The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-25
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks IN
General About Wash
ington.
Commun'eatedl.
W ASHINGTON.
April 21St., 1902.


After the most dramatic session
of the Fif,y.Seventh Congress.
aud perhaps OF many preceding
Congresses. the Cuban reciprocity
bill passed the House of Repre-
>eutativeS last Friday by vote
of 247 10 %. The bill. as passed
does not. however, meet with the
approval OF the avowed friends Of
Cuba. Through the efforts OF the
Democrats. who voted as one man
and with an exhibition of diSci-
pliue such as has been seldom
rQualled and with the help of
certain Republicans who. il Is
claimed. had fer their object tie
eventual defeat Of the measure.
tie bill was amended In tie Com.
ni;tee of the Whole 80 that it
would. on going into operation.
remove the difereujial on refined
sugar and 50 afford relief 70 the
American consumers as well as
Tie Cuban producers and-at the
expense of the American Sugar
Re1uiug Company. p pull II '
known a. the Sugar Trust. III
this form The bill goes 10 the Sen
ale where The Republicans have
majority Of nearly two 70 one and
il remains 20 he seen whether
those Republicans VINO were -
ready 10 afford tina; reliefto Cuba
a, the expense Of the beet sugar
Industry. will he ready 10 afford
thai relief when i cutIails the
fronts II the Trust.
\ notable incident OF the de
ba-e. which preceded the amend
men, If The bill by the Committee
@. he Whole. was the pre>en-a
ton as an amendment. by Mr..
Richardson. a. the bill previously
offered BY Representative Babcock
a.. WISCONSIN and which had for
is purpose the removal or re
vision 81 those sections Of the
DiuElry tariff ac- which serve 20
- greatly augment the profits Of
tie Steel Tru>-. Although tile
House had Us; over ruled re de
c,>ion Of tie Chair ana had de
-esui1ej that Tie sugar amend
mrnt above referred 70 was in
order. and by ,be same reasoning
mus. have considered the amend
meu, of Mr.. Richardson in order
i permitted Nj. Sherman 10 reject
il as NOT germaue and so proved
how thoroughly hollow and inSin-
cere have been Republican pro.
te>ta-iouS ina, they desired an
opportunity 20 curtail the PROFITS
d. The Steel Tru>.. The position
taken by Tie Republican leaders.
that The amending OF The Reel
proci,y bill VII, ia>uTe is defeat
in the Senate. would imply that
tie Republicans viii offer serious
a-frou: - Tie Pre>ideu; il reject
iaE a policy lt las % strongly
advocated but Tie country will
withhold is Judgment until the
Senate ba> had an opportunity 70
demonstrate whetbefi.S allegiance
10 Tie sugar trust eutwelgh> is
allegiance 10 The President. aud
is regari .or CuoAu>. and Amer.
.~--ar, ,.ar sinners
The mos. remarkable feature of
he prolonged debate on Cuban
reciprocity was tie speech Of
Representative Cu>lmau Of Wash
iug-ou Who paid his respects 70
lie Reed rules and made the a.
>er,.ou that il order 70 secure The
passage Of any measure. no mat.
Ter low u.s. LIZ knew il 10 be. a
mem oeT Of tie House mus put
lis manhood il his pocket and 20
,ro,tiug down the little pathway
that leads 70 The Speakers room.
where by comparison all the
glory ina, clustered around The
holy Of ao.leS in Solomon's temple
LOOKS Ike thirty cents" He
further characterized The rules OF
Tie House as uuRepublicau. IN
Democratic and u American"
Referring 70 General Gro>yenor
IF ONO. Nj. Cu>lman said that
be had IL his campaign many
constituents who held absolute. '
opposing views but. he continued.
Il finally procured the Speeches
OF Congressman GFo>venor had
them bound together. and I went
through INA; campaign without 2
scratch because I could always
prove OF di>prove anything tina.
ever came up by the speeches of
the genJleDeu Of Ohio.
Las Wednesday the Senate
passed a Chinese Exclusion Bill.
10; tie measure reported by the
Committee on immigration but
the GeaEy law, reeuactiBg il Tor
another term. The large majority |
OF The Democrats voted for the
more drastic mea>ure bur tie in
1ueuce Of The representatives Of
Large Pacific Coast corporations.
who have sEarmed the Senate end
Of the Capitol Of late, and who