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Show THE POLITICAL ISSUES What Do the Democrats Expect Ex-pect to Gain? THEIR CURIOUS ATTITUDE They YVobUc on the Cubin Sugar Question Their Degraded Position on the Philippines nnd the Action of the .oops Thete YVhot YVill the Scmvto Do YVlth the Cuban Sugar Su-gar QucstlonF Tho West Is Determined Deter-mined to Be Heard ln the PropositionWants Proposi-tionWants to Dcfei Action ico!ini:spoMiNri: tmiit ri YY nshltmlnn, June 6 Now thnt the session of Congress Is ilrnwliig to 11 close, member are Indulging in eru-latlon eru-latlon as to what degree of success has reivsrileil the frantic efforts of Democratic Demo-cratic lendeis to produce a crop of m-litlenl m-litlenl Issues for use In tho Congtesslon-al Congtesslon-al elections this fnll One recipient!) hears the questliu Can the) make the Philippine lu. stand alone hus It not been shuttered?' shut-tered?' What do tin) hope to gain b their attitude on Cuban leeiproclt) they ure doing their utmost to prevent n tedue-ttou tedue-ttou of the ten Iff on Cuban raw sugar, so thu II case the Republluins full to reduce that tariff the Demounts can go home (provided their constituents .1 1 not mauufnctuie sugar) and mike political po-litical inpltul out of such omission Y'et the Dcmociatlc steeling committees are doing their utmost to kill the proposed pro-posed teclpro it) mcasute and me ver) careful nt cent so to avoid going on teconl In the miittu ' One he urs ver) little nntl-trust talk since Ihe Allorn-)-Ocneiul und the TrcslUnt enlled the beef tiust and the merger tn account anil It Is doubtful whethei Iho Democratic Congressional committee will force lh it issue tills full IIEI'I'IILICANS WILLINtl Republican leaders of both houses of Congress have hnd sevcrnl conferences among themselves and severally with the President, Ihe object of which was to reach conclusluns on the pi in of campaign for the Congnsslon il el.e-tlons el.e-tlons this fall It will not be a dllllcult matter to urronge to meet the Democrats Demo-crats upon their iwn ground und the Republican loiiilnltte. Is Inclined lo let them pick the ground Chairman 11 ib-coek ib-coek of the Republican committee Is quoted us expiisslng the opinion that Republican pollilis aro ccr'aln lo prevail pre-vail und that the Dcmociatlc inln-makcts inln-makcts have not durlm, the present session nf Congress, succeeded In making mak-ing much of an Impression upon tho minds of tho people throughout tho W est. 1 am told that tho Democrats will have to icly almost exclusively upon what they term the Philippine Issue Is-sue for tho other alleged Issues have almost petered out At tho beginning of the session the Democrats beat the Ctibuu leilproclty bushes In the hopo of searing out another llfo-sire Issue, hut they run nmuck of the fact that there wns 11 strong sentiment In both House and Senate opposed to ridiieltig the tariit on Cuban raw sugar so they uio now pooling with Republicans In Congress und eiuouiuglug thrm to defeat de-feat the proposition to reduco tho sugar tariff, ostenelbl) thus to defy the American Amer-ican (so-culled) sugnr trust, but In reullt) lo bult Congress Into an open ruptmc with Piesielcnt Roosevelt and to plnco the Republican putty tn n fnlso light. The President, ns is well known, wishes tn do something for Cubi, as tho lamented McKlnley did In his messugo to Congress l'icsldent Rooscvilt made his position plain on the subject. Hut YVestern und Southern Congiossmen do not agree with him They want to protect tho beet-sugar Industry, of which the Hast knows nothing. They say there is as' much sugar pioduced west of the Missouri liver as Is consumed by tho luhibltants of that territory and that the industry Is undergoing wnndeiful expansion. Western tongicssnien believe and assert as-sert that the sugar trust must either contiul m kill tho bect-siunr