Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-25
LEADERS DEFEATED
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND lNsUR.
GENT REPUBLICANS OVER.
RULE THE CHAIR. ~.

RULE THE CHAIR.
By a Vote of 247 to So the Cuban Re.
lief Measure Goes Through tho
House, but Not Until It Has Been
T Materially ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
Make Further Tariff Reductions Are
Not Successful,
Washington, April 19.-The Demo-
traits and the Republican Insurgents
rode ~oughshod over the house leaders
when the voting began on the Cuban
reciprocity bill. They overthrow the
ruling of the chair in committee of the
whole on the question of the germane-
ness Of an amendment to remove the
di6erential from refined sugar during
the existence Of the reciprocity agree
ment provided for in the bill. The
vote to override the decision of the
chair, made by Mr.. Sherman of New
York, was III to $50, Republicans to
the number OF 81 joining with solid
Democratic vote to accomplish this re-
suit.
Having won this preliminary victory
the amendment was adopted in COM
mittee, 164 to Ill, and later in the
house by still larger majority, 1919 to
lO5. On this occasion 81 Republicans
voted with the Democrats for the
amendment. The bill then was passed
by an overwhelming majority, 247 to
s..
|. An analysis of the vote shows that
LA Republicans and 1913 Democrats
voted for the amended bill, and ~ Re-
publicans and 10 Democrats against
it. Mr.. Grosvenor OF Ohio was one OF
those who voted against the bill. The
voting on the bill was the elimination
Of long struggle, which began almost
With the C.~-4ing of this session of
congress, and after two weeks of con-
! tinuOus debate during which much
bitterness was aroused. The days de-
bate was Of All exceedingly lively char
acter, the feature being echoes of the
Democratic caucus. To that caucus
the defeat of the Republican leaders
who sought to pass the bill without
amendment is attributable. Previous
to the holding of the caucus the Demo-
Gratis were very much divided and the
opposition OF the Republican beet su-
gar men showed signs of disintegrat-
ing. When it became apparent that
the Democrats would act together thu.
beet sugar men decided at a meeting
attended by % of them to
Take the Bit in Their Teeth
and overrule the chair. AS soon as
this combination was effected the Re-
| publican leaders realized that they
would be defeated so far as the re.
| moval of the differential was con-
cerned, and Mr.. Payne, the Republic
an leader, contented himself With
warning his beet sugar colleagues that
| in removing the dif1erential they were
! taking off bit of protection placed il
! the Dingley bill especially for the bel,-
| eft of the beet sugar producers The
Democrats attempted to follow III,
| their advantage when the differential
! amendment was adopted by offering
| the Babcock bill and other amend
ments to reduce the Dingley sche;i-
| ules, but On these amendments the
| Republicans declined to stand with
! them and the Democrats did not press
| them vigorously. One of the surprises
of the session was the attempt of Mr..
Roberts, a Massachusetts Republican,
| to take the duty Off hides. He o.
fered two amendm ents and appealed
| once from the decision Of the chair,
but was voted down each time
The bill as passed authorizes the
| president as soon as may be after the
| establishment of an independent gov
{ eminent in Cuba and the enactment
I by said government of immigration,
exclusion and contract labor laws as
restrictive as those of the United
States, to negotiate a reciprocitv
trade agreement with Cuba, by which.
in return for equivalent CONCESSIONS
the United States will grant reduc.
ton of 20 per cent from the Dinghy
rates on goods coming into the United
States from Cuba. such agreement to
continue until Dec. 1, 1903. During
J the existence of such agreement THO
duty on refined sugars and ali sugars
above No. 16 Dutch standard is to be
1926 cents per pound.
CONTROLS ATLANTIC FLEETS.
; ). P. Morgan at the Head Of a Merger
| Of Steamship Companies.
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