| Show CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY PASSED BY RISING VOTE Efforts to Secure Amendments Amend-ments Defeated MINORITY WAS TOO SMALL 1 Final Effort to lave the Bill Recommitted Fails Announcement of the Pasaagejof the Measure Caused Only Slight j Demonstration Washington Nov IThe House today to-day by a rising vote oC 335 to 1 passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty The dissenting votes were about equally divided between Republicans Re-publicans and IJcmocrats but there was no record vote the minority having hav-ing too few votes to order the yeas and nays t u 1 The Democrats under the leadership of Mr 1 Williams sought to the last to t secure amendment1 to the bill In accordance ac-cordance with the action of the Democratic Demo-cratic caucus but were defeated steadily IIr Williams made the final effort when he tried to have the bill recommitted to the Ways and Means committee with Instructions to amend but a point of order under the special rule providing for the vote on the bill without Intervening motion was sustained sus-tained PREFERRED TO ERR The Speaker received the applause of the Democratic side when he entcrtaied the appeal from his ruling made by Mr Williams the Speaker saying he preferred to err Jf he erred at nil In giving the IIotiHe the right to express Its will The appeal was tabled by a strict party vote The debate begun Monday was con Unued to within a few minutes of 4 1 oclock the time appointed to take tote t-ote on die final passage oC tht t measure On the passage of the bill an attempt was made to secure a yea and nay vote but only 23 members seconded the demand an Insufficient number William Alden Smith Rep Mich demanded de-manded a division and on a musing rotc the yeas were 33j and the nays 21 This passed the bill I twas agreed that when the House adjourned tomorrow It was to meet on Tuesday next |
