Show AND RECIPROCITY Hold a Fourth and Fruitless Caucus On Sugar Question LONG AND LtV LY DEBATE D r V If III of Adjournment III I or Im II March The fourth of ot the tho house hoUe Republican on onI 01 conference I question was wal th which preceded It tho con can conLee those I terence ike Lee thole adjourning at lt until next Tuesday The victory with wih the 1 advocates of at reciprocity os lS thu mo 10 carried 72 to 64 M Mand to adjourn Ilour was ton tho n and ilk ll r i a to 10 to make It ft sino die adjournment Ilko 1 by at one on I of or the lenders of at tho opposition had hit I r been down 81 61 to tl 70 Tho motion to was mudo by I and tho opponents claimed after tho nil 11 of ot r I that some of ot their friends the speaker by byrte did not nol to offend CIO rte lining to h o his bis appeal for Cor a I fur tur lo r i in evening the opponents of ot Earler rei Imd hod Insisted on a veto voto to upon ih th proposition Tho B tonight was iv I stormy one onet Mr t HIM y of ot offered a I o proposition for a iy I to last Until Deo eo 1 I wh h lie he claimed had hod the ap nil approval and Indorsement of ot President nl evel He also said he had hOll assur assurances ances that if It the tho house grunted n I 20 pet concession tho senate would not nol Increase It I About Abut members were w re present alter Henderson and the lenders on both of ot the tho controversy wore wele in Representative Cannon of ot Illinois presided and in nn arrangement vai WIS modo for u n division of ot time be bl the advocates and opponents of ot re IP o Ity Long of at Kansas te a I r of ot the ways way means menns com commit mit owned an 11 exhaustive nr Ir In fi Hor or of the 20 0 per or cent con cont t Minn by Ills his colleagues of ot the ways and means committee committe HB o that t at tho maintenance of ot a I tariff larJ was not Involved In the tho proposition or f the th ways III moans lut that the tho policy poley of or reel polity n The defeat of ot this bill bi raid aid he hr that tho Republican party ha n to follow tho lender hip of ot Walne of ot of ot lt and It I would mean that was no longer u It part of at the faith lie le out that the Republican of ot referred to the repeal rf er tit p reciprocity rp agreements In the McKinley law OH OR a n national calamity and ad demanded their renewal Ind ox me meI I Olon The original section of ot the tho bill bi authorising reciprocity agreement he recalled named augur at a ft o the tho articles on which the t IS authorized to change chango the but tut the was changed In I tte t f and sitar was Wt stricken out The law In authorized the l Ineal re l dent to make lake reciprocal re agreements on produced In this and nn President made agreement with ranle Oi and E tal l that wert now In force torce so 80 he main maintained thai tho o who favored reel reci reciprocity wih Puba I were not untrue to the doctrines of ot he Republican party became o and ugar In Inthis this country were ere Included Iro Moreover he Insisted that the hearings be f en o the tho commutes on ways wa s and means menns showed conclusively that Ihal tho concessions made on fulan CuLan ugar would not nt affect the price of or sugar In this countrY that the beet be 1 Industry would not be Injured A r of ot 20 per cent on Cuban sugar the duty on at l 13 31 per pounds would olid not enable the Cubans after lter paying freight rates and cost coat of oC running to compete with b et In Chicago Kansas City or D ncr which aro tho principal markets for or beet sugar He le i reciprocity with Cuba to but bUl because o It would be ps helpful to Cuba but ho bo bon boo n ved le e would get nn al adequate ro re turn tur In support of at that belief belet ho hI th of ot the Cuba under the law from tOI 8 BpI pt i 1 isai 1891 to Aug 27 lR t Un law sugar coffee and al Id s Pre admitted free an In ic 10 turn lur Spam concessions on our products Cuba The results welO demonstrated In the tact fact that our exports to Cuba In lu d from In 1891 to 24 1698 m In 1893 In In 1896 after aCl r the tho agree ogree ment Was ted d they had fallen to O our exports to Cuba were nol ot out of ot a n total of The witnesses before the tho thoon on 00 wa 8 a and means men ni he d lyt with wih prosperity In Cuba tho th Importations of ot that Island nd would woul amount from to I li U 11 Thu lie he was Wa the trade that Cuba offered In return tat tO on 01 all tobacco was WIS not It 1 was a II good Mr Long contended that in addition to there thel was a amoral n moral obligation upon the United States to gront concessions to Cuba He de declared le that when the tho commission Cuba was prevailed the upon to accept ulon amendment assured assure them that hat In tn consideration of Us Is acceptance ho 11 would do all ni possible to effect ereo economic concessions con anil tho commission so repotted to tho Cuban convention In hi Mr Long i If I this legislation fall fal an no con concession cession can cal be made to Cuba Cuba it the policy of ot President and Pros Pres Ident lent bo defeated by this house It does not 11 mean meal that the tho beat Industry by tho control of at this JIOUS can Inn prevent free treo from III After Atar the establishment hUllt of tho thoro republic ro ullo of ot Culm Cuha u I treaty cnn can ho ne negotiated IC ident with Wih that country by the tho pres president That lat treaty can provide for tor the an nn of ot Cuba BH aH tho recent treaty treny did for tor the th annexation of ot the Danish west WI and tho Iho can bo sub submitted to the tho senate and Tho moment that the tM ratifications ex exchanged changed d under the decision lon of at tho su premo court In tho Iho Porto Wean cane laRe laRee wo