The Saint Paul globe., 1902-04-19

tWo-and-a-half- speech of Mr.. Long
than.6 which he described as a great
physical effort" which beftted the Kan
sas statesman for a championship i'll tie
prize ring under the Marquis of Queens
berry rules
He denounced the feature of the bin TO
compel Cuba TO accept n1ir lmmi grafton
laws when tie greatest need of Cuba
today was labor. If the Yankee was
what Re sometimes was said 10 be
Gqnning; aGqni4 tbon gTasping, @ ayariGioas and
OF the bill had been written by Yam
kee.
The remaining time after Mr.. Hepburn
conclIded-two hours and twenty min
IaWney tMinn J, VINO closed the depate
against the BILL and Mr.. DalZeH Penn1
who concluded for the measure. MI.
TaWney at the outset defendzd the course
OF those on the Republican side whJ .'n1i
not surrendered their convictions that
thrift might follow fawning."
Tawney Points to Reeds Action.
He pointed to ilIustrious instances in
the past where Republicans had opposed
measures advocated by a majority OF
their colleagues. notably the case of ex-
Speaker Reed in the congress when he
voted to issue gold interest bearing bonds
He declared that those of his colleagues
who believed as he did had been de-
nounced as traitors, their motives had
been inpugned and they had even been
lnsulted because they had dared TO assert
anu 0ttSIlu WI4dl lllcy DGlItNtu 10 De 10
tn interest Of their party. their con-
sttuents and their country
In conclusion, Mr.. Tawney said that
this was the first time Republican lead
ers had proposed to depart from the pro-
tective theory. The Republican party
was bound in honor to keep faith with
those whom it had induced to enter the
beet sugar industry. II the United states
owed debt to Cuba it should be paid
out of the public treasury by the whole
people and not alone by the farmers VINO
were growing sugar beets.
Mr.. DalZell, in closing the debate for
the friends of the bill, declare that 1t
was not an attack upon protection. 1T
is not revision of the existing tariff
law or its schedules 1t will not harm
single American industry or deprive an
American workman of a single Gays
wages. This bill contains a single propO-
Sition for reciprocal trade relations, and
Is justified on plain business principles.
But it is more than that 1t is a step
toward the redemption of the pledge we
made not to Cuba, but to ourselves wnen
we volunteered to intervene to right the
wrongs which she was suffering under the
Spanish regime.
Mr.. Dalzell insisted that it was our
duty, now that Cuba was to be set up
on the high road Of the world to see
that she started under fair auspices
He made careful, dispassionate
speech. explaining why he had voted in
favor of reporting the bill He stated
frankly that he doubted whether the en-
actment of the bill would do much to
bring about the reciprocal trade relations
between Cuba and the United States
which was earnestly to be desired But
he had voted for it in the hope that it
might accomplish something.
Richardson Severe on BabcocI<.
1t would at least reduce by % per cert
the outrageously high rate of the Ding,
ley law, so far as Cuba was concerned.
Those high rates could not stand, and nc
said Mr.. Grcsvenors speech a few days
ago was a warning of the coming storm.
He thought the time for a revision of the
tariff was at hand
Mr.. Richardson called attention to the
action of Representative Babcock of
Wisconsin, indorsing the latter's bill, to
remove the duties from steel, and, amid
Democratic applause, said that the Dem
ocrats proposed to give Mr.. Babcock an
opportunity later on to vote for the bill
his constituents had indorsed
He also outlined the Democratic plat.
form relative to abolition of the diff
1erentlaI duty on refined sugar. If thi2
amendment carried, he said $4,000 900 or
reIlners and given to the consumers
Just before Mr.. Richardson took his
seat. Mr.. Brodwell COhio) asked him this
question:
Does the gentleman from Tennessee
know anything Of a reported bargain be-
tween the leaders on this side and the
Democrats in the house, by which the
Crumpacker resolution is to be smother
cd IN order to aid the passage of the
pending bill?"
Absolutely nothing" replied Mr.. Rich
ardson.
Mr.. Fordney (Mich) opposed the bill.
He declared that not a single Cuban ap,
peared before the ways and means com.
mittee in favor of the bill Every one of
the witnesses for it, lie said, was either
an American citizen owning sugar land
IN Cuba or directly representing TIE in
huence Of the sugar trust
Babccck Bill Is offered
Mr.. Roberts then modified his amend
ment so as to make it apply only to
hides from Cuba, and as modified it was
held 10 be in order But on a direct vote
1t was defeated, 120 to 1885,
MT Clellan then moved to increase the
reciprocal concession from 20 to 40 per
cent. Two Republicans, Parker IN. u
and Iompkins IN. ", voted for the
amendment, and the Louisiana Demo-
Gratis and several other Democrats. II in
al, voted against it, 1t was defeated
102 to 1852
Mr.. Richardson (Tenn.) then offered the
Babcock bill to place articles in the metal
schedules 'on the free list, also cotton
baggng, binding twine, wood pulp, etc
1t was ruled out of order
Mr.. Corliss (Mich), offered to amend