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Show G0MM1HEE TILT OVER RECIPROCITY Each Side Wants Attorneys . for Other Called to" - Testify. WASHINGTON," May . 16.TTbe senate sen-ate flnaace committee engaged ja , a somewhat heated tilt over the subject of Canadian reciprocity witnesses today. to-day. Senator Stone of Missouri de manded to know when Allen and Graham, Gra-ham, said to be New York attorneys and representing ' the nstioaal grange, were to appear ia response to his request re-quest thst they be summoned to tell of their employment ty interests opposed op-posed to reciprocity. ' Senator Stone wanted to know if the attorneys had been notified. He was told they had been. Senator Oallrager at this point in tura dsmaaded that "some of those who have made vigorous efforts to accelerate ac-celerate public opinion in favor of reciprocity1' should be asked to appear before the committee. Senator Williams retorted that under these - circumstances President Taft ought t6 be summoned to testify to wbst he had done "to s costers te public pub-lic opinion " on ths question..' Senator Gatlinger- ssid' he was opposed op-posed to -enmmonirig attorneys 'for' -various organisations, but that if it Were to- be done both sides should be beard. He asked, therefore, that Jobe Norris and- Herman Bidder, repreecntstives ef the Americsn- Newspaper Publishers' sssoeistion, be requested to appear before be-fore the committee snd tell whst their organ izatien had done to help the reel procity sentiment. Mn Norris is - In WaaMogtoa aad had- expected to be heard within a day or two. Declaring, that Mexico was hipping' its eattla into Texas, paying the dutv, and underselling Americsn competitors, aad that Canada could fat-tea fat-tea cattle qnicker and dress them better, bet-ter, Ssmael H. Swsa, the cattle raisers' rais-ers' attorney, today con tinned hie testimony tes-timony in-c opposition to the removal of the duty on laeata. Aa investigation- of the United States Steel corporation was ordered by the house todsy when it passsd ths Stanley resolution providing for such sn inquiry- The resolution was adopted without opposition, following a short debate. A committee of nine members, to be elected by the house, will be authorized au-thorized to conduct the investigntion. |