Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-02
Crisis in Fight
For Reciprocity
WHEN FREE LIST AMENDMENT
is OFFERED.
WILL EMBARASS DEMOCRATS
President Taft Tries to Smooth the
Way for Them and Presents a Plan
Which Meets With Favor.

Washington, June 1.-The crisis in
the fight in the senate on Canadian
reciprocity is expected when the dem
ocratic farmers free list bill is offered
as an amendment to the bill carrying
the agreement into effect That such
an amendment will be. offered for the
purpose of embarrassing the democrat
ic supporters of reciprocity seems Ger
tain.
President HoI6ing Daily Conferences.
1t is toward this critical contingency
that President Taft Just now is devot-
ing his attention. He is holding daily
conferences at the White House in an
effort to keep republican and demo-
cratic senators alike in line for the
pact
Believes 1t VIII Pass Senate.
President Taft is certain that the
reciprocity bill will pass the senate
by comfortable majority if it can be
brought to final vote without amend
ment. He feels that the test for the
true friends Of reciprocity will come
with the proposed amendments to be
offered from the floor
Will Be Reported by Finance Com.
n1ittee.
Mr.. Taft has recently had assurances
that the bill will be reported by the
finance committee without amendment
what he greatly desires.
Amendment Would Kill Bill.
The president feels that any amend
ment in the senate will defeat the bill
and he believes that to be the purpose
of some senators who have proposed
amendments. The proposed Root,
Lodge and Nelson amendments have
brought the president into sharp con-
f1ict with these senator's but he has
not hesitated to express his views re-
garding them.
Taft Trying to Help Democrats.
Fully cognizant of the fact that he
must depend upon the almost solid
vote of the democrats in the senate to
carry the reciprocity bill through,
President Taft has been endeavoring to
devise a means to help them out IF
the dilemma that will be presented
when they are asked to vote for or
against the free list bill as a rider 10
the reciprocity measure.
Don't Want Free List Bill Stified.
Some democratic senators have told
the president frankly they would vote
against the free list amendment if they
could be assured that the stand pat''
republicans would not stif1e in COM
mittee the free list bill as it came
from the house and thus deprive the
southern democratic senators of the
opportunity in open senate properly
to record their votes On the measure.
Taft Suggests Way Out.
President Taft fully appreciates the
position in which the senate democrats
find themselves but he thinks he has
found a solution of the problem. He
has suggested that q motion by the
democrats that the finance committea a
be discharged from consideration of
the free list bill and that 1t be put
upon its passage would serve the pur-
pose of the democrats IN making their
attitude a. perfectly clear one, and he
has further expressed confidence in the
fairness of the American people to
recognize the purpose Of those who
would attempt the free list method of
defeating reciprocity.
May Be Democratic Solution.
The plan as outlined has been
broadly discussed among democratic
senators and it is said that they be-
lieve with other friends of reciprocity y
that it is an acceptable solution Of the
difTicIIIfy