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Show Reciprocity With Cana da Voted in Senate 53 to 27 i I f- History of Measure. ; -March 30, 1909 Following I tho announcement of a com- plete agreement with Canada on maximum and minimum -f provision of Payne-Aldrich tariff law, President Taft in- -f ' vited a conference on closer -f 4- tiade regulations. January 7, 1911 Canadian representative arrived. -f January 8 to 21, 10UL Re- -4- ciprocity negoiated In session, -t- 4 January 2G, 1911 President Taft sends agreement to Sen- ate. -4- January 28, 1911 McCall. Jlepubllcan, Introduces recipro- -f city bill. February 14, 1911 Passed House, 22i to 93. For Republic- ' 4- ans, 78; Democrats, 143; 4 4 Aganist. RepuL.iCans, 87; Dem- 4 4 ocrats, G. 4 4 March 4, 1911 Senate ad 4 4 journs without action. ' 4 4 April 4, 1911 Congress con- 4 . venes in extra session to ratify 4 J 4 agreement. ' f i 4 f April 12, 19 11 Domocratic y rLfcrd'orUnteTTwoodw-introd-ace"s" 4 4 bill. - - 4 4 April 21, 1911 Passes House 4 , 4 2G7 to 89. For- Republicans, 4 ! 4 64; Democrats, 203; Against: 4 ! 4 Republicans, 7S; Democrats, 11. 4 , 4 April 24. 1911 Senate fi- 4 i 4 nance committee receives 4 4 House bill. 4 Juine 4, 1911 Senate debate -r. 4 begins. -f 4 June 2G, 1911 Senate de- 4 4 feats Root paper amendment to 4 bill. " 4 4 July 22, 1911 Senate votes 4 4 on bill. 4 4 444444444444444 Washington, July 22 The Canadian reciprocity bill passed the sonate without with-out amendment today, 53 to 27 All amendments had been previously defeated de-feated It becomes a law on the President Pres-ident s signature, the senato measure being the bill that passed tho house It was just 1:3G p. m., when the bill passed the sonate The final vote came at the close of a lively session. There were numerous roll calls on the various amendments, but no attempt at-tempt at any time to defer action. The chamber was well tilled, many members of tho house having gathered in the rear hall. The galleries wero crowded Tho news of the passago of the reciprocity reci-procity bill was telephoned at once to the White House President Taft made no attempt to conceal his pleasure. pleas-ure. He was glad that the bill has passed prior to his departure for his week-end visit to Beverly. Mr. Taft will be back In Washington Tuesday morning. Vote on the Bill. Following wns the vote on the bill Ropub'lcans, against the bill: Borah , and Heyburn. Idaho; Bourne, Ore.; Bristow and Curtis. Kansas; Burnham, New Hampshire; Clapn and Nelson, . Minn . Clark and Warren. Wyo.; j Crawford and Gamble, South Dakota; ! Cummins and Kenyon. Iowa; Dixon, Montana, Gronna and McCumber, North Dakota: LaFoIlette, Wisconsin; Llppltt, Rhode Island, Lorlmer. Illinois. Il-linois. Oliver. Pennsylvania-. Pake, Vermont; Smith, Michigan;" Smoot, Utah. Democrats, against: Bailey, Tex.; Clarke Ark.; Simmons. N. D. Republicans, for the bill: Bradley, Ky , Brandegee and McLean, Conn.: Briggs. New Jersey: Brown, Nebraska; Nebras-ka; Burton, O; Crane and Lodge, Mass., Cullom, Illinois: Guggenheim, Colo ; Jones and Poindexter. Wash.; Nlxou. Nevada; Penrose, Pcnn ; Perkins Per-kins and Works, Calif ; Richardson, Delewaro. Root, N. Y.: Stephenson, ' Wisconsin; Townsond, Michigan; Wet- more. Rhode Island Democrats for Bacon. Georgia; Bankhead and Johnston, Ala , Bryan and Fletcher, Florida: Chamberlain, Ore.; Chilton and WatBon, West Virginia: Vir-ginia: Culberson, Texas; Davis, Ark- ans.as; Foster, Louisiana; Gore, Okla- ' fl homa; Owen, Oklahoma; Hitchcock, -. H Neb., Johnson, Maine, Kern and ' 9 Shiveley, Ind.; Martin and Swanson jfl Virginia; Martine, New J'ersev My- ' ers, Montana; Newlands, Ne; O. l Gorman, N. Y; Overman N. C; Pain- ' 91 tor, Ky.; Foraerene, '0.; Reed and I II I Stone. Missouri; Smith, Maryland- ( Smith, S. C; Taylor, Tenn.; Williams, ' Mi?3. M An analysis of the vote showed that I (I twenty-four Republicans voted against f the bill and twenty-one in favor of it, JM while three Democrats