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Vol. a, No. 14.
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tomlod to givo Mr, Babcock an oppor
tunity later on to voto for tho bill
which his constituents had indorsed
Mr. Richardson also announced that
an amondment to abolish tho differ
ential duty on refined sugar would be
supported by an amendmont and ho
added that if this amondment passed,
$506,000,000 would bo taken from tho
sugar refiners and given to tho Ameri
can consumors of sugar. Mr. Fordney
of Michigan opposed the bill. He do
clared in favor of tho measure, and
that every ono of tho witnesses for it
was either an American citizen owning
sugar land in Cuba or indirectly rep
resenting tho influence of tho sugar,
trust. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa opposed
tho bill and criticized Mr. Grosvcnor
of Ohio bocauso tho latter had said ho
would refuso to support a 25 per cent
reduction but would support a 20 per
cent reduction. "In other words,"
said Mr. Hepburn, "had It not been
that last nickel of reduction, tho gen
tlemen from Ohio, to quote his own
language, would today have been with
tho insurgents, attempting to divide
tho republican party and destroy it."
Mr. Hepburn added, "On what a slen
der thread hangs everlasting things."
Mr. Tawnoy, republican, of Minnesota,
closed tho dobato against tho bill. Ho
defended tho course o those republi
cans who had refused to support tho
Cuban reciprocity bill, saying that
they had not surrendered tholr con
victions that "thrift might follow fawn
ing." Mr. Tawnoy charged that the
sugar trust was seeking, through tho
agency of this measure, to cripple and
dostroy tho beet sugar Industry. He
accused tho republians of departing
from tho protectlvo theory. Mr. Dal
zell, republican, of Pennsylvania, spoko
in favor of tho bill. Ho maintained
that there was no rovlsion of tho ex
isting tariff laws or Its schedule, and
was justlflod as plain business prin
ciples. Ho added that it was a step to
ward tho redemption of the pledge we
made not to Cuba but to ourselves
whon wo volunteered to intervene to
right the wrongs which sho was suffer
ing under tho Spanish regime. Mr.
Morris, of tho republicans opposed tho
tho Cuban reciprocity bill, amid much
excitement, offered an amendment to
romove tho differential from refined
sugar. Tho amendmont was as fol
lows: "Upon the making of said agreomont
and tho issuance of said proclamation
and while said agreement shall re
main in force there shall be levied,
collected and paid, In lieu of the du
ties thereon now provided by law In
A lHJItNING BLACKSMITH
Changed Food nnd Put Out tho Flro
Even sturdy blacksmiths sometimes
discover that notwithstanding their
daily exorciso and resulting gooi
health, if their food is not well select
ed trouble will follow, but in some
cases a change of food to the right
sort will quickly relieve tho sufferer,
for generally such active men have
fine constitutions and can, with alit
tlo change of diet, easily rid them
&elves of the disease
I. B. Overdorf , Vilas. Penn.. a black
smith, says, "Two months ago I got
down so bad with stomach toubles
that I had to quit my business. About
ten o'clock each morning I was at
tacked by burning pains in the stom
ach, 30 bad I was unable to work.
Our groceryman insisted upon my
changing breakfasts and using Grape
Nuts Breakfast Food instead of tho
ordinary breakfast of meat, potatoes
etc. So I tried and at once began to
mend. Tho now food agreed with
my stomach perfectly and tho pains
all ceased. I kept getting better and
better every day and now I am able
to follow my business better than be
fore in years. I am a thousand timo3
obliged to tho makers of Grape-Nuts
for tho great benefits tho food has
given,"
all sugars abovo No. 16, Dutch stand
ard in color, and on all sugar which
has gone through a process of refining,
imported into tho United States 1 825
1000 cents per pound."
Mr. Payne, tho republican leader, at
onco mado tho point of order that the
amendment was not germane. Ho ar
gued that there had been rulings in
numerable against such amendments.
