The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-14
TEST VOTE ON RECIPROCITY
HOt NJ VOTES ~; TO REQ 7O
Inn ~ TuI Nf.tII BIIL.
The Democrats \ga,n saved the Da> for
the President. i3t Voting Win 'H
Republicans IN the Affirmative rhe
Final NOtc TO he Taken Tonight

MAsHINGroV. Feb IA test vote
taken IN tn" houo. Of Representatives,
to-day uu the Mc,lll hill emhodying
IN. terms ut tn" Canadian reciprocity
agreement demonstrated that the meas
ure Will pass that body by a substantial
majority. The hill will b. taken up bv
tho House again tomorrow and tho plan
of the leaders Is to pass II bcfor" adjourn
mant and hurry II over 30 the Scnat.
The outlook for the reciprocity hiil in the
upper branch Of Congress is becoming
brighter. II - by no means certain as
Vel tha' ,hs paCD viii hc ouncurr.d in bv
that body. hut the PROSPECTS for favorable.
action are NOR. promising row than
they has" been al any other time since
Presid,n' Taft transmitted his special
messag" 10 tnngr. - on tn. subject.
TIL" r"c procity hill was taken mp IN the
House TODAY IN spit" ut a rule res.rviuC
the day for the consideration uf hu-lr"--
affecting the D,s'ric' uf Columbia. L.
therefore b"C4m" r"c.-strv tor tn.
friends Of Canadian reciprocity 10 s.,
aside tn" rul" ard they did - hy a voj"
of la7 80 i?o. thus makIrg It clear that
whatever tn. ia'- Of TIA. agreement IN
tn. Senate. tho House intends to follow
the lead OF President Taft.
Here again. however. II was demon
stra'ed that without the aid of the Demo
Gratis the Presidents = proposal would have
gone down to defeat IN the NOus. IN.
Democrats had already saved IA. day
once for the President by voting IN. hlll
ont of rhe Ways and Means Committee
when IN" Republican memhers stood
openly divided q 10 c. on it IN" action
Of IN" Democrats to-day indicates thar
they Will have clear titlr to a large
m"a@ur" Of credit for IN" ag rsoment If
II finally becomes law All told iol
Republican members voted to-day against
the motion providing for the immediate
Consideration of IN" Mccall bill. Nine
teen Democrats sided against tn. bill
on rhi, test vote The motion was
adopted bv the votes Of i3, Democrats
and only G3 Republicans
Th" Republicans who voted in oppo-
sit'on come from Tn" agricultural States
Of tn" Northwest New England a few
from New York and IN" border States
and number from he Middle West.
including half dozen or 50 from the
Pre- Id.nt's own : al" of Ohio Among
the prominent Republicans who took
advantage of IN" occasion TO show their
dj~apuroval of reciprocity d. laii down
hy III" President were Dal2ell Of Penn
-ylyana. forduey OF Michigan. Hull
OF iowa, klcr"r of ohio and Bonnet.
Bradley. SouthwicN and Knapp of New
lork
A further analysis of tn" votes shows
that III" Republicans vino lir"d up against
Canadian reciprocity to-day w"r. men
who have been closely allied with the
Cannon organization and tn. Insurgents
from III. West 'Th. insurgents almost
without exception voted against the
motion to take up the Mccall bills
Just hefor" the Hou-. adjourned to-
night Representative. Samuel ". Mccall
Of Massachusetts Who Is in charge of
the agreement. offered a resolution that
calls for a vote on the measure tomorrow
night, This resolution. which was re-
ferred To the Rules Commute. and will
he reported and passed by the House.
provides that at 5 O'Clock tomorrow tho
House shalt proceed 70 vote No doubt
j. express. d that the Mccall bill will be
passed beior" adjournment tomorrow
Administration leaders are anxious thar
the measure shall h" submitted TO the
senate 10y Wednesday The supporters
Of the agreement IN that body will then
become active III an effort To ge' an agree
ment for y VOt"
Formal notice was given 10 the Pres,-
dent bv Democrat during the course of
the debate on the Mccall hill in the House
to-day that special session for the CON
sideration of Canadian reciprocity, in
the event that IT failed at this time held
no terrors for the members Of that party.
The Democrat who injected this thought
into the discussion was Representative
4 Mitchell Palmer of PENNSYLVANIA, who
declared that the Democrats would wei
come "A special session, as il would give
them an opportunity 10 begin a general
revision of IN" taft earlier than they had
planned.
Six speeches were made on the Mccall
hill in the House to-day Representatives
Hin Of Connecticut. Republican. and
Representative Harrison Of New York
and Palmer Of Pennsylvania. Democrats,
spoke in advocacy Of the measure Repre-
sentatives Gaines Of West Virginia
Martin Of South Dakota and Kendall Of
Iowa spoke in OppOSit ion to il. The do