The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-12-24
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Washington. Dec. 16. - The senate
continued the debate on the Csban biz
yesterday. Mr.. Perkins (Cal) spoke
for the measure, as did Mr.. Simons
! IN. CO. Mr.. McCumber of North Dar
kota opposed it. Mr.. Patterson OF
Colorado made an extended speech
against the bill during which there
were numerous colloquies between
himself, Mr.. Aldrich and Mr.. Dolliver.
With the former there was quite
lively debate on the tariff, in which
Mr.. Aldrich said the duty on sugar
was too high. .....
Rural free delivery, reciprocity with
Canada and the new republic Of Pan
anna were topics of discussion in the
house yesterday. The subject of rural
free delivery was introduced by Mr..
Maddox Dem, Ga.), who claimed
that certain states had been favored
in the establishment Of routes. This
allegation resulted in a lively discus
sion. Mr.. Hepburn Rep., Iowa) and
Mr.. Hemenway (Rep., Ind, among
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| Washington. Dec. IT. - By the do
cisive vote Of 81 to IS the senate yes
terday passed the bill carrying into
effect the reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
The final vote came at the close Of
day which was marked by dash
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was never acrimonious. The principal
speeches were made by Mr.. Spooner
for the bill and by Mr.. Bailey against
it. The bill passed carries into exc
cution the treaty between the United
States and Cuba which was ratified
last March. After the passage Of the
Cuban bill the senate agreed to the
house resolution providing for holi-
day recess from Dec. 10 to Jan. 4.
Central American affairs were dis
cussed in the house yesterday and alss
pensions, industrial and agricultural
conditions and labor The session last
ed more than four hours, the house
being in committee of the whole al
most the entire time on the pension
appropriation bill, on which DO con-
clusion vas reached.
Washington, Dec. 1S.--The president
signed the Cuban reciprocity bill a few
minutes before 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Now that the bill has be-
come a law, a question of great inter
est has arisen, namely. the effect OF
the reduction Of the duty on Cuban
sugar upon importations of sugar from
other countries. The. British govern
ment has served formal notice upon
the state department that under the
favored nation clause 1t expects that
British sugar from the British West
Indies shall be admitted into tina
United States on equal terms with
Cuban sugar, and it is not doubted
that Germany, France, Austria and
other great beet sugar producing coun-
tries will do likewise. An old holding
of Attorney General Olney in Presi-
dent Cleyeland's administration was
adverse to such demands, but the ques-
ton promises to be reopened with
vigor.
Washington, Dec. 19-The relation
ship OF the United States to the new
republic OF Panama continued to be-
the leading theme in the senate yes
terday, but the discussion was con-
fined to one senator and was not SO
exciting as Thursday.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia was the
speaker and he advocated the accept
ance Of Mr.. Hoar's resolution calling
for more information relative to the
November revolution in Panama. He
said that so far as the available in
formation shows the executive authori-
ties of the United States had knowl.
edge of the revolution in advance Of
the people on the isthmus, and he con-
tended that the action of this country
in preventing the landing of Colon
bian troops in Panama was without
precedent.
The house yesterday, by resolution,
authorized the committee on expendt
lures in the postofIice department to
request the postmaster general to
furnish that committee the papers In
reference to the postoffice investigar