The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-12
MONEY FOR RECIPROCITY
CUBAN FUNDS EXPENDED TO
 PROMOTE THE EFFORT.
Evidence Given Before Senate Cuban Relations Committee Causes n Sensa- ton i'm the senate-Between SS, 900 an d S9,o0O spent-s2O, ,oo0 Worth of Litern- ture Circulated -Havemeyer Gave S2,- 500.

| Washington, June 1.-The statements
 of F. B. Thurber of New York before
 the senate committee on Cuban rela- | tions to-day showing that between $8, ,00C
 and 5000 had been paid out of the Gu
 ban treasury under the direction of
 Governor General Wood for the promo tion of the effort to secure reciprocity between the United States and Cuba, caused q sensation in the senate.
 Senator Teller produced before the committee copy of voucher for $2,SS0, showing that that sum had been paid | by the military government of Cuba, by authority of Governor Wood, to the United States Export association of which Mir. Thurber is president
 MT. Thurber acknowledged that he had received the amount and said it was one of three payments he had re- ceived from the same source. The re- ceipt was dated April ?, 1902, and states that it was for advocating a reduction
 in the duties on Cuban products with a reciprocal reduction of United States
 products going into Cuba The witt
 ness said he thought $2O,OOO worth of literature had been circulated.
 He said he had received a contribution
 of S2500 from MT. Havemeyer, of the
 sugar refining company, when he soic-
 ited that gentleman for subscription.
 Opinions in the senate as to the ulti-
 mate effect of the testimony are as va
 ried as the predilections and preiudices
 of the senate, but the immediate results
 are seen in the decision reached during
 the afternoon to have two caucuses in
 the early future. The first of these will
 be held by the beet sugar republican senators tomorrow and the second by all the republican senators Friday or Saturday.
 The purpose of the meeting of the beet sugar men is to consider the situation as affected by to-day's developments, and also to receive a report from the committee consisting of Senators El- kins, Burrows and Jones of Nevada, appointed to confer with the republican members of the Cuban committee. This committee will state that the Cuban committee has declined to consider all the propositions looking to compro- mise which had been made and will probably ask to be discharged The propositions that have been made are tWo-the first for a rebate and the sec- ond for a commercial treaty with Cuba
 The full conference will be in the na- ture of a caucus and some of the beet sugar men say they will enter it only with the understanding that they shall not be bound by any conclusion that hr oHI tpc of tariff reduction say that no action by republican senatorial caucus is binding but they add that defections have oc- cured only in rare instances Senator Aldrich expresses confidence in being ble to secure fully fOrty-five repub- lcan votes in favor of any bill that may be reported by the Cuban committee This is a majority of the senate and the friends of reduction express them selves as hopeful of passing a bill sat isfactory to them. They say the testi- mony of MT. Thurber does not affect the merits of the question in the least, and they contend that even admitting that the course of the Cuban government was censurable it cannot and should not prevent the government of the United States doing what 1t nas promised tD do and what it is right to do. They do not, | however, generally admit that the course was improper.
 Some of the beet sugar senators pro- fess to believe that the revelation will have the effect of at least causing a halt in the proceedings in the interest of re- riprocity. They think the report made by MT. Thurber will be accepted by the 1 as going to show that entirely l too much interest has been manifested | in the subject in Cuba. Some of them 1 go so far as to claim that there will be | no reciprocity legislation at least during | he present session.