Arizona republican., 1903-12-17
Cuban Bill Passed the Sen
 ate By Decisive Majority.
THE ETHICS OF POLITICS
hessrs. Spooner and Bailey Devote a Considerable Part of the Closing Debate to Duty of Good Party Sena- tors in Cases of Emergency.

Washington. Dec. I6.-By the deci- sive vote of 57 to IS the senate today passed the bill carrying into effect th.. reciprocity treaty with Cuba Tho final vote came g. the close of th.. day, which was marked hy ga debata. which. while at all times animated was never acrimonious The priurip-iI speeches were made by M- Spoon.r for the bill and by MT Bailey asaius. it. Both senators were subjected tu frequent Interruptions in their --- marks.
 MT. Bailey alluded to the recent agreement of the democratic caucus Co stand solidly on ali questions anI warned the republicans that in th. future they could not depend ol struggling democratic votes in suppor- of republican party measures regard less of whether they were or were not in accord with democratic doctrine
 The bill passed carries into execu- ton the treaty between the Unit-I States and Cuba which was ratified last March.
 The treaty provides for a reduction of 20 Der cent from the rates Of duty under the ~Dingley law on all Cuban articles imported into the UniteI States and a varying reduction of from 20 to 40 per cent from the established Cuban duty on articles into Cuba from the United States.
 After the passage of the Cuban biu the senate agreed to the house resolu- tion providing for holiday recess from December 19 to January 4.
 Mir. Spooner. speaking on the Cuban h [1
 in direct opposition to the Teller reso- lution.
 Mir. Mckinley had put ir all in a sentence when he said that our inter vention must not be demar ded as -.u indemnity. We could not. he said. ,io less, and no nation interfering be- tween a col0ny-Owning government and one of it's colonies would be per mitted by other nations to do so fo. the increase of its own territorial area eXcept in rare cases. He believed thst but for the Teller resolution there would have been q concert Of action on the part of the European powers against the United States in its war with Spain. For these reasons. he said. he was opposed to the Newlands measure.
 MT. Spooner also replied to tn. charge that the bill is in the interest of the Sugar trust. referring tO the differing motives attributed by the Op- ponents of the bill to the senators who favor it. In referring to the house bin of the last session. reducing the duty on sugar. MT. Spooner spoke of the fact that MT. Teller had challenged the republican senators to pass it. not withstanding it would have been deadly blow to the beet sugar inter ests.
 He added his opinion that if MT. Teller had believed that the challenge would have been accepted he would not have made it.
 Mir Teller referred to the influences case. He did not believe the republ- can senators would accept the bill be- cause it removed the differential duty on refined sugar.
 T did not want to kill the differen- tial," said MT. Teller. Tt was put on the bill by the house to kill it.
 Then said Mir. SpoOner. "1 have developed one thing -"
 That the challenge was n blun' said AIr. Teller, taking the words out of the Wisconsin senator's mouth.
 Then" continued Mir. Spooner. -the charges against us are inconsistent
 Mr. Teller referred to the influence behind the bill, which. he said. we're those not only of the sugar trust. bCt those of the executive officers. M- Spooner declared that none of the senators had surrendered their inde- pendencc, and he did not con slider such a charge as courteous to fel ow sena- tors.
 T resent" he said. the notion that the executive can follow d bill into the senate and 1 have never known an executive who violated his own office by invading other departments of the government" He added. how