The Washington times., 1902-04-20
Removed Countervailing
Duty by Vote on Cuban
Tariff Bill.
ACTION WILL BE A BOOMERANG
Declares Their Action Will Strange Beet
Sugar Industry-Mr. Weeks Defends
Insurgents Course and Says Senate
Will Not Pass Bill.

Senate will do with the bill is something
at present very problem atical.
During the general debate upon the
Notifications appropriation bill in the
House yesterday General Grosvenor seized
an opportunity TO deliver a post mortem
speech upon the sugar question He was
much elated over the discovery of what
he believes will cause the action of the
beet sugar insurgents in voting to take
off the differential to act as a boomerang
upon their cherished industry.
With a tone of sarcasm in his voice he
declared that he hoped that the beet
aligning themselves with the Democrats
TO add an amendment to the bill for the
purpose of defeating it.
Betrayed in the House of Its Friends.
The beet sugar industry. he said, had
been betrayed in the house of its friends.
In endeavcring to take off the differential
of 121s cents per 100 pounds on refined
sugar they had also removed the counter
vailing duty of q cents per 100 pounds.
The blow aimed at the American Sugar
the beet sugar industry.
You tried to get after the Sugar
Trust he said. .and what you did was to
strike down an American industry"
General Grosvenor arraigned the beet
sugar men for their inconsistency in vot-
ing with the Democrats to remove the
differential, and then, with the differen-
tial added. voting solidly against the bill.
Thereby, he said it was shown that they
had formed an alliance with the minorit,
for something in which they did not be
lieve, and by refusing to vote for it on
the final passage of the measure. they
had pleaded guilty to the indictment.
The statement had gone forth. he said
that the removal of the differential was
blow at the trust. Not any Senator who
voted to restore it would be accused OF
friendship for the trust. while as mat
ter of fact he would be voting to protec.
the beet sugar industry.
This was the way General Grosvenor
paved the way for members of the upper
house to vote to restore the differential
The Morris amendment, he contended, re-
moved both the difserential and the count
ervailing duty. together equaIing 1898 a
ton of sugar,
Insurgents Proud Of Their Stand.
Mr.. Weeks (Rep., Mich.) replied tc
General Grosvenor He said the beet sugar
men voted with deliberation and knew
what they were doing. They were proud
of what they had done. That their con-
stituents were satisfied with their action
was evinced. he said, by the kilograms
OF congratulation which they were re-
ceiying.
MIR. Weeks took exception to some OF
Z hn fofo do hy
nor while the bill was pending. Some of
his sarcastic and uncalled for remarks
after they had been delivered, had been
edited out of the Record.
General Grosvenor denied this. Mr..
Weeks pointed to a specific instance
where statement made by the Ohian,
and which produced great deal of laugh
ter, did no: appear in print in the Rec
ord
Mr.. Weeks said that the beet sugar Re-
publicans did not propose to have the
venerable gentleman from Ohio" or any
one else. read the riot act to them. They
were responsible for what they did, he
declared. They voted for the differential,
he admitted, for the purpose of killing the
bill.
He thought il the Senate ever sent It
back to the House, the author would not
recognize II.
speech, poured a little oil on the troubled
water, producing several laughs by his
sallies There the matter ended on the
floor of the House.
Inclination to Blame the President
Among the Republican leaders yester-
day there was a lightly veiled inclination
to place all the blame for their predica-
ment upon the President. Some of them
practically admitted that, after all, their
hearts were not in the fight; that they had
only made 1t at the command of the
President. and now they propose that he
shall accept the responsibility for the loss
Of their prestige and the thwarting of
their authority.
They were much chagrined at their
overthrow, especially as it is the first
time upon any very important matter that
they have been unable to whip the rank
and file into line, and ma SaA them submit
to dictation. II has demo efated TO them
that their power is not supreme and theN
fear that 1t may embolden other "insur-
gents and cause further rebellion in the
ranks.
At any rate it has established a preee-
dent. and one which they fear others
may take advantage of when the occasion
arises.
Net in years have the Democrats stood
together and exhibited such union and
discipline as they did on the Cuban propo-
sition. The Republican leaders fear that
there may be further alliances between
them and sufficient insurgents to over
turn their authority upon other matters
The beet sugar men were eIated yester-
day. although the statement made by
General Grosvenor. views which are
shared by Chairman Payne, in regard TO
the removal OF the countervailing duty
with the differential. caused them some
sim they believe that the
Cuban reciprocity bill viii die in the Sen
ate.
The Course in the Senate.
Although the action of the Senate is
uncertain. and even the best informed
of that body do not know what
will be done, the opinion prevails that |
the Senate viii increase the amount of |
the reduction perhaps to 80 i-3 per cent.
and certainly to 2j per cent and that an |
effort will be made TO restore the differ |
eatisI. But the Democrats and beet su-
gar men declare that the House will never |
agree to such a concession.
When the Cuban bill reached the Sen |
ate yesterday IL was referred to the Com |
nittee on Cuta. of which Senator Plat. |
1f Connecticut is chairman. A majority 1
Jf that committee is said to be opposed |
% any such legislation whatever
Early this week Mr.. Platt will call a |
meeting of the committee and an attempt |
will be made to map out a program for
he consideration OF the bill. Before the
Meeting is held Senator Plat will go
yer the situation with the other Repub-
lean leaders in the Senate and House.
nd will also have a talk with President |