Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-28
Chairman PenroSe Fails to Sc
cure Agreement to Fix Date
for Votei Tariff Legislation
Proves Stumbling Block.
DEMOCRATS WANT CLUB
TO HOLD OVER PRESIDENT
Would Hold Up Presidents Pet
Project As Means Of Forcing
His Signature to Legislation
to Which He Is Opposed,

Washington, June 27.-The tension
In the senate over the reciprocity
measure was emphasized by incidents
that occurred In the confused proceed
ings of today. The session began with
an unsuccessful attempt by Chairman
Penrose of the finance committee to
secure an agreement for a vote on re-
clprocity July "a, on the wool bin on
July 2G, and on the free list bill July
2S.
Friends OF reciprocity win insist up
on compiling all three measures in
any agreement to vote.
After refusing to permit such an
agreement. the opponents of the reci-
procity bill allowed that measure 30
advance one important parliamentary
step before they realized what had
happened. For. a quarter of an hour
the senate was in executive session. AT
its conclusion no one being ready to
speak on the measure and following
the parliamentary custom of that body
Vice President Sherman announced
that the bill would be reported from
the committee of the whole in the SEN
ate.
The bill actually passed through all
senate before members realized what
was going ON. While under consider
alton in the committee OF the whole
the measure could be amended, but
could not be voted upon. In the sen-
ate II could be brought to final vote
at any time. Senators Nelson, Bliss
tow. Clapp end ssBsiley Joined In che
protest that arose when IL was found
what had happened to the bill.
At first Senator Penrose objected to
having the measure reinstated In the
committee OF the whole. He said the
senate had shown no disposition to
hurry consideration of the bill and
had rejected his proposal for defi-
mite time for a vote on the measure.
He therefore thought no backward
step should be taken.
Friends of the bill on the democ-
ratio side, however, lead by Senators
Stone and Bacon, said the senate had
evidently been off its guard and had
permitted the bill to be advanced un-
intentionally Senator Penrose final
~ consented TO having it restored TO
its former status
The feeling that developed over this
incident was not so marked, however.
as that which greeted Senator Pen
roses attempt to fix a time for the
vote on the bills. Insurgents objected
to any definite date for the reciproci-
" vote, and the finance committee
was eXtricated from the embarrassing
position of having the other votes de-
termined by en- objection from Sena-
tor Smoot
Several demo ocrats and insurgents
would have welcomed the fixing of
Ia. a. 4 Ig,f he.
bills could be forced up to President
Taft ahead of the reciprocity bill and
the latter held back as a means of
forcing his signature to the others.
The Penrose request will be renew
ed from time to time whenever condi-
tions seem favorable. Ultimately the
friends of reciprocity may consent to
change the order, allowing the vote
on the tariff bills to come first, but
they will not do so at present. nor in
taking this position will they consent
Tor one to so through without the
others.
In this attitude they have the en-
dorsement of the president, who has
advises them in individual conferences
mat while he does not shrink from
consideration of tariff measures at
this time, he thinks that reciprocity
should come first in the natural order
senator Borah attacked the reci-
procity bill in speech this afternoon,
declaring that the Canadian treaty of
1854 had not been of benefit to the
country and that the Canadians were
always seeking an agreement that
would admit their natural products to
the United States, while it protected
their manufacturing interests.
The senate was compelled to ad-
Journ because of the storm that
RACED about the capital late in the
afternoon.