The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-15
RECIPROCITY
PASSES HOUSE
Has Majority of l29 in the
House
VOTE WAS 22l YES, % NO
Republicans Split over Measure-Both
Congressman Foster and Plumley
Vote Against Measure-Con-
test Was Stubborn.

Washington, Feb. lj-President Tafts
reciprocity agreement with Canada was
ratified in the House Of Representatives
last night through the support Of an
almost sold Democratic vote. The Me-
Call bill, carrying the agreement into
effect was passed, 22l TO %. A ma
ioritY OF the Republicans present voted
against tho measure, the division being
rs ayes and 81 noes The Democratic
vote was l43 ayes and only FIVE noes.
A majority of the Republican insurgents
present voted for the bill.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
What It's fate viii be in that body is
problematical at this time. President
Taft believes that if flihuster can be
avoided and q vote taken, the bill will
pass He is insistent that the Senate
shall act one way or the other. and
has indicated that he would call an
extra session OF Congress if it does not
do so.
The passage Of the bill in the House
came Mt the end of long debate which
at times was as bitter as has been heard
on the floor of that chamber in years.
The fight was confined almost wholly
to the Republican side, Democratic
members Joined in from time to time,
and tainted the majority members for
their lack of unity. The Democratic
leaders also put in the claim that the
reciprocity agreement was good Demo-
cratic doctrine and declared they were
glad to welcome President Taft and
many of the House Republicans into
the Democratic fold. The suggestion
came from the Republican side that Mr.
Taft and Champ Clark might be rivals
for the next Democratic presidential
nomination Mr. Clark declared that in
contest of that sort he would win
"hands down"
A final vote was reached only through
the application of cloture rule which
shut Off all amendments and even dis
pensed with the reading of the bill
This procedure was decided upon only
after Mr.. Mccall in charge Of the bill
had failed to get unanimous consent
TO do away with the calendar to-day.
If it had been secured, he said, he
would have been glad to let the debate
continue for another legislative day.
The Republicans opposed the bill and
fought the rule to the very last, de-
nouncing it in causte language. They
directed their fire especially against the
Democrats and accused them, ON the
eve of going into power in the House
of enforcing a gag rule as drastic as
anything which they had 50 eloquently
inveighed in the past The Democrats
laughed loudly at this and seemed thor.
oughly to enjoy the discontinue of
some of their old time enemies.
Champ Clark took Representative Dali
yell Of Pennsylvania sharply to task
for complaining Of the undue haste"
with which the House was acting on the
reciprocity measure. The speaker be
declared the Democrats had sat for
years, bound and gagged with the gem
tleman from Pennsylvania and his asso-
ciates had brought in rule after rule
and had rushed legislation through with
out giving an opportunity for amend
ment.
Under the cloture rule, which was
adopted by an overwhelming vote. the
only Ioophole left 10 the opponents of
the measure was a motion to recommit
the bin TO the committee of the whole
with instructions to report certain
amendments. When the time came to
do this, half dozen members were
clamoring for recognition Mr. Daizell
was recognized by Speaker Cannon, He
proposed that meat and meat products
flour, prepared cereals, lumber and sew
eral other articles be put on the free
list. The motion was lost Id to 1911
The cloture rule had been agreed to
previously by vote Of 1913 to l07
Some of the old guard Republican
leaders, like Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Fordney of Michigan, yelled but thinly
their predictions that the Republican
party would be defeated by reason of
what they characterized departure
from the principle Of protection and the
espousal OF free trade Mr.. Dalzell pro
posed TO stand where he had stood for
40 years and to go down" with his
party.
Mr.. Fordney said that he feared that
Democratic times were coming and It
made him sweat blood" to contemplate
the melancholy fact. The other speeches
from the Republican opposition were in
much the same vein Speaker Cannon
took no part in the debate Monday or
yesterday
President Taft last night gave a din
ner to Speaker Cannon The meal was
delayed an hour while the House was
voting on reciprocity. It is said the
president sent word that he would
change the dinner into breakfast if It
was necessary in order to pass the bin.
The final vote, by which the bill was
passed was as follows
For the bills Republicans Alexander
of New York; Anthem Austin. Basch-
seld, Barnard, Bnrtholdt. bingham. Bou-
tell, Burke Of Pennsylvania; Butler. Cal
der, Cary, Cassidy, Cocks, Cooper OF
Pennsylvania; Cooper Of Wisconsin.
Crumpacker, DENLY, Douglas, Draper,
Durey, Fish, Foss Garner Of pennsyl-
vania Gillette, Graf, Greene. Griest.
Head, Henry Of Connecticut. Higgins,
Hill, Hinshaw, Hollingsworth. Rowland
Hubbard Of Iowa, Kinkaid Of Nebraska.
Knowland, kronmiller, kustermaun, Lee
feau, Law, Lawrence. Longworth. Me-
Call McCreary, McCreedie, MeKinlav Of
California. Mckinley of Illinois, Mel<in-
ney, Madden, Madison, Mann. Massey,
Miller Of Kansas. Miller of Minnesota.
Moon Of Pennsylvania, Alorehead. Need
ham, Nye, Olmstead Parker. Parsons.
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