The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
WILL VOTE TO-DAY
ON REC|P OCITY
United States Senate Will Pass
Measure by Decisive
Vote.
GOES THEN TO PRESIDENT
But Will Not Reach Chief
Executive Until Next
Wednesday.


ter night for legislation waged by any
administration in many years will
come to a close Tomorrow when the
Canadian reciprocity bill. an issue be-
fore two sessions of Congress. will
be passed by the Senate by a decisive
vote.
That at least sixty Senator'S. out OF
a total membership Of ninety-one. will
vote in favor of the measure, was pre-
dicted tonight by Senators of both
political parties. This vote will in
clude all but four or FIVE OF the Dem
oerats. and will include also q great
proportion of the so-called "stalwart"
Republicans. Opposed TO the bill will
be 4 majority Of the Republican In
States. few OF the Republican Regu-
lars and handful OF Democrats.
For time to-day the Senate leaders
hoped they might get the bill TO the
President before he leaves for Beverly
tomorrow. but a visit by Senators
Penrose and Crane to Speaker Clark,
of the House. soon dispelled this eX-
pectation. the Speaker explained
II would be impossible to hold the
ceive the measure. AZ the House will
adjourn from tomorrow until next
Wednesday the bill cannot be received
until the latter date
The measure has not been, and un-
doubtedly Will not be. changed in any
respect by the Senate, and when 1t
is signed by the Speaker and the
Vice-President 1t will bo dispatched to
the President.
In Toilette Arrnigns Taft.
Senator La Toilette featured in the
atraignment OF President Taft and the
bill He attacked the Democrats of
the Senate on the ground that they
We're deliberately trying to carry the
for political purposes and he pointed
out that the Democrats had consistent
~ voted down amendments proposing
general tariff reductions.
Their excuse. he said, had been that
the President would not sign the re-
ciprocity bill If IT was encountered with
any general tariff amendments.
Assailing the press of the United
States for it's support of the Canadian
reciprocity bill Senator La Toilette.
OF Wisconsin, made his closing speech
against the bill in the Senate to-day.
He expressed the belief that news
Papers would suffer in loss of inhu-
ence for the support they have given
to legislation. in which, he said, they
have a direct money interest
The press has failed in its duty TO
the public, in regard to this legisla-
ton. he said.
Mr. La Toilette referred to testimony
of the Senate that newspaper organi-
zation had sent out communication
10 many papers urging them TO "a
vorab bly, treat the recinrocity agree
Inent. He dcplored this attitude of the
newspapers
I'VE have Senators on this floor who
are bankers" said Senator La Toilette;
Senators who are wooden manufac-
turers and cotton manufacturers: SEN
ators who are interested In lumber ana
mines. Let no newspaper hereafter as
legislation in his own peculiar inter
est"
Direct Interest mt Stake.
Senator La Toilette referred to Sena-
tor Hitchcock. OF Nebraska, who had
interrupted him. as newspaper own
err" who had direct Interest at stake.
rs 1t not just as fair for me TO
criticize the Senator from Wisconsin,"
retorted Hitchcock, FOR advocating
duty on paper In the interest OF the
great paper mills OF Wisconsin. to
which the whole country pays trib-
ute?"
Senator La Toilette replied that he
did not favor duty on paper; that
he was in favor of free print paper.
and would propose a measure IN tnat
He objected to the reciprocity bill, he
said, because the newspapers would
get free paper at the expense of the
farmers, whose duties on their pro-
duets would be removed
Several amendments to the reciproc-
ity bill were defeated. including those
by Mr. Bristow. 10 reduce duties on
lead bullion. and lead paints and Sim
liar lead products. and by Mr.. Town
send for an alliance with Canada to
enlarge the St Lawrence waterway.
There are twenty-five amendments
to the measure to be acted on before
the final vote on the passage of the
bill. Many OF these propose TO afllX
general tariff chaneAr to the agree
ment president Taft has insisted that
any changes OF this character threat
en- the defeat of the entire. reciprocity
agreement with Canada.
Party lines have disappeared during
the consideration OF the bill. Tariff
Affiliations, to outward appearances.
have been completely changed. Presi-
dent Taft has had the general sup
port of the Democrats and of the Re-
publican Regulars. and in this union
OF forces ne has had enough support
so that the bill has never been in
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