The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-15
a CUBAN BILL
 IN THE SENATE Bailey of Texas is Against
 Passage. MANY MATTERS IN HOUSE Pension Appropriation Is Un-'
 der Consideration. Under the Wide Latitude Allowed in Debate, A Variety of Subjects
 are Discussed by the
 Members.
MANY MATTERS IN HOUSE

wasbinston. Dec. 14--The Senate spent the day on the Cuban bill, most Of the time being occupied by MT. Bailey ot Texas in an elaborate argument against the constitutionality of the proceeuine' He claimed that no treaty changing tne revenue laws that was not first author ized by legislation originating m e House of Representatives was Valio, NY. Bailey also opposed the bill as a mat.er of general policy Brief speecnes we.S made by Senators Teller. Depew anu Lodge.
 When the Senate convened. MT. Beiiey CTexasl spoke on the Cuban oili. e opposed the measure. declaring 1t 10 pc vicious, both as a matter of law ana poi. ity. The question of law. he said, snouiu be considered first, and in that connection he laid down three propositions.
 Baileyis Contentious.
 The first was. that the House of Repre- sentatives alone has the right to origin ate revenue bills. and neither the fresi. dent nor the President and Senate Joineo possess the power to enact leSisiati"h affecting revenues. The second declares that the constitu- tion ofsthe Republic commits the treaty. making power to the President and the Senate and the House of Representatives has no right to approve or dtsapprove the Cuban treaty.
 The third proposition asserted tnat neither the President and Senate alone; nor the President and the Senate acting in conjunctlon with the House of Repre- sentatives. has the right to originate such revenue measures:yand that what is null and void in it's beginning must b. nun and vond throughout. In the course of a colloquy with M;. Stewart.y Mir, Bal ley said the President believed Justa as the Nevada Senator did .syf
 Then he is a good lawyer" responded, Senator Stewart: 'S,s
 RooseveIt's Lack of Law. 1T never heard that he was . lawyer at aIl," answered Mr. Bailey. while -iaaa6 neard that he has spent some days and nights at lighter llterature. | am not. aware that he has encountered, the drud- gery of the law and mores the pity for it."
 He declared that the President, by the course followed in this treaty, had per- formed an ihsolent usurpation of the privileges of the House. -f'-.,
 The proceedings, he declared, amounted to moral and political coercion, and 1t is little wonder that the House did not sub stitute for the present measure the bill which 1t passed under implication less than two years ago. Why did the House foreRo its judgment of less than two years ago? he asked. Why did 1t so mild ly execute the Presidents will? IL was because the, House was under the stripes of the executive lash. Mir. Bailey sad that the first argument advanced in sup port of the bill was that 1t was duty to the suffering Cubans, but driven from that, the friends of the bill say that 1t Is a great commercial stroke.
 Trusts Will Be Benefited.
 But" said MT. Bailey, ..I say those who will reap the benefits are the sugar and tobacco trusts, and they have no right to it. I believe the Republican Senators are honest in, their support. In fact. I do not think there is any differ ence between the two sides of this cham Der on questions of honesty. 1 believe the sole difference is one of intelligence.
 Senator Spooner observed: You pay us high compliment"
 In discussing the benefits of the bill, MT. Bailey said that every time the bill was about to pass, sugar trust stock went up. and whenever the bill was about 10 fall, the stock went down.
 Mir Bailey announced at 3:35 o'clock that owing to the condition of his throat he would not continue his speech until tomorrow.
 MT. Depew remarked that many speeches against the bill had contained statements that the industries of the four or five States were in danger of being destroyed by reason of competition with Cuba. Cuba was only half as large as the State of New York and 1t stood to reason that such a territory could not work absolute disaster to the States mak- ing the complaint.
 Mir. Teller replied that Cuba was capa- ble of supporting a population of 15;000.- GOO. that New York had only 100000 and was rot capable of supporting that num- ber. ...'
 Mir. Lodge said he had been looking up the matter of Cuban laws relative to the immigration of Chinese and had been in- formed by the Cuban Minister that the island had adopted Nthe exclusion law of this country on that subject.
 At 4:l0 o'clock no Senator desiring to speak on the bill, the Senate went into executive session and at 4:15 D. m. ad- fourned