The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17

about the operation Of the constitution
OF that state, and that his statements
were erroneous. Blackburn, Of Ken.
tuck. warmly arraigned the New
York senator for his comments on
kentucky elections, defended what is
known as the Goebel election law, and
asserted that the New York senator
was not informed as to the facts OF
Kentucky politics.
House.Debate on the Cuban reci.
procity bill continued in the house to.
DAY, the principal speeches being made
by Long, OF Kansas, member of the
ways and means committee, who from
the first ardently supported the propo.
sltlon for reciprocity and who original.
~ favored reduction of 40 per cent.
and by Shaforth, of Colorado, who
Vigorously opposed the bill on the
ground that the sugar trust, which he
SAID was waging war Of extermina.
ton against the beet sugar Industry,
Woula pc ITS chief beneficiary. The
leaders OF the house, who have been
much worried as to the outcome Of the
controversy, We're considerably reliey.
ed toaay, when Watson, of Indiana.
VINO is acting as the republican whip
on ,. this occasion, Informed them that
aIter careful canvass he was posi-.
1--WE that When the attempt was made
70 overdue the chair to make way for
an amendment to abolish the differen.
tai rate on sugar, the chair would be
sustained: On both sides it is conced.
90 that the uncertainty regarding the
late OF the Dill hinges upon the ques.
tlon Oh oVerruling the chair. DESPITE
Watson's canvass, there are those
among the opponents of the bill WIN
victory. - "-n tns
Washington, April 12.-senate.-A
feature of the Chinese exclusion de.
pate IN the senate today was the sharp
crltlclsm OF Minister WI of China. be.
cause OF the protest he made to the
secretary OF state against the enact
menu 0 the pending bill. Mitchell of
oregon and Teller of Colorado. sharnlv
attacked, him, declaring that he de-
served to have been given his pass
ports and thatno self-respecting nation
would have permitted such Interior.
ence IN its legislative affairs. Foraker
OF ONO and Hoar of Massachusetts. in.
sisted that the Chinese minister had
zone no more than his duty and that
ne would have been derelict of his dutv
mad he done less. Lodge of MasaachI,.
sets, delivered speech in sunnort of
the pending bill, although he antago.
nlzed that provision which prevented
| American ships from emnlovine
Chinese seamen. He vigorously urged
| the enactment of the measure with fba
indications he suggested. maintainine
that congress should place permanent
and not merely tentative LEGISLATION
on the statute books. Patterson ~
Colorado explained that, in the oh.
sence of Vest, the provision eyc,,,d.
ing Chinese who might come to the
United States to participate in eynosi'
lions had been stricken out.
House.-The house today passed the
Dill granting pension to the widow
OF PRESIDENT Mckinley at $4,000 Der
year, 1t had previously passed the
senate and now goes to the president
TOT signature. Although favorable ac.
ton on the measure was Unanimous
an inquiry by Bell of Colorado. as ia
the precendents for such action. led
70 an animated discussions. Bell con.
tended that many widows of private
| lsololers We're without pensions, and
4 that Mrs. Mckinley had indeperde nt
means, making pension unnecessary
Grosvenor OF Ohio, severely criticised
Belts position. Richardson of Ten.
fnessee, and several other democratic
members, spoke for the bill as in the
llne OF precedents. and Kleberg of
eAas, an ex-confederate soldier, sun.
ported 1t on the ground that President
l Mchlnley had wiped out the last yes.
tlge OF sectionalism. The day was dc.
voted to private pension bills, Ut he
ing passed.
Washington. April 14.-senate.-
me chinese exclusion bill occupied
the attention of the senate through
out today, Senators Foraker, of Ohio.
and McLaurin, Of South Carolina.
making extended speeches in opposi-
zion. Foraker commended that the
penang measure was violative Of our
| treaty with China and was calculated
TO prevent our commercial expansion
IN the far east. While strongly sup.
1 porting the policy of the government
TO exclude Chinese laborers, the Ohio
senator maintained that this could be
est-accomplished by an extension of
the present law, holding that the dras.
TIC provisions of the pending bill
YOU'D cut OH our cotton trade with
China and thus wreck the cotton in.
dustry of the south. Teller briefly re.
sponded to Foraker, urging that the
right time to abrogate treaties was
recognized. Lodge, of Massachusetts.
gave notice of an amendment striking
out the much discussed clause pro.
hibiting the employment of Chinese
sailors on American ships.
House.-lnterest in the Cuba reel.
procity debate in the house seems to
be waning. Judged by the attendance
on the floor today, but the earnestness
of the speeches on both sides of the
question increases rather than de.
creases in intensity. That the repub.
llcan opponents of the bill are deter.
mined to prolong the struggle as much
as possible was made manifest TO-DAY
by their refusal to allow speeches to
be printed in the record. The sneak.
ers today were Mccall, of Massachus.
fetts, and Brantley, of Georgia, for the
measure, and Robertson, of Louisiana
and Stevens, of Minnesota, against #
Robinson, of Indiana, opposed Cuban
annexation on the ground that it
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