voted against .v- II and thirty-two in favor of it. -' j fl Was Taft's Fight. fiH Washington. July. 22. The passage jfl of the Canadian reciprocity bill by liffl the senate today, In preciselv the form ISM jt emerged from the house, will bring ' jHfl to an end President Taffs long fight ' 91 for the measure, but during the de- HI bate whCch led tin to today's final ac- ill tlon. party lines were swept away and ' iflf a vigorous fight was wased to saddle iMf the measure with riders that friends IJh of the measure claimed wouty have de- i, MM feated the whole proposition. j ,K Many amendments were still on the mM calendar when th senate convened. il The vote, under the unanimous .rule, iJjJB .was taken with no further debate lm- In mediately on the conclusion of the ' dH routine morning business. No one had 9 figured out In advance just wnen the 'Si final vote would be reached, but 'it MM was expected during the late after- M noon hours. H The bill is the first of the meas- ' Mm ures to be disposed or under the vot- WM ing agreement which also provides I MM dates for votes' on the wool tariff re- I WM vision, free list. New. Mexico-Arizona I !l statehood and tho congressional reap- I ! portionment bills. j 'WM Following the passage of tho bill l' SM by the senate and Its immediate sig- MM nature by the vice-president, it must ffl be "messaged" back to the house Ifl which originated It, engrossed on Jfl parchment, signed by Speaker Clark, fU and then signed by President 'Taft. i H Officially and theoretically, the en- H grossing must be done while the , H house Is in session, but it is already IjH on parchment. IH Ak the house was expected to be In JIH session,- imt a-littte white 'today .and Mm then adjourn- until' 'Wednesday, tlio !lfl bill probably will not, go to the Pres!- L 'H dent until his return from 'Beverly 'nH next week- -' -- IS - The-?fight for reciprocity; tfce su- MM preme campaign of the present ad- '"tnl ministration, had its Inception at a , UKJ conference sixteen months ago at Al- wQm bany. N Y , between President Taft & and Canadian Minister of Finance jl.Tl Fielding, and since tnen. it has been JtM carried along through two congresses, jljfl fruitlessly through the last one be- jH cause it was becalmed in the senate, mm and in the present extra session con- H voked by the President expressly for H the ratification. More than two-thirds IH of the senate support tho bill. PH As passed by the Republican house, VMM the bill was Introduced b'v Pnre-"Ti- H Ujtlve McCall of Massachusetts. The H present bill was fathered by Demo- jH cratic Leader Underwood, chairman of H the ways and means committee. flH The senate took up the Canadian M reciprocity as soon as a quorum was III obtained at 11-15. the call showing H seven-eighths of the senators pres- 111 ent. Tho amendment of Senator Mc- WjM Cumber, reducing the duties on many ill necessaries of life, and increasing tho IrjB free list, was first taken up and de- 'HI feated, 1G to G4. WfM The defeat of the McCumher amend- WmI mont was indicative of all votes on BiH amendments to the iblll. II The Nelson amendment, restoring II half of the duty on grains and farm j MM products made free in the reciprocity I'fSI bill, was then defeated, 23 to 58. fill An amendment by Senator Simmons fJlfl of North Carolina, putting fresh meats 111 and meat products on tho freo list ilmt in the reciprocity bill was defeated, im 1G t0 64 i ,ic I II Senator Simmons thou offered his H amendment to put flour and cereal pro- I, WMt ducts on the reciprocity freo list, and i H it was defeated 17 to G3. J M The 'Cummins amendments were H then tatfen up The flret, reducipg the , ,m duties on various steel products, was ( HJ defeated 17 to i64 That reducing oil , H cloth and linoleum duty, was defeated , mn bv a viva voce vote. j H "Senator La Follette then called up ,! his amendment comprising a general H MM revision of the woolen tariff. It also lira H was defeated by 1G to 64. ijlfl |