The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

the entire reciprocity propaganda had
| been backed by the American Sugar
| Refining company, and by Americans
who were interested financially in
Cuban sugar plantations The pur
| pose, he said, was to strike down an
important agricultural industry in this
country. He was willing to join in
general revision of the tariff to meet
changed conditions. but unless the du
ties on iron and steel and other prod
ucts were reduced together with those
on sugar in order that the arrange
ment may be equal, the beet sugar
growers never would consent to re
duction on their product. Platt, of
Connecticut, chairman of the Cuban
relations committee. replied to the
Colorado senator. He maintained that
there was nothing sordid in the de-
sire to promote reciprocal relations
between the United States and Cuba,
and said the making of some cOnces-
sions to Cuba was a plain duty to
this country. 1t was a duty which this
government owed to itself as we'll as
to Cuba, because friendly relations
with the new republic was necessary
means of defense to this country, un.
less the United States should annex
the island. That, he hoped, would not
be done, as he regarded annexation
as grave menace to our institutions
House-The contested election case
OF Horton VS.. Butler, from the Twelfth
Missouri district, was under consid-
Grafton.
Washington, June 2S-Senate.-A
lively debate was precipitated in the
sonata Loot -
gan of Alabama, authorizing the com
mittee on interoceanic canals to in.
vestigate the status of the American
stockholders of the Panama Canal Co
with view of protecting them in the
French court. Spooner of Wisconsin,
Hanna OF Ohio, and Mitchell of Ore
gon, antagonized the resolution, main
tanning that it was matter with
which the United States had nothing
to do Morgan warmly advocated the
proposition, but it finally went to the
calendar without action. Deboe and
Blackburn OF Kentucky engaged in an
interesting but good-natured discuss
ion of Kentucky politics, in the course
of which the former alleged that the
reason why Governor Taylor did not
return to Kentucky and stand trial
as an accessory to the murder of Gov.
ernor Goebel was that the courts were
corrupt and that the 100000 reward
offered for the apprehension of the
murderer of Goebel had been used to
corrupt the court and bribe witnesses.
This Blackburn emphatically denied
and declared that he was SO thorough.
ly convinced of Taylor's guilt that he
would be willing to submit the case 10
any judge and any jury in the United
| States.
| House.-When the house adjourned
tonight the general deficiency bill and
one item in the naval appropriation
| bill was all that remained in dispute
between the two houses, so far as the
appropriation bills are concerned The
conference report upon the District of
Columbia bill was adopted and it now
goes to the president for his sigma.
ture. Earlier in the day the house
decided the contested election of
Horton. VS. Butler, from the Twelfth
Missouri district, by declaring the
seat vacant. By vote of 100 to 1876
"a strict party vote-Butler, who IS
also democrat, was decided not en-.
title to his seat Butler made a Wig.
orous speech of an hour in defense OF
his right to the seat. The Dick mill
tia bill was made continuing o1tle1
not to interfere with conference re
ports.
Washington, June 3O.-Senate.-EE
klns OF West Virginia delivered an
earnest speech in favor of the an
nexation of Cuba. maintaining that il
would be in the best interests of bott
countries. Elkins' remarks drew
sharp fire from Platt of Connecticut
and Hanna of Ohio, who deprecated
any annexation proposition at this
time and urged that the United States
ought to be sensible of it's obligations
70 the civilized world, if not to Cuba
After lively colloquy in which
General Wood was criticised, by in.
ference, for using Cuban funds to ad.
vance reciprocity propaganda Elkins'
resolution for annexation was referred
to the Cuban relations committee
mong the many bills passed was one
giving Rear Admiral Schley the pay
and allowance of a rear admiral on the
active list of the navy
House.-The conference report on
the Philippine civil government bill,
which is considered the last obstacle
IN the way of adjournment was adopt.
ed by strict party vote, with the sin.
gle exception of Mccall of Massachu
setts, who voted with the democrats
A partial report on the general de.
hclency appropriation bill was adopt.
ed, and after prolonged fight, the
house, by vote of 11S to 1O1, adopted
the senate amendment to appropriate
100000 for the Buffalo exposition and
then sent the bill back to conference.
The senate amendments to appropriate
100000 for the Charleston exposition
and Sl,O0O,000 to pay the Hawaiias
fire bubonic plague awards were de.
feated the former by a vote of II to
l1S. Subsequently, at the night ses.
sion, the house reversed itself and as
sented to the senate amendment max.
ing an appropriation for the Charles.
ton exposition. A number of bills were
passed under suspension of the rules,
Including the senate bill to allot lands
in the Cherokee nation and to provide
corporation laws for Alaska At the
evening session the Dick militia bill
was taken up and passed 1870 to 2S.