Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-23
PENR0SE IS HOPEFUL
Believes Reciprocity Bill Will
Pass in the Senate.
VOTE ON PACT is DELAYED
Dumping of Other Tariff Bills May
Prolong Debate.
NO PILOT AT THE WHEEL
Finance Committee Without Power
to Make It's DEGREES Effective.
Thinks Coalition Weak.

The senate agreed today to vote
next Monday the Root amendment
to the wood pulp and paper schedule
OF the Canadian reciprocity hill.
The proposal for vote Monday was
made by Chairman Penrose of the
finance committee and there was
opposition. The Senate will not he In
session Tomorrow, and Mr.. Penrose ex-
planned that he was anxious to dis
pose of the amendment.
Chairman Penrose of the Senate com
mittee on finance said today that the
Canadian reciprocity bill will not fail by
reason Of the new coalition between in
surgent republicans and democrats.
which placed the regular republicans in
the minority. Speaking of that coalition.
he said:
'It is q rope Of sand and 1t will not
hold. The performance of the insurgents
and democrats Wednesday was effective
for the time. but the differences between
the two elements are SO radical that the
combination will not continue. and if the
purpose Of 1t was to defeat Canadian reel
procity 1t will fail.
Prevail in the End.
WIN ehC td1 III QucSticb hOIipcu III v
the Senate in connection with reciprocity
delay is to be expected, but in the end
reciprocity will go through and then it
will remain to be seen what shall be done
with the tariff bills now before the SEN
ate and those yet to be presented.
The outlook in the Senate is for a long
and somewhat dreary period OF debate
with no visible prospect of relief Under
present conditions, with party III con-
troll and no leadership recognized, no one
can say in advance what is going to hap
pen or when anything may transpire out
of the ordinary. The regular repubii-
cans control the finance committee, and
the eight members of that faction consti
tuting the majority of the committee are
standing together on most questions of
party management: but nothing has been
SO completely demonstrated by recent &C.
curanceS as that they have no party
majority behind them in the Senate. Con-
sequently while the committee may act
on given question, its action is with
out vital. force and ineffective.
No Influence on Result.
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 1t pleases with them. regardless OF
the committees recommendation. The
eight majority members OF the finance
committee have more influence over
the fate of the bills in the Senate than
have any other similar number of m
fiuential senators. Their recommendation
would not prevent the passage of the
bills tomorrow II other conditions were
favorable.
Still, the members of the committee are
conceded to have access to better infor-
nation than have other senators. and
when Senator Penrose predicts favorable
action on the reciprocity bill he voices
what Is unquestionably the predominant
regarding the outlook for the measure
Opposed to Amendment.
Even democrats and insurgents agree
that the probabilities are favorable TO the
success Of the reciprocity bill, and a
majority Of the democrats are unquestion-
ably opposed to any amendment of It,
There Is a bare possibility of agreeing
upon the La Toilette Bristow- Cummins
tariff amendments, but in the face of the
certainty that the President will take a
positive position against all amendments
it is extremely doubtful whether any
rider can be placed upon the bill.
The success of Senator Cores motion
directing an early report on the tariff
bills has had the effect of putting the
Senate on its guard against surprises,
and while senators are prepared for any
similar motion at any time, II is not
probable that another question of the
kind would be SO readily disposed of.
Still, the Senate would almost welcome
any change from the dull level of ordi-
nary reciprocity discussion.