The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-26
TAKES A SHOT At
THE CUBAN BILL
First Speech on it's Merits
by Carmack.
(By the Associated Press.) }

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Washington, Nov 25.-The Senate to-
day completed the appointment of com.
mittees for the 5Sth Congress, adopted
the motion providing for the re-considera-
ton OF the vote b. which the Newlands'
joint resolution FOR the annexation Of
Cuba was referred to committee and
made the Cuban Reciprocity Bill the un-
finished business
The first speech On the merits of the
Cuban bill was made by Mr.. Carmack
Oem. TENN, who opposed the bill and
said that nothing less than general tariff
revision would give the relief needed.
Mr.. Carmack began by saying that in
his message the President had urged the
ratification of the Cuban treaty with rea-
sons which appeal to diverse motives in
the human heart. He told U.S." the SEN
ator went on, that We must ratify it
to save our honor and help our trade.
! 1t was an opportunity to worship God
and get your money back to be dihgent
in business while serving the Lord. He
presented the Cuban treaty in the double
aspect of a bargain counter and a mis-
sionary box. Happy is the Republican ad-
ministration that was driven by a selfish
motive to righteous deed and could per-
! form a Christian duty without exercising
any of the Christian virtues
Mr.. Carmack said he was willing to hear
any appeal to conscience, and if given a
treaty that was literally Cuba and just
to the United States. he would vote for
it. But no man could pledge his faith
for a treaty which itself violated the
pledged faith of the country and on the
l,,1A Of fl>a lrofC ,hn
slammed the door against forty milliok
customers in South America.
If this measure would reduce the price
of sugar it would be an argument in its
favor, but the larger part of the sugar
imports would still be subject to duty
and the tariff would be added to all.
The authors of the sugar tax promised
to reduce it by ten million dollars We
were to pay this sum for this treaty. 1t
required us to give up not only the right
to reduce taxes, but reciprocity with other
countries. 'You violate your solemn
promise to reduce taxes he said, "and
you do it in the name of honor: you sell
your right to make commercial treaties
and you do it in the name of reciprocity"
! Mr.. Carmack referred at length to the
reciprocity policy of Blaine and Mckinley
and quoted from a speech by Mr.. Dolliver
Qowa), in which the latter had said That
every line of the wisdom of Mr. Blaine
had been eliminated from the statutes.
He agreed that this was true. and if so.
who was responsible? If the Democratic
party had taken it off the Republican
party had refused to put it back.
Continuing Mr.. Carmack declared that
Mr.. Dolliver was right when he said his
partys failure to carry out reciprocity
was a blow to protectionisn.
But it would demonstrate to the peo-
ple,' said the speaker, that a party dom
mated by protected interests would make
no concessions"
He said Governor Cummins had assail-
ed the tariff as a shelter of monopoly until
the trust had forced him to desist; that
Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin.
had been made to feel the displeasure of
his party for utterances contrary to trust
mandates; that such had been the history
of every Republican who had revolted
against monopoly, and such would be the
history of Mr. Dolliver
Mr.. Carmack then turned his attention
to the President. Six months ago, he
said, cry was raised for Roosevelt, re-
ciprocity and revision" What had become
of the last two members of this blessed
trinity? The trinitarian propaganda
he went on, 'has been overwhelmed by
the Mohammedan war cry of Allah
Allah III Allah Roosevelt is great and
the Senator from Massachusetts, is his
prophet "
The first word in this trinity is enough
to express the creed of the Republican
Lparty. Whatever that word of multifar-
ious meaning meant last night, that was
the policy of the Republican party this
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and it did not mean revision
Mr.. Carmack closed with a plea for
general tariff revision, saying in part:
1.-The reactionary movement toward
protection in England derived it's strength
from the hostile tariff of the United
States. Mr.. Chamberlain has played the
United States against the continent of
Europe with success and is now free to
execute a hostile tariff in favor of the
British colonies and against the United
States This will be a staggering blow
to our agricultural industries, but the
beginning of more liberal policy shown
by the victory of the Democratic party
in the next election in the United States
would put an end to Mr.. Chamberlains
scheme at once
/ When Mr. Carmack concluded, Mr. New
lands New, made defense of his reso-
luton recently introduced for Cuban
statehood.
Mr.. Newlands stated that union would
mean free trade, without the payment of
American duty now paid on Cuban sugar,
and Cuba would annually receive thirty
five million dollars more for her sugar
than at present.
All this, he claimed, would mean un-
exampled prosperity for Cuba.
Mr. Teller in answer to Mr.. Newlands
said that while he was not prepared to
enter into debate as to the merits of
the resolution, he wanted to protest
against the statement that Cuba is in
: any manner dependency of this govern