Industry. A f,0 per cent 1 eduction In Iho tariff nn Cuban raw sugar vvotld paril)zo every sugtit facor In I'tnl, Colorado and Nebuska and a 20 per cent reduillon ma) Injuie the Industr) Ever) body Knows how the House disposed of the pioblem nnd that It Is now up to tho Senate, THE SENATE AND CL'nA. YYhat will the Sennti do with the Cuban leeiptoelt) measure? Theie aie snll to be twenty-one Republican Sen-alnis Sen-alnis who will Jpln the Democrats In doing Just what tho House did to the American sugni trust, Most of these Senators aiu fiom the West, )et they do not wish to be iceturdeil us opposing the Administration, they aro In something some-thing of n dilemma Conferences ore being held Cum uses ntc mooted, It Is another etiso of the growing power of the West estern henntors say thnt the wull for Cuban teclprncit) comes almost solel) fiom New Y'ork and New l.nglmd inpllullsts who are shedding erocodIL terns for the foot nitlve Cuban who would reive little or no bonoIR from u leduction of tho tariff, us hus been conclusive!) shown before th" Wnvs und Means committee. Moicovet, ex-Senator John M, Thurston of Nebraska, tetumed from Cubi this week und Is telling his friends that licuil) !") per cent of Cuban sugar Is now held by alien capitalists, It Is mtistl) American mono) now Invested In Cuban sugar Eastern mono Ellhu 11001 .-secretin) ot vvnr, is a revv vork livv)or and the chief adviser of President Presi-dent Roosevelt liolh ot Iheso gentlemen gentle-men havo the utmost confidence In den Leonurd YYood, who has Just returned fiom Cuba und Is said to have re-Iterated re-Iterated to his chlif tains his well-known contention that Ibis Oovcrnment must reduco the tariff cm Cuban sugai Y'et there aio a numbei or stiong men in Cougr ss who are not willing to accept this view, believing It to have been conceived con-ceived under Influences pioduced by I'ustern meirhunts who have always been nblo to hoinsvvoggle Congress Itn any bit nf legislation thought tn bo eon-caclve eon-caclve to the vvelfnio of New York and Nev England manufacturers. Thus the Cubin tatlff question tesolvcs Itself Into u sectional Issue as between the East and the West. THE WEST TO J1E IinAItD. Clear!) the West Is deteimlned to be hentd ln this cuse and for this reason the lenders In the Senate are beginning to talk compromise, home of them believe be-lieve that tho President will be satisfied to meet the Senate majority on middle ground and hopo for u solution on that basis They hopo to avoid nn) action tint could bo eunstru'd us un effort to Ignore Iho President for this would ho Impolitic and nffotd too much gratification gratifica-tion lo tho Democrats Conservative men here believe that the no-culled In-surieetos In-surieetos In (ho Senate can bo induced tn concede something Jind thu un amlrable adjustment may bo teuchid 'IMs happy termination, however, cannot can-not bt predicted with ccrlulnty fur the li.ium that lluie ure aetlvet Democratic .obsti uitlnns in lh Senile whose chief d light Is In helping to 1 ut Iho Repub. Ucans Into n dll urn a, DEMOCRATIC UNCERTAINTY. Noboly here Is quit" able to understand under-stand tho attitude of tho Democrats In resc 1 to the pr p. s 1 reluitlon nf the tariff n 1 utiui nn sugar The) lioriss to stand with ihe House ma joilt) as MKiilnst tho iroposltlm )ot a fundamental prlmlpl. 