The age-herald., 1902-04-19


 or the statement if made was of very
 serious character It charges some mem-
 bers of this House of attempting to traffic
 with the legislation before this body,
 he said: Tt charges them with willing
 ness to shelve legislation which members
 here consider very important in order
 to secure the ultimate triupmph of this
 bill.
 "I do not believe it. I think the gentle
 man from Alabama. MT. Underwood,
 must have been mistaken or misinformed,
 but nevertheless I think it his duty to
 this House to be more explicit and to
 locate this offense where 1t properly be- longs"
 MT. Hepburn continued to express his
 doubt which the alleged methods would
 be resorted to to pass bill when he was convinced 90 per cent of the Republicans
 were indifferent or opposed to. He quoted from the speech of MT. Grosvenor, Ohio, the statement that MT Grosvenor de- clined to support a bill for 50, 40. 30 or 25 per cent reduction. It was only when the concession was reduced per cent further that he was induced to support 1t. In other words, said MT. Hepburn, had it not been for that last nickel of reduction, |
 the gentleman from Ohio, to quote his own language, would today have been
 with the insurgents attempting to divide ! the Republican party and to destroy it. Great Godp' exclaimed MT, Hepburn. \ Ion what a slender threat hangs everlast- ing things" Great laughter and ap plause) MT. Hepburn also satirized the two and half hour speech of Mir. Long of Kansas which he described as a great physical effort which befitted the Kan sas statesman for a championship in the prize under the Marquis of Queensbery rules. He denounced the feature of the bill to compel Cuba to accept our imm- grafton laws when the greatest need of
 Cuba today was labor. If the Yankee was what he was sometimes said to be
 cunning, graspirg. avaricious and adroit-
 then he would say this section of the bill had been written by Yankee DaIzel Closes Debate.
 MT. DalzeH, In closing the debate for
 the friends of the bill, declared that 1t
 was not an attack upon protection. It
 is not revision of the existing tariff law or its schedules. It will not harm a
 single American industry or deprive an
 American workman of a single days
 wages. This bill contains single propo-
 sition for reciprocal trade relations and is
 justified on plain business principles. But
 it is more than that It is a step to-
 ward the redemption of the pledge we
 made, not to Cuba, but to ourselves when
 we volunteered to intervene to fight the
 wrongs which she was suffering under the
 Spanish regime.
 MT. Dazell insisted that it was our
 duty now that Cuba was to be set upon
 the high road of the world to see that
 she started under fair auspices.
 While MT. Dazell was speaking several
 of the Senators came into the chamber.
 The gallaries had also filled to overflow
 ing and almost every member was in
 his seat Repeatedly he stirred the
 friends of the bill to applause. At o'clock the time for general de-
 bate expired and the bill was opened to
 amendm ent under the five minute rule. Morris Offers Amendment. Mir Morris, Minnesota, of the Re- publican opponents of the bill, was rec ognized and amid much excitement of-
 fered an amendment to remove the diff ferential from refined sugar. The amend ment was as follows:
 Upon the 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 now provided by law on all sugars above No. 16, Dutch standard in color, and on all
 sugar which has gone through a process or refining, imported in the United States one cent and s25-1000 of one cent per pound"
 MT Payne, the Republican leader at once made the point of order that the amendment was not germane MT. Littlefield. Maine, declared that the amendment was germane. He aroused in- tense interest by reverting to the report that at the Democratic caucus last night MT Underwood stated that overtures had been made to him in regard to the Crum- packer resolution. An insinuation has
 been made here today said he which has not been repelled as it ought to have been. I refer to the report that at the Democratic caucus last night 1t was stated that approaches had come from this side of the house for the Democrats 10 enter into an unholy, ungodly anu ir- famous alliance to sacrifice human rights in order to save the face of certain leaders or protect the profits of an ag- gregation of capital"
 Underwood Stopped. MT. Grosvenor of Ohio was on his feet in an instant asking MT. Littlefeld to whom he referred when MT. Underwood arose and was about to interrupt him. But the latter was appealed to by some of his Democratic colleagues, and he took his seat.
 MT. Littlefield said he thought MT. Payne, the chairman of the ways and
 ment and the Republican leader was about to do so when MT. Underwood again
 arose. T desire to say just one word"
 said he. 'I have never made any such
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