The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-04-20
GENERAL NEWS Of NATIONAL HAPPENINGS

+ Washington, April 1.-THE Car
adian reciprocity bill introduced in tn
house yesterday was reported favol
: ably to the house today by the ne'
ways snd means committee. Tn
committee also passed favorably o
the free list tariff measure. but wi
not report until tomorrow.
The Canadian reciprocity treaty bill
was taken up first by the committed
and, after brief discussion. Mccall
its sponsor in the 61st congress. movet
that It be approved. This was dom
without division.
The free list bill, however, was moi
unanimously approved, the vote on I
In the committee having been strictly
party vote, the Democrats favoring il
and the Republicans being solidly
against it. Tho Republican members.
with Serene Payne rs spokesman, de-
clared that the proposed bill WAS hasty
and ill-advised, that the measure had
not been referred to the tariff board
and that Chairman Underwood and his
Democratic colleagues on the commit
tee had not sufficient data to show
what effect the changes would have.
When the house met, Underwood
submitted the report of the commit
tee. The reciprocity bill will be
called up tomorrow for discussion.
Opposition to the reciprocity bill
from the same Republicans who OPP
posed IL in the last session developed
quickly. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
asked the privilege of filing minor
ity report.
The clause in the bill providing that
the president continue negotiations
with Canada to insure further recip-
rocal relations will not in any way
jeopardze the bill itself, in the opin-
ion Of political leaders Of both parties.
Underwood, of the ways and means
committee, Mccall and President Taft
himself, conferred as to the added
clause before it was proposed to incor-
porate it in the Underwood bill. Sec
rotary Knox was also consulted.
1t is reported on good authority that
the ways and means committee will
offer bill putting all wooden import
atoms on the free list.
Senator Cummins today gave notice
of motion amending the senate rules
so as TO require amendments to tariff
bills to be germane to the schedule
affected. A rule Of similar import has
been adopted by the house.
Washington, Apri 14.-The house of
representatives, by vote of 296 to
16. late today passed the Rucker reso-
luton proposing constitutional
amendment for the direct election of
United States senator's.
This is the first of the Democratic
programme measures passed by the
house. 1t went through without mod
ifcation and with a speed that brought
protests from the Republicans.
The resolution, as the house APP
proved it, is in the form in which the
Borah resolution was reported out of
the senate judiciary committee in the
closing days of the last congress. Re-
publican opposition to the Rucker re
solution in the house was based on the
fact that it did not contain the changes
afterwards made in the fight in the
senate, which assured to congress con-
tinued control over elections in the
several states.
After six hours of debate, in which
many demands were made for this
change in the resolution, all but Is
Republicans voted for the resolution.
The majority of them had stated dur
ing the debate that they would support
the resolution because convinced the
public wanted such constitutional
amendment submitted to the country
as quickly as possible.
Those who opposed the resolution on
the final vote were:
Republicans ~ Cannon, Mann, Illi-
nois; Danforth, Malby, New York
Dodds, Fordney, McMorran, Michigan;
Harris, Lawrence, Mccall, Wilder,
Massachusetts,; Kinds, Maine, Sui
loway, New Hampshire; Utter,
Rhode Island.
! -McDermott, Illinois.
Ex-Speaker Cannon, Mann, the Re
publican leader, and others of the Re
publicans who voted against the meas
ure, declared that its form was such as
to threaten the Federal government
with the loss of control over senatorial
elections in the states, given TO safe
guard the integrity of these elections.
} They insisted, as did other Republi-
cans who ultimately voted for the reso-
luton, that the direct election amend
ment should be offered without any
language that might be dangerous TO
the future congressional supervision of
senatorial elections.
The Republican insurgents, led by
Lenroot and Cooper, of Wisconsin,
, forced record on the final passage OF
the resolution. The house voted
overwhelmingly in favor Of the meas
) ure, when Speaker Clark called fol-
the viva voce vote. but the insurgentl
demanded a roll call in order to pu
the house on record.
More Revision is Planned.