The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-24
RECIPROCITY
VICTORY FOR
DEMOCRATS
Without Their Aid President
Tafi'S Pet Measure Was
HOpslessIy Beaten
lnv Inhn Tenlnle Grnyes.l

After the storms fierce ANA vivid
as the debates upon the bin follow
ed me calm nf me tranquil morn Of
contamination. Tie hreege came
from the norin Canada
THE atmosphere WAS glowing as
Wigh the warmth oi international
good viii and the SKY 50 recently
overcast with clouds was as clear
ana as tender q blue rs ever the
sunshine of prosperity came shm
nerins througa
AT lis20 4 demand FOR quorum
mustered 7S Tagging senator's to their
seats. At lI:25. AIcCunlber the
blonde giant from North Dakota. Of
fered his first-a tree list amend
ment And at 1880 McCnniber had
been voted down by O. 70 To- Az
1881 knute Nelson of Minnesota,
marched into the omen amendment
field for grains and farm produce and
Az 1910 fiftyelght senators had as
ais1ed in the obsequies Of Senator
Nelson's measures.
Ffow Of Death Keeps Up.
Little Simmons Of North Carolina
with a side glance at Bailey. sailed
in aith his plea Tor fresh meats and
El0ur and cereals at IL We bur.
icd little simmons softly at HAS by
the usual organ chant Of Ga 70 16.
Then Cumnins presented an amend
meni On iron and steel and another
on OH cloth and lineoliunl Some
body in the senate gave Cummins an
extra ycte f0r his winning smile but
The usual apitaph Of n to GA was
written upon The great fHsurgent IS
smile
Then LaFoiiotie,. tile leviathan OF
anti reciprocity sent forward those
fa famed amendments on the wool
schedule and cotton schedule for
which the senate has waited and the
people have waited for weeks And
with anruffled serenity. the senate
sat upon him, GA to ID and 63 TO l5.
laFolette ihen offered a strange
and apparently propittory amend
ment making wood pulp and print
papers free with all The world But
the time was NOT ripe for this ten
der concession and It won only II
votes.
Now Bailey, with his amendment
marshaled Ike his oratory always 10
q climax offered the free list as
handicap 70 tile bill, IL TO 63 was
The answer
Then Bailey with q dramatic de-
fianee to MS Democratic colleagues
OF the cotton states, played his mas
ter stroke
Thon offer an amendment TO
pat cotton hagging aud tics upon the
fr5e lst was his appeal to rne
cotton Democrats Of Dixie
There was 40 stir among the. sen
ators who are from the realm whore
cotton IS king. But the line never
wayered The ranks were tiru Only
Johnson OF Alabama fell in with
Bailey giving BIN II votes 20 G.
The solid south WAS solid sJili Tor
reciprocity
Az Amendments Brushed Away.
There We're more amendments by
McCunber bw0 amendments by
mistow ON type and tpyo metal and
on rubber products and a minor
BY Crawford making %
in an the las going to the grave by
the viva yoce method OF rebuke
EYery other amendment had been
given ihe yeas and nays.
Then al .aS the gaaflies of amend
meut WGro all brushed away and the
great race for the Cauadian-Amel-
icaH derby WAS "a last . hand
al 1896 lhe Canadian pace had mn
the red eamUet of al opposition and
wug hy 53 t0 2Ia tWo to one na-
ority
N8er was the finale OF great
struggle So quietly enaeied. There
was moi s,r or q thrill from the
bee inning tn tNe end of the ballot.
There Was not a surprise in The rpA
call The event nredestiRed. pre- &c
tecmincd and f0rcknowu was accom-
piished al last Every man voted as
ne WAS eNncctea and scheduled 70
vote. Bailey CLARK and Simn 3nS
We're tie Democrats who Left he
raaks cf tic party brown. Poin
dexter ard Works saved the consis-
ancy ol The insurgent group by vo
ing al through Tor reciprocity
mclpinc p8irs. 35 Democrats 90
Republicans and $ insurgents had
voted f7r 1e hill Three Demogats,
10 insWgcnt .NlbliCans aud ia reg
ulrs had voted against t
victory Was Democratic
So ihat n The senate as in the
h1gsc ltciFracifr IS q Democratic
measure it wls 1assod 9y Demo
cratic o,es 10 would nave been im-
possible without them Giving All
credit To- The persistent interest of
the pres deul nne Aas oniy % az
anime the roll cali in every siase
TO see thst tic Democratic party
2slrc 90 the reRsure the iadispen--
able thing of Votes and thar Tile Re
publican vpte RaS haN healr "a aii
The way iAtongh and given fio -s'is-
igin ihe peesideut and noi to repre-
SEN, the party.
Tile vote was rs follows
Yes Bacon. Bgnkheadt Bradley.
Handegee. aeigss. brown. Hi-vsii. 4
Burton Chamberlain Chiffon. Crane. I
l1lbcrson Cnl'nm. Davis Fletcher /
''0stcr Gore Guegcnheim, Hitchcock !
johnson. Johnston. Jones. Kern. I
odga. Mclean. MARTYR MARITIME My-l
ers NeWlands. Nixon. OGorman. OV /
srman. owen. Paynter Penrose Per-
sfls. pondcXsef. P0merent Reed. /
Richardson. Root Sh.vcly smith
.Marylandl, smith lsouth Cardinal