The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-04-28
PASS AGREEMENT
IT GOES THROUGH, UNAMENDED
BY OVERWHELMING VOTE
OF 265 TO 80.
BERGER VOTES FOR IT
Supported BY Democratic Majority
With Exception Of Ten Votes
Republicans Against It.,
in the Main.

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Taft's Canadian reciprocity agree
ment, supported by all but a handful
OF Democrats and opposed by a ma
jority OF the Republicans, passed the
house Of representatives by a vote of
265 to 80.
The bill seeks to put into effect the
formal agreement reached between
President Taft and members of the
Canadian cabinet for a reduction Of
tarln rates on many articles and free
trade in many others, across the Cana
dian border. Added to it by the Demo-
cratic leaders Is a section which .au-
thorizes and requests President Taft
to make further efforts to secure still
freer trade relations with Canada in
the form of additional reciprocal rela-
tons.
Amendments were admitted in the
house for almost every section of the
bill, and in each case they we're re-
jected by an overwhelming vote given
by the friends of the measure on both
sides Of the house on the theory that
any amendment would nullify it.
Ten Democrats voted against the
bill on its passage, while 1877 Demo
Gratis voted for it. AS in the case when
the bill passed at the preceding ses-
sion of congress, a majority of the Re-
publicans were found against it, the
party being 81 for and 70 opposed.
Representative Berger of Wisconsin,
the Socialist member, voted for it, and
Representative Akin of New York,
who ranks as In Independent, voted
against it.
The Negative Vote.
Among the negative vote We're:
Republicans-A n d e r r, Mimi,
Burke, S. d., Cannon, ILL.,, Davis, Mimi,
Esch, Wis, French, Idaho, Good, Iowa,
Hanna, N. D., Haugen, Iowa, Hell
gesen, N. D., Kendall, Iowa, Kennedy,
Iowa, Kopp, Wis.,, Lenroot, Wis, Lind
bergh, Mimi, Nelson, Wis.,, Norris,
Neb., Pickett, Iowa., Pray, Mont,
Prouty, Iowa, = Stevenson, Mimi,
Towner. Iowa, Volstead, Mimi, Woods,
Iowa.
Observation-Disclosures, MINI.
The Republicans, who tainted them
with opposing free admission of these
important products, were met with the
assertion that the Democrats would
lay the new farmers free list bill'
before the house next week and that
an opportunity would then be given to
vote for free meat, machinery, lumber
and a score of other things. This de-
Tense was met by Republican stand
patters with the charge that the Dem
ocrats knew the free list bill could not
pass the senate nor secure the presi-
dents approval.
Attempts to put fresh and canned
meats on the free list section Of the
bill were made by Repre-
Martin Of South Dakota,
Of Vermont, Lenroot of Wiscon-
sin and Norris of Nebraska. Repre-
sentative Lenroot finally proposed the
whole Democratic free list bill as an
and although Representa-
tive Sherley of Kentucky, who was
presiding, ruled that it was in order,
the Democrats stoically voted against
1t.
The section of the bill relating to
free admission of pulp and paper pro-
voked the sharpest discussion, draw
ing from Representative Mann of H.
linois, the Republican leader, the state
ment that it was exactly in the terms
agreed upon by the two countries
Il challenge the statement that we
are going to pass the free list bill later
IN with the expectation that it will
not become law said Democratic
Leader Underwood in reply to state
ments from Republican opponents of
the reciprocity bill.
The free list will become law, or
the Republican senate that kills it or
the Republican president that vetoes
it never will be heard from again."