The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-04
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA DIS
 CUssED BY CoNuREegNEN.
After Three Hours of Xruitless Talk Adjournment Was Taken Until Next Thursday-Tawney
 Explains His Plan.

Washington. March 3.-Ths Republican mem bers of the House who met in conference again tonight to consider the Cuban relief question, after three hours of fruitiess dis cussion, adjourned until Thursday without ac ton. Much feeling was manifested. Politi- cal disaster to the Republican Party In the beet sugar States was predicted if the tarin on sugar was lowered for the benefit of the Cubans when another solution was open.
 About one hundred and twenty Republicans attended the caucus. including Speaker Hen ierson. conference, presented the proposition to return to Cuban planters rebate on duties coliscteo from them. got the floor as soop as tae confer. his proposition to provide that t should be retroactive until Nov |. 1901. In order te cover all the present sugar crop ana ms.esa s.sss collected should bs returned. as provided. it provides that 70 cents on each ton of cane produced should be distributed directly to the
 Tbe 'iistr,buticn under this plan would bs made through the Military Goveinment NuntiI agured that 70 cents ton-would he equlvs- lent to 20 per cent of the duty ana @sir, @sin,
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 to beneft. If direct tariff concession were made he maintained that the benefit would In this conection he produced report made Ss Congress ar G on 1 resolution introduced Sy NJ. Richardson, the minority leader. for the re- turn of the duties collected on Porto Ricsn by General al arosvenor. MT: Tswpey read from his report, which contended that the bens. ficiary of the Richardson resolution wou'c D, ?, the same result would follow redaetfon oi the duty on sugar from Cuba MT Tawnes earnestly urged the necessity for his retroac.
 MT. Tawney underwent a sharp fire of ques. tions from Mir Payne of New York, MT Lonl of Kansas and others. He was asked whether 1t was his intention that the rebate should se and he replied fin the negative, He declared speculation in Cuba did not need our isrgess
 Mir. Tawney's proposition was In the forH oi resolution directing s wsys syu,as snd passage of the bill of. go per cent. of all du.
 ties collected in the pntsS st1ae' within 1a sn months Cuba enters into . reciprocal trade agreement with the United states, giving this rates collected on like articles from other eoun- tries then these rebates to Cuba shall con tinue to be paid for three years from the date of the reciprocity agreement. The Government of Cuba or such agency as the President may select out of the money so paid over to Cuna shall pay to the actual bona tde cane gro growers .s produced and delivered by him to the sugar factory and manufactured Into sugar from ment. Any balance in the Cuban treasury from this scheme is to be applied TOT the promotion of the general welfare Of Cuba Judge Morris of Minnesota, who prepared a proposition for an increase of the duties and a rebate to Cuba some time ago. also supported the plan for rebate m sna ether members from beet sugar States read telegrams from their constituents protesting against any direct tarin concession to Suos na,, next Thursday.