat ue
cned to say what they talked about when they saw IN
president but there the best OF good reasons or
ing the principal topic Of conversation was inc ~'''
reciprocity matter and that the president toIa mem vel!
plainly how he felt about the matter It is likely that thel
said in erv that the house ways and committee die
not sec how was possible just at this time to do anything
in the way of recommending concessions to Cuba 1t ha
been known for time past that Roosevelt and the mem
bers Of the committee have been in accord in th
premises.
Unless some very material change in the situation Is
brought about il would seem that the whole matter will final
be passed W the senate This being the case pred
tons being made freely that the senate backed as 1t VIII
be by the president will fail to pass bill giving Cuba
the asked for relief and that the majority party in the
house will thus be confronted by condition frausht with
immense Importance the political aspirations OF individual
members well perhaps to the future O! the republican
party a whole It is said on good authority that num-
her OF the house majority leaders have all along been OF the
opinion that the views of the president would eventually
undergo change but such thing does not seem at all
likely In fact If Is generally conceded that the president
viii remain firm in his position that reduction OF approx
imaey rs per should be made in the Cuban sugar
dates and that under circumstances should the reduc
ton be less than 20 per cent
Is *
The sweeping abolition Of recommended by the
house ways and means committee will doubt be made
another of between the house and the
Leaders in both branches be unanimous in the
opinion that the will the plan proposed
by the ways aud committee, and that too, it will
cludo the amendments which will tack TO the war
reduction bill providing for concession OF IS per
Cuau sugar. Ii may be that the republican
tors really 5eeve that their brethren in the house in
the wrong and may be- too that they influenced to
considerable by the views of the president This is
a good year Tor dagree.ng with the president nuu-
Der of former republican bosses tried IT, to their ul
regret and the example thus afforded has not failed
TO have considerable effect others who may time
other have thought that they could in contest with
the strenuous al the White House
However that may be- there seems no room to doubt the
assertion that the republican senators are OF the opinion
that would be advisable for this country to indulge in
reciprocity with Cuba, TO a limited extent at least II is
said they do believe that limited reciprocity would in
lure the industry in the United States although it is
not quite clear what OF reasoning they use to ar
rive at this conclusion view the party policy as to
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Vdhsn reciprocity were at one tme iu favor Of lacking
Cuban amendment to the Philippines BILL but that the
plan was abandoned because IL not approved bv the
senators who had charge OF the measure These senator's
urged that their bill should an urgency measure to
meet the tariff situation raised by the decision of the United
States supreme and that it should not be hampered
or complicated in any way They admit now. however that
Cuban tariff amendment could with all propriety be ,t
'aohed to strictly revenue bill such one recommending
the elimination Of all the taxes and they will cooDcr
aye with the other republicans senate in seeing that
something OF this kind done if the house passes the bin
recommended by the ways and means committee.
AS matter of TACT it is said thai, the proposition, Of Nh.
ways and means committee to abolish all tb ,,r .
cept those on mixed flour has W.. ',' Ia' taxes eN.
commentator which was expected from the country 5 , o.
si,;, e. ,l ,''' '"e'' mas been any oppo-
likely that the general public irrespective Of politics o,I
be glad enough TO nave tle t,xss in -. F'',''' |ona
they are not elamorinr Tor an,, of 'o'uea' OUT
pie reason that the most burdcnsome Of the t. ,ae sum
away with by the act passed during M. r,. were zone
gress and that most Of those ren,,; sTsson OF CON