The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-17
REPUBLICANS
CANT AGREE
THEIR INcEssANT saUABBLEs NAY
MEAN ELECTION or DEMO-
CRATIC HOUSE,
DISAGREEMENT OVER CUBA
Criticism OF War Revenue Tax Bill
COHfinneS Tnaha atad-p1,ivsrn
DISAGREEMENT OVER CUBA
Criticism OF War Revenue Tax Bill
Continues Unabated-PhiIippf
Imports-ship Subsidy
Bill Is Not Dead
EVERYBODY WANTS CANAL
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, ID. G.


Washington, ID. G.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-It is signifi-
cant that the Republican party in con-
gress is not of one mind on the great
economic questions before the body On
some of the most important questions
opinions are so far apart that it may be
impossible to harmonlze them. Some of
the best thinkers In the legislative body
believe 1t is highly important from both
a political and an economic standpoint
that general reciprocity for the promo
ton OF foreign trade prevail, but the men
who control legislation hold to the oppo-
site view, so nothing is to be done at
this session. Many of the congressman
from the middle West do not hesitate to
say in private that the attitude of the
controlling force in the body will tend to
strengthen the Democratic candidates for
congress at next falls election, and may,
they believe, result in the election of a
Democratic house.
Just now the most acute disagreement
within the majority party is over the
proposed relief for Cuba. On the one side.
demanding that relief shall be AFFORDED,
is the president, the secretary of war,
some of the oldest and most influential
Republicans in the senate and it is be-
lieved, majority of the Republicans of
the house. Opposed to any concessions
to the island are the speaker of the house
of representatives, a majority of his ways
and means committee and members of
the house who feel that they must al
ways follow the bidding of the speaker.
As indicated in the dispatches, the adj
ministration will carry it's point, but the
speaker and his friends will put off the
surrender as long as possible.
Criticism of War Revenue Bill.
TyN Il a;e
that the criticism of the ways and means
committee, in connection with the war
revenue tax bill, is not abating. While
the committee has tried through its
chairman, Mr.. Payne, to justify its ac-
ton, the prevailing view is that the de-
cision to report such bill was the re-
suit of an impulse. From every side
the committee was being pressed to bring
forward measure for the relief of Cuba.
and on the spur of the moment, it is
/ averred, it occurred to the high tariff
members of the body that a good way to
block the plans Of the forces calling for
help for the island would be to wipe out
the war revenue tax, for then it could be
said that the income of the government
could not stand any additional depletion
by tariff reductions. 1t is averred, too,
that no special demand for the wiping
out of the entire war revenue tax had
been made.
And the Philippine Imports.
The public already has a comprehen-
sive idea of the differences among the
Republican legislators over the tariff to
be placed on imports from the Philip
pines. The house majority at one leap
applied the full duties of the Dingley bill
The senate committee on Philippines de-
cided and reported in favor of 25 per
cent cut. This did not meet the approval