Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
The Tax on Sugar Will Not be
Reduced.
MAY BE DELAYED FOR A MONTH
Iowa With one-fortieth of the PopuIa.
ton of the United States Gets One
twentieth of the Total Appropriation
for Public Buildings.
Washington, D. G., April %. 1902.


the republicans in the senate have
practically mustered sufficient votes
to ensure the passage of a clean cut
Cuban reciprocity measure, without
the aid of democratic votes, reducing
the tax upon sugar imported from
Cuba from 20 to 25 per cent, and wip-
ing out entirely the Morris amend
ment abolishing tho differential.
Senator Deliver says this state
ment is at least premature if not err
roneous. Senator Dolliver is in favor
OF reciprocal relations with Cuba and
a supporter of thu administration
proposition, but he does not permit his
own convictions to blind him to the
obvious situation, generally Senator
Dolliver says any bill reducing the
tariff on sugar will have exceedingly
hard shedding il the senate. While
there is little question but that large
majority of republican senators are
favorable to this proposition; a mere
republican majority cannot do very
much business in the United States
senate. Even very modest minority
may make all kinds of trouble for any
pending measure; in fact, q bare half
dozen senators, determined and per-
sistent. can do wonders under the
rules or rather absence of rules in the
senate.
At the present juncture, however
there are some twenty senators, Sen
ator Dolliver asserts who will oppose
the proposed bill. They are senators
of great nfluence-Elkins, Perkins,
Bard, Burrows, McMillin and men of
that calibre. They are said to have
made the statement that such bill
shall not pass, and certainly it cannot
pass with republican votes. Nobody
the fate of the bill in the senate The
attitude of the democrats is unknown
and the consideration of the bill may
be delayed for a month. If that should
be the case, with much important bust
ness yet in hand and the time for ad-
Journment drawing near, the chances
for the bill becoming sidetracked are
most suspicious. Senator Dolliver is
not at all sanguine of the outcome
from the present outlook.
Dolliver Silent for Good Reason.
The members of the Iowa delega-
ton in the house have been "jollying"
Senator Dolliver the past few days ov-
er the tendency toward pugilism and
general lawlessness on the part OF
United States senators. OF course the
Tillman- incident has been
pretty well forgotten, but the episode
of Senator Money with a street car
conductor, in which the latter drew a
knife, has served to revive the matter
and to direct attention to the general
tendency toward a riotous life on the
part of senators. To add to the awk-
wardness of the situation Senator
Clark of Montana was pulled by the
police the same day for driving his ia
nous French automobile at swift
pace through the streets in violation
of law. Senator Dolliver is usually
pretty well equipped to hold his own
in any sort of vocal controversy, but
he was compelled to admit that the
case looked badly for the senate. He
dryly remarked that no mortal man
could ever prevail upon him to enter
the pugilistic arena with a street car
ticket, valued at four and one,sixth
cents as the sole point of issue.
lowan Promoted.
Major ]. L. Young of Leon, Qa.,) an
assistant to Judge Seeds, deputy audi
tor for the war department. has just
been promoted, with substantial ad-
vance in salary. This is the third pro-
motion and increase in salary for Ma
jor Young, within about two years,
and considering that the preferrment
came without political pull or inlu-
ence other than merit, the Major and
his friends are very much elated.
Major Young has responsible posi-
ton in the department.
Haugen Friend of OIeo Bill.
Congressman Haugen has been quite
active throughout the session in the
interest of the oleo bill, and when the
final clash came in the house, upon
the adoption of the senate amend
ments, he was in the thickest of the
fray. During the last session Mr. Hau-
gen for time was on the other side,
or perhaps on the fence, in this mat
ter, but later came to the relief of the
bill. Some of his colleagues called his
attention to the situation and the ex-
tent of the dairy industry in the
fourth district and his obligation to
the COW and he saw it in that light and
declared himself.
iowa Is Fortunate.
The bill reported Saturday by the
committee on public buildings and
grounds, illustrates in a most impress
sive manner the fact that Iowa is on
the map. With a population OF ap-
proximately one-fortieth that of the
union, Iowa is accorded about one
twentieth the total appropriation for
public buildings, voted by the house.
This is very remarkable situation.
1t is long time since an appropria-
ton bill for public buildings and
grounds carried prizes for ten Iowa
towns and cities. That is the record
this year and it tells louder than
spoken words possibly could, that
some very effective work has been
done. The secret Of the whole matter
is not hard to find. Iowa had a most
able and tactful and diplomatic and
popular representative at court in the
person of Judge Conner. congressman
from the big tenth district. Judge
Conner is new man in the house,
but he is an experienced man when it
comes to organizing for a campaign
and the getting through appropria-
tons for ten cities in one state as the