The sun., 1903-11-17
CUBAN RECIPROCITY BILL UP.
DEMOCRATS MAKE TAME FIGHT
AGAINST CLOTURE RULE.
The Rule Adopted. Is6 to lSS-Mr. Payne
OF New York Opens the Four.Days'
Debate, and Minority Leader Williams
and Other Democrats Follow Him.

promptly in the House to-day after the
chaplan's prayer and the reading Of the
journal.
Mr. Dalzel (Rep., Pa.) presented the
order for its discussion and disposal by
vote on it's passage not later than o clock
on Thursday next. No opportunity will
be given to amend the measure. II all
the time given should not be desired for
discussion vote may be taken earlier.
Mr.. Williams (Dem., Miss.), the minority
leader, occupied ten minutes in showing.
as he expressed 1t, how unjust the rule
was" The minority desired to amend
and perfect the bill by striking out the five
year pledge inserted in the treaty and
repeated in the BILL but this they were not
to be permitted to do.
Mr.. William Alden Smith (Rep., Mich.)-
Does not the gentleman recognize in that
concession benefit to our home sugar
producing industry?
MIR. Willams-I recognize in the pending
bill a thoroughly Democratic proposition
Democratic applause.
He then introduced, for purposes OF
information only, the amendment hn offered
in the committee of ways and means to
strike out the dilierential on refined sugar,
which would have the effect OF striking
out the fve-year proposition.
Mr.. De Almond (Dem.. Mo- followed,
attacking the rule. He was glad aud proud
to be able to say that in his opinion not
one democratic member would surrender
his manhood and independence and vote
for the rule.
Mr.. De Armond reviewed the action Of the
House on the Cuban bill in the last Congress
IiffarpItlnl
stricken out by the votes Of sixty-one Re
publicans joining with the solid DemcCratio
phalanx in defiance of the Sugar Trust
These Republicans, he said, seemed now to
be satisfied that they could not be identified.
Last year they Lad shifted the air OF freedom
and 1t seemed sweet and strange; now
they were back on the reservation.
Laughter,
The rule was defended by Mr.. Dalzell.
The necessity for the passage OF the bill
honor required it, And it was necessary
to pass it without changes, for amend
ment would destroy the treaty and require
a new one to be negotiated.
Mr.. Williams CDeln., Miss,) asked unan-
nous consent that the order be amended
on the amends: ont which he had proposed
to offer.
Mr. Payne-In view of the admission
that the adoption Of that amendment would
defeat the bill. am under the painful
necessity Of objeoting.
admission had been. made but could get no
concession from Mr.. Payne
TIE order was adopted, l76 to 1855. On
this vote Messrs. Brooks OF Colorado and
William Alden Smith Of Michigan voted
with the Republicans. They voted on the
the resolution.
Debate on the bill was opened by Mr..
effects Of the bill would not seriously i'm
pair the revenues would not affect in
jurious,ly the sugar beet or or cigar or any
said the bill would have the effect Of in
creasing trade between the United States
and Cuba, giving us the, practical control
of the trade OF the island.
position to the bill, the. debate was
opened by Mr.. Williams. the new leader
He said that Mr.. Payne's advocacy Of
the bill upon its merits was as sudden
as the conversion of Saul on his way
Hh to ar ss Rpb as o as psses s
up from behind, The delay In putting the
treaty into effect, be went on, was due to the
fact that Republicans loved the Sugar
Trust more than they did reciprocity with
Cuba.
Referring to Mr.. Paync's arguments,
Mr.. Williams said he fo,'nd himself in ac-
cord with him, but he could not under
stand how, with his record on this question,
the gentleman could have given him cur
ency He would have the United States 60 on
its march toward universal trade reci-
procity and 10 this end would welcome a
reconvening Of the High Joint Commission,
that from its labors there might come COM
mercial agreement instead of commercial
antagonism with the Dominion OF Canada.
Mr.; Swanson dem, Va). minority
means, followed Mr. Williams in an arraign-
ment Of the Republican party for its failure
to carry out its promises and pledges re-
garding the currency and the tariff.
Mr.. Swenson discussed the tariff agita-
ton in Great Britain and attributed 1t to
States, saying that Chamberlain would have
no standing, no respectable following,
but for the desire to inflct retaliatory
duties upon Amer ican products. Unless
substantial concessions In respect Of tariff
duties were made, Mr.. Swenson foresaw
against the United States that would mem
ace, if it did not destroy, our commerce
with that part Of the world.
Mr.. Robinson dem, 1nd) attacked the
policy Of the Republicans, which resulted,
he said, in piling up a surplus in the Treas
ury, the proceeds Of unnecessary taxation.
Had it not been for the surplus, the Post
Of!ice scandals, the scandals in the Indian
service and the frauds in the Public Land
service would never have been heard Of
No one else being ready to speak. the COM
mittee rose.
Mr.. Harwick Dem, Ga.) introduced a
resolution to repeal the Fourteenth Amend
ment, except the first sentence, and in its
place to substitute the following: Repre-
sentatives shall be apportioned among the
several States according to their respective
numbers. counting the whole number Of
persons in each State, excluding Indians
not taxed" Also to repeal the Fifteenth
Amendment,
Mr.. Underwood (Dem., Ala.) also intro
duced resolution to reIel the Fifteenth
Amendment
Mr.. Crumpacker (Rep., Ind) introduced
a bill to make it criminal offence, punish-
able by death. to participate in the lynch
ing of an alien.
Mr.. Gaines Dem,, Tenn introduced a
resolution proposing IN amendment to
the Constitution fixing the term of the office
of President of the United States at six
wears and making the person holding it
by election or succession ineligible for
anoth term,
DEMOCRATS on CANAL POLTCY.