Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-02
TAI VICTORIOUS ]
CANADIAN TRADE AGREEMENT
ADOPTED IN.sENATE ~
.voTH OF. IS TO q.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE KILLED

contest.-Treaty to Open Up
New Commercial Relations
With Canada.
Washington, D. G. - President
rats great administration victory in
she Canadian trade agreement bill was
made effective in the senate of the
United States when that bill passed
the senate by vote of SO ayes to 81
nays, almost precisely a two to one
result.
OF the So affirmative votes, 80 were
cast by Democrats and 81 by Republi-
cans. OF the ~ negative votes. three
were cast by Democrats and "a by Re.
publicans
How Senators Voted.
Republicans against: Borah and
Hepburn, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon:
Bristow and Curtis, Kansas; Durham.
New Hampshire; Clapp and Nelson,
Minnesota; Clark and Warren, Wyom-
Ing; Crawford and Gamble, South Da.
kota; Cummins and Kenyon, Iowa;
Dixon, Montana; Gronna and McCum-
Der, North Dakota; La Toilette, Wis
consin; Lippitt, Rhode Island; Lori.
mer, Illinois; Oliver, Pennsylvania:
Page, Vermont; Smith, Michigan:
smoot, Utah. Total. "a.
Democrats against: Bailey, Texas:
Clarke, Arkansas; Simmons, North
Carolina. Total. 3.
Republicans for: Bradley, Ken
lucky; Brandege and Mclean, Connec.
ticut; Briggs. New Jersey; Brown, Ne
braska; Burton, Ohio; Crane and
Lodge, Massachusetts; Cullom, I'LL
nois; Guggenheim, Colorado; Jones
and Poindexter, Washington, Nixon.
Nevada; Penrose, Pennsylvania: Per.
kins and Works, California; Richard
son, Delaware; Root, New York.
Stephenson. Wisconsin; Townsend.
Michigan; Wetmore, Rhode Island.
Total, FL.
Democrats for: Bacon, Georgia:
Bankhead and Johnston, Alabama:
Bryan and Fletcher, Florida: Cham
berlain, Oregon; Chiffon and Watson.
West Virginia; Culberson, Texas:
Davis. Arkansas; Foster, Louisiana:
Gore and Owen, Oklahoma; Hitchcock.
Nebraska; johnson, Maine; Kern and
sh1veley, Indiana; Martin and Swan
son, Virginia; MARITIME, New JERSEY:
Myers. Montana; Newlands, Nevada:
O'Gorman, New York; Overman. North
Carolina; Paynter, Kentucky; Pom.
creme, Ohio; Reed and Stone. Mis-.
souri,; Smith, Maryland; Smith. South
Carolina; Taylor, Tennessee: Will.
iams, Mississippi. Total, 80.
Most Republicans Opposed.
Among the noteworthy points re.
garding the passage Of the Canadian
Dill through congress is the fact that
warmly as it was indorsed by Presi.
dent Taft and his administration. the
Dill received the affirmative votes If
only IS Republican members of both
houses, while 102 Republicans of both
houses voted against it.
The bill received the votes Of every
New England and Eastern states Ro
publican with three exceptions. while
the solid Republican vote of tho mid.
die Western states. with the execution
OF three senators. was cast against
1t. OF the states Of the Northwest and
mississippi Valley, the votes of onlv
three Republican senators were % Ct
for 1t by Stephenson, Of Wisconsin
Cullom, OF Illinois, and Townsend. Of
Michigan.
The greatest strength that any
amendment could muster, in the ef.
forts OF the opponents of the bill ia
change Its character, was that shown
Dy the vote on the amendments az.
Tered by Senator Nelson, of Minnesota
the object Of which was to restore
half the present rates on cereals. live
cattle, ETC., instead Of removing tho
duties entirely as is proposed in the
Canadian bill as it passed. The Mel.
son amendments mustered the votes
OF 23 In it's support. Practically All
other amendments received from .
dozen to Is. votes. -
Every element Of nature and =,
grace smiled upon the final passage
or reciprocity. It was II o'clock sharn
when Vice-President James Sherman
called the senate to order At lion
demand for a quorum mustered ~
tagging senators to their seats. At
1925 Senator McCumber, of North Da-
kota, offered his first-a free LIST
amendment. And in five minutes Nc.
Cumper had been voted down by g.
to 16.
At 1881 Senator Nelson, Of Mime.
sofa marched into the open amend.
ment field for grains and farm prod.
uce and at 11:40 O'clock So senator's
had defeated his rider. Senator. sim.
mons, Of North Carolina, sailed in with
his plea for fresh meats and flour Ger.
calls at 11:42, and in eight minutes
his amendment was downed. also bv
81 to Il. Then Senator Cummins nre.
Laurier Sees Good in PACT. 60
Ottawa am more convinced that
reciprocity will be good thing for
this country and the United States