Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-07
PRESIDENT
AND RECIPROCITY
o.. Attitude towards Cuban Cues
tion Remains the Same
REPUBLICANS HOLD CAUCUS
,,oy Can Come TO No Agreement
on Tarl9 couces'io" to c"'"
All IL Chao"

.,.,r,ton. March C.--'rhe follow
ing authorized statement Wus a "'"u
NV the White House this even
ing Aha, ho nresldent
hanged mis- attitude on the CUBAN
"'' ,ocny business is without the
Hottest foundation In fact
', g'so ,brd conference Of Republican
.,an,bers Of the house of representa-
gyo. 10 consider the question OF CUBAN
u .lc concessions was held tonight IN
%. nail Of the house. About 10 mem
y" zorro present and great interest
s manifested, owing 10 the sharp d.
,ss,on which has occurred between 'he
.nnporters Of the ways and means pro-
.ogiton for 20 per cent RECIPROCITY us
~, forward by Chairman Payne ana
~. rebate plan proposed by Represen-
,auyo Tawney of Minnesota Before
@e meeting speaker Henderson ana
p cannon of Illinois, the
i ,tor chairman OF the caucus, called
IT" %'' The White House and were unuefl
sd ~ have held a further conference
r .'Vb he nresident on the situation,
when the caucus met at $40 Mr'
cannon occupied the chair Mr. DGl-
osll Of Pennsylvania, member Oh tne
aoys and means committee ana an
',tent snpporter of the Payne reel
rrocty MAN. was recognized at the
ln,set for an extended speech, pre-
SsntInp legal objections to the Tawney
nrnnositlon. He maintained that ms
nronosItion was bounty to Cubans
IA as such was unconstitutional.
He also urged the impractical char-
eoter Of the bounty plan, saying mere
we're some 10000 planters dealing
through 100 mddlemen, so that II
woud be impossible to make am eqult-
,be distribution. Mr., Dal2el referred
10 the widespread sentiment of the
rress favorable TO reciprocal conces-
mons. He was interrupted By IRE OF
cross questions as he proceeded.
Mr. pal2el declared that the Repub-
loan marty had never run away from
An issue and 1t should not run away
from this one He spoke OF Prest.
Rooseyells position, and read from the
Presidents message favoring recipro-
city 49,,
Al one point Representative Mahon
IL Pennsylvania interjected the query.
Suppose Cuba's products were IRON
and steel instead Of sugar and tobacco,
should they receive 20 per cent MrlIl
CONCESSIONS one Of the Philadelphia
members added the statement that ms
district did not favor the reciprocity
Plan.
Mr. pazell proceeded with his argu-
ment maintaining that from the
standpoint Of expedlency and practical
biy the Payne plan offered the best
solution Of the problem
Representative Tayler of Ohio, rep
psentng the old Mckinley district,
followed In a speech, maintaining that
there should be no Inroads IN the doc
Iine OF protection,
Representative Mahon followed up
me brief query he had made OF MT.
Dal2ell by presenting resolution lol
the pOstponement of the entire subject
until the next session of Congress, In
the course Of short speech he de-
tlared that the west had stood by
Pennsylvania when there was not u
smokestack In the west, and In return
he proposed 10 stand by the beet sugar
sn0kestacks Of the west.
representative Fordney of Michigan
sought to gain recognition for a propo-
Sltion somewhat similar to that of MI.
Mahon postponing action, but the res
oluton was not formally presented.
Representative Long OF Kansas
spoke In favor Of the Payne PROPOSE
ton and had not completed his argu-
ment when, at If o'clock, he yielded to
Speaker Henderson. The latter coun-
seed the fullest discussion before ac-
ton was taken In order that differ
ences might be- reconciled and an ami
cable adjustment reached, The speak
ers suggestion met general acceptance
ana at Has the conference adjourned
until next Tuesday night.