The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-19

Leader Of the Insurgent Beet Sugar
Senators
Senator NIiIard, of Nebraska, who op-
posed the reciprocity plan, was present
during part of the conference and the
president remarked to him that Nebras
ka had endorsed his (the presidents)
course and turned down her own sena-
tors.
To a number of callers today Presi-
dent Roosevelt stated that he finds
sufficient endorsement of his stand on
the Cuban question in the action of the
conventions recently held in South Da-
kotas Kansas and Nebraska To a per-
sonal friend today he said he felt par
ticularly grateful to Congressman Bur
kett of Nebraska and Martin of South
Dakota. for their attitude in their con-
ventions; also that he took a particular
pride in the endorsements from the
three states above named, because he
was peculiarly close to those states
1t is known that the president would
negotiate a treaty with Cuba provided
he has the assurance Of 80 senators
that they would vote for it, but he does
not want to try this expedient without
q guarantee beforehand that it would
carry. Those close to the president as
eert that his feeling now is that if reci-
procity is not granted at this time It
must come sooner OF later. and than
those senators who at present are Op-
posing it eventually viii be led to see
that our duty and obligations toward
Cuba must be carried out according
to the pledges made.
The Republican senators who favor
reciprocity with Cuba are not yet ready
to acknowledge that nothing can be
done. They say that with 35 votes in
the caucus they do not think they need
surrender to the 10 who declared them
selves against the bill. Two methods
are suggested, one to negotiate a treaty
with Cuba and the other to bring it in
and pass the house bill The action of
the Nebraska Republican convention yes
faTNaW in fnH0Fafr1er the IaT7fs
cage and reciprocity with Cuba was
commented on quite freely about the
senate today, and the reciprocity sena-
tors quizzed Senators Millard and Deit-
rich in q good natured manner about the
way In which the Nebraska platform
differed from their statements made in
caucus last evening, when Mr.. DIETRICH
declared that four Nebraska congress
sional districts would go Democratic if
the reciprocity bill was passed
RECIPROCITY is DOOMED.
Washington, June 19-The Repubu-
can senators held conference Lass
night on the subject Of Cuban reel
procity and after flood of short
Speeches adjourned until next Friday
without action of any sort. Seventeen
senators, one after another. announced
uneltera.ble opposition to a reduction of
duty on Cuban sugar and announce
ment was made that two others not
present stood with them. Senators
1'latt (Cpnn) and Spooner (Wis) took
the lead in behalf Of the proposed legis-
lation and endeavored TO convince the
beet sugar senators that the measure
they had framed jointly would not in
5ure any American interest but their
speeches made no impression on the op-
position and the conference adjourned
until Friday at the desire of the friends
Of Cuban reciprocity ia order that they
might have at least an opportunity to
try to agree on q measure that the beet
sugar senators would accept. 1t was
Ehe general opinion after the confer
snce that this session Of congress would
adjourn without Cuban reciprocity leg
islatiOn of any sort
Te conference was preceded by two
meetings to which some Significance was
attached. The first of these was
gathering Of the Republican steering
Committee and the second q dinner given
~ Aenateg Burrows in his committee