The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
ISSUE WILL BE PRESSED
SUPPORTERS OF RECIPROCITY
WILL NOT BROOK DELAY.
Republican Members of Committee on
Cuban Reciprocity Will Present


Washington, June 16.-The present
plans Of the senatorial supporters of
of the Cuban reciprocity are to press
This was the result Of the conference
held Saturday.
According to the program as now ar.
ranged, the republican members on the
committee on Cuban relations will
meet and finally agree upon the ex-
act terms of the bill to be reported as
a substitute for the house bill. The
measure thus agreed upon will be re.
ported to republican caucus, and If
the caucus endorses the measure, it
then will be brought before meet
ing Of the full committee on Cuban re-
lations and reported to the senate. The
desire is to have all this done by the
Tune the isthmian canal bill is disposed
of on Thursday, SO that the recipro.
city bill may be given the first place
in the order of business. The reci-
procity advocates still profess the ut
most confidence in their ability to pass
through the senate any bill that may
be recommended by the committee
and caucus. They count mainly upon
the unwillingness Of republicans to
align themselves strictly with the op-
position against bill that has been
made a party measure by the presi-
dents message, and there are indica-
tions that in at least some instances
this prognostication will prove sound.
The critical point will come up on
the acceptance Of the house bill with
its amendment for the removal of the
differential duty on refined sugar. The
beet sugar republicans are all protec.
tiontsts, and there has been from the
beginning division as to the expedi-
ency of adopting policy looking to
the abolition of this duty. The oppo-
sition found evidence in the beet sugar
caucus Thursday, 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
legislation. Recent developments lead
to the conclusion that if any consider.
able number of republicans should ad-
mere to the determination to vote with
the democrats to support the house
bill, 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 signature, and thus
make law of the bill with the Nor
ris amendment included. This pro.
vision would, of course, effect the beet
sugar interests equally with the trust,
in proportion to the extent of their
refining industry, and is. not desired.
The beet sugar refners say that they
would lose about $4,000 annually,
while the cane sugar refiners would
lose S6,0O0,0o0, but they argue that the
cane. sugar refiners would still have
an advantage in the reduction on Gu.
ban raw sugar They also hesitate
to violate the principles of protection.
None of the beet sugar republicans
has gone SO far as to announce his
non-adherence to Thursdays arg,l-
ment, but their discussion of the phase
of the question has given hope to the
reciprocity advocates and lends color
to their claim that in the end they
will secure the republican vote sufj
GENTLY large for their nnrnases.