Evening journal., 1903-11-19
To TAKE VOTE
ON CUBAN BILL
House Of Representatives to
Dispose of Reciprocity
Measure Today
STRONG SPEECH IN OPPOSITION

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Washington, Nov. 19.-The opposi-
tion to the Cuban bill was heard in the
house aud in vigorous speech. The de-
bate viii close today and a vote will
be taken not later than p. m. The
features were the speeches Of Mr..
Grosvenor, Of Ohio. who opened the
discussiontin advocacy Of the bill. and
Of Mr. Fordney, Rep. Mich, who spoke
in opposition. Mr.. GrOsyenor spoke
for more than an hour during which \
he was frequently interrupted by ques-
tions emanating from the Democratic
side. The colloquies resulting, especi
ally those with Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri .
brought forth loud applause first on I
one side and then on the other. Mr.
Grosvenor made a prophetic statement
rs to how the states will be aligned in
the coming presidential campaign in
response TO the declaration of Mr.
Clark as TO the probability Of Demo
cratic success next year.
Mr.. Fordney (Rep., Mich) vigorous
ly opposed the measure as an internal
bill" which he said would wipe OUT
the sugar industry in Michigan. lie
reviewed the history of the beet sugar
industry and pointed out how, in his
opinion, 1t would be injured by the
passage of the bill. Continuing. he
said; Some one has said that it
makes no difference whether you put
this measure into law or not II that
is so, why was e. r. Atkins. of Boston
here nearly two years ago? Why was
that there Mr.. Fordney used adiec
tives which are considered libelous in
sSost newspapers)-- r .ancis Thurberof
New York, here; why has he been
here, as he has, snenlSing around this
capitol ever since ! have been I'm con-
gress-who afterward admitted that he
was paid by the Sugar Trust and lied
when before the committee on ways
and means when the gentleman from
Minnesota, (Mr Tawney) asked him IL
he had received any money from Have
meyer-nf the Sugar Trust, in any way
shape or manner. and he said no. but a
few days later when placed upon oath
testified that he had received money
from Havemeyer and also testified that
he had received money directly from
Major General Wood, military governor
OF Cuba"
Mr.. Fordney said he wanted to crit-
else Major General Wood, for It had
been proved that he had extracted
from these poor starving Cubans"
$4,000 which he hpd paid to Thurber
to influence legislation.
"Oh. what actigh by high official"
continued Mr.. Fordney. "He claimed
that the Cubans were starving. and
then reached his long fingers into the
Cuban treasury and handed out $4,000
to this and here Mr. Fordney called
7..,,e .;es ,ss ,sssseh gaiSsts ts be -coHsidareal II.
belous uttered anywhere save in con-
gress.
Mr. Fordney said General Wood had
testified before a senate committee
that he had searched the whole island
and that all the sugar he could find
that belonged to the trust was 32s5
tons.
"A few days later Mr. Havemeyer
testified that the trust had $4,000 tons
of sugar in Cuba. Wood only missed
II by 10000 tons. That is not much
for a military ofncer. The average
American soldier is a better marks
man than that. could beat II my
self"
Mr. Fordney said the government of
Cuba had s4.0o0,O0O in its treasury,
and was better OF than other govern
ments If their debts we're paid. The
present bill was to benefit prosperous
Cuba at the expense OF the farmers
OF the United States.
Mr.. Fordney said that with the re-
duction on the tariff on sugar which
would follow this bill the trust at IL.
will would reduce the price Of sugal
to a point with which the bes, sugai
manufacturers could not compete, anl
when they had crushed them out rais'
the price. He also said that ever.
pound Of sugar coming from Cuba goe.
through the refneries of either th'
American Refining Company or Ar
buckles, one having a capacity of 40,
600 barrels a day and the other 20.00l
barrels a day sufficient capacity L
supply all the sugar to all the people
Of this country for many years.
Among others who spoke in oppo
sition to the bill we're Messrs, Shat
roth, OF Colorado; Burgess, of Texas
and Bell. Of California. Democrats
and Messrs McMorrin and Loud. the
latter two Republicans from Michigan