The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-21
.mocrats DenOunce Democrats
and Republicans Criticise
Republicans in Debate.
DIST OF SPEECHES
AGAINST THE MEASURE
embers From the Agricultural
Sections Take the Lead in
Opposing the Pact.

|WAsHINGTON, April 2o.-State
Id party affiliations were broken re-
atedIy in thg house OF representa-
YES in the concluding hours of the
hit on the Canadian recoprociay bill.
<mocrats denounced their fellow Dem
rats for supporting Republican
Elective principle: and Republicans
urled criticism against their fellow
epublicans for marching with the
trnocrats toward the free trade goal.
During the seven hours of. debate
renty-four men spoke on the reco-
betty measure. Two thirds of them
de nleas for it's defeat. in speeches
from one minute to a half hour In
roth, and In this number were Two
<rnocrats from North Carolina, and
fpublicans from many northern states:
Most of the criticisms of the bill
IRE from agricultural sections, and
ere based on the belief that reel
rocity with Canada. under the agree
mt. would injure the agricultural IN
rests of the United States.
differences in the North Carolina
s]epations, all Democrats, were vigor
liz aired on the floor Representa-
re Webb said that Claude kitchin,
ho opened the reciprocity fight last
6day, had no right to criticise him,
other members of the state delega-
on, who proposed to vote against the
ciprocity agreement. Mr.. Kitchin had
1eused him of standing with the Re.
sblican stand.pat leaders, but he said
Y could, with equal Justice. accuse
n Kitchin of having worked with
hese same Republican leaders in the
Opposed to Democratic Ideas.
Temperate words from the presiding
|icer. Mr.. Sherley of Kentucky.
'Iat he had no personal feeling against
q. Kitchin. but that four members of
,e state delegation proposed 10 vote
<sinst the agreement because they be
wed it was opposed TO all Demo
fstic ideas.
The Minnesota delegation broke on
Ie rocks of reciprocity. Mr.. Nye spoke
n the bill and Messrs. Steenerson
nderson, Davis and Wolstead opposed
y The Michigan delegation showed a
'ke division. Mr.. Doremus advocating
je bill aud J. NJ. G. Smith opposing it.
rom Pennsylvania. Messrs. Bowman
I'd Farr advocated its passage, and
III Focht denounced it.
From California, Mr., Needham spoke
u the bill and Mr.. Kahn against it,
representative Hobson of Alabama
ID Murray and Curlev of Massa
3usetts advocated its passage, and
representatives Goode and Prouty OF
wa, Morgan of Oklahoma, Burke OF
nth Dakota, Helgeson of North Da
!>ta. French Of Idaho. Young of
ensas and La Toilette of Washington
1pke against it.
An attack on the "farmers' free
~ bill, the next measure to be
ken up by the Democrats. was made
n Mr.. Goode of Iowa. Republican,
llring the reciprocity debate.
Mr. Goode said the enactment of the
be list bill would throw the farmers
n stock raisers of the west into di.
ctt competition with the cheap cattle.
lIeap labor and cheap lands OF Mexico.
+ declared that the Democratic meas
les keep up protection for the south.
|n farmer and reduce it for the
Ftherner Messrs Needham of Cali
mia and Foch OF Pennsylvania ia
red. and Messrs. Mondell of Wyom-
m and Prouty of Iowa. all RepubIi-
rms, opposed the reciprocity agree.
Mr.. Prouty's Speech
W. This treaty. said Mr.. Prouty,
compels the farmer TO sell his
f1oducts in competition with Canada,
II compels him TO buy in a protected
nnrket. That is unfair to the farmer.
Itepresenting. as / do, a farming con
pltuency. / should rather like to see il
4 led on somebody else first. Must all
use experiments be tried on the
-fmerl ] think it is time 20 try them
somebody else. -
dr. Prouty said there were some
'rngs in the proposed farmers free
bill offered by the Democrats for
hieh he could vote. but there were
me things in it which he must oppose.
~ This bill.' he continued. (Which
fy have desi mated as the farmers
fe list, bill. puts on the free list
Ff, veal. mutton. lamb, pork and all
nds of meat This would Throw tic