The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-15
Passage Of Mccall Bill Made
Possible by the Demo
cratic Vote.
or THE REPUBLICANS
VOTED AGAINST MEASURE AND
rHE DEBATE BETWEEN MEN,
pERs or THAT PARTY WAS
LONG AND BITTER At TIMES
pEMocRATs TAuNT THEIR or-
pohENTs.
sy Associates Press.

~ Associated Press.
washington, Feb. .s14.--Presidert
rats Canadian reciprocity agreement
&as ratifed in tho house tonight
through the support Of an almost solid
Democratic vote. when the Mccall bill
9fryiug the agreement into effect was
Saeeed BY ri to %. A majority Of the
Republicans present voted against the
5sasure, the division being 70 ayes and
"a noes. The Democratic vote was 143
eyes and noes. A majority OF the
Uepublican insurgents present voted IN
favor Of the bin. The measure now
gces. to the senate. and Its fate there 10
problematical
TAN believes II filibuster 10 avoid
ID q vote viii be taken and the bill
WIN pass. He 10 insistent that the
senate vote one way or the other and
has i6dlcated ne. will, call an extra ses-i
sions 1f "a u not done.
ho passaee Of the bill in the house
ensino 81 the end Of q long debate,
which wAs ct times bitter. The fight
W. confined almost wholly to the Re-
utblicanaL the Democrats joining from
6lXne to time. They .tautned the. ma
1erity members for q lack of unity
Democratic leaders claimed the reci-
procity agreement 10 good Democratic
doctrine and declared they welcomed
Taft and many house Republicans into
the Democratic fold. A suggestion was
made from the Republican side that
Taft and Clark might be rivals in the
next Democratic presidential nominal
tion and Clark claimed that IN con-
test Of that kind he would win hands
down.
During the debate Dalzell and For
ney made = thinly yelled prediction
that thu Republican party would be
ss1sfsafed bys reason OF what fhs1 ct1nr<
acterixed - Q departure from fts pfif-
ciple Of protection, and espouseI o.
free trade. Dalxell proposed to stand
where he stood forty years and ego
down" with II party. Forney feared
nat Democratic times are coming and
8 made his sweat blood" to con :.
1.lnplate the melancholy fact. Other
speeches Of Republicans were much in
the same vein. Cannon took no part
IA the debate. Taft delayed his din
ner to Cannon an hour while the house
was voting, and said he would change
tho dinner to breakfast If necessary 20
voted against the bill were Broussard,
EtopinaI Hammond. Pujo and Webb.
When q quorum had been secured
Mr.. Mccall, in charge Of the bill. an
nounced that he would move at 4:30
=. m. that general debate be closed and
that further discussion Of the measure
be under the five minute rule. Mr..
DalSell Of Pennsylvania, In charge Of
the opposition. said he hoped such a
motion would not prevail.
UNDERWOOD STARTS TALK.
Representative. Underwood Of Ala
n9ma. began debate in favor Of the
ueAsure. The reciprocity bill, Mr.. IN
0AWood declared. was made necessary
~ the failure Of the maximum and
minimum provisions of the Payne-Al-
drich law. Those provisions, he said,
ysre wrong in principle. They made
tn minimum rate the general rate and
provided for an increased rates as a
retaliation for high rates against this
country. The principle thus estab-
liphed was one of coercion and not cal
loalated to bring about good feeling.
Mr.. Underwood contended that in an
ideal bill the maximum should be the
grant substantial concessions to those
countries willing to do the same
toward this country.
Representative Dalzell followed nv.
Underwood with the principal speech
In opposition. He began by assailing
the newspapers of the country and de-
nouncing the reciprocity agreement
Mr.. Dalxell complained bitterly of the
haste with which the bill had bean
rushed through the committee on ways
ana means and brought before the
house.
A NEWSPAPER BILL.
This Is q newspaper BILL" he de-
ciared. Newspaper greed for free
print paper is behind this free trade
proposition. Opposition to the measure
mas been minimixed and a false senti-
mert created in favor of it by the
newspaper interests. This bill is un-
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