e would wout have tree free trade with wih Cuba In all 11 products The he house would woul bo be pow IloW to prevent It Ho So this ti house hOUle Is Ie not supreme and It does not control or dominate this situation It H would bo be tho of ot wisdom for tor the beet Interests to agree to a reasonable concession that would not Injure their Industry in Irl the tho remotest degree rather than to bo compelled to accept possible annexation i I II the tho Immediate future Annexation would como In the tho not far distant future but when It II does come I want It to come COIO by the tho free treo act of ot tho Cuban and when whon they the como permanently under Inel our Hag I 1 do donot donet not net want walt thorn thol to feel they thov were the tho victim of oC forcible annexation which President et as ns aggression When Mr Long finished speaking Mr of oC Ohio presented a II pro lIra protest test tho Ihl plan of or the ways and means committee The protest was nt nl tl I 0 Republicans opposed to reciprocity held hel last Insl night It 1 was WIS In the nature of ot a I ato setting out in LII gound on 01 which their opposition was based be boo being booIng ing largely an nn amplification pt f the tho con contention that a II reduction of ot tho ho duty dut on tonton Cuban Involved u a relaxation of ot the protective prIncIple In lieu le of ot the Tawney fawney proposition for tor a I rebate Mr Taylor offered tho following reso resolution lution lulon we wo our adherence renco to tho Republican national platform of at 1896 Insuring adequate protection to the tho and beet be t sugar Industries In the United and to tho policy poley of at reciprocity as declared in our platform of ot 1800 1900 Second That wo have maintained and will 11 continue to 10 faithfully charge e the obligation to by virtue of ot the treaty of Paris and the Platt amendment j Ind that we favor tavor such luch agreements with wih her heras hern as her government when established may n te be willing to o und which will willbo wi bo in harmony with our national ni policy of ot protection and reciprocity and Third r That no further action be betaken taken respecting the tho proposition to re reduce duce the tho tariff on 01 Cuban products com coming ing Into luto this county country In 11 concluding his statement Mr Taylor TaYler announced that ho would de demand mand 1011 a n vote tl on 01 his hil resolution Mr Taylor received receIve n a lound of at applause when ho concluded Mr Jenkins of oC Wisconsin ln at lt this point I the novel theory that was IH now and Ind had hn been since the treaty of or Paris under tho sovereignty of or the United States Slates His Js contention was that Cuba was waR the territory of ot the th United States that the people of ot Cuba might be permitted to erect a government gavel but not ono one of at sov er Mr Ir y of ot Pennsylvania offered orel d n compromise proposition for tor n R 20 per percent percent 1 cent reduction on Cuban products but with a limit upon Its to Dec a 1 1603 1903 This proposition Mr Tayler characterized as ns satisfactory to either cither Mr Morrell Morrel of at Pennsylvania advocated harmony and Ind his colleague ex Speaker Grow urged the acceptance of ot the reciprocity proposition largely on tho ground of ot moral obligation Mr Jr of ot Wyoming opposed the ways arid a means committees plan William AMen Smith of at Michigan made u rousing speech of ot over oer an In hour hUl against reciprocity eliciting applause from his supporters While great admiration for tor tho president he Insisted that there thore should be no executive Interference with the b legislative Ic I blanch of ot the Us j assailed the organization of or the 1 for tor lending the parly Into diR and declared amid applause that he would decline to fol Col follow Collow low blindly when the tho lenders leaders Ho wont over the tho testimony of ot Mr 11 president of or the sugar before the tho Industrial commis commission sion In support of ot somo of oC his hid arguments ments ts and paid his respects to some of ot th iv of ot the tho ways and ami means committee who ha he asserted have change their positions on the reel question queston within the last few tew AH At tho evening advanced consider considerable er able Ible bad blood lood was manifested The opponents of ot reciprocity seemed cont of oC a n majority and welo anxious for tor a n vote while the friends of ot red counseled against acMon Mr Cannon of ot chairman of ot tho committee who fol tol lowd Mr Smith IIO an nl appeal for hut hUllon many and strongly advised against hasty action The welfare of ot the party he demanded that a n solution of ot tho problem to all 11 should b found Ho Hu aId that the proposition would be lat factory to him us ns personally ho favored an of ot the he reciprocity scheme saying the country was prosperous and agitation should bo be avoided voled HI came forward and with a u plea plen for tOl party harmony unity ami moved that ha tho caucus ad adjourn n journ olti until next Tuesday Mr Ir of or Malno countered this stroke by proposing to amend tho speakers motion so as to 10 eliminate the Tuesday Tu motol which If It carried carrie would have In a 1 sine Sll die adjourn adjournment amendment mon ment of the caucus This was lost last 61 to 79 and then the speak speakers 1 Tues Tuesday Tuesday next ers Oa motion to adjourn until day prevailed 72 to CI 4 The rhe Hugar advocates claim a I showell strength greater that the vote voto saying the speakers appeal carried carrie enough nough votes to cause another recess During the caucus It developed that the administration was Inclined to ac nc accept c Pt the Sibley proposition |