The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-25
FINAL SESSION CONSIDERS MOTH.
ING BUT The COTTON
BILL VETO.
TAFT SIGNS STATEHOOD
4 Number Of Republicans In the
Northwest Vote With the Ma.
jority in the House on the
Cotton Bill.

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session of congress passed into his
tory
President Taft's veto on the cotton
bill. which finally passed the house,
was ready to be placed before both
houses Of congress when they con-
vened for their last session. Immedi-
ately upon its receipt Democratic
Leader Underwood moved its refer.
ence to the ways and means commit
tee. of which he is the chairman, and
there II will lie undisturbed until the
regular session of congress convenes
in December.
After prefunctory debate of four
hours, the house concurred, $50 to
107, in the senate amendments to the
Underwood cotton bill and sent that
measure to President Taft. The bill
will be embraced In renewed tariff
revision legislation next December.
Contrary to all expectations, the Re-
publican minority in the house did
not vote solidly against the cotton
bill. 1t was believed when the meas.
ure was put forward by the Demo-
Gratis that no Republican in the house
would be willing to cast his vote for
the bill.
But when the vote was taken in the
Louise the following Minnesota mem.
bers were recorded as voting for 1t:
Representatives Davis, Lindbergh,
Volstead and STEVENSON. Only two
other Republican members from the
Northwest voted for the measure,
these being Representatives Hanna
and Helgesen of North Dakota.
The Democratic members of the
house in caucus discussed the plea of
Democratic Leader Underwood to
open to the press the party caucuses
OF the future. The result was the
appointment of n committee composed
of Representatives Underwood, James
Of Kentucky, Palmer of PENNSYLVANIA,
Hardy of Texas and Speaker Clark,
who will report to a Democratic eau.
Gus early in the coming regular ses.
sion.
President Taft sent three short mes
sages to congress, one urging a fur
Their appropriation to complete the
work of raising the wreck of the bat
tleship Maine, a second asking con-
gress to determine whether the wrecks
OF the Spanish vessels sunk by the
American navy shall be given away
and the third transmitting reports of
engineers of surveys on the Great
Lakes.
Reciprocity With Argentina Urged.
Representative James Curley of
Massachusetts introduced a resolution
requesting the president to direct the
department OF state to enter into ne.
gotiations with the Argentine republic
to secure an agreement looking to the
admission. free of duty, of all prod.
ucts between the two countries.
President Taft signed the Joint res.
olution for the admission OF New
Mexico and Arizona into the union,
Arbitration Treaties Upheld.
The treaties of arbitration with
Great Britain and France were de.
Tended in minority reports filed In the
senate in executive session by SEN
ators Cullom. Root and Burton of the
senate committee on foreign relations.
No action was taken in the senate on
the conventions and they go over for
further consideration at the next ses-
sion.
Mr.. Burton contended that the agree
ments required no amendment, be-
cause. as he declared. the preroga-
lives of the senate are sufficiently
safeguarded. Senators Cullom and
Root, making practically the same
contention, undertook to provide
against any possible mishap by sug.
costing a declaration in connection
with the resolution of ratification ex.
plicity excluding from the terms of
the treaty all questions Involving the
maintenance of the traditional atti.
tude of the United States concerning
American questions or other purely
government policy"