The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
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LEADERS !! ] "A. DEFEATED
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND lNsvR-
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GENT REPUBLICANS OVER.
RULE THE CHAIR.
.6ya Vote Of 247'so 81 the Cuban Re.l
''sf Measure eoe. Through the
House, but Not Until II Has Beer
Materially Amended-Attsmpts 10
Make Further Tariff Reduction. Are
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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 germanel
ness Of an amendment to remove the
dtderential from refined sugar during
the existence of the reciprocity agree
menti provided for in the, bill.7 The
vote to overrule the decision of the
chair, made by Mr.. Sherman of New
York, vas Ill to 100, Republicans to
the number Of 81 Joining with a solid
Democratic vote to accomplish this re-
suit.
Having won this preliminary victory
the amendment was adopted in COM
mittee. 164 to Ill, and later in the
house by q. still larger majority. ! 1879 to
.1Ob.t On~this occasion 64 Republicans
voted with the Democrats for the
amendment. The bill then was passed
by. an overwhelming majority, 247 to
An analysis of the vote shows that
124, Republicans, and 1913 Democrats
votedffor the amended bill, .and:42 Re-
publicans and TO- Democrats against
It. Mr.. Grosvenor. of Ohio was sone Of
those who'vuted against the bill. The
voting on the bill was the elimination
OF long struggle, which began almost
with the opening of this session of,
congress, and. after two weeks of con-
tinuous debate during which much
DltEernesst was aroused. The days de-
bate was Of an exceedingly lively char
acter, the feature being echoesaof the
Democratic caucus. To that caucus
the defeat of the Republican leaders
who sought to pass the bill without,
amendment Is attributable. Previous
to the holding OF the caucus the Demo
scrats weretvery much, divsded,,andr the
opposition of the Republican beet su.
gar men showed signs of disintegrat.
Ing: When it became apparent that
the Democrats would act together the
sbeet sugar men decided at q meeting
attended by 80 Of them to ;.
: :. Take the Bit In Their Teeth
and overrule the chair. AS soon as
this combination was effected the Re-
publican leaders realized that they
would be defeated SO far as the re-
.moyal, Of the, .differential was con-
cerned, and Mr.. Payne, the Republic.
AN leader; 'contented himself with
warning his beet sugar colleagues that
in removing the diferentiai theyywere
taking Ola bit of protection placed In
'the Dingley bill especially for the ben
eft Of the beet sugar producers. The
Democrats attempted to follow up
their advantage when the differential
amendment was adopted by Offering
the Babcock billfsand other amend.
ments to reduce the Dingiey sched-
ules, but on these amendments the
Republicans declined to stand with
them and the Democrats did not press
them vigorously. One of the surprises
of the session was the attempt. Of Mr..
Roberts, a Massachusetts Republican,
to take the duty. on hides. He Of
fered two amendments and appealed
once from the decision of the chair,
but was voted down,each, time.sGii I (!
The bill as passed authorizes the
president as soon as may be after the
establishment Of AM Independent tEov-
ernment in Cuba and the enactment
by said government sof Immigration,
exclusion and contract labor laws as
restrictive as those Of the United
States. to negotiate q reciprocity!
trade agreement with Cuba, by which,
in return for equivalent concessions,
the United States will grant 4 reduc.
tion Of 20zper cent from the. Dingley
rates on goods coming into the United
States from Cuba. such agreement to-
continue until Dec. 1, 1903. During
the existence of such agreement. the
duty on refined sugars and Hllgsugars
above Mo- 16+Dutch standard Is to be
1925 cents per pound.