Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-14
ON THE CUBAN BILL
REMARKS BY SENATORS FOSTER,
TELLER, NEWLANDs AND CLAY.
Senator Depew Replies to Some of the
Statements Of Senator
Foster.

The Senate remained in session Saturday
afternoon until after o'clock
Mr. Foster closed his speech on the Cuban
reciprocity bill. and Mr.. Depew replied to
some of the statements. Senators Teller
Newlands and Clay spoke on the subject
under consideration. Mr.. Clay supported
the bill.
Mr.. Foster closed his speech with the de-
claraton that the passage of the bill would
mean a denial to the sugar states of the
sisterly consideration due from other states.
and predicted an outbreak of sectionalsm
not unlike that which prevailed in the south
In civil war times
Mr. DepeW In response to this peroraton
declared that Mr.. Fosters concluding re-
marks had no rightful place Ia the DEBATE
the bill before the Senate. He said TINS
bin shows sectionalislu nor revival OF
the old feeling between the south and north
and he declared that while Louisiana Is
interested. 1t is no more so than Colorado
Arizona, New Mexico. Michigan. Nebraka'
New York and number OF other states.
This. he said. should end discussion of the
character INDUCED In by the senator from
louisiana, and with the speeches which
have been made on this bill haid he thought
every argument possible had been made
against the measure.
Depew Makes Remarks.
Mr.. Depew enumerated the revolutions In
Cuba, and said that in every one of these
the United States had had hand. the
rebelllons were fomented here, he said, ana
the money raised which kept them alive.
He said that when Spain had been driven
out and the brigands had turned into far
mers and the guerrillas into workmen ana
the country was reported to be In a condltfon
for independence. we invited them TO can
a constitutional convention and form re-
public And now" said the speaker, the
senators who have spoken on the other
side have said that whatever we have owed
to Cuba we paid them when we MADE tns
island self-sustaining nation. and that II
ANYTHING is owing 1t is the gratitude Cuba
should feel for the assistance given by 1he
United States"
Continuing. Mr.. Depew said no govern
ment Is wholly independent without the
power to exersise every right OF SURFACE
no sovereignty complete unless 1t has the
means to regulate its internal AFFAIRS Will
out interference from any one.
He endeavored to show that we were re-
sponsibIe for the government of Cuoa, ana
that the conditions were such that Wlthout
this new relation proposed between tne
countries Cuba would be unable to take
care of her people.
The senator expressed the belief that be-
fore the FIVE year period PROVIDED TOT IN
The treaty elapses Cuba, instead of raising
nothing but sugar, will have popuIauon
raising divers products He dtd NOT faSor
under present conditions annexing CUBA as
pendencies should be thoroughly Amer
icanized before coming in as sovereign
states
Mr.. Teller. when Mr.. Depew had con-
Guided declared that Cuba was not q de-
tendency. He said the fact that treaty
with Cuba Is now pend ng Is PROOF that 1t
IS an absolute sovereignty. 1t Is time. ne
declared. that the people of Cuba should
know that we are not trying to control
their conduct except in those few partiou-
lars in their interest There is no half
way sovereignties. he said.
Newlands Has a Word.
Mr.. Newlands (Nevada). replying to Mr..
Depew, said the planters of Cuba and the
Americans going there would gain control
OF the island and that Cuba, without re-
stricting immigration laws, will be the ref
uge of the refuse labor of the world-not
slaves but serfs, he declared. laboring for
the great Syndicates which will control
them The only way to Americanize the
island, Mr.. Newlands said. is to take her
into the union as speedily as possible.
Mr. Clay followed He opened his ad-
dress with statement declaring in favor
of the measure, and continuing said the sole
issue involved is the reduction of the tariff
between the governments Of Cuba, and the
United States. He reviewed some of the
speeches which had been made in opposit On
10 the bill. concerning the trade conditions
between the island and other countries, ana
declared ne had made thorough investi-
cation of the character of goods which
Cuba had bought from other countries.
From statements read he said the exports
from the United States to the island should
have been much greater. The purpose of
the statistics quoted was to show that the
treaty should be put in operation for the
benefits 1t will bring to this country. and
in that connection Mr.. Clay said the treaty
is purely reciprocal; that we have benefits
TO derive and benefits to give under the
legfsia ton proposed.
He said he expected to see the time when
Cuba Will be the best market of this coun-
try. Concerning the prediction that the,
passage of the Cuban bill will ruin the
sugar Industry of Louisiana, Mr.. Clay said
that we could consume all the sugar pro-
duced in the United States. Hawaii Porto
Roco and all the American republics
Therefore. he believed the senators who op-
pose the bill had been mistaken In their
Jews. He did not believe that in the life
of the treaty Cuba would be able 10 pro-
duce enough sugar to seriously affect the
industry In this country
AT b:ie the senate went into executive
session ana five minutes later adjourned