The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
DEFEAT AWAITS
 ROOT AMENDMENT
Democrats and Many Re
 publicans Oppose 1t
THE TARIFF DEBATE
Will Now Assume a Wider Scope as the Intentions of the Insurgents Will Become Definitely :
 Known

Washington, June 25.-The Root
 amendment to the wood pulp and paper schedule of the Canadian reciprocity 1 bill, which the administration has been | fighting as fatal to the agreement un- doubtedly will be defeated before the Senate adjourns tomorrow, the demo-
 crats and many of the republicans who favor reciprocity having openly op- posed the amendment
 With this amendment, on which the
 reciprocity struggle for some time has
 centered, out of the way, the tariff de-
 bate will assume a wider scope. The
 wool tariff and the free list bills, as tho rdemoe-aflc House psssed them; sds not, in their exact terms, meet the ap-i pr0val of the democratic forces in the
 Senate,7 nor that of the republican in surgents, but they formed the basis for
 the fight that is to bring Canadian reef procity and the whole tariff question into the open for a protracted debate.
 The extent to which the insurgent republican senators will be inclined to
 go is expected to be made clear during
 the tariff discussion this week. So far only indefinitely outlining their course, they have indicated that they favor all the valuable tariff reductions they can squeeze out of the situation. Some of
 them have asserted their readiness to
 put on to the reciprocity bin any
 amendments they think susceptible of
 successfully threading the legislative
 and executive channels, even in the face
 of the Presidents veto threat.
 There is decided lack of democratic
 support, however for the proposals that the insurgents have hinted at. Sena- tor Bailey will fight for an amending of the Canadian agreement to exempt from free trade the products of the farm, but while he will have some democratic
 and much insurgent support for this
 plan, it is not expected to prevail.
 LaFollette Has Amendments
 Senator LaFollette is working on gen. eral amendments that he will offer to the reciprocity measure and to the wool
 and free list bills He is determined to lead hard fight for a general plan of revision of the most important sched- ules on the tariff law. His action and his amendments and arguments are be- ing awaited by many of the insurgents who do not care to open up fight until they have had the opportunity of sec ing what he proposes and the effect his arguments have. Meantime, they are preparing for the fight, which promises to be confined principally to insurgents
 and a few democrats.
 The direct election of senators will come
 up again early in the week. The House has voted down the Bristow amendment, attached to the bill in the Senate, and
 has asked for a conference on the mat ter. The conference committee of the | two houses is expected to DC named with | In day or two.
 Territories Bills
 The Senate also will receive the -er- rltories bllls, passed by the House early Tn the week. The territories committee approved the bill as passed by the House admitting Arizona and New Mexico with out the approval of their constitutions.
 minority report probably will be filed by Senators Nelson, Lippett and Rurn
 ham. There is a possibility of the bill being taken up during the week as a
 relief from the tariff debate Awaiting clearing up of the political
 situation in the Senate and more defi-
 nite knowledge as to whether tariff leg islation which the lower branch nav originate will have any chance of .pas. sage by the Senate the House this week
 will practically mark time The sugar trust committee's investigation will continue, with President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon church witness to-
 morrow, and the sub-committees of the ways and means committee will go ahead
 with the preparation of a measure pro-. viding for a revision of the cotton sched- ule of the tariff law.
 House Has No Business
 Having no business before it the House
 will meet only to adjourn for three days
 at time. Speaker Clark has declared that "the tariff ought to be revised from top to bottom" But whether the House takes up tariff schedules other than those already ap- proved by the democratic caucus will de- pend on developments in the Senate.
 The week is expected to be crucial one In the investigation of the Senator Lorimer case. It is possible that Clar- ence S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester company may be called tomorrow to repeat his story that Edward Hines. president of the Ed ward Hines Lumber company, had asked
 him to contribute $1O.oOo to $lOo,ooo fund