Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-04
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Chief Executive Expresses Satisfac-
lion Over Passing Of Can
adian Reciprocity.
OBJECT OF SPECIAL SESSION
Interesting Work in Progress at
Washington----Adj djourn-
ment in August.
Special to the Saturday News,

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| Special to the Saturday News, 81
Washington, D. g., July 31.-The
passage of the Canadian reciprocity
bill by the senate accomplishes the
purpose for which President Taft,on
the fourth day of March, ordered a
special session of congress. This
/ special session convened April 4,
and after seventeen days debate, the
house passed Canadian reciprocity
] by a vote Of 267 to SO. There were
| thirty members recorded as not vot-
| ing, while three Others answered
present The senate had the bill
from April 2a until July %, on which
day it was disposed of, the vote in
/ that body being So for, and 27 against.
| The Canadian reciprocity pact was
ldistinctively a Taft proposition, and
was opposed by influential members
of his own party, and had it not been
for the aid received from democrats,
and by their vote in the house and in
the senate, the measure could not
have become law. In the case OF
many state delegations there seems
TO be no way of analyZing the vote
OF members of the two houses. The
political exigencies affecting republi-
can regulars and "progressives' do
not appear to furnish the usual ex-
PLANTATION. Throughout the border
states large number of representa-
i tives of the republican party oppos-
tedi the measure in the theory that
il was detrimental to the interests
/ of the farmers. On the other hand,
| democratic members from the same
localities, as a rule, supported the
4 pact. In some cases the delegations
in the states acted almost as unit,
but the conditions were practically
identical that members of congress
applied different methods of reason.
ing.
In the case of South Dakota, Sen
ators Gamble and Crawford and
Representatives Burke and Martin
voted against reciprocity.
Wool Schedule.
Even more complicated in its poll.
tical manifestations, to wool revision
For many days there have been ru
mors of various kinds that the dem:
Gratis and republican progressives
would unite in passing cmpromise
bill. However, as the substitute
suggested by Senator La Toilette, did
not meet with approval, the feeling
| became general that these two po
| litical elements would not be able to
get together The final outcome was
a compromise measure, which seemed
to meet the differences of opinion
existing between the Underwood bill
and the LaFollette substitute. This
was offered by the senator from Wis
consin and was passed by vote ot
4S to 81. AS the wool revision bill
now stands it must go to conference
where the differences between the La
Toilette compromise bill and the
house bill, may be adjusted by repre-
sentatives of the republican senate
and the democratic house. If the a
greement is consummated, wool re
vision bill of some kind will be brot
nj tho 10 re hnf
houses, and submitted to the presi
dent for his signature or Veto In view
of Mr.. Taft's denunciation of Seized
lile K, and his further desire tt
have all tariff revision await report.
from the tariff board, 1t has been sug
gested that the present Legislation
Will prove embarrassing.
Senator Gamble voted with the reg
ular republicans against any tarit
} changes, while Senator Crawford
J was found under the banner of L;
} Toilette, and his vote helped to pas
J the wool tariff revision.
Someone has been trying to fgur'
out what the next congress is likel.
to do. Upon one thing only doe
, there seem to be any agreement o
J opinion, and that is that everybod.
} will want to raise the shutters, her
: in Washington in time for the meet
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