Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-22
Has Presidents Approval, but
Has Yet 10 Meet the Senate.
78 Repub|Icans, Including Guern-
sey and Kinds, Vote No.
Insurgent Republican Senators Are
Fighting for Recognition.

Washington, April 21.-President
Tafts Canadian reciprocity agreement,
supported by all but handful of
Democrats and opposed by a majority
of the Republicans. passed the House
of Representatives early this evening
by vote of 265 to 50. With nearly
200 Democrats in control. and their
action endorsed 10y a large body of the
Republicans, the bill to put the agree
ment into force was adopted with no
amendments. and in almost IDENTICAL
ly the form in which it passed the
House in the last session of the pre-
ceding Congress.
The bill seeks to vitaliZe the formal
agreement reached between President
Taft and members of the Canadian
cabinet for reduction of tariff rates
on many articles and free trade in
many others, across the Canadian
border. Added to it by the Democratic
leaders is a section which authorizes
and requests" President Taft to make
further efforts To obtain still freer
trade relations with Canada, in the
form OF additional reciprocal relations.
The passage of the bill marked the
close of a fight which had ragged in the
House fer six DAYS During that time
the safety of the measure was at no
time threatened, but the Democratic
and Republican leaders working for
its passage conceded all the opportuni-
" desired by its opponents for debates
and protests against it. Following the
same policy. amendments were ad-
mitted in the House today for almost
section of tho hin nd in
case they We're rejected by an over
whelmng vote by the friends OF the
measure on both sides of the House
on the theory that any amendment
would nullify it.
Ten Democrats voted against the
bill on its passage While i97 Demo-
Gratis voted 'or it. As in the case
when the hill passed 1T the preceding
session of Congress- q majority Of the
Republicans We're found against ii.
THAI rartH's vote was 81 for it and
- against it Berger Of Wisconsin, the
Socialist member, voted COR it, and
Aiken u New York, who ranks as an
Independent voted against it. The
neg tive vote was as follows:
Ecpublicans-Anders minnesota;
Bradley, New York; Burke South Da-
kota. Campbell. Kansas; Cannon, H.
irois. CUrrier. New HAMPSHIRE; Dal-
zell. Pennsylvania; Davis, Minnesota;
De Forest, New York: Pbd Is, Michi-
gan; priscoll, New York Dwight,
New York; Esch. Wisconsin,; Fair
child, New York: Focht, Pennsylvania
Fordner, Michigan; Foster Vermont;
French, Vermont; French, Idaho;
f,arioar Massachusetts,. CorIpar
New Jersey: Good, Iowa; Guernsey.
Maine, Hamilton. Michigan; Ham,
North Dakota; Hartman, Pennsvl-
vania; Huagen. Iowa; Hawlcy, Ore
gon; Hayes. California;; iIelgensen
North Dakota; Kinds, Maine; Howell.
Utah; Humphrey, Washir gton Jack
son, Kansas; Kendall, Iowa: Kennedy.
Iowa; klnkaid Nebraska: Kopp. Wis
consin. Lafean, PernsylN ania; La
Toilette, Wisconsin,; Langley. Ken
lucky; Lenroot Wisconsin: Lindbergh,
Minnesota; Mcclure, Oklahoma: Nc
Kinley, Illinois; Mclaughlin, Michi-
gan; MCMoran. Michigan; Malby. New
York; Martin. South Dakota; Mondell
Wisconsin: Moore. Pennsylvania; Nor
gan, Oklahoma, Moot, New York; Ma.
son. Wisconsin; Norris Nebra ska; &;
Patton. Pennsylvania; Pickett, Iowa:
Plumley, Vermont; Powers, Kentucky;
FRA, Montana, Prince. Illinois:
ProdtN. Iowa: R"cs. Kansas; Roden-
herg. illinois: Simmons. New York; ;
Sloar Nebraska; ]. NJ. G Smith,
Michiean: Samuel w. Smith, Michi-
gan; Stcenerson. Minnesota, Sterling,
Illinois, Tlistlewood. Illinois; Towner.
Iowa. Nnlstead, Minnesota: Warbur-
ton. Washington: Wedemcycr, Mich
igan: Willis. Ohio: Woods. Iowa
Young, kansas.-Total IS
Observation-Disclosures, Ohio; Clay
pook, Ohio; Doughton, North Carolina;
Fowler, Illinois; Gudger, North Caro-
lima; Hammond. Minnesota; Pujo, Lou
;siana; Rucker, Colorado; Webb.
North Carolina, and Whitacre, Ohio
Total, 10.
The effort to amend the agreement
began with final reading of the bill at
3 o'clock. The threats of the Republi-
cans offered to the measure to make
the Democrats to vote against amend
ments for free meat; free lumber and