Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-15
SHERMAN's RECIPROCITY.
Some Hope That His CanodA Propesi
tion May Get Into the Tariff Bill.

Some Hope That His Canodn PROPOSE
tion May Get Into the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.--It has been
suggested that there is still remote
chance that the Sherman reciprocity
amendment with Canada, or some pro
vision like it, can be incorporated in the
tariff bill. That has been in the
thought of Mr.. Sherman. Prior to the
passage Of the bill by the senate he had
a conference with the friends Of his
proposition in the house, in which it APP
peare1 that there was so much jealousy
as to leadership among the Republicans
in the senate that there was no prob
ability that his amendment would be
submitted for vote. But the assurance
was given that there are Republicans
enough i'll the senate in favor of the
Sherman reciprocity amendment with
Canada to incorporate it i'll Il bill ii it
can come to a direct vote, or TO pass it
as separate proposition.
The question was, to Il very great de-
gree, one of parliamentary precedence.
But the measure was not brought to Il
vote in the senate. The Democrats
quite generally indicated their readiness
to support It, Subsequent inquiries have
made it seem apparent that these repre-
sentatlons were to some extent in the
line Of partisan tacrics; and that if the
proposition had been adopted as a Re
publican measures, they would have
been very likely to have been found, for
party reasons, opposed to it. There are
a good many reasons to believe that the
Sherman reciprocity amendment would
be stronger in the house, if it conld be
submitted to q vote Independent of the
main bill, than the Aldlich reciprocity
amendment, which is Incorporated in
that bill. But the difficulty will be to
obtain that opportunity. If the ways
and means committee shall insist upon
carrying out the program of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and have the bill voted on as a
whole, Of course there Will not be
mn opportunity to submit any further
amendments, and the house will be
compelled to decide, if the cnnferenc ce
committee shall favorably report upon
the Aldrich amendment, whether they
will accept the latter amendment or
not There is a good deal of Repub-
lican opposition to this amendment, and
Speaker Reed, since the bill has reached
the house, has indicated that he does
not approve Of clothing the president
with such extraordinary power. 1t has
been maintained in many quarters that
the Aldrich amendment creates n new
precedent. and that il is an unwise one,
and one which would not be attended
with good results. This point was
raised in the senate; but Mr. Spooner,
in his midnight speech, which has only
Just been printed in The Record, has
shown very conclusivcly that the c'aim
that this is precedent which would be
attended by bad results IS not good
one, and for that matter that the prin-
ciple has been recognized for a number
of years III this country, and has been
attended with good results, Mr. Hit,
chairman of the house committee ON
foreiga affairs, calling attention to this
subject Friday, said the principle was
at least threa years old, and had been
applied with very excellent results rs to
the discriminating duties which had
been prior TO that time imposed upon
the United States by the Spanish West
Indies.