The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-23
DACCERS READY
FOR RECIPROCITY
Way Now Open For Months Of
Tariff Discussion.
WORK OF THE INSURGENTS
Farmers Free List and Wool Bits
Reported Adversely to the Senate
Nav Defeat Reciprocity.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-Adverse re-
ports were made to the senate from
the finance committee on the farmers
free list bill and the Underwood Dill
Tor the revision of the wool schedule.
Both had passed the house.
These measures will now be taken
up and discussed in the senate, with
q due regard to their bearing upon the
Canadian reciprocity measure, and the
chances of securing executive ap-
prevail if they are passed as independ-
emit measures or attached to the reel
procity bill.
The hurry call for a meeting OF the
finance committee was sent out by
Chairman Penrose following the adop-
ton in the senate of the resolution or
fered by Senator Gore directing the
finance committee to report the WOOL
bill to the senate by July 10.
All the Republican members of the
committee were present, but two OF
the Democratic members, Senators
Stone, of Missouri, and Johnson, OF
Maine, were absent.
Senator LaFollette, the Republican
insurgent member of the committee,
voted with the Democrats for favor
able report on the farmers free list
bill and against favorable report on
the Underwood bill for the revision OF
the wool schedule.
There were several votes taken in
the committee, the first being on a
motion of Mr.. Bailey to report the free
list bill with a favorable recommen-
dalton, but Mr.. Lodge moved that 1t
be reported unfavorably and this was
carried.
A motion suggesting the holding OF
hearings on the bill for the revision
of the wool schedule between this
date and July 10 was made, but MI
Hepburn moved as a substitute that
the bill be Immediately reported ad-
versely, and the substitute was adopt
ed. The Republican members argued
that it was impossible to hold salts
factory hearings in the brief time per-
mitted.
An amendment offered earlier by
Mr.. Bailey to strike from the house
free list bill the products of the farm,
such as meats and flour, was defeated.
It is apparent now that the Cana
dian reciprocity measure is in grave
danger of being done to death by
amendments. The insurgents, in join
ing with the Democrats and taking
the control of the senate from the
regular Republican organization, were
ectuated solely by a desire to kill re-
ciprocity They had played every other
card and lost and were confronted
with the certain passage of the recI-
prnrity measure. In desperation, un-
der the goading of the Democrats,
they turned their backs on their own
>srty, and went over 70 the Demo:
cratic side, badge, boots and breeches.
II reciprocity is killed by having the
farmers free list bill and the wool
revision bill tackled on there will be no
difficulty in fixing the responsibility.
The insurgents, in deserving the Re-
publican party and joining hands with
the Democrats in support OIL Demo
cratic measures have assumed a re-
sponsibility which, in the opinion of
many, they will have to answer for
before the country The insurgents
will be held accountable for business
disturbances which are bound to re-
suit if congress, as at present seems
Inevitable, undertakes a general re-
vision of the tariff.
The Democrats understand that the
auEurpopfc have iOiDad hands with
them not because they desire radical
tariff revision at the special session.
but because they see an opportunity
by throwing the free list and the wool
revision bill into the senate at this
time to do some effective trading on
reciprocity. The insurgents, in other
words, are using the two Democratic
measures for log-rclling purposes to
amend or defeat reciprocity.