01 Demnuni) is rtie trale 01 it iniirr foi revenue mil) 1 .rinlnh Will nn Jennings Hian eonlil not eotisM nlly mil will not serlouslv nlvoeite th" malntenaneo of nnv tariff ninn t ill 1111 utu Import ed Into the t'nlti I Still, s Yet his pm-llsau pm-llsau lieutenants In 1 mgiess are In svmiwlh) and a.inrd with the action of the Ilep11bll.au ills.cntcrs In th House In pniiluclng an Impossible bill on Ihe subjeit-one which the) knew Ihe Senate .ould not mil would not sicept Ever) bod) knoivs H was nn effort lo kill the reclpio itv m-nsure thus to preserve existing tariffs and the Demount glinted moi the np parent success attain 1 Th are now vei) anxious to have lh. "cn le do Just what the House did and will vote that w iv The) think th. pcopl will rebuke the Republican port)-the dominant nutv for fnllure to 1 educe the tariff If the Denim 1 rets aie right In their taitbs of obstru. -tlon Ihe Republican liisuneclns ue eight as a matter of principle and If Cuban leeiproclt) In thin sess on Is inomed the Demounts must shire the respnnsllilllt) If any Whll- their ic linn will please the sugnr-produi Ing Htatea In the West nnd is tim.fvht i a lirge tunjorlt) of people to be light and Just It not onlv belles a bash prlnilple of Demo. in. v but It tikes ' Cuban ivelpin.it) nut of polities In , so fur as thrf Impending ( ongresslnnal ' ciuniwlgn ms b mm . 1 ne 1 e'ertnlnlv the llDiihlte fuslonlsts of Nebraska and I'tnh will not dire to raise tin question on the hustings W WT TO STV.Y I IT OIT So great Is the desbe or the n mm-erntli mm-erntli steering lominltiee thnt '"ubnn ie IpiiM-lly shall be stiiv, I it that lis members have uigel upon th Semite the Imniedlite liking up nt th isth 111I111 canal bill upon the .llsnoaitlim i-f the Philippine bill ihe D. m ats ml Hilt Dure will be ill all it this ses sion nor do the) until one Hut th hnve agieed with th Repiibll. an in surrcctna to Ink. it up ,,,i to pro long th. .lebuto up 011 it If t v so doing 11 linn leclpinilt) nui) be smol e 1 out Thus the Denim mile lenders seek In phi) the transcontlnentnl rillwa) al lied Interests against the si-, all d American sugar trust The 1 vtto- wants the tnrlff on Cuban sugar leliiu.l ro per .ml Ihe mil vays ilmvs hive opp s.d the Isthmian etui schemes With this situation on th' bonds It Is expected thnt tho 'nt in hot Acntli-or Acntli-or will soon su In in fore an adjournment ad-journment To bo sine theie Is ver) little sentiment In favor of passing the canal bill this session hut theio Is a desho to I am moie about the subject and to consider It seilousl at tho 110M session of Congress It Is said the President Will be icquesl I h) Joint resolution to appoint n commission of nble engineers nnd llnun lerj to look carefiliy into the new aspi ts nf the case and to report "Is finding late In the )ear This 1 mlc be privllel for, of cniiihe In n v m few Jivi If desired de-sired but the alleged deb He on tho ennnl may bo prolonged Indetlnltil) If ndmlnlislrntlon lenders in tho Senile Sen-ile do not succ.el In ninnglng .1 mm-pioinlse mm-pioinlse on Cuban uclprocltv which shall gain the auppnrt of ever) Repub. Ilcnn In tho Senate Should thev sui-ceed sui-ceed however, the dn) of ndjournn ent might be forecasted definitely suy ubout June 20th, Tho House Is nearly up with Its business YVIIAT REAL ISSUE? la view ot tho above outllii nf the situation, what reul Issue nn the Democrats Dem-ocrats take homo to the people this full? Can the) make votes In Unh, Idaho Wjomlng and Nebraska by ills, trlbullng spiechcs -out tin ng wholesale whole-sale denunciation of th Amort 'nn sol. dler In arms? All repo-'s from thu West agree thnt the Democratic shout ers In the Sennte liav'o mnilo votes for the Republican Congressional eandl-dvtes, eandl-dvtes, ns the fuslnnlst voters ate proud of the in my and of the part their sons nnd they themselves took In the win ind they nro not shed ling crocodllo tents for tienclierous rillpinn rebels The national Democratic Congirsslonul committee must have had 11 hunch nlong these lines for It has ordered a million copies of Senator Dubois's speech on Ihe Philippine question In which tho army Is not '1110111101,011. The committee, on tho other hand. It ts sal I, 1 oncedes a blunder has been mndo and will use spjrlngly of speeclus mnde by Democrats In the Senate whoso solo themo wns ahusn of the nrmy of occupation In the Philippine Islands. J. II. HAY'NES, |