The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-17
ON THE CUBAN BILL
HOUSE LEADERS SPLINTEREU
LANCES IN DEBATE.
ADVOCACY OF BILLS MERITS
COST PAYNE A SATIRICAL RAP
FROM WILLIAMS.

NuDhh lreUtS Dill - 10 DC COhbAu-
cred Until Thursday to the ExcIu-
sion of All other BusineSs-MinOr-
ity and six Republicans Voted
Against the RuIe-WilIiams Said
1t Was Most Drnstic-ThereupOn
DaIzelI Brought Up Records.
Washington, Nov. 16.-The House of
Representatives began the considera-
ton of the Cuban reciprocity bill to-
day. Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania re-
ported resolution providing that the
Committee should be considered to the
exclusion of all other business until 4
o'clock Thursday, when a vote will be
taken without intervening motion.
Mr.. Williams (Democra) of Missis-
sippi, speaking for the minority in OPP
position to the rule. said it was about
the most drastic rule ever introduced
in the House, saying it shut off from
the House all right to perfect the bill.
He said the minority desired to offer an
amendment which proposed to strike
cut the double barrelled pledge" con-
tanned in the bill. Applause from the
Democratic side greeted the statement
that the bill tears down one-fifth Of
the schedules built up by the Republic
cans.
Mr.. Dalzell, replying to the charge
that the rule was a most drastic meas
IRE, reverted to the time when the Will
son bill was pending, MIR. Crisp being
r. ha aOr11p1pnHah fha
minority to study of their own par
liamentary history.
The rule was adopted, 176 years to 155
nays.
The minority voted unanimously
against the rule. Six Republicans
voted against it.
With the announcement of the vote
Mr.. Williams asked unanimous consent
to propose an amendment to the rule
for a yea and nay vote on the amend
ment proposed by the minority, with
twenty minutes discussion on each side,
a vote then to be taken on the bill. Mr..
Payne objected.
Says 1t Won't Hurt Sugar.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole, and Mr.. Payne opened the
debate. He said no harm would be
wrought to the sugar industry by the
legislation now proposed. Tobacco was
dealt with in the same way, Mr.. Payne
stating that the industry could not be
harmed by the proposed new arrange
ment. He added that no industry
would be affected by the perfection Of
the treaty. He said, in reply to an in
quiry, that he did not expect new in
dustries to be established while this
question was being agitated.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi denied
that the Democrats desired to amend
the bill for the purpose of killing the
treaty. He held the Republicans re-
sponsible for the fact that the treaty
is not in force to-day.
Referring to Mr.. Payne. Mr.. VIII
lians said: AS to that part of his
speech which advocates this bill upon
its merits, ii is almost as sudden con-
version as that of st. Paul on his way
to Damascus; it is almost as sudden an
occurrence as was this recent birth
of the new republic of Panama"
DIngIey Act RebOunding.
Mr.. Swanson of Virginia discussed
the perils which he said threaten our
foreign commerce by the new tariffc
passed in other countries in retaliation
for the Dingley act. He insisted that
unless COHCsSSlOIlS are lleuG lIOlIl the
present tariff before long all Of Eu-
rope would be combined in CONNER
ciaI warfare against this country. He
discussed Chamberlain's policy saying
that 55 per cent. of our foreign trade
was with the United Kingdom and her
colonies all of which, he said, was
jeopardized by this policy.
Mr.. Swanson then discussed the evils,
which, he said, resulted from the fail
III of fhig To nRROtiafp a
treaty with Canada. He said the ex-
elusive policy of the Dingley act would
destroy our foreign commerce, and rec
marked that the Republican party
would never modify it. Mr.. Swanson
said the threatened dangers to the for
eign commerce of this country would
make tariff reform and reduction the
live and burning issue in politics.
Mr.. Robinson of Indiana, taking as
his text a treasury statement, argued
against the Republican policy, which
he said was that of excessive taxa
ton. He gave figures showing public
moneys held by banks throughout the
country, charging that it is wrung from
the people by the present system Of
taxation.
At 4:45 O'Clock the committee rose,
and the Speaker announced the fol-
lowing members of the Committee on
Enrolled Bills: Messrs. Wachter Mary
land; Burke, Pennsylvania; Wilson, IL
lnois; F. X. Lands, Indiana; Lloyd,
Missouri; Johnson, South Carolina;
Livernash, California. The last three
are Democrats.
A letter from Mr.. Ball of Texas, an
nouncing his resignation, was read. The
House then adjourned.
VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.