Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-23

OF the affirmative votes cast for the
Gore motion overthrowing the finance
committee sixteen we're republicans. They
| were.
| Borah, Cummins Nelson
Bourne. Dixon. Poindexter,
| Bristow, Gronna, Townsend,
| Brown, Jones, Works
| Clapp, Kenyon,
| Crawford. La Toilette.
This included the full insurgent strength
OF thirteen and in addition. Senators Jones,
Nelson and Townsend Senator Myers was
the only democrat voting with the repub-
licans against the motion.
Finance Committee Called.
As the result OF the senstes action.
Senator Penrose, before adjournment,
called q meeting Of the finance committee,
| of which he is chairman, for 1870 o'clock
tomorrow morning and he and other regu-
lar republicans predicted that when the
senate convenes at noon tomorrow the
wool measure. together with the free list
bill, will be reported adversely.
| Notable speeches on reciprocity were
made in both branches of congress today.
| Senator Root, announcing that he ia
vored the agreement, advocated and ex-
planned his amendment to the wood pulp
and paper provision of the bill, around
which amendment the reciprocity fight has
conferred and which amendment President
Taft opposes on the ground that It might
jeopardize the whole agreement Repub-
lican Leader Mann in the house attacked
the Root amendment as a violation of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement
The result OF the Gore motion was &c
disrupt SO completely the lines that have
formed in the senate that 1t cannot be
foretold now when a vote can be reached
votes can be mustered to pass 1t without
amendment.
Senators Nelson, Cummins, Crawford, La
Toilette, Jones and other republican in
surgents from northwestern states. who
have opposed the reciprocity bill because
of alleged discrimination against the agri-
cultural interests. declared that before a
vote would be permitted on the reciprocity
bill they would demand that the other
schedules of the tariff be taken up and
would insist upon an attempt to tack many
of them upon the reciprocity measure
Senators Penrose, Smoot. GaliinRer and
Lodge, all members of the finance com
mittee, declared that such a Limitation
upon the action of the senate's chief com
mittee was unfair, uncailed for and un-
reasonable" Senator Penrose character.
lied the Gore resolution as rank abb
surdity and shallow demagogism." -
sixteen Republicans,
The insurgent republicans took up the
fight by declaring that the finance com
mittee must either report out the free
list bill, the wool bill and other meaaunaa
of tariff revision, or prepare for a long
fight to secure a vote on Canadian "a
ciprocity. The republican leaders pointed
out that II the wool and the free ust
bills were reported TO the senate now a.
would be impossible 70 pass the reciproeItv
bill.
Attitude Of Denaoera4s.
''1f the senate wants to defeat tbs rod
procity BILL said Senator Martin On.
democratic leader, why should It not be- ,
permitted to do 50 II in it's Judgment that
Is the best course to pursue?
senator Bailey declared he intended 70
offer the free list as an amendment IN
the reciprocity measure Senator DIXON
republican. Montana, said that IL the rac,-
procity bill was to pass, he would firbt
for general tariff revision, so that the
whole country might feel the effects OF
the pulling down of the protective tariff
walls.
III you are in earnest" declared Senator
Williams OF Mississippi, "just come IN 10
"a
your promise good"
Senator La Toilette said he favored n
coupling Of many tariff schedules with the
reciprocity BILL so that the president
would be compelled to pass upon them a.
an entirety.
believe the executive who got his
election on the promise of a downward re-
vision OF the tariff will not dare withhold
his approval from a bill that enacts into
law this Canadian pact and at the same
time enacts reductions in duty in these i'm
portant tariff schedules" said Senator. La
Toilette.
Cummins joins iR Demand.
Senator cummins declared he was con-
WINGED the senate finance committee did
uot intend to report any bill affecting the
tariff other than the reciprocity bill Fer
that reason, he said, he would Join in the
demand that the other bills be reported
out within certain time.