Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-16
VOTE
MUCH MIXED
Question Of Considering
New Canadian Agreement.
ORION the NEWS Correspondent,


(From the NEWS Correspondent.)
Washington. Feb. 16:=When the
question of taking up the Canadian
reciprocity measure was up for con-
sideratton and a vote was taken as to
whether it would be the order of the
day, Or the District of Columbia bill
would be taken up. the Jersey dele
cation was very much mixed In its
vote. Two of the Democrats, both
of whom were present, voted in IA
vor of taking it.up. They were Rep
resentatives Hamill and Hughes.
The other Democrat, Representative
Kinkead, was at home On important
business, and he was paired with
Representative Smith of Michigan, a
Republican.
Representative Howell is in favor
Of the Canadian reciprocity bill and
he was paired with Mr.. McMorran,
a Republican, who is against it, and
who was called out Of town by Ill
ness In the family. Representative
Loudenslager and Representative
Wood, both of whom are absent on
account of illness, were paired" In
RNAty AihSp 10 OOln6 WAtA Il "uJOi
ity. Representative Fowler and
Representative Parker were both re-
corded as mot voting" which means
both were absent for reasons best
known to themselves. Mr.. Parker,
it is probable, was busy with the
tcommittee investigating the affair
in which Representative Macon and
a newspaper man figured.
With Champ Clark, the next
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, committed to the policy of rec
iprocity with Canada. there is nc
question as to what will happen to
the treaty should the Senate refuse
to ratify 1t and the matter should
go over for an extra session of Con
gress. Mr.. Clark Is in favor of reci-
procity with all parts of the world
So is President Taft. That means
there would be no trouble getting
suhc a bill through the House Of
Representatives in the Sixty-second
Congress, becaues, should the Senate
be averse to early action In that Con
gress, there would be no limit as tc
time In the event of an extra session
being called.
There is some opposition In the
Senate to the old age pension bill as
reported by the Pension Committee
1t Is identical with the bill which
passed the House except that tht
highest amount, that of thirty-sil
dollars a month, was cut down tt
thirty dollars q month. making a re
duction In the aggregate of abou
five millions of dollars. Should TIL
bill become q law 1T Will add closs
Ito forty millions of dollars to the
present pension roll, which is close
to $500 0 900. The session is sc
near finished that the pension bill
may be sidetracked by the opposition
and 1t may fail of passage.
Representative Howell has re
ceiyed a petition from the Patriotic
Sons Of America, of Smithburg. In
favor of the bill requiring an educa.
tional test for aliens entering this
country, also a petition from Mid.
dlesex Lodge, international Machin'
lists of New Brunswick, in favor Of
the eight hour law for the navy
yards.
United States Senator Kean had 6
bill to authorize the North Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company and the
Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
Company to construct a bride across
the Delaware River near Trenton,
called up in the Senate and passed.
The site of the New Jersey end OF
the bridge is near the borough OF
Yardley.
Representative Wood has received
a petition from Hamilton Grange, OF
Hamilton Square. objecting to the
Canadian reciprocity.
Mr.. Wood has also received a Pc
tition from Hopewell Junior Order
Of United American Mechanics, in
favor of the educational test.
Representative Gardner has in
troduced a bill to increase the PEN
sion of Margaretta B. Hodson and a
bill to increase the pension Of Re
becca Pedrick.
Representative Wood has prevail
| ed upon Ambassador Bryce of Great
Britain, to speak at the annual ban
quet of the Chambers Of Commerce,
at Trenton, on March 7th. The am
bassador is considered an accom-
plished after-dinner speaker, and
will entertain the members of the
IChambers of Commerce.
Representative Parker has intro
duced a bill to provide for the adj
ministering of oaths by certain off,
fciaIs of the government.
Senator Kean has introduced a bin
to increase the pension of Margaret
Petrie.
While the debate has been going
on In the Senate on the famous Lor-
inner case, Senator Kean often pre-
sides over the Senate.