The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-13
BILL
MAY Be AMENDED FL
Senate Likely to Object to
Measure AS 1t Passed
House.
Twill EXTEND FREE LIST
Farmers Continue Their Pro
tests Against Agreement
With Canada.

Washington, May l2.-That neither
the Canadian Reciprocity bill nor the
resolution providing for direct election
Republican Senate as they passed the
Democratic House Is the prediction
which is being generally made around
the Capitol. The talk OF the legisla-
tive situation has followed the show of
factional strife in the upper house yes
terday afternoon. when the Senate be-
came deadlocked over the election Of
president pro tempore.
As to reciprocity. IL Is predicted that
amendments will be adopted to extend
the free list and to modify some of tho
duties on manufactured articles This
will come about, the prophets say, be-
cause of the support the amendments
Will get from the Democrats, and from
Republicans from the Northwestern
States.
Sutherland Amendment In Favor.
In the matter of the direct election
of Senators. 1t is predicted that what
Is known as the Sutherland amend
men. Will be adopted. AS the resolu-
ton passed the House, control of the
elections is left entirely with the sew
eral States
The Sutherland amendment proposes
that control of the times. places and
manner OF holding the elections shall
be retained by Congress. such control
for example. as ii retains over the
elections of members of the House.
Senator Bristow. IT Is understood, will
move the substitution for the House
resolution of resolution which he has
prepared, and a canvass OF the Senate
is said TO show a majority of the
Senate for the Bristow substitute. IT
embodies the Sutherland amendment
The balance of power In the Senate
is held by the progressives. and 1t is
upon their attitude toward the
proposed amendments to both the reel
procity bill and the direct election
inG amendments are based Several of
them will support the Sutherland
amendment to the direct election of
Senator's, and. voting with the regular
Republicans. they Will give II ma
jority. Most of the Insurgents IL not
all. llI-vote for some free list amend
ments TO the reciprocity bill. and are
counting on the support of other Re-
pubiicans from the Northwestern
States and of plenty OF Democrats 10
put them through.
Reciprocity Amendments in Doubt.
Doubts are expressed by some SEN
dtOTS Ho"cNST. rs 10 the anenunlent
of the reciprocity bill. They argue
that the Regular Republicans will OPP
pose all amendments that propose to
make changes In the Payne Aldrch tar
If, and that these Republicans can get
sufficient support from Democrats to
defeat the ann edments. the Democrats
explaining their votes against lower
duties on the ground that the reciproc-
ity agreement should go through un-
touched and that they will later sup
port a more general revision OF the
tariff. In line with the farmers free
list Ell and similar products OF the
Democratic House.
Arguments Against Reciprocity.
Canadian reciprocity would cost the
farmers of the Northwest s40.NO0,o00
annually. according to a. IL. Wilker-
son, q Minnesota farmer. who addressed
he Senate Finance Committee to-day.
The price of American farm products
would shrink that much. he declared
a vital grievance of the farmer, tne
speaker said, was that they we're not
consulted as to how they would be al
fected by the proposed reciprocity.
do you believe that trade agree
ment would have been entered into
that would have injured The Steel
Trust or the shoe industry $4,000, 00D
a year without consulting thcm?" he
inquired.
To prove the opposition OF the farm
ers OF the Northwest to reciprocity.
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