Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-16
Plan of Action.

Washington, June 16.-The present
plans Of the senatorial supporters OF
Cuban reciprocity are to press the
question to an issue this week.
According to the program as now ar
ranged the republican members OF the
committee on Cuban relations will
meet either today or Tuesday and
finally agree upon the exact terms OF
the bill to be reported as a substitute
for the house bill.
The measure thus agreed upon will
be reported to a republican caucus to
be held Tuesday or Wednesday, ana ii
the caucus indorses the measure ii
then will be brought before a meeting
of the full committee on Cuban rela-
lions and reported to the senate. The
desire is to have all this done by the
time the isthmian canal bill is disposed
of on Thursday, so that the reciprocity
bill may be given the first place in the
order of business.
The reciprocity advocates still pro-
fess the utmost confidence in their
ability to pass thru the senate any bill
that may be recommended by the COM
mitttee and caucus. They count large
ly upon the unwillingness of republican
members to align themselves strictly
with the opposition against bill that
has been made a party measure by the
presidents message.
The critical point will come upon the
acceptance of the house bill, with it's
amendment for the removal of the diff
ferential duty on refined sugar. The
beet sugar republicans are all protec-
tionists, and there has been from the
beginning a division as to the expedi-
ency of adopting policy looking to
the abolition of this duty. This oppo-
sition found evidence in Thursday
beet sugar caucus, but the decision to
stand by the house bill unamended
was secured largely upon the under
standing that such a course would in
evitably result in the defeat Of all leg
islation.
Recent developments lead to the
conclusion that if any considerable
number of republicans should adhere
to the determination to vote with the
democrats to support the house biz it
would pass the senate. There would
then be no chance for a conference and
the bill would go to the president, who,
it is expected, would attach his sigma
ture and thus make q law of the bill
with the Morris amendment included.
This provision would, of course, af-
feet the beet sugar interests equally
with the trust in proportion to the ex-
tent of their refining industry and is
not desired.
The beet sugar reflners say that they
would lose about 100000 annually,
while the cane sugar ref1ners would
lose s6,0O00Oo, but they argue that the
cane refiners would still have an adj
vantage in the reduction on Cuban raw
sugar.
None Of the beet sugar republicans
has gone so far as to announce his nom
adherence to Thursdays agreement,
but their discussion of the phase OF the
question has given hope to the recipro-
city advocates and lends color to their
claim that in the end they will secure
q republican vote sufficiently large for
their purposes.
Representative Bartlett Of Georgia
introduced resolution in the house
calling upon the secretary of war to
inform the house what amounts, If any,
have been paid out of the Cuban treas
ury or the funds of the Cuban people
by the military governor of Cuba to r.
b. Thurber for advocating a reduction
In the duties upon Cuban products
with a reciprocal reduction In the du-
ties upon American products imported
into Cuba.