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Show CUBAN RECIPROCITY. Three Separate Minority Roports on tho BUI Aro Filed In the House, Washington, April 5" Three separate minority icports on tho Cuban reel-pioclty reel-pioclty bill weio Hied today by Itepro-tentative Itepro-tentative Robertson ot Louisiana, New lands of Neinda and Cooper of Texas, all Democrats. Mr. Robertson flajs In parti 'Tho bill, If enacted Into law, would nifoid no relief to tho Cuban treasury, I belleio that tho benefits would go Into the pockets of a few sugar planters owning thousands of acres of land The 0 pel cent leduction would not go to the teller of tho Cuban people, but would go Immediately und entirely to till the nlroady oierllonlng collets of tho sugar rcilncrles of the United States, known by tho name of the sugar su-gar trnst Mr Robertson expressed astonishment astonish-ment that one of his Democratic ob. soclotes (Mr, McClellan), In his leport refers to the bill as an enuntlatlon of the 'Democratic doctrine ot reclptocl. I !s ., '.r Hohcrtsnn adds ' It seems to f "that kind ot toclproilly is nb. f. ,'i' ly, mpossibl, unei, r it Dcmoc ratio tnurr Fhouhl Ihe tariff cicr be reili 1 oil the line nnd plane of tho pilm ,,iei or the Democratic paiti intpioclty would be entlrclj unneiessnry und Im-JnMl,Wo Im-JnMl,Wo "" tno "uc" "nuld not be rro. blbltlie and the extension of cur ttmle would as n natutal coneiuenee flow riiiin the Imposition of smh tariff i ilea without the netesslti o reclpioclij .in Newlands innkes nn elnbm itc piesentatlnii teilenlng tho political Hnd lomtnerilnl phase in conclusion ne snjs 'The American people nrc becoming be-coming tired of sentimental leglslitlon We haie spent JIOOOOOOOo In a wnr to free Cuba We lino spent JSOOOnoOM In attempting to c irr clilllzntlou to the Philippines It Is no pioposed by the scntlnientullstB that we should Inaugurate In-augurate legislation chinRlng oui finance sjeteni not for the benellt of the Ameilcaii consumeis not for the benellt ot our ngrlculluinl elisse-,., which hnie thus far reeelied little of the beneni of our limine III legislation but for the pm pore of dliertlng to the Cub in planters. In order to telleie their thioatened economic ellsticss, n. icry large amount of money "I am willing to extend this senll-mental senll-mental legislation to Cuba for ii lei-sonahle lei-sonahle peilod. proildod It Is accompanied accom-panied by an lm Union to Cuba to become be-come n pint of the United States. I wish lo glio Cuba full opportunity of deliberation, and I urn wilting to ie. Ileio her necessities so that this do. liberation shall not be disturbed bj acute economic distress, but I urn opposed op-posed to the legislation, unless wo glic Cub i clenrlj nnd unetuliocilly to tin. derstmd tint If she wishes commercial union with this, country and conditions of commerce not enjojed by other In-dependent In-dependent nations sho must seek po. Iltlcal union with us In the form of nn noxatlon as a part ot this Republic" Mr. Cooper's icpoit Is brlct and ex-presses ex-presses general opposition to tho bill. |