Arizona republican., 1903-12-16
The Cuban Bill Debate is
 Drawing to a Close
CLASHES IN THE SENATE
hr. hcCumber Says That This Country in Giving the Cubans Their Freedom Did Not Bind Itself to Make Them Happy and Prosperous Forever.

l continued the debate cn the Cuban bill l today. MT. Perkins of California spoke for the measure.
 MT. Patterson of Colorado made an extended speech against the bill dur ! ing which there were numerous col lOQuies, between himself, MT. Aldrich and MT. Deliver. With the former he | had quite a lively debate on the tariff in which Mir. Aldrich said the duty on sugar was too high. Mir. Deliver re- piled to the suggestions made by MT. ! Patterson that Governor Cummins of Iowa had changed his tariff views af- ter having visited the White House. ! Others were engaged in the debate at | the close of the session.
 In discussing the Cuban bill. MT. Simmons of North Carolina, explained that he had voted for the treaty and | would vote for the bill.
 The bill contained some provisions he would like to have amended, but he ! realized. he said, that the time for i such changes was when the treaty was | under consideration. Mir. McCumber Of North Dakota, ridiculed the state | ments of friends Of the measure that its passage was the payment of d debt and he s2id such expressions were mis- taken ideas of philanthropy.
 On the contrary, said MT. McCumber, Cuba for years had tugged ct the tether which bound her to Spanish az | gression and when we cut those bonds it was not understood that we should bear the expense of making the Cubans 1 prosperous and happy.
 Mir. Patterson of Colorado, took up a co!loquy which occurred yesterday 1 between Senators Teller of Colorado, and Ledge of Massachusetts, concern ing the laws of Cuba governing the immigration of Chinese into the is land.
 MT Lodge had attempted to show \ that the Chinese exclusion act of this co-ntrv was in force in Cuba Mir. Patterson anta gonized the statement and read reports and orders issued by the war department and later enacted into law m Cuba and other data to support the position which had been taken by his colleague.
 MT. Patterson predicted a vast influx Of Chinese into Cuba and declared the republican congress to be the mouth piece for the influences which threaten to destroy the beet sugar industry.
 He found the inspiration of this course in the sugar trust which he ac | cused of invading the sugar beet fields fot the control of the sugar supply. ' Mr. Patterson was proceeding to say that he would be willing 10 have the tariff on sugar reduced if there could be a corresponding reduction in other articles of import when Mir. Aldrich interrupted him to ask if he was will ing to make ad valocc!n rates or sugar as on other articles.
 ] hp willing to take the present tariff as a basis crd he asked MT. Aldrich if he considered the tariff negotiable. The Rhode Island senator replied that he considered the tariff too high and when Mr. Patterson was about to cO1gratu- late him upon this admission Mir. Ald- ,ich exclaimed that he had referred to tho duty on sugar.
 Mir Patterson proceeded to say that he was willing to place himself upon | the platform of Thomas Jefferson on the protection of American industries but in reply to el question from MT. Aldrich as to whether a democratic caucus would endorse that doctrine he said that the democratic party is not free trade party but is for incidental protection.
 The democratic party was not alone. ! Sstltl NIT. HdlleISOil, III LOU DSlllS d uIlll. It had not been so long since the re- publican governor of Iowa had come to Washington and after a visit to the White House. had returned to Iowa. and allowed Mir. Allison, the senior senator from that state to write the party platform for him. MT. Deliver interrupted to say that there mad been nothing to indicate that Governor II Cummins had surrendered Gny of his tariff views and he added, "the results of t,,e late election show that he has not surrendered any of his mGiGrities."
 MT. Patterson declared that four out of five senators woIiI hold their noses while voting fer thIs bill and that many of them would cast their votes against it if they could break away from the influences of the White House. He compared those who are controlled by this influence to "A nest of young robins standing with mouths wide open and ready to swallow even q reciprocity worm if dropped by the carent bird at the White House." He again predicted ruin to American in- dustries through this bill directly or as a precedent for similar legislation.
 Mir Aldrich inquired whether, if this was true. the democratic party would not be partly to blame.
 Mr. Patterson accepted this question as applying to the attitude of the dem- ocrats of the house Of representatives to the bill and replied that unfOrtun- ately it was true that such respGnsibil- ity would attach to them.
 Replying to some of Mir. Aldrich's re- , marks made in the course of MT. Pat terson's speech, Mir. Teller said that the sugar producers had asked no special favor for their industries.
 Ut does not lie in the mouth of any man on the republican side to complain when we ask for the protection of m infant industry which falls within the rule laid down by the republican par ty"
 Mr. Teller said that without execu- tive assistance the bill could not pass. and he declared that the sugar trust