The Washington times., 1911-02-21
THINKS SENATE WILL
ADOPT RECIPROCITY
Senator Carter, Who Is Op-
posed to Pact, IntimateS
There'll Be No Fight.

Reciprocity and its bearing upon a
possible extra session still hold the
center of the stage at the White House.
Conferences were fewer today, but the
q Executive influence is being used strong
ly in the effort to get a vote in the
Senate and prevent the reassembling
of Congress shortly after March 4.
Senator Carter of Montana called to
see the President this morning. He said,
as he left, that he expected to see the
treaty measure pass the Senate He is
known to oppose it heartily, and his
opinion that it will pass, is taken to
mean that the opposition will make no
determined fight to prevent a fight.
The only apprehension at the White
House now lies in the possible part
Senators Hale and Hepburn will take
in the reciprocity fight. The position
of Senator Hale is regarded as the most
powerful of any man in the Senate just
at this time. He is in charge of the
appropriation bills. He will bring most
of them out of the committee and pre-
sent them to the Senate.
Hale Can, Maintain Filibuster.
As chairman of this important COM
mittee the Senator is in position to de-
mand as much time as he wants for the
consideration of his bills. He can,
therefore, carry on a tiIibuster against
the consideration Of the reciprocity bill
without apparently fighting it at all.
With practically all the time of the
remaining days tnuS killed ii will be an
easy matter Tor Senator Hepburn to be-
gin a hllbuSter and thereby Kill the
remainder of the time.
At any rate, Iris is the way the night
appears from the White House point of
view. Should this program De eNecu-
ted, as is altogether possible, the extra
session is bound to follow.
A letter to the State Department and
given out at the White House today
says that the American Manufacturers
Export Association of New York is in
favor OF the treaty. y letter ballot of
the membership was taken by its seCTe-
taIy, and this showed that 81 per cent
of the members were for reciprocity.
Asked to Vote for BattIeshipS.
The President is using all his inf1u-
ence to have the House adopt the pro-
vision in the naval appropriation bill
authorizing the construction of two
first-class battleships during the coming
year. He had conferences this morning
with a number Of members Of the
House and urged them 10 support the
measure.
Representatives Mccall, of MasSachu-
sets; Nye. of Minnesota; Mckinney, of
Illinois, and Taylor, of Ohio, called to-
day to talk the matter over with the
Executive. They were told that the Ad-
ministratiOn was vastly interested in a
naval program which was in keeping
with the work done in past years, and
asked to support the tWo-battleship
movement.
Taft to Dine Classmates.
The President will give a dinner on
March to his class at Yale. This class
graduated in 1878 and at the time en-
rolled 131 men. Not all of them, how
ever, will dine with the President at
the White House. Some of them are
in Europe, some on the Pacific coast
and yet others in Mexico. This fact
will cut the attendance at the dinner
down to about eighty guests.
After the army and navy reception
tonight the President will touch i but
ton which will formally open the ElkS'
carnival at Honolulu. This was given
out at the White House this morning.
The Postal Telegraph-C Company
will cooperate with the Commercial
Pacific Gable Company in making II,
the circuit half way around the world
that will carry the signal from the
Executive Mansion at Washington d.
rect to Honolulu.
When the button is touched at Wash
tngton tonight at 12:3U it will be ! |
o'clock in the evening at Honolulu.