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of the Sugar Trust with the agita-
ton in favor of Cuban reciprocity
which was instituted by Senator
Teller's resolution, has produced
extensive and, to the Republicans,
alarming results. Mr. +. B. Thur
Der, of New York, who had sew
eral times been called before the
Committee on Relations with
Cuba, finally made his a pear
ance and from him was elected
the statement that Mr.. Have,
meyer, president of the American
Sugar Refining Company, had
contributed 81, 500 to fund used
by Mr.. Thurber "to educate
American sentiment in favor of
reciprocity" and that General
Wood, acting for the Cuban gov
eminent, had contributed to the
same fund the sum of 81, $50.
General Wood was obliged to ad.
nit the payment saying that he
had made it in accordance with
the wishes of the Secretary of
War and Mr.. Havemeyer have
made no denial.
Acting upon the testimony of
Mr.. Thurber, eighteen Senators,
of whom Mr.. ElkinS is the leader,
resolved to contest the passage of
Il
the Cuban bill to the end and to
notify the Democratic leaders
that such was their intention.
The news of Mr.. Thurber's dis
closures was telegraphed to the
President, then at West Point,
and he abandoned his intention
of spending a day with his family
at Oyster Bay and returned to
Washington Immediately and on
Friday sent a special message to
Congress urging that body to pass
the Cuban reciprocity bill and in
cidentally mentioning that he
could not approve of the debate
scheme put forth by the "insur.
gent" Senators. While Mr.. RooSe-
velt's statement is very fair ex.
position of his views it does not
appear to have produced any
marked impression upon his op.
ponents in the Senate and the
question of Cuban reciprocity is
as far from settlement as ever.
In this connection it should be
borne in mind that were the Pres
ident or the Republican Senators,
who desire to befriend Cuba, will
ing to take any action which
would tend to decrease the profits
of the Sugar Trust, the way to
aiding Cuba would he made clear.
The eighteen Republican Sena-
tors, who oppose straight reel
procity with Cuba on the ground
that it would result merely in
augmenting the profits of the
trust, would gladly vote for the
reciprocity bill as it passed the
House and which removed the
ditferential on refined sugar and
they could count on the combined
support of the Democrats. The
support of the ''inSurgent" Re
publlcans and large number of
the Democrats could also be Sc
cured for the substitute bill of
Senator Dietrich, which would
transfer the duty now imposed as
a ditferential on refined sugar to
the raw product and then grant
straight reciprocity to the extent
of 20 per cent to Cuba. The diff
ficulty with which Mr.. Roosevelt
and his supporters in the Senate
are contending is their effort to
serve two masters, the Sugar
Trust and Cuba, and the indica.
lions are that they will fall be-
tween the two and that Republi-
can harmony in the Senate will
suffer as severely as it did in the
House when the same bill was
considered there.
On Thursday the Senate will
vote on the Nicaraguan Canal bill,
the consensus of opinion being
that the Spooner resolution will
be adopted. But two appropria-
ton bills remain to be considered
In the Senate and they will be
disposed of with comparatively
little debate so that the Senate
Will be face to face with the Cuban
dilemma and some action will have
to be taken. The President still
insists that if adjournment is
taken without action on the Cuban
matter he will call Congress in
special session. All day Friday
the Senate spent in secret session,
the supporters of the President
endeavoring to secure confrma-
tion of the nomination of General
Crozier as Chief of Ordnance, but |
without avail, and the session adj
journed without action. On Sat-
urday Senator Ellins introduced |
resolution providing for the an
neXation of Cuba as a State.
The House of Representatives
has shown unusual industry dur
ing the past week and a number |