The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-04-25

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WASHINGTON, ID. c., April n, '02
After the most dramatic session
of the Flfty-seventh Congress, and
perhaps Of many preceding Con
crosses, the Cuban reciprocity bill
passed the House Of Represents
lives last Friday by vote Of 2i7 tc
'l52. The bill, as passed, does not
however, meet with the approval OF
THE avowed friends Of Cuba
Through the forts OF the demo
crats, who voted as one man, and
with an exhibition Of iscipline such
as has been seldom equaled, and
with the help Of certain republicans,
who, it is claimed, had for their OBJ
ject the eventual defeat Of the meas
urv, the bill was amended in the
committee Of the whole so that il
would, on going into operation, re
move the dIfferential on refined
sugar, and so afford relief to the
American consumers as we'll as the
Cuban producers, and-at the ex-
pense OF the American Sugar Re
timing company, populariy known
as the Sugar Trust. In this form
the bill goes to the Senate where
the republicans have majority Of
two to cne, and it remains to be
seen whether those republicans who
we're SO ready to afford relief to
Cuba at the expense OF the beet
sugar Industry, will be ready to al
ford that relief when it curtails the
profits of the trust.
A notable incident of the debate,
which preceded the amendment OF
the bill by the committee OF the
whole, was the presentation as an
amendment, by Mr. Richardson, Of
the bill previously offered by Rep
resentative Babcock, of Wisconsin,,
and which had for its purpose the
removal or revision OF those sections
of the Dingley tariff act which serve
to so greatly augment the profits OF
the Steel Trust. Although the
House had Just over-ruled the de-
cision OF the Chair, and had de-
termined that the sugar amendment
above referred to was in order, and
by the same reasoning must have
considered the amendment OF Mr..
Richardson in order, it permitted
Mr.. Sherman to reject it as not ger
name, and so proved how thorough
Ily hollow and insincere have been
republican protestations that they
desired an opportunity to curtail
the profits OF the Steel Trust. The
position taken by the republican
leaders, that the amending OF the
Reciprocity bill will insure its de
feat in the Senate, would imply
that the republicans will offer Sc.
rious affront to the President in re
jecting a policy he has so strongly
advocated, but the country will with.
hold is judgment until the Senate
has had an opportunity to demon.
strate whether its allegiance to the
Sugar Trust outweighs its allegiance
to the President, and Its regard for
Cubans, aud American consumers.
The most remarkable. feature Of
the prolonged debate on Cuban re-
ciprocity was the speech Of Repre-
sentative Cushman, Of Washington,
who paid his respects TO the Reed
rules, and made the assertion that
lin order to secure the passage Of
any measure, no matter how just he
knew it to be, a member OF the
House must "put his manhood In
his pocket and 90 trotting down the
the little pathway that leads to the
Speakers room, where, by com
parison, all the glory that clustered
around the holy Of holies in Sol
omon's temple looks like thilty
cents" He further characterized
the rules Of the House as "unre-
publican, undemocratic and un-
American.
Last Wednesday the Senate passed
a Chinese Exclusion bill, not the
measure reported by the Committee
on immigration but the Geary law,
re-enacting it for another term.
Correspondents Of the democratic
nress have been charged with send.
ling out exaggerated reports Of the
Army transportation service scan.
dals, and, through the courtesy oi
Representative Richardson, ! Sc
cured the proof sheets Of the docu'
merits on the subj jct submitted tc
the House by Secretary Root. Space
will not permit extensive quotation
but perhaps the following will sui
fee: In refittine the transpor
Hancock the Union Iron Works, o
! San Francisco. furnished the fol