The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-16
Nelson Says Trade Pact
Will Benefit Big
Interests.
SPIRITED DEBATE
ON RECIPROCITY.
According to White House Count,
Measure Now Has Sixty
Votes in Senate. and Root
Amendment Will Be
Killed by Comfort
able Majority.

Washington, D. c.. June i5.-.rnu
second day of debate on the Canadian
reciprocity day proved a field day for
those opposed to the measure Led BY
Senator Knute Nelson. in prepa red +
and exhaustive speech, a number OF
Senator's took part in running de:
bate At adjournment Senator Pen.
rose, In charge Of the bill. felt that
this had cleared the atmosphere con
siderably, and he expressed the opin- Ii
lon that the general debate would not
be of such great duration as had been
predicted. Senator Nelson was radi-
cally antagonistlc to the bill @
spirited debate among Republican
Senators was precipitated over the ef-S
feet OF the Root amendment dealing
with paper and wood pulp. Senator's
Lodge. Clarke. of Wyoming and
Smoot all were on the floor and talk.
ing simultaneously. They agreed that
that provision only restored the terms
of the treaty as submitted to Congress-.
How, then, did that feature of the 4
agreement disappear?' asked William
Alden Smith, of Michigan.
ASK the whispering winds, re
sponded Mr.. Clarke.
Apparently pleased with the poetic
character of his response. the Wyo:
ming Senator first seemed disposed to 4
to leave It there, but later added thai
the amendment was not only In har.4
mony with the original compact be.
tween the two countries. but in conso-3s
nance with; the Canadian bill carryina
the agreement into effect. @
Mr. Smith was not satisfied and de.
inanded from Chairman Penrose an
explanation of the disappearance o,
that feature, rrom the bill. y. 35s u Fl,
f"Thei change.a he ssid, Occurred an
the Ways and Means Comm&ttee of;Sthe
House, and the Senator from Michigan
knows as much about 1t as do ii ii
The effect, then. is to give the /
Canadians free trade In paper and
pulp, and not to give 1t to u.s. COM
mented MIR. Smith. '.And yet" he con III
tinued, I'VE are told by the House
that we must not change a word In
the bill as it was passed there. for
fear of impairlns IT."
outwittcd by Comedians.
MIR. Nelson declared that tho
Canadians had outwitted the United 4
States. siN 81 q 3ss
The Canadians not only, fooled us
Into putting their agricultural products
on the free list,' he said. 1but they
actually fooled the President as Il 10
his treaty-making power. He was
misled. and he Is as much astray on
that point as he Is as to what is in X
( the Interest OF the American farmer,"a
Mr.. Nelson declared the treaty to
be entirely for the beneit of the big
interests"
Give us reciprocity" he pictured
them as saying to the agriculturst.
give us reciprocity:.you can go to the
devil" M
The Canadian reciprocity bill now 4
has sixty votes in the Senate, accord
Ing to the White House count The
Root amendment will be Killed by a
comfortable majority in the same body,
the men who have studied the situation /;
for President Taft say. if.} s6
The President has expressed the con
viction that n combination of Republic ~
cans and Democrats will desert the I
Root amendment and that two-thirds 3
of the Senate Will vote for the bill
itself. III
Committee Appoints Counsel,
Washington. June l5.--The Lorfme: NJ
Investigating committee OF the Senate ID
to-day appointed as counsel John Mar-S,i
BILE. of this city. and John J Healy$
of Chicago. Mr. Marble for years has
been attorney for the Interstate Com. rs
merce Commission. while Mr.. Healyb$
former States attorney for Cook y.
county, served as counsel for the Helm Il
committee OF the Illinois Senate in it. y.
Lorimer inquiry. iss s
1t was announced by the committee
that. although It's hearings Will not
begin formally until Thursday. luna
%, a special hearing will be given II
Cyrus f. Mccormick. president of the
International Harvester Company. be-
fore that date. Mr.. Mccormick sail.
for Europe the latter part OF next
week, and the committee is DESTROYS
of obtaining his evidence on the ra. s. ~
ing of the 100000 fund alleged to 81
have been used In the election OF Mr..
Lorimcr According to testimony adj
duccd in the inquiry conducted by the 4
Illinois Senate. tho Harvester Com *
pany was invited to contribute $4,000 b
toward the fund,
In Favor OF Revision.
Washington, June 10.-Representa-@s
tive Hughes. of New Jersey, delivered
the only speech made III the House to-
day on the bill to revise the COL en-
schedule, other matters occupying
most OF the session, Mr.. Hughes spoke s
in favor OF the bill. tS,5jEtsS5
Revision schedule BY schedule. ne Il
declared, was better than to take up b
the tariff as a iwhole. becahseiin the8&
latter case. the combiped force of IA
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