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Show 01 RECIPROCITY Senate Will Take Action on July 22 on the Famous Measure. Wool Tariff Will Be Voted on July 27 and Statehood Bill an August 7. WASHINGTON, July 14. The sen-ate sen-ate will vote on the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity bill July 22, on the wool tariff tar-iff revision bill July 21, on the free list bill August 1, congressional reapportionment re-apportionment bill August 3, statehood state-hood bill lor Arizona and New Mexico Mexi-co on the legislative day of August 7 and will adjourn, according to an understanding, un-derstanding, quickly thereafter This program, decided on after a piolouged conference today and resulting re-sulting from conferences that have covered many days, was agreed to by tho senate. The agreement contained no specific spe-cific provision regarding adjournment. adjourn-ment. All the measures mentioned have passed the hout,e. President Taft wns quickly acquainted with the senate's action and expressed gratification, gratifi-cation, particularly over the precedence prece-dence given the reciprocity bill. Senator Cummins of Iowa, insurgent, insur-gent, after adjournment today, expressed ex-pressed conviction that despite the program there would be general tariff tar-iff revision before the close. He based his belief on tho fact that the Democrats Demo-crats and lnsurgentb would stand together to-gether and force amendments to the free list bill, adding wool, sugar, steel, cotton, etc , to that measure The understanding forecasts the end of a long struggle In tho senate over the reciprocity bill and the Democratic Dem-ocratic tariff measuros. The final vote will not be taken on tho bills until the dates fixed, but amendments can be disposed of from time to time No agreement was reached on the campaign publicity bill. Senator Penrose, Republican leader, an-npunced an-npunced that it had been found Impos-J sible to include In the agreement arty more subjects than those nanied '-Sen'! ator Martin, Democratic leader, as-surcd as-surcd Senator Kenyon. Republican in-I in-I surgent, that the Democrats would make every effort to secure a AOto on the publicity measure which would require publicity of campaign funds before election. Senator Borah is determined to press tho joint resolution providing for the election of senators by direct voto and will lose no chance to bring about an agreement between the conferees on that measure. He has so notified them and they have agreed to have their first meeting within the next day or two The Bristow amendment to the reci procity bill has caused a reduction of the srgar tariff and the abolition of the "Dutch standard" basis of assessing assess-ing the tariff on imported sugar, was defeated this afternoon, 38 to 8, after Senator Bristow had made an exhaustive ex-haustive speech on the subject Senator Cummins Introduced addition addi-tion amendments to the bill one providing pro-viding for a reduction of the duty on steel beams, girders and like products, prod-ucts, and the other for a roduction of the dut on oilcloth nnd llneoleum With the fate of reclprocitj' predetermined prede-termined in favor of that measure, senators already are speculating on the possible result of the promised votes on the two tariff bills wool and fieo list Included in today's agreement. No one would undertake to predict the outcome, but all agreed that the success of the measure depends de-pends entirely upon whether the Democrats and insurgent Republicans can got together It ha3 been intimated inti-mated that if congress should pass and tho president vetoes the wool and free list bills the Democrats would insist upon tho continuation of the session for further tariff legislation. legisla-tion. The Republican leaders fear no such result .however, because they say the Domocratic senators are quite as anxious to end the session as are the Republicans. |