Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-26
STA[WARTSSTANDF|RM
ARE ALMOST CERTAIN OF
DEFEATING CUBAN SCHEME
Many Conferences He'd and Much
Counting Of Noses Threaten
to Call Up Many Other
Treaties.

Washington, May 16.-The stalwart
Republicans In both branches of Con-
gress are narrowly watching the tao
tics of those in the party who are try
ing TO encompass tariff amendment
under the guise of relief to Cuba. The
House stalwarts are taking a quiet poll
to see IL it will not be possible to force
an adjournment in case the Senate
should send the bill back with the diff.
ferential amendment Topped off. The
stalwarts believe they can bring about
the adjournment IL the Senate leaders
should try to carry through q reduc-
ton tariff in favor OF Cuba.
The Senate stalwsuts are taking an
other tack to prevent tariff meddling.
They threaten to bring up as amend
ments TO the Cuban bill all other reel
procity schemes, such as are contained
in the Jamaica. French and other trea-
ties and they believe they can force
such anti-reciproCity men as Aldrich
and Plat to let go the Cuban relief.
Aldrich is as bitterly opposed to the
reciprocity treaties as any beet sugar
Senator is opposed to Cuban relief.
Western Senators believe II they are
forced to bring in these reciprocity
treaties as amendments to the Cuban
bill President Frye will rule such
amendments germane TO the bill, and
thus the question OF a general revision
OF the tariff will be up. This Is pre-
cisely what AldyiCh ami Plat do not
want.
President Roosevelt has been con.
sulting a number OF Senators as to the
situation respecting the Cuban bill.
Senator Clapp Of Minnesota conferred
with the President on this subject this
morning. Senator Spooner and others
have gone over the matter fully with
the President during the last few days.
Clapp believes his resolution providing
y for a commission to investigate the
alleged distress In Cuba and furnish
relief to whatever class OF people Is
most in need Is gaining friends in the
Senate. This idea and Others have been
laid before the President with the hope
that they would obtain his partial. II
not entire. sanction. II Is understood,
however. that the President has in no
sense changed his views that relief
should be granted to Cuba by the
straight process OF tariff concessions.
Clapp's plans, and that of the rebate
urged by SpoOner. do not meet with
his favor He believes Congress will
not do its duty II IL leaves Cuba in her
present condition.
Those Republican Senators who can
not approve OF tariff concessions to
Cuba are urging upon the President
the political phases Of the Cuban tariff
controversy. They assert that II the
question Is put to straight test in the
Senate general tariff revision cannot be
avoided.
Former Senator Henderson of Ne
braska, who has been attorney for
two beet sugar companies. was before
the Senate Committee on Relations
with Cuba today. He related details Of
the cut In sugar at Missouri river
points, and said the action of the trust
was for the purpose of destroying beet
sugar growing. He said that all pre-
vious legislation had been an invita-
ton to grow beet sugar. but the pro-
posed concession to Cuba had prevent
ed several factories from being start
ed. He said that farmers were going
from the Middle West Std.es to Mani
toba, but that the beet sugar growing
had arrested this emigration for a
time