The Washington herald., 1911-04-05
RECIPROCITY BILL
UP IN THE HOUSE
Mccall FOrestalls Action by
the Democrats.
NEARLY 500 BILLS INTRODUCED
Measures Cover Wide Range of Sub
jects, Including Income Tax and
Dollar-a-day Pensions, Latter Be-
ing Listed as ''H. r., No. 1'-Dem-
ocratic Factions Widely Split.

Forestalling action by the Democrats
in the House, Representative Mccall, of
Massachusetts, yesterday introduced the
Canadian reciprocity bill, which was
passed by the House at the last ses-
sion, and which failed to pass the Senate.
Nearly 500 bills, all told, were intro
duced in the House yesterday. They
cover a wide range of subjects. Many
Of them deal with the tariff. Whatever
the plans of the Democratic leaders,
it is apparent judging from the bills
presented to-day, that the House MEM
bership is hopeful that Congress will
buckle down to general legislation.
The most important measure. Of course,
was that Of Representative Mccall. 1t
was the failure of the enactment Of the
Canadian trade agreement in the last
Congress that prompted the President
to call the special session that began
business yesterday. Representative Nc
Call made up his mind to give the Demo-
Gratis official notice that the Canadian
trade agreement, as set forth in his bill,
is a Republican proposition.
Four or five resolutions were intro
duced providing for a constitutional
amendment whereby Senators may be
the questions that will have early con-
sideration at the hands of the House
Democrats. Representative Hull, OF
Tennessee. presented an income tax bill.
Bills ratifyinS the constitutions of Ari-
iona and New Mexico were introduced.
Pension Bill Is No. I.
preventative Sherwood. of Ohio, who
was a general in the Union army, Of
fered the dollar-a-day pension bill BY
arrangement with the officers of the
House this measure was listed II. r.
No. l." This bill has been pending in
Congress many years. 1t provides that
veterans of the civil war shall be PEN
stoned at the rate of $50 month.
Bills were introduced by Representa-
tive Bartlett. of Georgia, placing cotton
ties. cotton baggins. and meat products
on the free list There were many others.
among them bills aimed at the boil
weevil and the cattle tick.
Three resolutions were introduced by
Representative Fitzgerald. of New York,
chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriat tons. One of them r. designed
to correct errors in appropriations made
during the closing days of the last Con-
gress. For example the sundry civil bill
passed at the last session carried an
appropriation of 10000 for the installa-
ticn of power plant in the Battle Noun
tain Sanatorium in South Dakota This
was offered as a Senate amendment 1t
was disagreed to in conference. Despite
this the amendment was enrolled in the
bill and became a part of the law. This
resolution also -repeals the provision of
law that authorized the Postmaster
General to grant an annual vacation of
thirty days to the men in the railway
mail service Another resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Fitzgerald provides for the
of mileage to members. and
authorizes salaries for a number of House
employees.
Senate Democrats Split.
The party conference of Democratic
Senators has not yet been called. Mean
while, there Is a sharp clash between
what has come to be known as the
Bailey wing and the so-called pro
Sressive Democrats, led by William
Joel Stone, of Missouri. Senator Bal |
ley's following had apparently settled
upon Senator Thomas S. Martin, of Vir- |
ginia as chairman of the Democratic !
caucus and minority leader, to succeed |
Senator Money. Some of the Stone |
faction were claiming yesterday that
they had a sufficient number of votes to |
prevent the election of Senator Martin |
and would confer the honor of minority |
on either Senator Culberson, |
Of Texas. or Senator Stone. of Missouri. |
Senator Martins friends were confident |
Yesterday that he would be elected, and |
it was said in his behalf that he repre- !
sented no faction. but will have sup
port from both sides, and is running on |
a platform of a united Democratic or
ganiZation.
Since Senator Moneys retirement |
Senator Shively. of Indiana, as vice !
chairman of the caucus, has the re- |
sponsibility of calling the Democratic |
Senator's together. 1t was said yester-
day that the caucus might be called for |
Thursday. but probably would be post
poned until Saturday. 1t was manifest |
that an effort was being made to har-
monte the conflicting differences. if !
possible, and to elect a chairman unani-
mously.
Will Address the Barbers