The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
PARTY LINES CUT
House Passes the Cuban Reel.
procity Measure.
THE AMENDMENT GOES WITH Id
Dinerentiai OIL Refined Sugar Abolished
Party Lines Cast Adrift and De,no-
Gratis and Republican Insurgents
Win Out-Bilrs Provisions.

A Washington April 10 dispatch
says: The democrats and the repub-
lican insurgents rode ~roughshod over
the house leaders yesterday 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 ~germaneness of al
amendment to remove the differential
from refined sugar during the existence
Of the reciprocity agreement provided
for in the reciprocity agreement pro-
vided for in the bill. The vote to
override the decision of the chair.
made by Mr.. Sherman of New York.
vas III to 100, republicans to the
number of thirty-seven Joining with a
solid democratic vote to accomplish
this result. Having o this prellm-
mary victory. the amendment was
adopted in committee, 164-111, and,
later in the house by a still larger
majority, 199-105. On this occasion
~sixty-four republicans voted with the
democrats for the amendment. The
bill then was passed by an overwhelm-
Ing majority, 247k to 81.
An analysis of the vote shows that
l24 republicans and IL democrats voted
Tor The amended bill and forty-two re-
p%ublicans and ten democrats against IL.
Mr.. G%rosvenor of Ohio was one OF
those who voted against the bill.
The voting on the bill was the cul-
mination Of a long struggle which be-
gan almost with he opening of this
session OF congress-, and after two
weeks Of continuous debate was of an
exceedingly lively character, the fea-
ture being echoes of last nights demo-
cratic caucus To that caucus the de
feat OF the republican leaders who
sought to pass the bill without amend
ment Is attributable. Previous to the
holding OF the caucus the democrats
were very much divided and the OPP
position of the republican beet sugar
men showed signs of disintegrating.
Today, when 1t became apparent that
the democrats would act together. the
beet men decided at a meeting at
tended by thirty-two of them to take
the bit in their teeth and override the
chair. As Don as this combination
was effected the republican leaders re-
allied that they would be defeated SO
far as the removal of the differential
was concerned, and Mr.. Payne, the re-
publican leader, contented himself with
warning his beet sugar colleagues that
In removing the difrerential they were
taking off a bit of protection placed
in the Dingley bill especially for the
benefit of the beet sugar producers.
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 by
said government of immigration. ex-
clusion and contract labor laws as re-
strictive as those of the United States,
to negotiate a reciprocal trade agree
ment with Cuba by which. In return for
equivalent concessions. the United
S.ates will grant a reduction of 20 per
cent from the Dingley rates on goods
coming into the United States from
Cuba. such agreement to continue I'M
til December /. 1903.
During the existence of such agree
ment the duty on refined sugars and
all sugars above number 16 Dutch
standard is to be 1895 cents per pound.
The vote or the bill on final passage
was 247 to SO, the following voting in
the negative:
Aplin. Barney, Bell. Breazeale. Brom-
well, Broussard, Brown, Coombs, Cor
Ass, Cushman. DAZZLE, Darragh, Davey
Of Louisiana, Davis of Florida, Dayton,
Dick. Esch. Fletcher. Fordney. Gard
ner oil Michigan. Grosvenor. Hamilton,
hepburn, Hildebrandt, ones of Wash
inston. Kahn, Littlefeld, Loud, Nc
Cleary, M~cLachlan, Metcalf, Meyer of
Louisiana. Morris, Needham, Neville,
Prince. Ransdell, Robertson of Louisi-
ana, Shafroth, Sheldon. Smith Of IL
linois, Henry G. Smith. Samuel w.
Smith. William A. Smith, Stevens of
Minnesota, Sutherland, Tawney, Taylor
OF Ohio, Tompkins Of Ohio, Warner,
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