Show I II PRESS PARAGRAPHS The demand that tho the r reciprocity treaty with Ith Canada shall be ratified l' l to tobe tobo toto bo to general New Haven wen Journal Courier It is IR manifest that tho the failure of th the senate to pass paBS tho the agreement would be e political foil oily folly It would postpone and defeat the project but what Is more to tho ho point it would subject the tariff law to lo toa lou toa a u more searching revision at than might from rom all of ot the tho circumstances ho from the tho point of ot view of tho the thoughtful protectionists Dispatch Dispatch- This Is IR a a. business business bustness busi bust ness Ilko liko proposition If It the majority of ot the tho senate are opposed to It let th them m come out In tho the open and vote ot It down Nothing is to bo be gained by filibustering and Attempting to kill the tIe measure without without without with with- out a 1 Those who dodge going on record In this session will have o to face faco it next session llon except tho the lame duck eon contingent I t. t Des Moines Register an and Leader It ft ma lila may well bo ho doubted whether the men who aro tangling themselves in their own records will care to go o to the tho limit of ot forcing an session of or con congress ress on onlie the lie people popl Just at this time An extra session of con congress would be little less les than a calamity And yet et tho the president will be Justified In calling It If It the re remaining re- re lays days of ot the present session arc are given Iven over to filibustering to defeat reel red Minneapolis Tribune Senator Cummins Cummins Cummins Cum Cum- mins of Iowa docs does not bear tho the test well We e trust that our own senatorial In In- sUr ent will bear JA It bettor better when the time comes for him to take his constituents Into the confidence of ot his views AH Alt through his political life Cummins has been bawling for lo lower er duties and andor for or commercial reciprocity with Canada Every g office e and all the publicity he ever got ot came camo b by this road rORd E Even En n railroad baiting was WJ a A. secondary consideration and ond subordinate Influence Omaha Bee Before Canada entertains entertains enter enter- Lains any proposal 1 to become a n part of ot I Ithe the American republic she Is II much more moro likely to undertake her own Independence ence nce as ate a nation separate and distinct front from Great Britain At least that Is th tendency of the Ue national spirit so J- J ln a at present I Philadelphia Record cord If there shall be an extra session there will ho bo no question ques ques- tion whatever of ot the tho responsibility The president president- has acted promptly the house has ha acted promptly and b by a R more deci decisive sive he majority than was anticipated r rIf I If It shall be needful to o hR a special session of or congress to na nass s this It Ity ib bill the tho responsibility will rest upon tho Hio Republican n senators St. St Paul Dispatch If It tho the people of or lower lover Canada are arc afraid of annexation the wl wisest cst thing the they can do Is to agree to tho the removal of the principal argument In n Its favor The They ml might ht bettor better Instead of introducing a false issue of this character char char- actor acter treat the lie proposition on Its merits and recognize It a as a source of protection protection tion iou H against a dan danger r which pr present lent conditions condl con con- dl encourage 10 and Providence Pro Joum Journal Journal- l It I. I is c certain that an overwhelming o majority of the people of or this country countr rR the bill and that tho ho part patt which defeats It will R suffer fYer the penalty at nt the tho poll polls The protectionists who propose to bond bend to th the storm rather than titan stand t nd against nJ it may mn he be le less less- cour cour- R OU but the they arc are distinctly more prUden pru prU- den dent t. t Washington Star Whatever the fu future ru- ru ture lure In may a hold for nr the two countries all who ho know Imo the lie situation realize that tho the dut duty of or this hour Is 18 to bring U th the peoples Into closer or r trade tr relationship Tho The pres- pres thought Is II to lev level 1 a harrier barrier which hn has no justification justification- In existing fact tact or even In th thO the traditions of or the protective policy for which hIs Ills has fought for tor many years cars |