The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-28
POSITION OF
 DEMOCRATS Resolutions Adopted by
 the Caucus. AID OF CUBA IS URGED Vigorous Arraignment Of the Republican Majority. No Attempt Made to Curb the Crusts-Charged That the Party
 in Power is Dominated by Monopolies.

Washington, June 27.-A caucus of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives, held tonight unanimous iy adopted the following declaration:
 Resolved, first, That we condemn the report of the majority in Congress for their failure to pass a measure providing reciprocity with Cuba.
 "The bill which passed the House of Representatives was heartily supported by the Democratic minority after the protection to the sugar trust had been removed by the solid Democratic action aided by a small minority of the Repub- lican members. As it passed the House the bill carried relief to Cuba. reduced the price of sugar to American consum- CTS and struck heavy blow at the mo- torious and obnoxious sugar trust.
 The refusal of the Republican Sena- tors to consider this measure unless the protection to the sugar trust should be restored, gives evidence that the Presi- dent and Republican party in Congress are willing to refuse relief to Cuba and totally ignore American consumers. rath- CT than abandon their alliance with the trusts.
 'The failure of all reciprocity legisla- tion with Cuba rests upon the Republican administration which is willing to reduce the duty on the raw sugar of our pro- ducers, but unwilling to destroy the sugar monopoly.
 Second, That the Republican majority in Congress is dominated and controlled by the trusts and monopolies, which have the great industries of our country in their grasp is shown by its action in passing an antitrust bill through the House of Representatives in the Fifty sixth Congress during the closing hours of the, session, the Senate refusing to consider the same. as a subterfuge to tide over the election of 1900.
 The Bill Abandoned.
 ''That bill has been abandoned and they have ever since refused and do now re- fuse and fail to bring in any measure to suppress the trusts or to favorably re- port any of the numerous antitrust bills introduced by Democratic members dur ing this Congress.
 Third, That we favor the immediate massage of a measure to amend the pres ent antitrust law so as to more fully protect trade and commerce against un- lawful restraints and monopolies, and also a measure to reduce the duties of all
 
 and controlled or produced in the United States by trust or trusts so as to de- stroy all illegal combinations and to re- duce the rate of duty of any article or commodity manufactured in the United States and sold in a foreign country more cheaply than in the United States.
 Fourth, We oppose the adjournment of Congress until the measures men, tioned above shall have been enacted into law"
 The caucus lasted only an hour and was devoted to a discussion of the terms of the foregoing resolution which was drawn by Representative Jackson of keI sas, and presented by Representative GrisE Es of Georgia, Chairman of the Dem- ocratic Congressional Committee.
 Several speeches were made arraign- ing the majority in Congress and in sup nort of a strong Democratic declaration.
 Representative Richardson of Tennes- see, the Democratic floor leader. was among the speakers. and at the close of his speech the resolutions were adopted unanimously.