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Show RECIPROCITY! BILL PASSES HOUSE BY " WASHINGTON. April 2l. -r President Tnfl's reciprocity agreement "with Canada, oup- ported by nil but a handful ot Democrats und oppoBed by a majority of the Republicans, f- passed the house of rcpresenta- 4- tlves tills afternoon by a vote -4- of 2G5 to S9. -r- With nearly 200 Democrats iu control con-trol and their action endorsed by many Republicans, the bill was adopted adopt-ed with no amendments, and In almost al-most Identically the form In which It passed tho house last session. The bill seeks to put Into effect tho formal agreement reached between President Taft and members of the Canadian cabinet, for a reduction of tariff rates on many articles and frco trade In many others aorons the border of Canada, Added to It by tho Democratic Demo-cratic leaders, la a section which "authorizes "au-thorizes and requests" President Taft to make further offorts to secure still freer trade relations with Canada, in the form of additional reciprocal relations rela-tions Marks Close of Six-Day Fight. The passage of the bill marked tho close of a flpht that had raged in the house for six dajs. The safety of the racasuro was at no time threatened, but tho Democratic and Republican leaders, working its passage, conceded conced-ed all the opportunity desired by Its opponents for debate and protest. Following the same policy, amendments amend-ments were admitted In the house for almost every section of the bill and in each case the) were rejected b an overwhelming vote given by tho friends of the measure, Ten Democrats Demo-crats voted against the bill on Its pas-sace, pas-sace, while 197 Democrats voted for It. As when the bill passed at the preceding pre-ceding besslon, a majority of tho Republicans Re-publicans were found against It, the party vote being C7 for and 7 opposed. Representative Berger, of Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, the Socialist member, voted for It, and Representative Alkep, of Npw York, who ranks as an independent voted against it The Negative Vote. Th negative vot was: Republicans Anderson, Minnesota: Brad lev, New York Burke South Di-kola; Di-kola; Campbell, Kansas; Cannon, Illinois; Illi-nois; Copley, Illinois, Currier, New Hampshire;" Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Davis, Minnesota. Deforest. New York, Dodds, Michigan; Driscoll, New York: D wight. New York; Esch, Wisconsin, Wis-consin, Falrchild. New York; Focht, Pennsylvania; Fordney, Michigan; Foster, Vermont French, Idaho; Gardner, Gard-ner, Massachusetts Gardnor, New Jersey, Goode, Iowa; Guernsey, Maine. Hamilton. Michigan Hanna, North Dakota. Hartman. Pennsylvania. Pennsylva-nia. Hanchen, Iowa; Ilawley, Oregon: Hayes. California. Holges'on. North Dakota, Hinds. Maine, Howoll. Utah Humphrey Washington, Jackson. Kansas; Kendall, Towa; Kennedy, Iowa; Klhkald, Nebraska. Kopn, Wisconsin; Wis-consin; Lafean, Pennsylvania; La, Fol-lette, Fol-lette, Washington. Lang'ev. Kentucky, Lenroot, Wisconsin; Llendbergh, Massachusetts; Mas-sachusetts; McQuIre, Oklahoma, Mc-Kinley, Mc-Kinley, Illinois. McLaughlin. Michigan; Michi-gan; Malby, New York; 'Martin, South Dakota. Mondell, Wyoming. Mooro, Iowa; Morgan, Oklahoma; Mott, New York; Nelson, Wisconsin; Nofrlg, Nebraska, Ne-braska, Patton, Pennsylvania; Pickett, Pick-ett, Iowa; Plumeley, Vermont; Powers, Pow-ers, Kentucky; Pray, Montana; Prince, Illinois; Prouty. Iowa; Rees, Kansas; Rodenberg, Illinois; Simmons, New York; Sloan. Nebraska; J. M. C. Smith, Michigan; S. W. Smith. Michigan; Michi-gan; Steonerson, Minnesota. Sterling, Illinois; Thistlowood, Illinois; Towner, Town-er, Iowa; Volstead, Minnesota; War-burton, War-burton, Washington; Wedemeyor, Michigan; Willis. Ohio; Woods, Iowa, and Young, Kansas. Democrats Bathilck, Ohio; Clay-pool. Clay-pool. Ohio; Doughton, North Carolina; Fowler, Illinois; Gudger, North Carolina, Caro-lina, Hammon, Minnesota: Ptije, Louisiana; Lou-isiana; Rucker, Colorado: Webb, North Carolina, anc Whltackor, Ohio. Total, 10. Attempt to Amend Agreement. The attempt to amend the agreement agree-ment began with tho final reading of tho bill at 3 o'clock. The threats of Republicans opposed to the measure to make the Democrats vote against amendments for free meat, free lumber lum-ber and free agricultural machinery, were carried out. but as their party leaders declared that any amendment, would defeat tho whole trade agreement agree-ment they cheerfully voted those amendments down. Cannon Attacks Free Paper. The Republicans, who taunted them with, opposing free admission of these important pioducts, were met with tho assertion that the Democrats would lay the new "farmers' free list bill" before tho house noxt weok and that an opportunity would then be given to vote for free meat, machinery, lumber and other things. Attempts to put fresh and canned meats on the free list section were made by Represent-. tlves Martin of South Dakota, Foster of Vermont. Lenroot of Wisconsin, and Norrls of Nebraska. Representative Lenroot finally proposed the whole Democratic free-list bill us an amendment, amend-ment, and although Representative Sherloy, of Kentucky, Tvho was pr siding, ruled that it was in order, the Democrats voted against it. The section sec-tion of the bill relating to free admission admis-sion of pulp and paper provoked the sharpest discussion, drawing from Mr. Mann of Illinois, the Republican leader, lead-er, the statement that it was exactly exact-ly tho terms agreed upon by the two countries Former Speaker Cannon bitterly attacked this section Representative Longwortrr, of Ohio, pointed oat that any reduction of duties, du-ties, as proposed In the free list amendments would violate tho relations rela-tions between the United States and all other countries, as It would give Canadian goods a special preference in the American markets. "I challenge the statement that wo are gofng to pass the free list bill lat-cr lat-cr with tho expectation that It will not become law," said Democratic Leader Underwood in reply to statements state-ments from Republican opponents of the reciprocity T3iH |
