The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-22
BIG VOTE FOR RECIPROCITY
house PASSES THE CANADIAN
BILL. oG6 TO 50.

GncIr J0es HOPE GUht ~ uFast 1OO Ncs
publicans " Ould stand out Against II
Disappointed Only ~ Republicans
and ~ Democrats In the NEGATIVE.
WASHINGTON. April q - President Taft
~on a substantial victory tonight when
the House Of Representative passed the
Canadian reciprocity agreement by vote
of :ee TO So. The bill got A5 more votes
than it did in the last session. the vote on
~ former passage having been c2i to %.
seventy-eght Republicans. one less
than majority OF Representatives
of that party in the House. voted
against the measure. Sixty-four Re-
ruhicans upheld the hand of the Ad-
rini.tration. Eleven Democrats deserted
their party organization by voting against
the Administration bill reported by Rep
resentative Underwood Of Alabama. the
Democratic chairman OF the Committee
on WAYS and Means.
The old guard leaders. headed bv Uncle
Joe Cannon and Representative Dalzeil,
made the boast this morning that the
Canadian bill would 60 TO the Senate with
big majority OF the Republican voters
cf the lower branch of Congress register
irg their disapproval Of its terms OF
course it was known early in the dav that
the measure was destined to pass the
House. The struggle of the day.was made
hv the followers of Mr.. Cannon. They
expected that AZ least 100 Republicans
would vote against the bill. but only sew
en'y-eight Republicans could be mustered
IN ncpposition. The sixty -four Republicans
who stood by the bill included the main
body of the insurgents Fifteen Republi-
cans were not recorded.
The Republicans who voted for the bill
were
Nessrs hmes. Anthony. Austin Barch-
'eld. Bartholdt. Bingham. Bowman. Burke
of pennsylvania, Butler. Calder. Cary.
,s'Iin. cooper. Crago. Crumpacker, Dam
forth, Dyer. Farr. Foss. Fuller. Gilett.
Greene. Griest. Harris. Heald. Higgins
M Rowland. Hubbard, Kent. Knowland.
'a'erty, Lawrence. Longworth. Loud.
Mccall. McCreery. Mckinney. Madden.
Madison. Mann. Matthews. Miller. Mitchell.
Moon OF Pennsylvania. Muplock, Need
ham, olmstead Parran. Porter. Roberts
of Massachusetts. Roberts of Nevada.
Srecr. stephens of California. stevens of
Minnesota. Sulloway. Switzer. Taylor of
ohio. .riIlson. Utter. Weeks. Wilder Wilson
OF Illinois and Young.
Here are the Republicans who voted
a Gainst the bill
cannon. Dalzell. Anderson. Bradley.
BURKE OF South Dakota Campbell, Copley.
furrier. Davis. DE Forest. Dodds. Michel
=. Driscoll. Dwight. Esch. Fairchid. Focht.
Fordney, Foster of Vermont. French. Gard
ner Of Massachusetts. Gardner Of New Jer-
Icy. Good. Guernsey. Hamilton. Hanna.
hartman, Hanghen. Hawley. Hayes. Hell
.s>en. Kinds. Howell, Humphrey. Jack son.
Kendall. Kennedy. kinkaid. Kopp. Lafeank,
La Toilette. Langley. Lenroot. I.indbcrgh,
Mcclure, Mckinley. Mclaughlin, McMoe-
ran, Malby. Martin of south Dakota. Nor
dell Moore of Pennsylvania Morgan.
Mott. Nelson. Norris. Patton of Pennsvl-
,cania. Pickett. Plumley. Powers. PRAY.
Prince. Prouty. Rees. Rodenberg, Simmons.
Sioan. J. VI. e. Smith. Samuel ". smith,
N'eenerson, Sterling, Thistlewood. Towner,
Nol,tead, Warburton. Wedemyer. Willis.
Moods and Young of Kansas.
The eleven Democrats who voted
acainst the bill we're Bathrick, Claypool.
poughton, Fowler, Gudger. Hammond.
Pujo, Rucker of Colorado, Webb. White
acre and Aken Of New York.
Representative Victor Berger. the Mil
~aukee Socialist. voted for the bill
As compared with the vote on the bill
IN the last Congress. one of the most
interesting reversals was involved in
N" vote Of Representative William b.
Mckinley of Illinois. chairman of the
Republican Congressional committee.
When the Mccall bill was up for CON
sderation few months ago Mr.. Mckinley
stood for Canadian reciprocity. To-day
he vas arraved with the opposition.
Nj the New York Democrats voted for |
The bill, but Representatives Calder and
'anforth were the only Republicans from
that State who stood by il.
representatives Andrus, Payne. Draper
and Vreeland. Republicans Of New York.
did not vote. Although the Democrats |
"p 10 the meeting of this Congress had |
he"n ont Of practice for more than sixteen |
wears they demonstrated o-day that they !
knew how To operate the steam roller
Iolrtv-fjva amendments We're offered by |
N@puhlIcans in an effort 10 amend the bill |
IN" Democratic leaders declared that any |
amendment would endanger the entire
measure and for that reason they gave |
ho'ioe that the bin must he passed Just |
~ came from the hand Of the President
Pleas were made by number Of Re-
fHhIIcans who offered amendments.
among them Representative Fordney of |
Michigan, who wanted to place farm
machinery on the free list. He admitted
IN reply TO questions that while he did not
'"heve this particular amendment would |
seriously affect the agreement he would |
10 anything in his power "to defeat this
mi"rnal damn thing we are now consider
mH
Chairman Underwood sprang a scnsa-
llon IN the course Of the days debate
u" Informed the House that he had just
'"c"v"d kilograms from his district say
hg that the United States Steel Corpora
n'n had closed down mills there, throwing
"'w men out Of work, giving as a reason
~" rHc"ssl,y for Furnishing Mr.. Under
wood for his advocacy of the reciprocity
and free list bills.
NIr Underwood aroused the Democrats !
" high pitch Of enthusiasm when he
"'''ared that he would continue his at
'''NS ON the monopolistc system of pro-
"'"h no matter what the effect upon .
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