Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-04-20

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house yesterday was reported favor
ably to the house today by the new
ways and means committee. Th'
committee also passed favorably OF
the free list tariff measure, but vii
not report until tomorrow.
The Canadian reciprocity treaty bill
was taken up first by the committee
and, after brief discussion, Mccall,
it's sponsor in the 61st congress, moved
that it be approved. This was done
without division.
The free list bill, however, was not
unanimously approved, the vote on il
in the committee having been strictly
party vote, the Democrats favoring it
and the Republicans being solidly
against it. The Republican members,
with Serene Payne as spokesman, de-
clared that the proposed bill was hasty
and ill-advised, that the measure had
not been referred to the tariff board
and that Chairman Underwood and his
Democratic colleagues on the commit
tee had not sufficient data to show
what effect the changes would have.
When the house met, Underwood
submitted the report of the commit
tee. The reciprocity bill will be
called up tomorrow for discussion.
Opposition to the reciprocity bill
from the same Republicans who OPP
posed it in the last session developed
quickly. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
asked the privilege of filing minor
ity report.
The clause in the bill providing that
the president continue negotiations
with Canada to insure further recip-
rocal relations will not in any way
jeopardize the bill itself, in the opin-
ion of political leaders of both parties.
Underwood, of the ways and means
committee, Mccall and President Taft
himself, conferred as to the added
clause before it was proposed to incor
porate it in the Underwood bill. Sec
retary Knox was also consulted.
1t is reported on good authority that
the ways and means committee will
offer bill putting all wooden import
ations on the free list.
Senator Cummins today gave notice
of motion amending the senate rules
50 as to require amendments to tariff |
bills to be germane to the schedule
affected. A rule of similar import has
been adopted by the house.
Washington, Apri 14.-The house of
representatives, by vote of 296 to
16, late today passed the Rucker reso-
luton proposing constitutional
for the direct election of
United States senators.
This is the first of the Democratic
measures passed by the
house. 1t went through without mod
and with speed that brought
protests from the Republicans.
The resolution, as the house ap-
proved it, is in the form in which the
Borah resolution was reported out of
the senate judiciary committee in the
closing days of the last congress. Re-
publican opposition to the Rucker re
solution in the house was based on the
fact that it did not contain the changes
made in the fight in the
senate, which assured to congress con-
5inued control over elections in the
several states.
After six hours of debate, in which
many demands were made for this
change in the resolution, all but Is !
voted for the resolution.
The majority of them had stated dur {
ng the debate that they would support
he resolution because convinced the t
public wanted such a constitutional
amendment submitted to the country
Is quickly as possible. 7
Those who opposed the resolution on
he final vote were:
Republicans - Cannon, Mann, Illi-
lois; Danforth, Malby, New York; b
)odds, Fordney, McMorran, Michigan; t
Harris, Lawrence, Mccall, Wilder,
dassachuesstes; Kinds, Maine, Sui T
oway, New Hampshire; Utter,
Rhode Island.
Democrats-Mc -McDermott, Illinois. v
Ex-Speaker Cannon, Mann, the Re s
'ublican leader, and others of the Re- ?
,ublicans who voted against the meas h
re, declared that its form was such as 1
o threaten the Federal government c
With the loss of control over senatorial S
lections in the states, given to safe t
uard the integrity of these elections.
hey insisted, as did other Republi- r
ans who ultimately voted for the reso- t
ltion, that the direct election amend c
1ent should be offered without any c
lnguage that might be dangerous to
he future congressional supervision of fl
elections. p
The Republican insurgents, led by h
,enroot and Cooper, of Wisconsin, "
orced a record on the final passage of e
he resolution. The house voted k
overwhelmingly in favor of the meas
re, when Speaker Clark called for
he viva voce vote, but the insurgents
a roll call in order to put a
he house on record. a
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