The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
Wall FROM CUBA.
|ses Which Led TO Roosevelt's
uGsxampled Defeat.
IocpA1Ic CONTENTION JUSTIFIED.
h, Expressed that the Needs Of the
Island Are as Desperate as
Described.
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lsh,neton. July S.-There are but few
H. those who have given careful study
~ Cuban problem who doubt that the
i, ion of the annexation OF the island
,orr one OF the serious difficulties to
Avercome by the next session Of con
4 The developments of the latter part
session which closed last week In
ed this and there are many other
4 which tend In the same direction.
- en- the matter of the desperate condi-
4 alleged TO exist in Cuba are being con
4 ID. II might as well be admitted at
start that the question of what the
cd states owes Cuba Is an open one.
- island really needs ''reEef" 1t must
encountered that 1t was the republican
1, which promised that such RELIEF
4, bs given and that the failure of the
3ent congress to give such rellef was
Z,,lv due TO a division III the ranks OF
marty. There is little doubt that the
ploposed and pushed by the admins
AonIsts was not proper one. II may
xhat the president and some Of ais au-
n consclentiously thought tnit the reel
kitr bill they favored would, II enacted
II Afford the lelltI WHICH, 1uDd Is
4 Ia need 30 much and at the same time
IN all the promises made in that CON
Han by the dominant party. But the
4 that Governor General Wood spent
y sums OF money be!ong.D- 10 the treas
Fof the island in an attempt to influence
klation. and the further circumstance
4 the president of the sugar trust also
n money in behalf Of the so-called reel
Sity bill, shows very concluslvely that
Ematter is not Just as II appears ON the
|foce and that a full and thorough In
&gntion should he completed before this
Btry makes a present of some SS,000,0Oo
II lo,0o0,OUu annually to some one.
VI WHO WOULD BE BENEFITED1
4 il were clear that that some one was
lly the Cuban sugar producer the prob
4 would be considerably less difficult. But
IA known that the sugar trust Is the
ncipal customer-if not the sole Gus
4er-of the Cuban sugar producer In this
,btry. This being the case, it would
81 that reduction In the tariff on
Ia sugar would inure TO the beneit Of
n sugar trust rather than to the Cuban
8ucer and IL was on account of this
&c of the matter that tue democrats In
1kress, who under ordinary circum-
ices would be IN favor OF reduction
HE tariff as a step toward the demo
Nc principle Of free trade, arrayed them
qes against the so-calle1 reciprocity bill
Bared by the republican leaders of the
ID and backed by the president and all
hat faction Of the dominant party which
8equently came 10 be known as tho ad-
&stratlonist element. These are the
b In the case the Galveston News and
N other so-called independent papers Of
n country to the contrary notwithstand-
. ha datppnrats hnrat tho haGt Az pnnI
E1pns for their attitude toward the reel
Xity plan and no amount of misrepre-
&ntIon will make the public believe 9th
81 DEMOCRATS ARE JUSTIFIED.
II view Of the existing condition Of affairs
LIE as the legislative feature of the mat.
21s concerned. the democrats have thor
y Justification for their action and the
u zion of the beet sugar people in the
Uses is of course explained by the fact
n they believe the industry they repre-
Il would be seriously harmed by the
4tment OF a reciprocity dill such as IT
~ proposed TO get through at the session
2Eongress which has Just closed Had
- plan Of relief for CuDa been suggest
va hich would have insured the Cuban
0ucer getting the beneht which he
IN have been different and some sort of
|l3lation might have been gotten through
IQ1te the euoTts of the b. ct sugar pro-
|4onists. But the president and his re
Rers would have nothing but the straight
Notion bill and as n result they met with
Meat which has seldom, If eyer, been
"a ped in the history OF the country.
"a fight of the administratlonists will
54ontinued during the summer vacation
.2ngress and while there Is absolutely no
zee Of a special session Of congress
called during the summer or fall, &C
ng to those who are In a position TO
there is every reason to believe that
ndministrattonists will, as soon as the
session begins next December, do
timing in their power to get some sort
reciprocity bill through congress- ON
&haracter OF their plan will depend, TO
tain extent at least, the attitude OF
beet sugar people and the democrats.
latter viii fight for democratic prin-
and policies and the former viii do
thing in their power to protect their
tuents who raise beets. If the al
trationists succeed In forcing n bill
"a m 1t wi VIII probably be quite different
of Is per cent. which failed Of passage
the session lust closed. The demo.
VIII want to be assured that the
from the proposed reduction will not
w the sugar trust and 1t is unlikely that
adversnrieS will be able to demon
&F any such thing.
NNEXATIoN TO BE PROPOSED.
IN Whatever else II done there are
m reasons for the belief that the an
ton Of cuba will be urged. Senator
ssps or West Virginia. who was one Of
leaders of the anti-adminis
Hen element In the senate during this
the light over the relief bill was
t<pas already gone strongly on recorC
Hvor OF annexation and Will continue
morris In that direction during tbs
@&I session unless Gonna unIonEpA I'm