Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-09
From the New York World.
REPORT ON RECIPROCITY BILL
Senate Committee Votes to Send it In
Without Recommendation.
ROOT AMENDMENT Is ADOPTED
Committee is Evenly Divided Oh Mo-
tiOn for Favorable RepOrt--Sen-
atOr johnson of Maine
ia Absent.

WASHINGTON. June s.-The Canadian
reciprocity bill was acted upon today by
the senate finance committee and will be
reported Tuesday without recommendation
The Root amendment TO the print paper
and wood pulp provision was adopted by
the committee by a vote of to S.
An attempt to authorize an unfavorable
report resulted in a tie vote and another
tie marked the effort to report without
recommendation before that result was ac-
complished.
The votes on the measure were a sur
prise TO members Of the senate 1t had been
believed that the finance committee would
shift responsibility to the senate. leaving
the real fight to be waged on the floor. At
the last moment the opposition In the COM
mittee seemed to solidify.
The committee met In executive session
today and Immediately proceeded to vote
on amendments. The first modification Of
fered was by Senator Nelson of Minnesota,
which would have reduced instead OF re-
moving duties on live stock and farm pro-
ducts. This was defeated without a roll
call and the same fate was meted out to
the house free list bill. The latter pro-
vision was formally offered by Senator
Bailey and received only his vote and
those OF Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. Kern. An
amendment by Simmons to include flour
and meats In the free list also was voted
down.
Root Amendment Adopted.
The Root amendment requiring the ad-
mission OF American wood pulp and paper
into Canada free Of duty, then was voted
into the bill without discussion, the at
firmative votes being cast by Senators
Lodge, Smoot. Gallinger, Clark Wyo),
Hepburn, LaFollette, Bailey and Simmons
and the negative by Messrs Penrose, Cul-
lom McCumber (rep) and Stone, Kern and
Williams (dem). ;
On a motion for a favorable report the
vote stood 8 to 8 and on the succeeding
motion for an unfavorabie report there
WAS a tie OF to 7. The same result at first
followed a motion for a report without
recommendation, but Senators Gallinger,
Bailey and Simmons, who at first cast
their ballots In the negative ultimately
changed and thus allowed the bill TO go to
the senate without recommendation what
ever by vote of 10 to L. Senator johnson
of Maine was absent.
Senator Williams OF Mississippi then
moved that Chairman Penrose be author
ized to report the bill at today's session of
the senate, but the motion received only
the votes Of Messrs. Williams Stone and
Kern. Several minority reports are ex-
pected and as It was desired that they
should be presented with the majority re-
port it was decided to postpone until Tues
day the presentation OF any OF them.
The Root amendment provides that paper
and wood pulp sections Of the bill shall
not be in force until the president shall
have satisfactory evidence and shall make
proclamation that such wood pulp paper
and board, being the products Of the United
States, are admitted into all Of the prov
inces OF Canada free of duty"
The president already has begun a cam
paign looking to the defeat OF the amend
ment on the floor.