Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-16
ANNEXATION PLAN
SECUTED BY TAT T.;
CLARK FAvORS IT
Remarks of the Minority
Leader, President Declares,
Are Likely to Prove
Very Vexing.
MISSOURIAN STANDS PAT
Reciprocity's Fate Is Now in
the Hands of the Senate.
With Issue Greatly
in Doubt


Washington, Feb. 16.-President
80 ,,i- congres-
Taft today. to some OF ms congress
sional callers. expressed astonlshmeht
that Representative Champ Clark
.ho,,,a ,,a.,. ,,,;acted info the reciproc-
o1,a .,s. IJa,,so ,,es+e,,,ay
ley uiscussioii VI e''e iAoo'ss -,
any thought about the annexation ol
The White House is sala 10 resano
the remarks OF Mr.. Clark as mosl ui'o
fortunate, and the pfesldent mas lAaue
1t known that he would IKE TO haNs
1t understood Throughout the Wollu
that his administration hau no 1housnt
whatever of annexation When the reel
pTGa.y p, s;eent asdeen Il G M said is honeful
that the people of this country, Cam
ada and Great Britain. will look upon
the speech of Mr.. Clark merely as the
expression of an individual who. i'm the
sentiment, does not represent the dem
Ocratic party or any party in this
country.
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'a'.
In reply TO REPRESENTATIVE clark $
statements, President Taft sent a let
ter today to Representative Mccall. OF
Massachusetts. whose name the reel
procity bill bears. declaring that Can,
ada is now and Will remain poiltleal
unit" The letter in eull follows:
II write to congratulate you sln-
cerely on the passage through the
House of the Mccall b.li enacting into
legislation the reciprocity agreement
with Csnada. ] sincerely hope il will
pass the Senate and become a part OF
cur statutes.
~. 'st g. l.,;t;ai ;a,,;san,,al. No
4h",r,t ttsts ,f f,l,,t... ,,l,,;i ,,,,avation
or union was i'm the mind of the nego-
tiators on either side. canada is now
and will remain political unit.
j ami very sure that IL TINS agree
ment becomes q law, 1t Will lnure to
the great social ard economic benent
OF both countries.
cIark,. Own Mere Oninion
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me an..eAs1loii T, .i. aos.iiiie ,,.,''. w.
p pfcaSfiea ps rse'l.se..'tiNe c ,,I '- y "a ~
.Ia at' ~ - ~ ~.
Ho,s ~ lsae Nasyer,,av in f,vo,. Of 'rhe agree
ment. He said:
II am for it because | hope to see
the day when the American flag will
float over every square foot of the
Britist-North American possessions
clear to the north pole They are peo-
pie of our blood. They speak our lam
guage; their institutions are much like
ours; they are trained in the difficult
art of self governments My Judgment
is that if the treaty of 1854 had never
been abrogated the chances of con-
solidation OF these two countries would
have been much greater than they are
now
John Bull Might Consent.
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.an5ns w. ,,,,,..a.,.' ,.,;t,' S.,..t
rriti ~. ~ nn..' W. VIZ" ''ise'
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doubt whatever thai the dny is NOT
far distant when Great britain will
joyfnlly see all her North American
possessions become d part of this re-
public. That is the Way things are
tending now
Reciprocity with Canada, which to-
day became the principal question be-
fore the Senate, is believed Ia depene
on whether the opposition will resor,
to filibuster to defeat it,
1t is the best Judgment of Scnat,
leaders that if tiie Met.all bin TO carr,
out the provisions OF the Canadian
agreement is permitted To reach IL vot,
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