The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-24
STALWARTS ALERT GOES TO CORONA7ION'I
ARE AGAINST AMENDMENT OF
TARIFF.
And Particularly Against it Under the
Guise of Giving Relief to Cuba-Some
OF Their Plans.

WASHINGTON, May 16-The stall
wart Republicans in both branches of
Congress are narrowly watching the
tactics of those in the party who are
trying to encompass a tariff amend
ment under the guise of relief to Cuba.
The House stalwarts are taking a quiet
poll to see If it will not be possible to
force an adjournment in case the Sem
ate should send the bill back with the
differential amendment Topped off. The
stalwarts believe they can bring about
the adjournment if the Senate leaders
should try to carry through a reduction
tariff in favor of Cuba.
The Senate stalwarts are taking an
other tack to prevent tariff meddling.
They threaten to bring up as amend
ments to the Cuban bill all other reci-
procity schemes, such as are contained
in the Jamaica, French and other treat
les, and they believe they can force such
anti-reciprOcity men as Aldrich and
Platt to let go of the Cuban relief. AL
drich is as bitterly opposed to the reci-
procity treaties as any beet sugar Sem
ator is opposed to Cuban relief. West
ern Senators believe if they are forced
to bring in these reciprocity treaties as
amendments to the Cuban bill Presi-
dent Frye will rule such amendments
germane to the bill and thus the ques-
tton of general revision of the tariff
will be up. This is precisely what AL
drich and Platt 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
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, if
not entire, sanction. 1t 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 dc not meet with
his favor He believes Congress will
not do its duty if it leaves Cuba in her
present condition.
Those Republican Senators who can
fnot approve of tariff concessions to
ECuba are urging upon tho Prosident the
,ePolitical phases of the Cuban tariff
controversy They assert that if the
question is put to a straight test in the
Senate general tariff revision cannot be
avoided.
Former Senator Manderson 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 previous le-
gislation had been an invitation to grow
beet sugar, but the proposed concession
to Cuba had prevented several factories
from being started. He said that farm
ers were going from the Middle West
| states to Manitoba, but that the beet
sugar growing had arrested this emil
| grafton for time