Arizona republican., 1903-11-19

opposition to the bill, saying the farmers of his state wanted the same measure of protection now offered them and he urged that the beet sugar growers needed the protection. He said that the republians who feel so certain that California will be in the republican column should go to that state and see how the people feel on that subject.
 When you pass this law you strike a blow at one of our greatest indus tries,' he said.
 MT. Gardner (rep, Mich) explained why he had changed his views and now favors the passage of the bill
 In the first place conditions had changed in the last two years. He said the president of a beet sugar plant in his district favored the bill.
 MT. Burgess (dem., Tex.) character ized the bill as an outrage. Reading an extract from an article written by Thomas B. Reed, MT. Burgess said; This simply means stripped of all verbiage and the bare facts stated that $2O,OO0 was appropriated from the Cuban funds on vouchers issued by General Wood, endorsed by tine war department of this administration, re- citing that on their faces they were for the purpose of influencing public opinion in the United States in favor of this bill"
 He continued: But to pursue the dirty methods (the facts concerning which had to be dragged out of Thur ber's throat in senate committed IS disgraceful and rUinous to any admin istration under the sun. No wonder postodice thievery obtains in the land when such acts as that can be notori- ously done in open sight
 MT. Gillett (rep., Mass) spoke Tn ia vor of the bill.
 MT. Shafroth (dem.. COlo) added his opposition to the bill, saying it was undemocratic and Unrepublican and a danger to American industries. He said plans had been prepared for beet sugar plants in his state which would have risen if this legislation had not been proposed. He said the measure was unfair and unjust to a growing indus try.
 MT. Jones Tep., WashD announced 1 that he would vote for the bill and said that the opposed 1t two years ago. | The house at , p. n. adjourned. ! MT. Fordney Crep., Mich.) vigorously | opposed the measure as an "infernal bilI' which, he said. would wipe Out the sugar industry of Michigan. He said he wanted to criticize Major 1 General Wood, for it had been proved that he had extracted from those pOcr starving Cubans" $2O, 900. which he had paid to Thurber to influence legisla- ton.
 oh. what an action by a high off cial." continued MT. Fordney. "He claimed that the Cubans were starving and then reached his long fingers into the Cuban treasury and handed out 1 S2O. GOO to this''- And here MT. Ford ney called names which might be called
 libelous uttered anywhere save in con- gress.
 Mir Fordney said General Wood had
 testified before a senate committee that
 he had travelled over the whole island
 and that all the sugar he could find there that belonged to the trust was | 3,2S5 tons.
 | "A few days later" said MT. Ford
 ney. "Mr Havemeyer testified that the | trust had 93,OO0 tons of sugar in Cuba ! Wood only missed by 9O,0O0 tons. That l is not much for q military officer The ! average American soldier is better
 marksman than that. I could beat il myself"
 II Mir. Fordney said that the govern ment of Cuba had $4,OOO,OOO in it's treas
 ury and was better off than other gov ernments if their debts were paid Thi.
 bill was to benefit prosperous Cuba d
 the expense of the farmers of tho United States.