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Show LULL 111 WORK OF ' CONGRESS Neither Branch In Session and Legislative Wheels Move Slowly. CITY AND COUNTRY CLASH IN HEARING i ' Farmers Oppose and City Boards of Trade Favor ' Reciprocity. . WAgHUrOTOK, Kay 11. Wrtb th boa sot in asaaliaa and wltB th aea-ato aea-ato set DMating astfl S o'clock thia afternoon, aft-ernoon, taa leajalatrr wttaahy aaatad alowly at tta capltoi today. ' Tb direct election ef aaaator waa th nflniahed btrmiaeee of. tba aaaaU, and wW bjrod by" Beaator Borah, kaviag tba reeoltioaia harg. . ' ', L ' Whoa th bona renrate Us aitting toBorrew the report tif 'th eowmitt a territoriea recommeadiBg statehood for Naw Mexico aad Arizona, after the people bar voted oa ta prepoeed eaa-rtitatiooal eaa-rtitatiooal amend m en ta, will be pat forth. Th Minority membership of the committee will enbmit a report nrgiag that New Mexico be admitted withoat the requirement of voting a the amendment. r The hearing oa tb Canadian reciprocity reciproc-ity continued before the senate finance committee. , Country and ' city were arraved against each other at tha hearing. The conflict waa sharp. Farmera from Minnesota Min-nesota and North JJakota denounced tha agreement as iniquitous, while members of boards of trade from eitiea along tba international boundary indorsed in-dorsed it unqualifiedly. . Henry M. I'lagg, asaster of the Mia-aeeota Mia-aeeota state arrange, told -tha committee commit-tee that aotbing since the civil war had so iaflamed the farmera of tha aortb west as tha proposed "iniquitous reciprocity reci-procity bill.'1 P. V. Collins, editor of a farm paper ia the northwest, preeeated a protest, signed by 35,000 farmera, 30,000 of whom reside ia MiaaeeotA. , ay Taft Klsinformed. Mr. Coillno declared that aupport of reciprocity was due largely ta mtelnfor-matlon. mtelnfor-matlon. In this connection be . referred to President Taft's message to congress In which reference waa made tp provinces pro-vinces In Canada which Mr. CelUna said "had ceaeed to exist year ago." Mr. Colllna said he had been a Republican Republi-can all his life, hut he did. aot know which way to turn now. "We wrN comfort you.' volunteered Hon a tor Bailey, the Texaa Democrat. "We pave learned in time . peat to fear the Greek a bearing glfta." retorted Mr. Colllna. Senator atone eubjected Mr. Collfne to a aha rp examination. 'The senator lad the witneee to repeat that the farmer of Minnesota were enthuelaatio In ooooaltion to reciprocity. "Yee. they are more than that; they are vehement, bitter," asserted Mr. Collins. Col-lins. From ' Mr. Colllna farm paper Mr. Stone then reed that In raeponse to an appeal for funde to Bend a delegation te Washington there, had been contributed t. The sum of. Its. he read, had been paid to collect the amount and till of th total had been contributed by bankers. tS7 by ereeinery men, 41 .by elevator men and fit -by fir. tnauinnee men. Mr. Collins explained theee men 'mentioned were also farmers. .- "I presume from thle showing ' that their ia aleo eejthuetaena, - vehement, unanimous nod blttar." said Mr. ftone. The Buffalo men at thle broke Into cheera. which the committee had llfflcu!; ty tn euppreeelng. : ' ClfiOSB OOITTEST WJXYlSt TOM SEN ATB FREaiDEMT FKO TZH 'WAHHINOTOM. . May 11 tUpubUn era .of th regular arvi piroMlv fattofts prprl ovrt)r thawtay for a ot atrtencth over thm arlywtlon of a prrmi' diit pro tm, ta siKcad na.UT fry. It waa anitMiieMl thaut all bat fmir of th prorMlva wouUf rota for llwnatfr Clapp ajad ammmt Hanctor QaUlhThCar, tha rrpoica of tlva rala.ra. Th cholc of teha morrata iraa siwator teeon. An nffirriaJ caaviM amva irUUiiTg9r 4 vot?, Clapp 9 arvi tMroa 41. j Hcxxui ant third balboto wra tekei I without tr---ruit. A kna drd kt la t-earrlvyl t-earrlvyl aa cortalit. triavtor Itfeaw of Jt.'nifana rmvgl to a-f foura, but waa ovar- 1 be4UA..,l -V9batfl 0OW1 .. |