"I know," ho cried, turning to his
republican colleagues, "that the decis
ion has gone forth on tho other sido
that tho rules are to bo brushed aside
to securo a voto on this amondment,
but gentlemen must remember what
the rules are. Thoy are the outgrowth
of tho best thought of the great par
liamentary leaders of tho house in
tho past and I appeal to my colleagues
to vote on this question according to
tho dictates of their consciences."
Mr. Littlefleld followed Mr. Payne,
taking tho view that tho amendment
was germane. Ho had not proceeded
far in his argument before h'o aroused
Intense interest by reverting to the re
port that at tho democratic caucus ladt
night Mr. Underwood stated that over
tures had been made to him in regard
to the Crumpacker resolution.
"An insinuation has been made here
today," said ho, "which has not been
ropelled as it ought to have been. I
refer to the report that at the demo
cratic caucus last night it was stated
that approaches had come from this
side of the house for the democrats to
enter into an unholy, ungodly and
infamous alliance to sacrifice human
rights in order to save the face of cer
tain leaders or protect tho profits of
an aggregation of capital."
Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) was on his
feet in an Instant asking Mr. Lit
tlefleld to whom ho referred, when Mr.
Underwood arose and was about to In
terrupt him. But the latter was ap
pealed to by some of his democratic
colleagues and ho took his seat. Mr.
Littlefleld, in reply to Mr. Grosvenor.
said that Mr. Payne, the chairman of
tho ways and means committee, should
make a statement and the republican
leader was about" to do so when Mr.
Underwood again arose.
'I desire to say just one word," he
said. "I have never made any such
charge as the gentleman repeats, either
in a democratic caucus or elsewhere."
The republicans applauded this state
met and Mr. Payne and Mr. Undor
wood sat down.
"I have accomplished my purpose,"
said Mr. Littlefleld. "I have suceeded
In vindicating tho rei.ublican major
ity." Ho then proceeded with his argu
ment that the Morris amendment was
in order, as It bore directly upon the
duties on sugar, which were to be dis
turbed by tho proposed reduction on
Cuba sugars. Other tariff amendments,
however, he argued, would not be in
order. He quoted a decision of Speaker
Blaine In support of his contention.
Mr. Crow (Penn.) the venerable ex
speaker of the house, argued that the
amendment was not germane because
sugar was not mentioned in the orig
inal bill.
Mr. Richardson, tho democratic
lender, contended that the amend
mont was In order. Ho thought
Speaker Blaine's decision was con
clusive. As Mr. Richardson con
cluded, tho democrats cried: "Vote,"
"Voto," but several republicans, in
cluding Mr. Grosvenor, Mr. Olmsted
and Mr. Lacoy, were- on their feet
clamoring for recognition. Mr. Sher
man (N. Y.), who was in the chair,
recognized Mr. Grosvenor, who called
attention to the fact that Blaine,
groat as ho was as a parliamentarian,
had been overruled repeatedly, espec
ially with, regard to his proposition
that one could lead a horse to water
but not make him drink tho ques
tion of counting a quorum.
Despite tho impatience of tho mem
bers as evidenced by their demands
for a vote, Mr. Lacoy (Iowa) spoko
briefly in support of the point of order
and urged his fellow republicans not
to play into tho hands of tho demo
crats, who had bound themselves by
caucus action last night to try to
open the whole question of tariff re
duction. Mr. De Armond (Mo.) sugested that
the chair should submit tho point of
order to the house. He observed that
he thought the chairman had not mado
up his mind. Speaking to tho merits
of tho point of order, he argued that
tho real object of the rules was to fac
ilitate matters, not to restrict or ham
per a free expression on questions
brought before the house.
"Whether under the ' rules this
amendment is in order or not," said
ho, "we will at least find out who are
for tho sugar trust and who are
against it."
"As an ex-member from New York,
said on a memorable occasion," sug
gested Mr. Olmsted, "what is the con
stitution between friends." (Laughter.)
"Oh, no," retorted Mr. De Armond.
