Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-25

Democrats and Republican Insnr
gents Ride Roughshod Over Ma
ierity Lenders.

jeritv Leaders.
The Democrats and the Republican
insurgents rode roughshod over the
House leaders 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 germsneness of an
amendment to remove the differentiai
from refined sugar during the exis-
tence of the reciprocity agreement
provided for in the bill. The vote on
the motion TO override the decision
of the Chair made by Mr.. Sherman,
of New York, was LII to 100, Repub-
leans TO the number of thirty-seven
joining with a solid Democratic vote
10 accomplish this result. The
amendment was adopted i'm commit
tee, and later in the House by a still
larger majority-199 to los. On
this occasion, sixty-foes Republicans
voted with the Democrats for the
amendment. The bill was then
passed by an overwhelming majority
-247 TO SO.
The voting on the bill was the
elimination of a long struggle, which
began almost with the inception of
this session of this Congress, and
ended after two weeks of continuous
debate. during which much bitter
ness was aroused.
swANsoN's REPARTEE.
Mr.. Swanson, of Virginia, rather
got the best of the tilt with Mr..
Littlelield, of Maine, in the House.
In speaking in favor of the present
Republican majority's reciprocity bill
for trade with Cuba, Mr.. Swanson
was asked by the statesman from
Maine if the Democrats had begun
their free trade propaganda with the
Republican side of the House, and
answered at once in the affirmative,
asserting that they had succeeded,
too, in infusiug the Republicans
with 20 per cent. of their views. The
answer was the truth wittily and
tellingly stated. Republican reciproc-
ity is only the doctrine of Demo
cratic free trade or tariff for revenue
only in diluted FORM Charlotte
Observer.
Mr.. SWANSoN'S LITTLE TRAP.
Ever since the fight on Cuban
reciprocity began the beet-sugar COM
bine has been denouncing the other
sugar combine-the .ssugar trust" or
''octopusv-in unmeasured terms,
and most of the denunciation the
representatives of the former have
INDUCED in has been under the cloak
of alleged desire to protect the dear
people from the greed and rapacity
of the latter. But on Monday Rep
resentative Swanson, of Virginia, gave
the Oxnards or beet sugar. men an
opportunity to show on an extensive
scale their faith by their. works, or
votes, with the result of causing
them to make disastrous expose of
their insincerity.
In the course of the Cuban debate
Tuesday Mr.. Swanson forced the
hand of the Oxnard contingent by
inviting them to unite with him and
his party associates in repeating the
differential duty on refined sugar. It
was trap neatly set and it caught
It's game. Mr.. Swanson said:
elf you beet-sugar people are really
against the sugar trust, and are, not
merely pretending it to account for
your position, we will give you a
chance to strike that trust. If YOU
asstSefsas, "aseiNwrii' take OF every
cent of the ditferential. Now, if YOU
want to fight the trust, line up with
Is when the fight comes"
The Virginia represen tative's re-
marks were addressed to Mr.. William
Alden Smith, the especial champion
4 the Michigan beet-sugar combina-
ion; and, says the New York Epen.
'lg Post, while Mr.. Smith was "yery
rave the other day" in his set to
nth Chairman Payne aud his own
arty friends" when the Vireinian
rought the beet-sugar men sup to
he scratch" the Michigander s.dis
Inctiy displayed the white feather"
or continues the Post, "to Mr..
wanson he could only reply, You
re a free trader aud | am not"
Our New York contemporary.
hich by the way compliments Mr..
wanson on his debating power.
haracterizes Mr.. Smiths reply eas
very faint squeak" and it makes
0 mistake, We think, in declaring
lat the Virginian struck al, anihilat,
e blow when he shouted to thei
eet-sugar crowd:
"Here is your chance. / am author
ed to speak for the gentlemen on
lie side. Every Democrat is going
vote to amend this bill by voting
take off the differential on refined Q
gar"
Nor does the Post make any mis-.
ke In concluding that Mr.. Swanson r
Ddered special service in throwing :
It his challenge" seeing it brought
sciosure of the fact that when i'll
me to the pinch consideration for e
e dear people would not carry the |
et-sugar combine to the point Of q
hooking hole in the sacred tariff a
which IN various other directionsl
an through the sugar trust the in. Ii
'ests of the masses are being sacri. r
ed Richmond Dispatch. e,
The River aud Harbor bin has ell
ssed both houses. The Virginia
preparations are unchanged as thew q,
ne from the House. except that r
major Martin got an additional an =.
'priation for James river. ~ ~
Mr.. Cnshman, of Washington
Ne made a strong speech. against
centralizatlon of so much power ve
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