Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-14
HOUSE IS FOR RECIPROCITY
Big Majority in Favor Of Making the
Agreeemnt Special Order.
DEBATE WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
Democrats vote Almost soIidIy In Fa-
vor of the Motion--McCaII and
DaIzeIi 10 control the
Time.

Time.
! WASHINGTON. Feb i3.-The house by a
vote OF 1876 to i2 decided today to begin
; immediate consider alton OF the Mccall bill
carrying out the recipt ocity agreement with
Canada. No agreement has been reached
as to the limit OF debate. but the bill may
be passed today.
/ While the vote to dIsplaoe. the regular
order Tor today on the house calendar and
take up reciprocity cannot be accepted as
an exact indication Of the final vote on the
/ bill It is regarded as being Approximately
So
The votes against taking up the meas
ure came almost wholly from the republic
| cans side. The democrats voted almost
solidly for immediate consideration. Some
OF the republicans who voted against dis
placing the regular order are not expected
to place themselves on record against reci-
procity at a final Sote
Mr. Mccall Of Massachusetts. wIll handle
the time for debate in favor Of the BILL
and Nj. Dalzcll Of Pennsylvania Will serve
IN like capacity for the opposition.
At 1880 O'Clock IL was stated that no at
tempt would be made to get the measure
/ to a vote today.
NH Before whole Committee.
The bill Is first being considered by the
house as committee Of the whole.
Speaker Cannon called Representative
Mann Of Illinois to the chair to pres de
over the committee during the considera-
! ton OF the measure
In the earlier proceedings Mr. Cannon.
| by recognizing Mr. Mccall and declaring
his motion to take up the reciprocity bill
| a privileged matter, had shown a DISPOSE
ton to help the cause along to a vote,
despite the sentiments against reciprocity
which he expressed in letter to the 1lli-
nois legislature on Saturday.
Representative Hin of Connecticut, one
OF the republican members Of the commit
tee on ways and means, was recognized
for one hour in support OF the reciprocity
agreement. When he began. to speak the
house was in much confusion and Mr.. Hill
asked for close attention.
Come over on this side,H suggested Rep
| resentative Fitzgerald of New York, a
democrat. wen listen TO you and this
is where youll get your votes"
Intense Interest in Vote.
The voting on the motion TO take up the
reciprocity measure was followed with the
keenest interest on yea and nay vote
there are always two calls through the al
! phabetical list.
| At the end Of the first call It was seen
that the reciprocity advocates were win
ming The vote then was: Ayes 17S; noes,
lin At the end OF the second call the
vote was announced as 1876 to 12i.
This was later changed 10 1876 to 121 to
correct a clerical error. An analysis of
the vote to take up the Mccall bill showed
this result: ---.-..-.-...
For 49, Republicans, go; democrats, 1885,
total, 1856.
neutrality-suspicious. 1O1; democrats, 90;
total 1A. .-
The republican insurgents attitude to-
ward reciprocity was shown by the fact
that fourteen voted against consideration
| and only six for It.
! Mr.. Hll's opening argument in favor OF
! the agreement followed closely the lines
7 laid down and the facts set forth in the
/ majority report FROM the ways and means
committee. He was interrupted from time
to time by questions. Asked IL he was in
/ favor OF free trade with Canada, Mr.. Hill
/ said he favored unrestricted trade with
/ every country where the cost of production
did not differ from that in the United
States. h.S"7
Mr.. Hill declared that talk of injury TO
various interests in the United States as a
result Of reciprocity was not based on
! facts. -
Mr. Hill said that no amendment could
be put into the bill, except in the wood
! pulp section. without disturbing his whole
agreement with Canada. He refused to dis
cuss the wood pulp clause, leaving that TO
Representative Mann of Illinois. Mr. Hill
| pleaded earnestly for support OF the agree
ment, saying It would bring the English
speaking people Of North America into a
closer commercial union, as would be OF
distinct advantage to both.
The opening speech. against the reel
procity measure was made by Representa-
tive Gains of West Virginia a republican
member OF the ways and means committee
Mr.. Gains declared the consideration OF
the bill had proceeded with indecent
haste and that no idea had as yet been
given to the house as to the contents Of
the Mccall bill