The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-28
Opponents of Measure Allow 1t to
Progress, but Protest When
They Realize Situation.
PRESIDENT TAFT IN STORM
Terrific Gale Following Day Of
Intense Heat Descends Upon
the National Capital.

WASHINGTON. June 27.-Thc tension
in the senate over the reciprocity meas
ure was emphas sized by incidents that oc-
CURED in the confused proceedings Of to-
day. The session began with an unsuc-
cessful attempt by Chairman Penrose Of
the finance committee to secure an
agreement for vote on reciprocity July
"a, on the wool bin July IS. and on the
free list bill July 2S-
Friends OF reciprocity will insist upon
coupling all three measures In any agree
ment 10 vote.
After refusing TO permit such an ar
rangement, the opponents OF the reci-
procity bill allowed that measure 10 ad-
vance 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 OH the meas
ure and following the parliamentary GUS
tom OF that body, Vice President Sher
man announced that The bill would be
reported from the committee Of the whole
To the senate.
Foes of Bill Asleep.
The bin actually passed through all the
stages of being reported 10 the senate
before members realized what was going
on. While under consideration in COM
mittce OF the whole the measure could
be amended. but could not be voted upon.
In tho senate 1t could be brought TO
final vote at any time. Senators Mel
son, Brlstow Clapp and Bailey Joined in
the protest that arose when IL was found
what had happened to the bill,
AT first MIR. Penrose objected 10 having
the measure reinstated in committee OF
The whole. He said the senate had shown
no disposition 10 hurry consideration OF
the bill and had rejected his proposal
for definite time for vote on the
measure. He therefore thought no back
ward step should be taken.
Friends OF the bill on the Democratic
side. however, led by Senators Stone and
Bacon: said the senate had evidently been
of It's guard and had permitted the bill
TO be advanced uuintentionally. Senator
Penrose finally consented TO having 1t re-
stored to its former status.
Penrose Precpitates Storm.
The feeling that developed over this in
cident was not so marked, however as
that which greeted Senator Peurose's at
tempt to fix n time for the vote on the
bill. Insurgents objected to any definite
date for the reciprocity vote and the
finance committee was eXtricated from
the embarrassing position OF having the
other votes determined by an objection
from Senator Smoot,
Several Democrats and insurgents
would have welcomed the fixing OF the
other two dates so that the tariff bills
could be forced up 10 President TAFT
ahead OF the reciprocity bin. and The
latter held back as means OF forcing
his signature to the others,
The Penrose request will be renewed
from time to time whenever conditions
seem favorable. Ultimately, the friends
OF reciprocity may consent TO change the
bills TO come first. but they will not do
so at present. nor in taking this posi-
ton Will they consent for one to go
through without the others.
I'm this attitude they have the indorse-
ment OF the president who has advised
them In Individual conferences that while
he does not shrink from consideration
Of tariff measures at this time he thinks
that reciprocity should come first In the
natural order.
bill In n speech this morning. declaring
that the Canadian treaty Of 1854 had
not been OF benefit 10 the country; and
that the Canadians were always seeking
an agreement that would admit their
| natural products TO the United States,
interests
Terrific Storm.
The senate was compelled to adjourn
because OF the storm that ragged about
the capital late in the afternoon.
\ dcluge OF rain and hail. acconlpa-
MED by thunder and lightning and n
wind that attained Il velocity OF sixty
miles an hour today forced an adjourn
meDt of the senate. caught President
golf links, caused the destruction OF n
building at the Soldiers home. and played
havoc with shade trees. The storm lasted
only twenty minutes. and was the climax
OF Il day of intense heat, the thermome-
ter the street level registering 102
degrees.
While the storm was at its height
lightning struck ONE of the big dairy sta
bles al the Soldiers home, and within a
few minutes the structure. with Its con-
President Taft had with him the