Show I M DEMOCRATS AND AND RECIPROCITY f t t 4 4 Mf I 4 I I MM f I It t t M MM 4 4 t f f 4 I t t MM 4 I f 4 4 t There must have been a screw loose somewhere in the story contained in our the other day that the Democrats in Congress were wet pledged ledged to fight reciprocity from th the ground up and had so notified the leaders on the other side The he conference conference conference con con- ference of House Democratic Members held yesterday yesterday yester yester- esterday ester esterI I day clearly develops the truth that among most of them the objection to th the proposed Cuban reci reci- bill is that it does not go far enough For example at the meeting R Representative Sulzer of or New York proposed the offer of an amendment prOviding providing pro providing pro pro- viding for a fifty per er cent tariff reduction in favor of Cuba Representative Newlands of Nevada suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that t such concession be coupled with a proposition proposition proposition prop prop- of ot annexation The various proposals of conferees s were tabled and the res result lt of the con conference conference conference con con- ference was liberty of action as to the Payne bill A sufficient number of Democrats no doubt will vote f for or r it in the end to give it a much more than safe majority Its passage may now be predicted with confidence e C |