The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-20
Twcnty-one Dissenting Votes,
About Equally Divided Be-
tween the Two Parties.
MINORITY LEADER ..::, 3 I | SPEAKS
Arraigns Republican Party for
It's Policy Of Protection and
Causes Mitch Amusement.
(By ALSO ciated Prcss.)

The House to-day, by rising vote Of
,sas to 81. passed the blu to make effect
Two the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The
dlssen ting votes were about equally d.
fyided between Republicans and Demo
crat. but there was no record vote, tne
minority haYing too few votes to ordor
the yeay and nays. The Democrats, un-
der the leadership Of Mr.. Williams. sought
to the last to secure amendments to the
bill, In accordance with the action Of the
Democratic caucus. but were ,de1eakeo
steadily S5f Will, IS IA s n .ats.
Mr.. Williams made the flnal effort when
he tried to have the bill recommitted to
5instructions to amend but O point OF
order. under the special rule providing.
for. q vote on the bill without intorYen-
Ing motion, was sustained.
Mr.. Cannon received the applause OF
the Democratic side when he entertained
Williams. the Speaker saying he prefer
to err, II he erred at all, In giving the
House the right TO express Its VII The
appeal was tabled by q strict party vote.
The debate begun Monday was contin-s
Jed up TO within q few minutes Of the
hour OF O. clock, the time appointed TO
take vote on the final passage OF the
bill. Mr.. Williams closed the debate for
his side and made an arra!gnnent OF the
Republican policy OF protection. M cCallF
(Republican), OF Massachusetts, made the
closing speech on the Republican eide, y
others speaking On that SIDE being MI M
Hepburn. Of Iowa. and Watson, OF IN
diana MIR. 3Broussard tDsmocraD, Of.
Louisiana opposed the bill, and Mr.. De
Almond pcmocrat), Of Missouri, sup
ported 1t. The announcement OF the pas,
sage OF the bill caused only sight dem
onstratton. t@sS lS.s fsi 81
Mr.. Mcclellan, Alayor-elect OF New York;
city, occupied the Speakers chair for a
while to-day as chairman OF the Com
mittee OF the Whole House.
MIR. WILLIAMS SPEAKS.
Mr.. Williams, OF Mississippi. answering
q statement on the Republican side that
the Democrats forced the talking on this
bin, referred to hlJ proposal to have q
vote on the minority amendment, and
then vote on the bill without debate.
z Replying to Mr.. Watson. Mr. Williams
said:
Protection Is system OF taxation
whereby; many are robbed IN order that
a few may be hot-housed by legislation
into artificial prosperity"
Mr.. williams charged that tho Repub-
llcans did not dare enter upon tariff re-
vision for fear 1t would open the doors
to too extended a revision. Referring to,
the power OF the Republicans to revise.
he said they had majority in the House
and Senate, and avery large majority
In the White House" He asked them II
they were afraid OF their own common
sense. Addressing himself to the majors
iity. he said some OF their pledges OF pros
perity were already collapsing. The pso-
pie. he said. we're beginning to lind that
their laws were in keeping in power not
only monopoles, but public cheats. Re-
.ferring to Mr.. Grosvonor, he said he was
most e1uberant prophet" adding that
he (Williams) would attempt no prophe-
REPARTEE,
E Mr.. Lacey, Of Iowa. having called Mr..
Williams attention to an error In the
date OF letter quoted. said he did not
want the gentleman from Mississippi to
make mistake so early in his leader
ship.
"one good thing about this side, IL the
leader makes mistake he will have no
followers, but II the leader on that Gre
publican) side makes q mistake you cons
t;nue to follow him" said Mr.. William ms
MIR. Williams. In supporting his conten-
ton for an amendment to the treaty said
that 1t would take only few weeks to
secufe it,
Mr.. Payne answered that 1t would take
months. /.
Suppose 1t did take months?" asked
Mr.. Williams, to which Mr.. Payne res
Piled: '"Ihe gentleman Is trying to help:
the sugar trust by his amendment"
WELL" responded Mr.. Williams. III
am, the Lord knows am unconscious OF,
it, (Laughter.)
iT"But i win say that the length Of tlne
it would take would depend upon the care
and strenuosity brought into action at
the other end Of the avenue II you
could Just half way approximate the
celebrity that has lately actuated this ad-
ministratioi, In conIsctton with the new
born Republic III Panama, you would
have it back here in three days.
daughter and applause on the Demo-
cratic side) A
"oh, WE'LL but the mind Of all the
mighty Gears In another place have not
operated on this Panama business yet,
and they hayc operated on this treaty..
said MIR. Payne,
st'.They will operate quickly In some way
or other" said Mr.. Williams, provided
the trust is not hurt. daughter and APP
plause on the Democratic stde,)
They are waiting for u.s."
~. OTHER SPEAKERS.
Mr.. Broussard lDemocraD. OF Loulsl-
ana = opposed the measure, and said It
was not In line with Democratic tariff
reform. He said the PRESIDENT had IN
fringed on the rights Of tAs House. The
trust. he said, would profit by the reduc-
ton OF the tariff on sugar, and no bene-
fits would accrue to the consumer.
I Mr.. Hepburn (Republican), Of Iowa, fol-
lowed, stating at the outset Of his re-
marks that he Would vote TOT the plll,
but with reluctance, He said he was
not one OF those who believed NE owe
Cuba anything. "a
Mi. Sulzer (DemocraD, Of New York,
said he would vote for the bill, as 1t was
q little step In the right direction. He
entered his protest against the power
which, he said. rests with the Committee
on, Rules. saying the House no longer
was deliberatiVo body,
what a spectacle OF commercial self
ishness. monopolistlo greed and polite
Observation-Disclosures the Republican party
presents to-day" he said, decalrlng ,.lat
il is so welded to its protective tariff
policy that apparently 1t would rather
witness injury to Cuba than to break
down Its present system
Mr.. peArmond Democrap, Of MISSOURI,
said the Republicans generally had spok-
en- against the pending bin, but declar-
Ing at tho same time that they intended
to vote for 1t, Nh
Mr.. Mccall lRepubllcan), OF. MaNsachu-
sets, said his deductions from study
OF the effect Of tho treaty We're that the