Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-04-11

House.-The feature of the second
days debate In the house on the Gu.
ban reciprocity bill was an impassi0n-
ed speech IN opposition to the meas
ire by William A. Smith. Michigan
republican. Senators Spooner and
Quar;es, of Wisconsin. and Dolliver, OF
Iowa, and group OF Michigan beet
sugar manufacturers In the gallery,
were In his audience, and he was liber-
ally applauded by his republican sup
porters as he assailed the republican
leaders who were Advocating the bill.
bodily charging them with being false
to the republican doctrine OF protec.
ton. He announced that he was will
ing to vote to override the chair In
order to support an amendment to
take the differential OF refined sugar.
Morris, Of Minnesota, another repub.
lican who made a strong speech
against the bill, also made similar
announcement. The other speakers
today were Bal (democrat), of Texas,
and Sparkman (democrat). OF Florida,
both of whom opposed the bill, and
Mondell, of Wyoming, who advocated
its passage. s
Washington. April 1O.-Senate.-An
ment for vote on the Chinese eX.
clusion bill. but it was unsuccessful.
The measure was under discussion
during the entire session except for
about an hour, in which time the post
Office bill was considered and passed.
Three speeches were made against
the Chinese bill in it's present form,
Dillingham;. of Vermont. concluding
his remarks, and Stewart. of Nevada,
and Hoar, of Massachusetts, stated
their objections to the bill. Stewart
said he would vote for the measure il
it was the best that could be obtained,
as he favored the exclusion of Chinese
laborers, but he was opposed to many
of it's provisions. Hoar, with consid.
cradle feeling, announced his vigorous
opposition to the bill, declaring that
he never would vote for it. Depew,
Of New York, spoke briefly against
the adoption of the resolution provid.
ing for the election Of senators by
popular vote. In effect, he served no.
tice on those states winch had limited
their suffrage that if the resolution
was enacted demand would be made
on them to accord all their citizens the
right to vote, or suffer loss of repre-
sentation in congress.
House-The debate on the Cuban
reciprocity bill was devoid o. enliven.
ing features. The most notable speech
Of the day was made by Grosvenor,
OF Ohio. He answered the critics who
have charged him with Inconsistency,
by saying that reciprocity was SOUND
republican doctrine and that tariff
schedules were not sacred, He pre-
dicted that the time would come. al.
though it had not yet arrived, when
there would be an memorable demand
for revision of the present rates.
Prince, of Illinois, made strong
speech against the measure. The other
speakers were Lawrence, of Massa.
chusetts, and Miers, of Indiana, for the
bill, and Weeks, of Michigan, and Kle-
berg, of Texas, against it. HIT, of
Illinois, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, reported back the Cochran,
OF Missouri, resolution of inquiry call
ing upon the secretary of state for in
formation regarding the alleged re.
moval by Canadian officials of land.
marks along the Alaskan border. The
resolution was adopted without d.
vision. He also reported back the
Sulzer resolution calling upon the sec.
rotary of state for the report of the
governor Of Louisiana and all other
correspondence relating to the estab.
lishment of British base of supplies
in Louisiana and the shipment of
horses and mules for the use of the
British army in South Africa, and it
was adopted.