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Show ITiEiir ilMSE icrats Donounco Democrats d Republicans Criticise Republicans in Debate. 1 OF SPEECHES AGAINST THE MEASURE )ers From the Agricultural 3tions Take the Lead in Opposing the Pact. 3HINGTON, April 20. State arty affiliations were broken rely re-ly in thj Iiouec o representa-in representa-in tho concluding hours of the n the Canadian recoprociay bill rats denounced their fellow Dem-for Dem-for supporting a. Republican ;ive principle; and "Republicans criticism against their fellow ? JRublicans for marching with tho Hocrats toward the free trade coal. I i hiring the seven hours of, debate I nty-four .men spoke on the reco-I reco-I eity measure. Two-bhirds of them : J !e pleas for its defeat, in speoehes 1 I rom one minute to a half hour in kth, and in this number wero two I! bocrats from North Carolina, and rablicans from many northern states. Co6t of the criticisms of the bill re from agricultural sections, and re based on the belief that reci-city reci-city with Canada, under the agree-Bt, agree-Bt, would in.iure the agricultural in-hts in-hts of the United States. JIfferences in the North Carolina stations, all Democrats, were vigor-' vigor-' ly aired on the floor "Representa-e "Representa-e "Webb said that Claude Kitchin, 3 opened ihe reciprocity fight last day. had no right to criticise him, other members of the state delega- f, who proposed to vote against the procity agreement- Mr. Kitchin had t i nsed him of standing with the Hern He-rn ilican stand-pat leaders, but he said Y Joould, with equal justice accuse Kitchin of having worked with lie same Republican leaders in the KOpposed to Democratic Ideas. ilStoniperate words from the presiding SteT, Mr. Sherley of Kentucky, pent from Mr. "Webb the statement "he had no personal feeling against tSKitchin. but that four members of ? state delegation proposed to vote iinst the agreement because they be-red be-red it was opposed to all Demo-iic Demo-iic ideas. Jhe Minnesota delegation broke on Crocks of reciprocit3'. Mr. Nye spoke J'the bill, and Messrs. Sleenerson, dcrson. Davis and Wolstcad opposed jtTbe Michigan delegation showed a 8 division. Mr. Doremus advocating fbill and J. M. C Smith opposing it. m Penns.ylvania. Messrs. Bowmann 1 Farr advocated iis passage, and i'Focht denounced it. from California. Mr. Need ham spoke the bill and Mr. Kahn against it. sresentative Hobson of Alabama I Murray and Curlcv of Massa-isetts Massa-isetts advocated its passage, and aresentatives Goode and Prouty of ,-a, Morgan of Oklahoma. Burke of ith Dakota, HcJgeson of North Da-a. Da-a. French of Tdaho. Youug of hsas and La Follette of Washington ke against it. n attack on the "farmers' free bill, the next moasure to bo ;en up bv the Democrats, was made SMr. Goode of Iowa. Republican, "ing the reciprocity debate. Ir. Goode said the enactment of the jB list bill would throw the farmers I- stock raisers of the west into dill; di-ll; competition with the cheap cattle, j) labor and cheap lands of Mexico, jfdeclared that the Democratic meas-fs meas-fs keep up protcctiou for the south-ii south-ii farmer and reduce it for the rtherner Messrs. Needliam of Cali-;nia Cali-;nia and Foeh of Pennsylvania fared, fa-red, and Messrs. Mondell of YVyom-f) YVyom-f) and Prouty of Iowa, all Republics, Republi-cs, opposed the reciprocitj' agree- Mr. Prouty's Speech. jJThis treaty' said Mr. Prouty, pmpels tho farmer to sell his tfucts in competition with Canada. LJ compels him to buy in a protected r- Jrket. That is unfair to the farmer. iXjj Presenting, as T do, a farming con-g con-g nency. I should rather like to see it j! hd on somebody else first. Must all ri Be experiments be tried on the :r iter? 1 think it is time to try them )W? iomebody else." r. ?rout3' saul there were some JtM igs' in the proposed farmers' free & i,l)ill offered by ihe Democrats for ich he could vote, but there were jlfi 16 things in it which he must oppose. This bilk" he continued, "which ? '.ave flpsi 'iiatcd as the 'farmers' H s list' bill, puts on the freo list am f, veal, mution. lamb, pork and all 9M ns of meat. This would throw tlio American farmer into direct competition, competi-tion, not merol.v with Canada, but with Mexico. Argentina nnd other countries south of us where every one knows animals arc raised for less than half o the cost in the United States." Mr. Prouty's nmendment would include in-clude flour, packing products and many other manufactured articles. General degalc on Ihe reciprocity agreement will close tomorrow nt 8 o'clock with speeches by Representatives Representa-tives Underwood. McCall and Dalzell. This bill will then be taken up under the rule trivintr permission for amendments. amend-ments. An effort will be made to secure se-cure a final vote tomorrow night, but tho leaders of the house are not sure i that it can be reached. |