The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-20
CUBAN PILL
 yEPAssED Only 2yS Otes Against the Measure. lea NAYS EQUALLY DIVIDED The Democrats Make Fight
 for Amendments. Cannon is Applauded by the Minor ity When He Entsrtains an Ap- peal from His Ruling by
 MT. Williams.
NAYS EQUALLY DIVIDED

Washington, Nov. 1s.-The House to-day by rising vote of ss5 to 21, passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reel procity treaty. The dissenting votes were about equally divided between Repubii- cans and Democrats. but there was no record vote. the minority having too few votes to order the yeas and nays.
 The Democrats, under the leadership of Mir. Williams. sought to the last to secure amendments to the bill in accord ance with the action of the Democratic caucus, but were defeated steadily. Mir. Williams made the final effort when he tried to have the bill recommitted' to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to amend, but a point of order under the special rule providing for a vote on, the bill without interven- ing motion was sustained Mir. Cannon re- ceived the applause of the Democratic side when he entertained the appeal from his ruling made by Mir. Williams, the speaker saying he preferred to err if he erred at all, in giving the House the right to express its will The appeal was tabled by strict party vote.
 MT. Williams closed the debate for his side and made an arraignment of the Republican policy of protection.
 Mir. Mccaif tRep., Mass.), made the closing speech on the Republican side. Mir Broussard, (Deni., La-9, opposed the bill. and Mir DcsAFmond, Dem., Mol, supported it. The announcement of the passage of the bill caused only a slight demonstration.
 i MT. Mcclellan. Mayor-elect of New -.1.u T. for a Svhile- to-day, as chairman of the Committee of the Whole House. q. s
 Mir. Brousard (DeFn. La,J opened the debate when the House resumed con- sideration of the Cuban bill today.
 He opposed the measure. and said 1t was not in the line Of Democratic taFifE reform. He said they had infFfngpSf upon the rights of the House.
 The trust, he said. would profit by the reduction ofsthe tariff on sugar. and no benefits would accure tos the, consumer.
 MT. Hepburn (Rep:. Iowa1 followed, stating at the outset of his remarks that he wo1ld vote for the bill, but with re- luetance. He said he was not one of those who believes, we owe Cuba any, thing. This country had spent $500, ,O00.- 900 or $4OO, ,000000 and sacrificed many lives that Cuba might be relieved from the oppression. Mir. Hepburn said he be- lieved in Republican reciprocity-the re- ciprocity of Mckinley. In this connec- ton he quoted from the speech made by the late President at Buffalo.
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 MT. Hepburn declared that there was nothing in the speech that differed one iota from the established policy of the Republican party there was absolutely nothing in that speech to show that Mo Kinley was approaching free trade. He (Hepburn) believed in protection as advo- cated by the Republican party. but there was no sanctity or sacredness in sched- uIes. and he cited the number of times they had been changed: He reviewed the history of tariff legielation, comparing the balances in favor of this country under Republican policies with those un- der Democratic control. This country Is no longer a debtor, nation. he said, and the Republicans had changed all this. He was one Of those who believed in letting well enough alone. @
 Mir. Sulzer Dem., N. Y.) said he would vote for the bill as 1t was a little step in, the right direction. But, for the cast iron rule which, he said, had been adopt ed by the majority, he would propose amendments abolbshing the difterential and color restrictions on sugar which, he said, shelters monopoly.
 He declared the majority was afraid to go on record on the amendments the minority sought to impose. What spec tacle, of commercial .selfishness, monopo- listic greed and polite ort-sightedness the Republican party presents to-day" he said, when it is so welded to its protective tariff policy that apparently if would rather witness injury to Cuba than to. break down its present system.
 Mir. Watson (Rep., Ind), one of the new members on the Ways and Means Committee. favored the bill because the twenty per cent. reduction proposed will not fnjure the sugar industry. It did not tariff, but sgould do justice to a strug- gling people. -
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 MT. Williams. (Dem., MissO, answering a statement on the Republican side that the Democrats forced the talking on this bill, said he had offered to have vote on the minority amendment. and then vote on the bill without debate.
 Replying to MT. Watson. MT. 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,
 MT. Williams charged that the Repub- licans did not dare eIaer on tarin re- vision for fear 1t would open the. doors to too extended a revision. The ReDib- licans had a majority in the House and Senate and "a very large majority in the White House"
 Some of the pledges of prosperity of the majority were already. collapslng. The people. he said. were beginning to find that their laws were keeping in power not only monopolies. but public cheats. Referring to Mir. Grosvenor. he said he was a most exuberant prophet" adding that he CWilliams) would attempt no prophecies.
 Mr. Lacey. Qowa). having called Mir Williams attention to an error in the date of a. letter quoted, said he did not want the gentleman from Mississippi to make a mistake so early in his leader ship. "One good thing about this side if the leader makes a mistake he will have no followers, but if the leader oi that (Republican) side. makes a mistake, you continue to follow him." said MT, Williams.
 Mir. Williams. In supporting his conten'
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