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Show - WASHINGTON, June 19. Republican Republi-can opposition to the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity bill In the Senate reached the stage of open revolt today. Led by Senator Dixon of Montana, who again failed In his demand for an explanation explana-tion or a Bpeech in favor of the bill from some of the Republican leaders who championed the measure, the Republican Re-publican members declared that If the bill panped that many Republicans would join the Domocrats In an attempt at-tempt to lower the duties on all manufactured manu-factured products. "When tho cornerstone Is pulled out of the system of protective tariff." I Bald Senator Dixon, "when the farmer's farm-er's products are thrown Into a free market while his purchases continue to be protected, there are many good protectionists In the Republican ranks here who will vote to have the duties pulled down on Iron and steel, chemicals, chem-icals, cotton and many other things." Other Northwestern Republicans signified by their approval of the Montana Senator's words, that the passage of the reciprocity bill, which It is admitted that tho bill will have a. majority in the senate buU-lll be attended at-tended with a fight that threatens to throw open the whole tariff subject. "We want to make one killing," declared de-clared Senator Crawford of South Dakota. Da-kota. "We find the Senators from Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine, states that nave always reaped the greatest harvest har-vest of protection, advocating this measure that proposes to put on the free list every single article raised in the northwest. I want to deal with this matter in its entirety. If Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Mississippi and Massachusetts Massachu-setts have Joined hands In a new political po-litical propaganda It is time for the rest of tho country to strike out a new track." "If you can get enough Senators on that side with you." returned Senator Bailey of Texas, "wo will take one of these bills now coming over from the house and make a whole now tariff law out of It." Senator Bailey said that there would ,be no adjournment until the Senate has acted on the free list bill and the woolen bill. Reciprocity came before the Senate today with the Root amendment, affecting the Importation Impor-tation of pulpwood and paper from Canada, as the matter for Immediate consideration, Later he came Into the chamber but said he would not be ready to dlscuBS the amendment until Wednesday. Opponents of the bill then demanded de-manded an explanation or speech from some one in favor of the measure, meas-ure, Mr. Cummins said he wanted to speak against the Root amendment, but would not do so when that amendment amend-ment wan not officially before the Senate, and had not been explained Senators Dixon, Bailey, Smith of Michigan and others declared they would make no speeches against the bill until they had heard some word on its support. |