The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29

BY the action of a combination o.
Democrats, insurgents, near-insurgent!
and anti-reciprOcity Republicans il
the Senate last night President Taft
( faces the probable alternative of sign
ing the farmers free list and the WOO
schedule revision bills or losing tie
Canadian reciprocity measure along
with the others.
After the victorious combination
under the leadership of Senator Gore
Of oklahoma, had forced through a
motion instructing the Finance Com
mittee OF the Senate to make report
on the wool bill before July 10th, the
prediction was freely advanced that it.
with the free list bill. would be tackled
onto the reciprocity measure as
amendments. The vote on Senator
Cores motion was SO to IS.
May Force Retreat.
AS President Taft has given il to be
understood that he would veto the two
measures if they should be passed by
the Senate, he now stands an excellent
chance of being forced to retreat from
his position and agree TO two purely
Democratic measures or Of encom-
passing the defeat of his own measure,
and because of which he called the
present extra session.
Complaining the situation still fur
Their and making the outlook even
more Ominous for reciprocity legisla-
ton, the victorious insurgents and
Democrats last night proclaimed their
intention of not only lacking on the
wool and free list bills. but of making
the reciprocity measure carry with it
a general revision OF the tariff down
ward.
Forced Committees Hand.
The farmers free list bill was sent
over from the House several weeks
ago. 1t was referred TO the Finance
Committee and has not since been
hAa ~ 10
ed by the House Monday and reached
this Senate yesterday. 1t was the gen
eral understanding. and subsequent
statements from Senator Penrose bore
the understanding out, that the FL
nance Committee had no intention of
reporting either the free list bill or
the wool bill this session.
Senator Cores motion came like a
bolt from a blue sky. precipitating the
Senate into a four-hour debate. and
aliEning the different elements in the
Senate more definitely than they have
been drawn at any time heretofore
this session.
Whether the Democratic side can
hold the power il displayed last night
and carry through the program sue
cessfully is considered extremely
predetermined by the regulars who
stood by the Finance Committee in
yesterdays fight. The combination is
made up of so many different ele-
ments ard Senators who have Joined
together for SO many different rea-
sons. that the losers in last nights
night profess to fear that the action
viii have no other effect than of pre-
cipitating the present session into the
late fall
VIII Meet Today.
1t is pointed out that many of those
classed as Insurgents and near-insur-
gents. who made the winning combina-
ton possible in yesterdays night, will
not stand by their guns when such per-
severance would spell defeat for the
tons reciprocity program.
II looked last night If the forces
that controlled the Senate will get
even more than they bargained for.
Before the Senate adjourned Senator
chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee, had issued call for a meeting
of the committee this morning, and ii
is said that he intends to report to the
Senate at once and adversely both the
farmers free list bill as IL passed the
House and the wool bill. If he sue
ceeds in carrying out his plan he will
simply forestall the action OF the Sem
ate. for the combination which yester-