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Washington Letter discusses Cuba tariff concessions and Philippine inquiry
The piece reports President Roosevelt resisting sugar tariff pressures and backing Cuba concessions for moral reasons, while Senate committees, led by Lodge, probe the Philippines and coinage. It notes Taft as a likely witness, and outlines canal debate, party unity splits, and a Danish West Indies transfer treaty needing Senate ratification and funding.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Cuba
Congress
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee of the Home
New York
Little Republic
Spain
Senate Committee On
Philippines
Lodge
Taft
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Sobody
Burleson
Danish West India Islands
U.S
W. H. Seward
Senate
Denmark
Hay
Sapiente Cordon