The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-06
PLAN FOR CUBA
MONEY TO BE PAID INTO THE
TREASURY.
Harmony Is Brought About by Con
ference Between President
and Senators.

Washington, June 3,-Senators Proc
tor, Nelson, Gamble and Kittredge
called at the white house this forenoon
on invitation and had a conference
with the president in regard to the
pending legislation. The subjects dis
cussed were the Cuban reciprocity bill
and the prospects for canal legislation
at this session. The object Of the con-
ference was to urge upon the en-
ators the necessity for unanimity Of
action and the real necessity for legis-
lation on these subjects at this SEES
sion. The president sent for a number
of senators who have been known to
be opposed to granting a concession on
the ground that it will interfere with
the beet sugar interests of this coun-
try. To these senators the president
expressed the hope that the republi-
cams would act together. The presi-
dent again assured the republicans
that in urging action on reciprocity
he would carry out the policy of Pres
ident Mckinley, uttered in his last
speech with such approval throughout
the country. The president indicated
that the adoption of the Plat amend
ment made it obligatory on the part
of the United States to treat Cuba
differently from other nations. In a
casual remark he said that in the.
event this couldn't be done it would
have been better to have allowed Gu
ba to be absolutely Independent, as
was Mexico. He told the republican
senators that the party ought not to
be divided on tariff issues as it was
entering the campaign, and he *
pressed the hope that a Cuban bill
would be passed without the aid of
the democrats.
One result of the conference was a
meeting where those senators who are
opposed to granting concessions to
Cuba, or who oppose the straight re-
duction plan of the majority, assem-
bled to consider different propositions.
Eighteen republican senators at
tended the conference, among them
some of those representing the beet
| sugar interests. The general senti-
ment vas in favor of defeating any
proposition for Cuban reciprocity, but
in order to secure harmony an agree
ment was made that they should sup
port a rebate plan, the money to be
paid to the Cuban government.
The senators present were Elkins,
Scott, Perkins, Bard, Gamble, Kit
redge, Mitchell, Willard, Burrows,
Foster Dietrich, Nelson, Clapp, Bur
ton, Pritchard. Senator Pritchard
did not go farther than to say that
he vas opposed to the Cuban conces
sions. but would abide by a republi-
can caucus.
It was stated that the senators in
the conference were opposed to any
tariff changes, especially Of the piece
meal character, but that if any
changes were to be made they thought
that the whole tariff should be revis-
ed.
1t was determined that the utmost
concession to be granted should be in
the way of a rebate turned over to
the Cuban treasury, to- be disposed Of
as the Cuban government thought de-
sirable. This rebate, to be either
20, rs or 80 per cent of the duty col
leeted on Cuban products, it was stat
ed, was offered simply as a compro-
mise by those who were opposed to
Cuban concessions.
The. conference selected Senators
Burrows, Jones of Nevada and Diet.
rich to confer with members of the
committee on relations with Cuba and
inform that committee of the atti-
tude of the senators who participated
in the conference.
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