The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-24
SENATE AGREES ID VOTE MONDAY ON ROOT AMENDMENT Democrats Hold Conference and Declare for Straight
 Reciprocity" THE MEASURE WILL
 NOT BE DEFEATED Chairman Penrose Declares Canadian Agreement Will Pass Without
 Amendment-Bailey Of
 fers Amendment

Washington, June 3.-A declaration for straight reciprocity at an informal con- ference of a dozen democratic senators willing to vote down all amendments to the bill, an amendment by Senator Bailey adding to the reciprocity measure all the House free list provisions except meats and grain products, a unanimous decision of the Senate to vote Monday the Root amendment to the wood pulp and paper | schedules-these were features in the reciprocity fight today. There were no speeches on the subject in the Senate Senator Bailey said he would press his amendment vigorously. While looking for ward 10 the addition of the tariff pro visions to the Canadian bill he admitted that such action probably would come only as the result of a prolonged strug- gle, Another tariff amendment-this che to the free list bill-was presented by Senator Clapp, to add to the free list alum chloride of lime, aniline products, ultra marine, vermilion reds, soda ash, | sulphur, china clay kaoin, woolen | felts or jackets and brass or copper wire ] cloth.
 The informal conference was held in the office of Senator Smith of South Caro- lima. Mir. Smith was outspoken in op- position to amendments and he and John Sharp Williams united with Senator Stone in declaring that it was unwise to risk reciprocity for something more which would render all uncertain.
 We will not take any chances" said Mir Williams We can attend to tariff after we get reciprocity
 In the capitol corridors there was dis cussion of a recess of Congress until next 1 fall and at one time there was a well defined report that an agreement to that end had been reached. Senators scoffed at the rnmor.
 | There was no difficulty in getting a general consent to vote on the Root provision before adjournment Monday. MT Root joins with most other sena- tors in predicting the defeat of his provision.
 Senator Stone promptly expressed his disapproval of all efforts to amend the reciprocity bill He talked with a dozen or more of the reciprocity sen- ators and he said he had not found one defect. We shall stick" he said. Do you suppose we are going to give up sure thing on reciprocity for an un- certainty on mixed reciprocity and tariff reduction? Why should we bother our heads about the tariff bills of the insurgents? The democrats should shape their own tariff meas ures."
 | Senator Simmons of North Carolina was inclined to take the opposite view. He was of the opinion that there would be strenuous efforts to put some of the tariff reduction measures on the reef procity bill as the one sure means or getting them past the President.
 Reciprocity Will Win
 Chairman Penrose of the Senate con- mtttee on finance said today that the Canadian reciprocity bill will not fa1i by reason of the new coalition De- tween insurgent republicans and demo- crats. which placed the regular repup licans in the minority Speaking or that coalition he said:
 Ut is a rope of sand and will not hold The performance of the in- surgents and democrats on Wednes- dav was effective for the time but the differences between the two clements are so radical that the combination will not continue, and if the purpose or IL was to defeat Canadian reciprocity 1t will fail.
  nrocitv. delay Is to be expected but in the end reciprocity will go through and then will remain to be seen what shall be done with the tariff bills now before the Senate and those yet to be pre- sented.'
 The outlook in the Senate Is for a long and somewhat dreary period of de- bate, with no visible prospect of relief Under present conditions, with no party in control and no leadership recog-
 fta IxFnt h is going to happen or when anything may happen out of the ordinary.
 The reporting of the free list bill and the wooden bill adversely means nothing more than that they are thrown into the Senate and that the Senate may do as if pleases with them regard less of the committees recommenda- tions. Their recommendations would not prevent the passage of the bills tomorrow. if other conditions were fa- vorable. Still the members of the com mittee are conceded to have access to better information than have other sen ators and when Senator Penrose pre- diets favorable action on the reciprocity bill he voices what Is unquestions bly, the predominatng opinion of major ity of senators regarding the outlook for the measure. Even democrats and Insurgents agree that the proba bilitfes are favorable to the success of tho reciprocity bill and a majority of the democrats are now unquestionably op- posed to any amendment Of It. There Is a bare possibility of agreeing upon the LaFollette- Bristow -Cummins tariff amendments but in the face of the cer- tainty that the President will take positive position against all amend ments 1t Is extremely doubtful whether any rider can be placed upon the bill. ~-----,--~--------~-----~- 11ovap,ever may have been a good expert