The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

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 legislation which me members here consider very important in order to secure the | ultimate triumph of this bill.
 1 q do not believe 1t. l think the gen. l tleman from Alabama (Mr Underwood), l must have been mistaken or misihformed, l but, nevertheless, l think 1t lis duty to l this House to be more explicit and to To-
 cate this offense where 1t property De- 1 longs"
 l Mir Hepburn continued to express his
 doubt whether such allegations will be re- 1 sorted to to pass such d bill when ne IS | convinced that 90 per cent of the Repuoll- 1 cans were indifferent or opposed fo 1t. He l quoted from the speech of MT. Grosvenor 1 (Ohio) the statement that Mir. Grosvenor l declined to support bill for oO 40, So. or l 25 per cent reduction. It was only when 1 the concession was reduced per cent l further that he was induced to support it. In other words, said MT. Hepburns | had it not been for that last nickel or | reduction the gentleman from Ohio, to I quote his own language. would today have been with the insurgent attempting
 to divide the Republican party and at- | tempting to destroy 1t.
 l Great God,' exclaimed MT. Hepburn,
 ''on what a slender thread hangs ever
 lasting things." daughter and applause). | Eatirized Longs Speech. l Mir Hepburn also satirized the two-and- a. -half-hour speech of Mir. Long Qkansas), which he described as great physical effort" which befitted the Kansas states man for championship in the prize ring l under the Marquis Of Queensberry rules.
 He denounced the feature of the bill to compel Cuba to accept our immigration l laws when the greatest need of Cuba to- | day was labor If the Yankee was what | he was sometimes said to be-cunning. | grasping, avaricious and adroit-then he | would say this section of the blll had | been written by a' Yankee.
 | The remaining time after MT. Hepburn concluded-two hours and twenty min l utes-was divided equally between MT. | Tawney tNIinn) who closed the debate
 against the bill. and Mir DaIzell tPa) 1 y,ho concluded for the measure. MT. Tawney, at the outset, defended the course of those on the Republican side l who had surrendered their convictions that thrift might follow fawning." Mir Tawney argued that if the beet /! sugar industry were properly protected in
 a few years it would supply the entire 1 domestic consumption. It was for this i reason, he declared. that the sugar trust l was seeking through the agency of this | bill to cripple and destroy it's great rival of the future.
 l At 5 o'clock the time for general debate | expired and the bill was opened to amend | | Morris (Minn.) one of the Republican | opponents of tho bill was recognized and l amid much excitement offered an amcnd- l ment to remove the dfferential from re- | fined sugar. The amendment was as 1 follows:
 | Morris's Amendment. 1 Upon tn" making of said agreement | and the issuance of said proclamation
 and while said agreement shall remain
 in force. there shall be levied, collected | and paid, in lieu of the duties thereon l now provided by law on all sugars above l No. l6 Dutch Standard in color. and on l all sugar which has gone through pro- l cess of refining, imported in the United l States one cent and S25-10o0 of one cent | per pound"
 1 MT. Payne. the Republican leader. at l once made the point of order that the
 amendment was not germane.
 l MT. Littlefield tMe.) declared that the
 amendment was germane. He aroused intense interest by reverting to the re- | port that at the Democratic caucus last | night Mir. Underwood stated that over | lures had been made to him in regard | to the Crumpacker resolution. An in- 1 situation has been made here today" | said he. which has not been repelled as l 1t ought to have been. l refer to the report that at the Democratic caucus last
 night it was stated that approaches had | come from this side of the House for
 the Democrats to enter into an unholy,
 ungodly and infamous alliance to sacrifice | human rights in order to save the face
 of certain leaders or protect the profits | of an aggregation of capital" l Mir. Grosvenor (OhioD was on his feet in an instant asking Mir. Littletield to | whom he referred. when MT. Underwood | arose and was about to interrupt him. But the latter was appealed to hy some 1 of his Democratic colleagues. and he took l his seat.
 Underwood Denies It Mir. Littleneld said he thought Mir. | Payne. the chairman of the Ways and l Means Committee should make state
 ment and the Republican leader was
 about to do so when Mir. Underwood | again arose '1 desire to say just one | word" said he. "I have never made any
 such charge as the gentleman repeats 1 either in Democratic caucus or else where" The Republicans applauded
 this statement and both MT, Underwood
 and MT. Payne sat down.
 I Mir. Grow (Pa) argued that he amend l ment was not germane because sugar was not mentioned in the original bill Mir Richardson. the Democratic leader, l centended that the amendment was in l order. He thought Speaker Blane's | decision was conclusive. As Mr. Richard l son concluded the Democrats cried Vote. vote" hut seevral Republicans. including ] MT, GrosVenor. Mir. Olmstcad and Mir | Lacey were on their feet clamoring for l recognition. Mir sherman (N. Y) who l was in the chair, recognized Mir. Grosve-
 nor, who called attention to the fact that Blaine. great as he was as a parliament 1 tarian. had been Overruled repca tedly,
 especially with regard to his proposition 1 that one could lead horse to water, but
 could not make him drink, the question l of counting quorum
 Lacey Appeals to Colleagues.
 Mir Lacey ,laD urged his fellow Re-
 publicans not to play into the hands Gf the Democrats who had bound themselves bv caucus action last night 10 try to | open up the whole question of tariff re- | ductlon.
 | Mir DeArmOnd tMo.D suggested that the chair should sumbit the point of order
 to the House Whether the chair rules
 this amendment is in order or not. said
 he. I've will at least find out who are
 for the sugar trust and who are against | it."
 As an cx-mcmher from New York said | aa NineN