Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20
FATE OF CUBAN BILL
passed and the conference report on the
legislation appropriation bill agreed to.
BusK of Echoes

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BusK Of Echoes.
There wac a buzz Of excited comment on
the floor OF the house when the session be-
gan today and members gathered in groups
to discuss the stirring incidents Of the vote
on Cuban reciprocity last night. The sub
ject was not referred to in the opening pro-
ceedings. however, except in Chairman
Payne's correcting the record Of some OF
the excited parliamentary ssparring, and
then the house turned to routine business.
A resolution was. agreed to for the pay
ment Of the expenses incident to the Nc
Kinley memorial exercises. A bill provid-
ing for two additional associate justices IN
Oklahoma excited lively discussion on the
proviso that the appolntees shall have been
residents of the territory for one year. The
bill was passed; for a monument marking
the site OF the Fort Phil Kearney massacre;
establishing an additional land ofhce in
Montana; regulating the Introduction Of
eggs Of game birds for propagation.
Mr.. Lacey stated that the purpose Of the
last bill was to authorize the secretary OF
agriculture to Ak regulations by which there
would be no propagation of undesirable
birds. such as English sparrows. but that
the propagation would be confined to desir-
able game birds.
ONner btllN fasSeO.
other bills passed we're: Reserving from
the public lands In Oregon a public park
for the benefit of the people of the United
States and the protection and preservation
Of the game, fish and timber and all other
natural objects.
The senate amendments to an additional
urgency deficiency, bill were agreed to and
the bill now goes to the president for his
approval.
Saturday, May 10, was set aside to pay
tribute to the memory of the late Repre-
sentative Polk of Pennsylvania. u-.
The house then took up the Notifications
appropriation bill.
Mr.. HemenwRy, in charge of the bill, ex-
planned that 1t carried an appropriation Of
S6,562, 455, being 1901, 556 more than the cur
rent law.
Mr.. Grosvenor took occasion to talk on
the action of the house yesterday on the
Cuban reciprocity bill. He said that the
diferential on refined sugar had been
placed in the Dingley bill against the pro-
test Of the Sugar trust and at the request
OF the beet sugar producers. He said the
beet sugar men had overreached them
selves. In order to accomplish the humilia-
ton of certain members of the, house they
had not only struck off the. differential on
sugar, but also the countervailing duty on
bounty-produced sugar.
Says Senate Cannot Reverse II.
Referring to what might occur in the
senate, he said the action Of the vote Of
the democrats and the controlling factor
In the house (the beet sugar republicans)
had made it impossible for the senate to
remove rthe' differential amendment. Any
senator who v6teG to strike out the Morris
amendment would be accused OF f~aVoring
the Sugar trust.
Replying to General Grosvenor, Mr..
Weeks of Michigan. one of those promi-
nent In opposing the ways and means COM
mittee, commented satirically on Mr.. Gros-
venor's recent references to the young and
inexperienced members kilograms of con-
graduation had been pouring in today; Mr..
Weeks said, from the governor of Michigan
and from those high in the councils of the
republican party on the success of the
movement against the reciprocity bill.
With this home support behind them, he
and his assistants did not propose to have
the riot act" read to them by the gentle>
man from Ohio or any other leader.
"Our motive was to kill that bill-that is
the plain English of it." exclaimed Mr..
Weeks, and we believe that it is killed,
and that II it ever comes back from the
senate its friends, will not be able to recog-
niZe it, ...
Mr.. Cannon put the house in good humor
and brought the discussion back to the
fertilization bill.
An amendment by Mr.. Cushman Of Wash
ington was agreed to for the purchase OF
the exclusive right to use the high ex-
plosive thorite, and making available $50, 900
OF a former appropriation for this pur-
pose. The bill then was passed.
The conference report on the legislative
| onnronrfation hill WAS aoraed IN