Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-24

deceive the American people thar
has Just been and is now being per
petrated by the sugar trust in rela'
ton to the nature, status, and rela'
ton Of the president and United
States senators toward what is known
as Cuban recipr ocity."
1t is to be regretted that some men
OF Kansas who are anxious to pose as
statesmen, and who have political
axes to grind, have been among the
willing tools to promote this species
Of deception. 1t would be presuming
a great deal to assume that these so.
called statesmen are really ignorant
Of the true situation. They undoubt.
eddy know themselves that the sugar
trust is endeavoring to deceive the
people, but they are willing to let the
deception 60 on, and even to give 1t
their tacit sanction, in order to pro.
mote their selfish ambition.
As sample Of the dense ignorance
Of the people upon this question, and
Of the willingness Of the so-called
statesmen to profit by this ignorance,
an excellent sample is found in the
resolutions adopted by the Kingman
county Republican convention on last
Saturday. Here it Isl
I'VE indorse the state platform
throughout, and particularly the
plank declaring in favor Of reciproc.
ity with the Republic OF Cuba, and we
are in favor Of that policy aud that
measure, recommended by President
Roosevelt and so ably championed by
our own capable congressman, the
Hon. Chester |. Long. We urge upon
every member OF the Kansas delega.
ton Of the lower house and the Re.
publican senator that they support
the eclprocity bill as recommended
by President"
There are three propositions insin.
uated in this short resolutions first,
it is suggested that at sometime or
somewhere President Roosevelt has
recommended" a certain "reciproc.
ity bill" with Cuba; second, 1t is sug.
gested that Congressman Long
"championed" such bill as the presi'
dent recommended" and third, it Is
insinuated that the Republican United
States senator has refused to support
the bill recommended by President
Roosevelt" and SO ably "championed"
by Mr.. Long.
Each Of these suggestions is abso-
lutely false. In the first place the
president has never at any time or
any place recommended any particu-
lar reciprocity bill with Cuba, nor
has he ever publicly stated what rec
iprocity bill he is in favor Of. He
says he is in favor Of reciprocity with
Cuba. So are we all.
In the second place, the resolutions
insnuate that Mr.. Long has been the
champion" Of the bill recommend.
ed by the president" The president
never having suggested any particu-
lar bill that he would approve, Of
course neither Mr.. Long nor any
other congressman has ever "cham'
poned" a bill recommended by the
president, Mr.. Long was heartily
in favor Of the reciprocity bill which
passed the house. So were all the
other Kansas congressman.
In the third place, the resolutions
insinuate that the Republican senator
from Kansas failed to support the bill
which was supported in the house by
Mr.. Long. This, too, is a vicious
which has probably done
more to create dissenson in Republic
can ranks in Kansas, than any other
Ialsehood. The facts are that Sena-
tor Burton, and the other eighteen
senators who have been so vehement.
y assaied on account Of their reel.
procity views, agreed and offered in
writing that II the senate committee
would report the house bill as it was
'championed" by Mr.. Long, and as it
passed the house, they, the said
nineteen senators, would vote for it.
80 that the truth is that the Republi.
ian senator from Kansas has always
been ready and willing to support the
IDENTICAL reciprocity bill that Mr..
long $50 ably champioued" in the
house. The fact which has been 80
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