The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-07-03
A CAUCUS OF DEMOCRATS.
Minority in Congress ASSailS the Re-
publican Majority.

publican Majority.
Washington, June 27.-Acaucus OF
the DemOcraticmembers ofthe House
of Representatives, held tonight,
unanimously adopted the following
declaration:
Resolved, First, that We condemn
the Republican majority in Congress
for their failure to pass a measure
providing reciprocity with Cuba.
The bill which passed the House of
Representatives was heartily sup
ported 10y the Democratic minority
after the protection to the Sugar
trust had been removed 10y the solid
Democratic vote aided 10y small
minority of the Republican members.
AS it passed the House the bill
carried relief to Cuba, reduced the
price OF sugar to American consum-
ers and struck u heavy~blow at the
notorious and obnoxious Sugar
trust. The refusal of the Republican
senators to consider this measure
unless the protection to the Sugar
trust should I've restored gives evil
dence that the President and Repub.
lican party in Congress are willing to
refuse relief to Cuba and totally
ignore American consumers rather
than abandon their alliance with the
trusts.
1.-The failure Of all reciprocity legis-
lation with Cuba rests upon the Re-
publican administration, which is
willing to reduce the duty on theraw
sugar Of our producers, but unwill'
ing TO destroy the sugar monopoly.
"Resolved-That the Republican
majority in Congress is dominat ed
and controlled by the trusts and
monopolies which have the great in
dustries ofour country in their grasp,
as shown by it's action in passing an
antitrust bill through the House OF
Representatives of the Fifty seventh
Congress in the closing hours OF the
session, the Senate refusing to con-
slider the same as a suhterfuge TO
tide over the election OF 1900. That
bill has been abandoned and they
have ever since refused and do now
refuse and fail to bring in any meas
ure to suppress the trusts or to ia
vorably report any Of the numerous
antitrust bills introduced by Dem o.
cratic members during this Congress.
"Third-That we favor the imme-
date passage OF a measure to amend
the present antitrust law so as to
more fully protect trade and com
merce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies and also measure
TO reduce the duties on all articles
and commodities manufactured and
controlled or produced in the United
States by trust or trusts, so as to
destroy such illegal combinations,
and to reduce the rate OF duty on
any article or commodity manufac-
tured in the United States and sold
in a foreign country more cheaply |
than in the United States.
"Fourth-We oppose the adjourn |
ment of Congress until the measures
mentioned above have been enacted |
into law
The caucus lasted only an hour
and was devoted to a discussion OF
the terms of the resolution. which |
was drawn up by Representative
Jackson, Of Kansas, and presented |
by Representative Griggs, OF Georgia,
chairman OF the Democratic Con-
gresSional committee. \ number of
speeches were made arraigning the
majority in Congress and in support |
of a strong Democratic declaration |
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, the Democratic floor leader,
was among the speakers and at the
close of his speech the resolutions
were adOnted unanimously.