The Detroit times., 1911-04-22
HOUSE PASSES
RECIPROCITY BILL
Eight Michigan Congressman Vote
Against Measure, and Four Sup
port It-Vote Is 265 To SO.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Eight
Michigan congressman, Fordney, Ham
ilton, Dodds, McMorran. J. NJ. C..
Smith, Mclaughlin, s. w. Smith and
Wedemeyer, voted against the Taft
reciprocity agreement with Canada,
which passed the house last night by
vote OF 265 to So. il was supported
by all but a handful of Democrats
and opposed by a majority OF the Re-
publicans.
The other four Michigan represen-
tatives, Doremus, Loud Sweet and
Young voted for the measure.
The bill TO put the agreement In
force was adopted with no amend
ments and in almost identically the
form In which Ii passed the house In
the last session OF the preceding con-
gress.
The bill seeks to put into effect the
formal agreement reached between
President Taft and members of the
Canadian cabinet for a reduction OF
tariff rates on many articles and free
trade in many others across the Ca
madam border Added TO IL by the
Democratic leaders Is a section which
authorizes and requests" President
Taft to make further efforts TO OBJ
tain steel freer trade relations with
Canada in the form of additional reci-
procal relations.
Ten Democrats voted against the
bill on It's passage, while 1877 Demo-
Gratis voted for II. AS In the case,
when the bill passed at the preceding
session OF congress, a majority of the
Republicans were found against 1t,
the party vote being 81 for and rs OPP
posed Rep. Berger, OF Wisconsin, the
Socialist member, voted for 1t, and
Rep. Akin, of New York, who ranks
as an independent, voted against 1t.
The negative vote was as follows:
Republlcans-Anders Minnesota;
Bradley, New York: Burke, South Da-
kota; Campbell, Kansas; Cannon, ILL.,
nois; Copley Illinois: Cnrrter. New
Wis, Minnesota; De Forest, New York;
Dodds. Michigan: Driscoll. New York;
Dwight. New York: Esch, Wisconsin;
Fairchild, New York; Focht, Pennsyl-
mont French. Idaho; Gardner. Mdssa-
chusetts; Gardner, New Jersey Good.
Iowa; Guernsey, Maine; Hamilton.
man, Pennsylvania: Haughen. Iowa;
Tawley, Oregon; Hayes, California;
Helgesen, North Dakota; Kinds, Maine;
Howell, Utah; Humphrey. Washington
Jackson, Kansas; Kendall. Iowa; Ken
nedy Iowa; 1<inkaid, Nebraska; kopp,
Wisconsin,: Lafean. Pennsylvania: La
Toilette Washington: Langley. Ken
lucky, Lenroot, Wisconsin,; Lindbergh,
Minnesota Mcclure, oklahoma; Nc
Kiniey. Illinois; Mclaughlin, Michigan
McMorran Michigan: Malby, New
York; Martin, South Dakota; Mondell.
Wyoming Moore, Pennsylvania; Nor
gan, oklahoma; Mott. New York; Nell
son, Wisconsin; Norris, Nebraska; Pat
ton Pennsylvania; Pickett, Iowa;
Plumley, Vermont; Powers, Kentucky;
Pray, Montana; Prince, Illinois; Prou-
~. Iowa; Rees, Kansas; Rodenberg,
illinois: simmons, New York: Sloan.
Nebraska j. NJ G. Smith, Michigan;
Samuel w Smith, Michigan; Steener-
son. Minnesota; Sterling. Illinois; This
tlewood, Illinois; Towner, Iowa; Vol
stead. Minnesota; Warburton, Wash
ington; wedemeyer Michigan; Willis
Ohio: Woods Iowa. and Young. Kan
sas-Total, rs. .
-Bathrick. Ohio; Claypool
Ohio: Doughton. North Carolina; Fow-
Ter: illinois, Gudger. North Carolina;
Hammond Minnesota; Puto, Louisiana;
Fucker Colorado; Webb, North caro-
lima. and whitacre. Ohio-Total 10.