The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-04-25
A WI MIN /. .EI GHI,
SIS 5s
Made by Democrats Assisted BY lseet
Sugar Republicans. III
TO TAX THE TRUSTS SUGAR

TO TAX THE TRUSTS SUGAR,
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|,rhc Speaker. Oyor,uIeL ara the s)is-
fcrentInt Removed from iseflnesi
sugars Coming iroln Cuba
by tho House.
81 The Democrats and the Republican
insurgents rode roughshod over the
house leaders Friday when the voting
began on the Cuban reciprocity bill.
They OyerthreW The ruling OF the
cllairin committee ofsthc whole ol,
tho question OF tlle germancncss Of an
amendment to remove thedliierential
from refined sngarduring the existence
OF thc3rccinr0city agreement provided
for in tile oil. II "a 5S
The vote 70 oycrrulc the dccisIons,t ~
the chair, made by Mr.. Sherman OF
New York, vas III 10 40. itepubli-
cans TO thc number OF 81 Joining With
q solid Democratic vote 10 accomplish
| this result, Having won this prclimin-
ary victory the amendment was adopt
Ell III committee, i6I-lIl, and later
In tho house by Il still larger majority,
l90-iO5. TN this occasion 81 Itepubli-
cans voted with the Democrats for the
IamcndmoDh The bill was then pass-
cd by an overwhelming majority.
3l7-5a.
An analysts Of the vote shows that
l2i Republicans and l2a Democrats
voted for the amended bill and ~ Tte.
publlcans and 10 Democrats against
Iit. tirosYenor OF Ohio waa ono or
those who voted against tile bill The
voting on tho billwas the culmInatlon
az a long struggle which began almost
With the Inception Of this session or
congress and after two weeks Of con-
tlnuOns debate during which much
bitterness was aroused.
Fridays debate was OF an exceed
ingly lively character, the feature be-
Ing the echoes OF Thursday Mig ! Is
Democratic caucus. TO that caucus the
defeat OF the Republican leaders who
songlit TO pass the hill without amend.
ment lsattribntablc. Previous to tho
l,hnldlng OF The caucns tho nAs,n.,r. |. ts
were very much divided and the op.
| position OF the Republican beet sugar
| men showed slgns OF disintcgrating.
| Friday when II became apparent that
1.-THE Democrats, would act together
| the beet sugar men decided, at a meet
Ing a TENDED by ~ of than, to take
lthe bit in thcir teeth and oyerruie the
chair ii soon ;.a this c0inhinat Ion
lfsy3tgE EeiIected tho Republican leaders
real lied that they would DO defefltetl
sp mo va tsle Isss
effletl
Itsse iss te iSSss
self With warning Ills beet s,iga Il sUls
leagues that LA removing the ld! iyere,,.
| ltial they we're taking OF a. bit of pro.
lection placed IN tho Dingicy8 bill
ESPECIALLY for the benefit OF the beet
sugarproduccfs .5s
Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee, was
the tilSt speaker. lie stated frankly
that he doubted whether tho enact
mcnt of the bill would do mncl, Ii
bring about tic reciprocal trade rela-
tions between Cuba and the United
States which was earnestly to be dc:
desired. but he had voted for IL In
the hope that IL might accomplish
something. lie called attention tC
tho action Of two counties In the dis,
trict OF MIR. l}abcock, Wisconsin, ell,
dorsiDgStlsA lattcr's bill Il, revoke the
duties from steel, and amid Delnocra-
tic applause, said the Democrats pro
posed TO give Mr.. Babcock an oppor,
| tunlty later OIL to yotefor the bill his
constituents had endorsed. #
Mr. Hepburn, Iowa, aroused coz
siderable excitement by bringing for,
ward thereyclation made in tho Demo.
cratic causus Thursday night concern.
Ing the alleged pvcrtures made fron
the Republican side To abandop tic
Crumpackcr resolution II tho ~ emo
Gratis from the States threatcnct
would vote against uyerturnlng tho
chair. lie said he did not believe 1t
and thought tho gentleman from Ala
bama AIR. Underwood, must have beer
| mistakcn II
Mr. Morris OF Minnesota, ono OF th,
| Republican opponents or the bill, was
recognized and offered an amendment
to remove the diffcrentiai or refined
sugar. The moment the amendment
was read Mr.. Payne, tho Republicai
Header, made tho point OF order that
II was not gcrmanc. He argued tina,
there had boon rulings innumorablt
against such extraneo,ls amendments
Mr.. Littlencla OF Maine followed Ntr
Payne, taking ,the- view that the
amendment was germane ,$s He hat
not proceeded fax i'm his argument ba
| fore he aroused intense Inherent bs
reyerting to the report that at ti,t
Democratic caucus Thursday night
Mr.. Underwood stated TINT oSertnrcs
had been made to him In regard ii
the Grumpackcr resolution. { An ln
slnuatlon has been made eheret'rldas,,
said he, which has not been repeilet
as thought to have been. refnr tf
the report that at the Democratic
caucus Thursday night Was sta ted thai
approaches had come from this sids
Of tile house for tho Democrats To en-,
ter an unholy, nngodlyand infamou.
alliance to sacrifice human rights III
order to save tho face of certain lead