Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-02
HOPE HELD OUT THAT CONFER.
ENcE COMMITTEES WILL be
pEApLockEp.
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO FAIL
If COMMITTEE CAN'T AGREE
Democrat. See Chances Of Bills Sue.
cess in Prolonged Deadlock in Hot
Weaths-Frisnds Of Measure Pro-
fess to See Favorable Change Of Son.
timsnt Among Farmers.

Washington. June 2.-Representative
Underwood, of Alabama, chairman OF
the ways and means committee, and
democratic floor leader Of the house
has a plan whereby he hopes to COM
pei the senate to recede from the
amendments it seems likely to make to
the Canadian reciprocity bill, and ac-
cept the bill as it was put thru the
house. The Underwood plan looks 10
deadlock OF the conference committee,
after the bin shall have gone thru
the senate in amended form. Speaking
regarding his plan, Mr.. Underwood said
that he hoped to hold the democrats
in the house to the support Of the house
bill. The seventy five republicans VINO
voted for the bill in the house have
already Informed him that they will
join with the democrats in this atti-
tude. If, therefore, Mr.. Underwood can
hold even as many as 121 Of his demo-
cratic associates in line, the deadlock
will come about, and congress will
mark time while the conferees DELHI
crate.
The Underwood plan Is built Oh the
suggestion that the people Of the
country as a whole are in favor OF the
Canadian agreement. and that they Will
compel the senate to recede from its
position and accept the house bill
'DThe democrats of the house voted
for the bill in good faith" says Mr..
Underwood, believing 1t was what the
people wanted and would be Of benefit
to the country at large. We are more
firmly convinced now than ever that
our position Is correct. and that the
people will not indorse any plan where
by the agreement is TO be nullihed by
amendment"
.rwiu the deadlock OF which you
speak be p-otracted?'
THAT 1 do not know. ! only know
that it is my hope to have the house
democrats insist to the last on the un-
amended bill This may mean that the
deadlock will last a week month. or
even longer. For myself. am pre-
pared to stay here until the meeting
Of the regular session in December, Ii
necessary"
Task Apparently Not Hard.
There are 3e1 members OF the house,
OF which 1876 are majority. The dem
ocrats Of the house number 22s. Sew
enty-five republicans voted for the
agreement in the house. II Mr.. Under
wood can hold even 121 OF his 22S dem
ocrats to the plan here outlined, ne
win have enough votes, counting the
seventy-f1ve republicans, to MAINTAIN
the deadlock The task does not seem
difficult, in the light OF these hsaTes'
nor does Mr.. Underwood think 1t diff
cult Some preliminary inquiries have
already been made among house demo-
Gratis to find out how they will stand
on the Underwood proposition. and 1t
is interesting to note that many more
than the required number have already
said that they will support it.
The only possibility of slip-up lies
in the wool schedule, regarding which
there Is 10 be caucus Of house demo-
Gratis. If there should be a grave party
split over the question whether the bill
the house will pass should provide for
free wool, or for a revenue duty on that
article, the deadlock program might be
interfered with. But Mr.. Underwood
believes that the wool question is to
come out all right. He has already
converted an unfriendly majority in the
ways and means committee to the reve-
nue. duty on wool, and he feels sure
that the arguments which accomplish
this result in committee will accom-
plish similar result in the house at
large. Indeed, the canvass Of house
democrats already leads 10 the belief
that this conversion has already taken
place.
Must Accept Unamended Bill.
The success of the deadlock program
causes the amendment Of the reciprc-
city bill in the senate to assume re-
iatively unin2po-tant proportions. Here
tofore the president and friends OF
reciprocity in both houses have been
distributed over the promise OF more or
less radical changes in the bill to be
made by the senate. It was not known
that the house would be in position to
meet these changes. But the Under
wood proposition, II carried out. will
mean, in the judgment OF advocates OF
reciprocity, that In the end the senate
can not Withstand the pressure of pub
lie opinion, but will have to yield and
accept the unamended bill.
Colonel Henry Casson, sergeant at
arms Of the house in previous con-
crosses, Is in Washington, after a few
weeks spent in Wisconsin, his home
state. He reports wonderful change
OF sentiment In that state on the reci-
procity question. Where few months
ago 1t seems that a majority OF the
rural population was hostile to the
agreement Colonel Casson says the
majority is now the other way.
A Fisres Attack.
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