The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-27
RECIPROCITY BILL FINALLY PASSED

OF the president, the agreement viii
become a law and the legislation fol
which the extra session Of congress
was convened, will be completed.
1t was just 1876 p. m. when the bill
passed the senate The final vote
came at the close of a lively session
begun shortly after II a. IN. There
were numerous roll calls on the vari
Gus amendments, but no attempt at
any time to delay final action. The
senate chamber was well filed, many
members of the house having gathered
in the rear of the hall. The galleries
were crowded.
All Amendments Defeated.
The senate took up the Canadian
reciprocity as soon as a quorUn was
obtained at 11:15 a. m, the call show.
Ing seventy-eight senators present.
The amendment of Senator McCumber
of North Dakota, reducing duties on
many necessaries of life and %increas-
ing the free list, a first taken up
and defeated 16 to 81.
The Nelson amendment restoring
half Of the duty on grains and farm
produce made free in the reciprocity
bill was then defeated, 23 tc SO.
An amendment by Senator Simmons
of North Carolina putting fresh meats
and meat products on the free list in
the reciprocity bill was defeated 1G
to Ga.
Senator Simmons then offered his
amendment to put -four and cereal
products on the reciprocity free list
and it was defeated II to 90.
h Cummins amendments then
were taken up. The first, reducing the
duty on various steel products, was
defeated II to "a. That reducing the
duty on oil cloth and linoleum was de-
feated by a viva voce vote.
Senator La Toilette then called up
his amendment comprising a general
of the wooden tariff. 1t also
was defeated by Is to Ga.
Votes La Toilette Drew.
Republicans voting for the La Fol-
lette amendment were:
Borah, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon: Bris-
tow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Clapp.
Crawford, South Dakota; Cum
Minis, Iowa; Dixon, Montana; Gronna,
Dakota; Kenyon, Iowa; La Fol-
.>tte, Wisconsin; McCumber, North
Dakota; Nelson, Minnesota.
This same group of republicans
stood together on nearly all of the
amendments proposed by the progress.
La Follette's amendment for the re-
of duties on cotton goods was
defeated on the seventh roll call, Is
60. OF
Another La Toilette amendment for
rec wood pulp and print paper, effec-
i've January, 1912, was defeated, II
81.
An amendment by Bailey democrat,
to place on the free list agricul-
ural implements, shoes and other
Gather goods, cotton bagging and ties.
wire suitable for fencing, sewing ma
hines, lumber, rough or dressed and
ialt, was defeated on the ninth roll
all. Result, Is years, 90 nays. An
amendment by McCumber putting har-
less and saddlery on the free list, was
lefeated Is to GA.
An amendment to require articles
low In bond to pay present rates of
Iuty, even if they are included in the
rec list, proposed by McCumber, was
'oted down, 81 to "a.
An amendment by Bristow 10 place
duty of liz cents a pound on the
cad in type metal and 10 per cent ad
.aiorem on new types went out on
he twelfth roll call, 16 TO 81.
Bailey's amendment to place cotton
aging and ties on the free list was
efeated II to 81. II
The passage of the bill by the SEN
tie in precisely the form it emerged
rom the house will bring to an end !
resident Taft's long fight for the l
leasure. but durir g the debate which !
ID up to today's final action party I
mes were swept away and a vigorous
ght was waged to saddle the meas.
re with riders that friends of the a
leasure claimed would have meant (
lie defeat of the whole proposition. t
How Senators Voted.
Three democrats and twenty-four
'publicans. voted against the bin.
! passed the senate, SO to 81.
The roll call was as follows:
Republicans voting for: Bradley, 4
y; Brandege, Conn; Briggs, N. j.; S
rown, Neb.; Burton, Ohio; Crane.
Cullom, H.; Guggenheim, Col; |
mes, Wash; Lodge, Mass; Mclean,
'nn.; Nixon, New; Penrose, Pa; {
Cal; Poindexter, Wash; {
chardson. Del; Root, N. Y; Stephen !
n, Wis; Townsend. Mich; Wetmore, /
l.; Works, Cal.
opposing: Bailey, Tex; {
arke, Ark; Simmons. N. C. {
Republicans opposing: Borah. Ida
}; Bourne. Ore; Bristow. Kan.
lrnham, N. H.; Clapp. Mimi; Clark,
'yo.; Crawford. S. d.; Cummins, Ia;
irtis, Kan; Dixon, Mont; Gamble.
D.; Gronna, N. d.; Hepburn, Idaho;
enyon, Iowa; La Toilette. Wis: Lip
1T, r. L.; Lorimer, H.; McCumber,
. d.; Nelson. Mimi; Oliver, Pa:
age. VT; Smith. Mich; Smoot, Utah,
Wyo.
EMOnlAL DAY "MOTHER' DIES.