"The question is, How powerful is a
poor little rule when the issue is be
tween the sugar trust and the Ameri
can people?" (Applause.)
Mr. Morris (Minn.) concluded the
debate on the point of order with a
strong speech against it. While he
agreed with Mr. Crow that the word
"sugar" was not in the bill, sugar was
all over It. He said that as tho bill
increased the differential on sugar
from Cuba 47 cents per hundred
pounds, it was proper that the house
should reduce the differential sugars
from tho remainder of the world.
In a very elaborate ruling Mr. Sher
man (N. Y.), who was in the chair,
sustained the point of order. In do
ing so he cited a long line of preced
ents covering three-fourths of a cen
tury of parliamentary procedure in
accord with his decision. As soon as
t!ie decision was announced Mr. Taw
ney appealed from the decision of the
chair.
The vote was taken by tellers.
Speaker Henderson was the first mem
ber to pass between the tellers in
support of the chair's ruling. It wa3
an interesting spectacle as the issue
was put to the test. The whole demo
cratic side rose en masse and watched
the republicans to see how many would
decline to vote with their colleagues.
Not a democrat voted to sustain the
chair. The Louisiana delegation was
tho first to go through in opposition
to tho chair's ruling. Then came tho
r calcitrants, thirty-seven strong. The
democrats cheered as they went
through. When the announcement
was made that the chair had been
overruled, 130 to 121, the democrats
and the republican insurgents cheered.
A dozen members were on their feet
flourishing amendments and clamor
ing for recognition, but the chair rec
ognized Mr. Payne, the republican floor
leader. Amid profound silence he ad
dressed his republican colleagues. He
said it was useless to address the other
side. The opposition on his own side,
he said, claimed to be friendly -to the
beet sugar industry. The amendment
was a proposition to reduce the duty
on sugar from beet sugar countries. He
warned tnose mentis or beet sugar
that he proposed to show his friend
ship for beet sugar by voting against
the amendment to the amendment to
reduce still further by 20 per cent tho
whole sugar schedule of the Dingley
law, and Mr. De Armond offered an
other amendment to strike out the
language of the Morris amendment
which limited its operation to the per
iod covered by tho reciprocity agree
ment Both were voted down without
division. Tho vote then recurred on
the Morris amondment, which was
adopted amid democratic cheers by a
vote of 164 to 111. The majority for"
it was so overwhelming that Mr. Payne
,dld not demand tollers.
Tho next surprise came from tho
republican side when Mr. Roberts
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(Mass.) offered an amendment to place
hides on the free list. The chair sus
tained a point or order against it and
when Mr. Roberts appealed many dem
ocrats and practically all the repub
licans voted to susutain the chair, and
the chair was sustained, 183 to 70.
Mr. Roberts then modified his
amendment so as to make it apply
only to hides from Cuba, and as mod
ified it was held to. be in order. But
on direct vote it was defeated, 120
to 136.
Mr. McClellan then moved to in
crease the reciprocal concession to 30
per cent. Two republicans (Parker
and Thompkins) voted for the amend
ment and several democrats voted
against It. It was defeated, 102 to
162.
Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) then offered
the Bat cock bill to place articles in
the metal schedules on tho free list;
also cotton bagging, binding twine,
wood pulp, etc. It was ruled out of
order.
Mr. Corliss (Mich.) offered an
amendment to authorize the president
to negotiate a reciprocity agreement
with Canada. It was ruled out on
a point of order.
Mr. Newlands (Nev.) offered his
amendment to establish free trade bc
twen Cuba and the United States and
to extend an invitation to Cuba to
enter the United States as a territory,
with a view of ultimate statehood. It
va3 also ruled out.
On motion of Mr. Payne the commit
tee then rose and reported the bill to
the house.
The previous question was ordered
and Mr. Payne demanded a separata
vote on tho Morris amendmont to
abolish the differential on refined su
gar, and the roll was called. The Mor-
amendment was adopted, 199 to
105. All tho democrats voted for tho
amendment