Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-27
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,itys propositions, IL nov SIN session.
The opening Of Congress was very
much like the opening Of any Congress
that has preceded 1t. The repu bliosn
went through AZ slated.
"Uncle joe 4 Cannon ri wa elected
speaker according p02schedule, and the
Hon. John Sharp williams, Of Mis-
sissippi, AZ the nominee Of the demo-
cratic party for Speaker, az predicted
in this correspondence away last
spring. As the defeated candidate for
speaker, Mr. Williams was placed on
the committee to escort In the new
speaker and his introdu Glory speech
to the House Of :; Representa-
tives was the most graceful thing that
has been heard on the floor for many
years. The daily papers all over the
Mr.. Williams has already made good
is the man for the position of floor
leader Of the House on the democratic
side. He has the good sense. as his
friends knew he would have. to give
his chief opponent. the Hon. Champ
Clark, Of Missouri. the appointment
on the Ways and Means Committee,
one Of the highest honors that come to
democrats. Mr.. Williams not only
showed his generosity by this action,
his good sense az we'll. for Mr.. CLARK
is one of the ablest democrats in the
congress, and can do effective work
against the republican party in that
position. Mr.. Williams not only has
done this; he also has placed Hoo.
David A. DeArmond. Of Missouri,
one Of the ablest men in public life to-
day, on the committee on rules with
himself. That is the most important
committee in the House, for it con-
trolls all legislation emana:ing from
the House, and controls all debate
He will be absolutely invaluable tothe
party and to Mr.. Williams in the de-
bates that will come off this winter.
Mr.. Williams has also placed the Hon.
James T. Lloyd. of Missouri, back in
his old place az democratic "whip'
of the house.
1t is too early to predict what the
big fight will be in this Congress, but
the fight on the Cuban reciprocity
proposition is going to- be q bitter
one.
There will not be as many recalci-
trants in this Congress as there was in
the last on that proposition, for the
reason, as stated in the correspon-
dence not long ago, that the Sugar
Trust has bought out the beet sugar
interests and that has : closed the
mouth Of many republicans who other
wise would be opposed to Cuban re-
ciprocity. There are some, however,
who still hold out against it, and they
will line up with the democrats and
fight it unless they will allow the
democratic amendment to go through
removing the differential from refined
sugar. fhe democrats are perfectly
willing to give Cuba the reciprocity
she asks for to give her free trade
with this country, provided they can
remove the difference from refine
sugar which will give the consumers
of this country chance. This is exact
~ what the Sugar Truet does not want.
With reciprocity with: Cuba on raw
sugar to the extent Of u twenty-five
per cent, reduction on the present tar-
tf, and retaining the differential on
refined sugar, the Trust makes not
less than eight million q year out of
the game. That Is the. milk in the
oocoanut. It js a straight fight between
the people and the Sugar Trust.
Watch the game. -
To the intense delight Of the demo-
cratic leaders here. the republican
administration has actually ! tied up
In . nice package and handed to the
democracy another and corking good
campaign issue In this dirty mess in
the Panama country. Itis belief here
not only among democrats. but many
good republicans, that the resent re-
7olution In the United States Of Col.
ombia in Central America, was
Matched in this country and at the in
stigstion Of this republican admins.
tration in order to get control Of the
Panama canal. In Other words, the
game put up in the Senate +: get the
usufruot out of those Panama canal
bonds has got to 60 through at any
plays into their hands md incites r.
volution down there and robs that lit
tie country Of slice q its territory
in order to give the senatorial oabal
Its rakeof. How are they going to
get away from the imputation that
they are responsible fol- this revolu-
ton? If they are not, tlen there must
b some expert mind-leaders In the
Navy Department., for 10 sooner had
the first rumblings of tkis trouble be- |
tween Colombia and ole of it's states
been waited over the earth than this
country had several naval vessels to
the proper point In jify in order to
put a backbone into thu revolutionists
and to intim;date theCblombia forces.
Then this government makes haste to
recognize" the new rtpublto of ran
anna: It is an internal outrage and
disgrace to the nation.
Nov. 2s-1n 1885. Il 4 resident Jack
son refused to recognize the new re-
public of Texas, and aid that it was
important that We observe q course
"wisely consistent with our just
principles" President Grant refused
to recognize the republic of Cuba and
so did President Mckinley, and there
were many more reasons why the re-
public should have been recognized
than the new mushroo pm republic of
Panama. In speaking Of Cuba and
his reasons for not granting reoogni-
ton of it's Independents at that time,
President mckinley said: ''In deal
ing with cases like this the further