The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-31
ELECTRIC FANS HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN BUILDING AND IT
WILL BE COMFORTABLE.
BAND TO FURNISH MUSIC
In An Interview The Senator Says He
Expects To Hustle Around And En-
dren Not Reached by Opponents.

Indications are that Senator Leroy
Percy will be greeted by large audi
ence'a at the Auditorium tonight.
Electric fans have been placed in
the Auditorium and it will be made
fairly comfortable Music will be
furnished by the Hattiesburg brass
band, and the ladies as well as voters
are invited to be present.
Owing to the fact that Senator
Percy could not get to Hattiesburg
on the forenoon train, the speaking
will not begin until S:15 this evening
instead of 500 o'clock as formerly
announced. This change Of a few
minutes in the hour will give Mr..
Percy an opportunity to rest before he
makes his address, and will not incon-
venience those who desire to hear
him.
In an interview in Jackson last
night, Senator Percy said:
Il was disappointed that a vote was
not had on the resolution for the cleo
tion of Senators by a direct vote, as
the postponement of the vote until
June 18th may necessitate my return
to Washington at that time. At the
last session, the move to attach to the
resolution an extension of the power
of the Federal government over cleo
tions, was made~under the Sutherland
amendment to the resolution; now,
the same object is sought to be accom-
plished under what is known as the
Bristow substitute. The significance
of the substitute, being now offered by
Senator Bristow, lies in the fact that
eight insurgent Republican Senators,
including Senator BTistow, voted
against the Sutherland amendment,
with the added number of Democratic
Senators, this vote would have insured
the defeating of the Sutherland amend
ment, but it is probable that six Of
these eight insurgent Senators will
vote for Senator Bristow's substitute,
thus giving it majority, and, while
the Democratic Senators will vote, al
most solidly, against the substitute,
when that receives a majority vote,
tire indications now are that on the
final vote, sufficient number of Dem
ocratic Senators will join with the Re-
publicans to make the required two
thirds vote. I consider the adoption
of the Bristow substitute an imminent
danger.
"The Canadian reciprocity bill will
probably be reported out of the COM
mittee about June 18th and, while the
debate on it will be protracted, and
none of the Republican Senators, in
fact, favor the bill believe that 1t
will receive nearly a solid Democratic
support and that sufficient number
of "stand-pat" Republicans will re-
spond to President Taft's appeal to
insure the passage OF the bill. This,
together with the bill for the publicity
of campaign funds before and after
an election, will probably cover the
legislation of this session. 1t is not
probable that the farmers free list
bill or the revision of any tariff sched-
ules will be acted upon, favorably, by
the Senate. While the Republicans
are hopelessly divided in the Senate.
yet the insurgent Senators are at
least protection Republicans and as
much determined upon preventing the
Democratic party from securing any
advantage by revision of the tariff,
n as they are on discrediting the old
S leaders and obtaining mastery in the
t Republican party They are allies Of
h the Democrats only to the extent Of
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