The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-22
CANADA PACT
PUT THROUGH
LOWER HOUSE
Reciprocity Treaty Passes
by Large Majority, Aft
er Debate Lasting.
Six Days.
NO AMENDMENTS TO
MEASURE ALLOWED
Republicans Divide Upon
the Bill, While Most of
the Democrats Vote
Yea.
NO AMENDMENTS TO
MEASURE ALLOWED

WASHINGTON, April 2f.-President
Tafts reciprocity agreement with Cana
da, supported by all but handful OF
Democrats and opposed by majority OF
the Republicans. passed the house Of
representatives this afternoon by vasA
Of 2s5 TO So
With nearly 200 Democrats IN contra
and their action indorsed by many RG-
publicans. the bill was adopted with no
amendments and in almost identically the
form in which 1t passed the house last
session
The bill seeks to put into effect the
formal agreement reached between
President Taft and members Of the Ca
madam cabinet, for a. reduction Of tarin
in many others, across the border OF
Canada Added to 1t by the Democratic
leaders is section which authorizes
and requests" President Taft TO make
further efforts TO secure still freer trade
relations with Canada, in the form OF
additional reciprocal relations
Debate Lasted Six Days.
The passage of the bill marked the
close OF a fight that has ragged In the
house for six days. In that time the
threatened, but the Democratic and Re
publican leaders working for It's passage
conceded all the opportunity desired by
its opponents for debate and protest.
Following the same policy, amendments
were admitted in the house for almost
every section of the bill and In each case
vote given by the friends of the measure.
Ten Democrats voted against the bill on
its passage. while 1877 Democrats voted
for it.
AS when the bill passed at the pre-
ceding session. a majority of the Repub-
1icans were found against II. the party
vote being 81 for and IS opposed
Representative Berger OF Wisconsin.
the Socialist member. voted for It, and
Representative Aiken OF New York. who
ranks as an independent. voted against 1t.
The Minority Vote.
The. negative vote was:
Republicans anderson tMinnl J; Brad,
(Kan.), Cannon Qll), Copley Qn,), Cur
rier IN. HI. Dalzell CPa-). Davis
(Minn.}. De Forest {N, y; Dodds
{Mich2; DrTs9Il tT9, On a,lc6,, " Dwight ds g.
(vt). French dda) Gardner (NIass).
Gardner On. j., Goode GIa.). Guernsey
(Me.) Hamilton (Mich.), Hanna (N. d.,
Hartman (Pa-). Haughen Qa,). Hawley
(Ore.), Hayes (Cal). Helgeson IN. ID.
Kinds (Me,), Howell (Utahl. Humphrey
Nsnnad2 Masnd2 J1skso" s Kbkad han Neb Rapp a1
(Wis). Lafean (Pa;). La Follette
iWashD, Langley Ky, Len5Sot (wisl.
I.indbergh (Minn2, Mcguire tSk Sokla,)' Nc Nc
Moran (Mich). Malby IN. ", Martin
Morgan (oisla-), Mott IN; ". Nelson
aeE9.' Ky9 Pray ss'{ Mont p P2Ince % tl3. Prouts
(Ia), Rses SKan2; RodeanMeeSrg @), SIM
Smith (Mich.), s. w, Smith (MichD. stee-
nerson (NInn.). Sterling Qll), Thistle
wood (nl). Towner (Ia.), volstead
{Minn}. WaTbur'0n wash; nss WGdemeyss f2a
emocrats-Bathrick (o.l. clayPool
Go2; pogsgh5on a. {H e.; IN2;Ss Eewler qlLn, ,.,
DAD Rucker (Colo). Webb IN. c. and
Whitacre (O). Total: 10.
All Amendments Defeated.
The attempt to amend the agreement
began with the final reading Of the bill
at o'clock. The threats OF Republicans
opposed to the measure to make the
Democratic vote against amendments for
free meat. free lumber and free agricul-
tural machinery were carried out, bue
as their party leaders declared that any
amendment would defeat the whole trade
agreement, they cheerfully voted these
amendments down.
with opposing free admission OF these
important products, We're met with the
assertion that the Democrats would lay
the new farmers free-list bil' before
the house next week and that an oppor-
tunity would then be given to vote for
free meat. machinery. lumber and other
things. This defense was met by Re-
publican standpatters with the charge
that the Democrats knew the free-list
bill could not pass the senate nor secure
the presidents approval.
Attempts to put fresh and canned
meats on the free-list section were made
by Representatives Martin OF South Da-
kota, Foster OF Vermont Lenroot Of Wis
consin and Norris OF Nebraska Rep
resentative Lenroot finally proposed the
whole Democratic free-list bill as an
amendment, and although Representative
Shcrley OF Kentucky, who was presid-
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