Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-03

been backed by the American Sugar
Refining company. and by Americans
who were interested financially In
Cuban sugar plantations. The pur-
pose, he said, was to strike down an
important agricultural industry in this
country. He was willing to join in a
general revision of the tariff to meet
changed conditions. but unless the du-
ties on iron and steel and other prod
ucts were reduced together with those
on sugar in order that the arrange
ment may be equal. the beet sugar
growers never would consent to re-
duction on their product Platt, Of
Connecticut, chairman of the Cuban
relations committee. replied to the
Colorado senator. He maintained that
there was nothing sordid in the de-
sire to promote reciprocal relations
between the United States and Cuba,
and said the making of some conces-
sions to Cuba was plain duty 10
this country. 1t was duty which this
government owed to itself as we'll as
to Cuba, because friendly relations
with the new republic was a necessary
means of defense to this country, un.
less the United States should annex
the island. That. he hoped, would not
be done, as he regarded annexation
as grave menace to our institutions.
House.-The contested election case
of Horton VS.. Butler. from the Twelfth
Missouri district, was under consid.
Grafton.
Washington, June Senate.-A
lively debate was precipitated in the
senate today over resolution of Nor
gan of Alabama, authorizing the com
mittee on interoceanic canals to in
vestigate the status of the American
stockholders of the Panama Canal Co.
with "a view of protecting them in the
French court. Spooner of Wisconsin,
Hanna of Ohio. and Mitchell of Ore
gon. antagonized the resolution, main
tanning that it was a matter with
which the United States had nothing
to do. Morgan warmly advocated the
proposition. but 1t finally went to the
calendar without action. Deboe and
Blackburn of Kentucky engaged in an
interesting but goodnatured discuss.
ion of Kentucky politics, in the course
of which the former alleged that the
reason why Governor Taylor did not
return to Kentucky and stand trial
as an accessory to the murder of Gov
ernor Goebel was that the courts were
corrupt and that the 100000 reward
offered for the apprehension of the
murderer of Goebei had been used to
corrupt the court and bride witnesses.
This Blackburn emphatically denied
and declared that he was so thorough.
ly convinced of Taylor's guilt that he
would be willing to submit the case 10
any Judge and any jury in the United
States.
House.-When the house adjourned
tonight the general deficiency bill and
one item in the naval appropriation
bill was all that remained in dispute
between the two houses. so far as the
appropriation bills are concerned. The
conference report upon the District OF
Columbia bill was adopted and it now
goes to the president for his sigma
ture. Earlier in the day the house
decided the contested election OF
Horton VS.. Butler, from the Twelfth
Missouri district, by declaring the
seat vacant. BY vote of 100 to 1876
"a strict party vote-Butler. who is
also a democrat, was decided not en-
title to his seat. Butler made a Wig
orous speech of an hour in defense OF
his right to the seat. The Dick mill
tia bill was made a continuing order
not to interfere with conference re.
ports.