Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-19
did DAKOTA
Delegation
SNUB TAFT?
Anti'Reciprocity Lobbyists
Said to. Have Offered
Declined to Call Upon Presl.
dent When Asked to

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WASHINGTON, May 19.-That tn,
North Dakota anti-reciprocity dele
cation refused to call upon the pres
ident while in Washington, although
presented with the opportunity, is as
serted here. The delegation is sale
to have been so strongly on the wal
path in its anti-reciprocity errand that
lit would not greet the president.
Mccumber's Amendment.
Elaborate changes in the Canad-
ian reciprocity agreement are pro-
posed in the amendment offered by
Senator McCumber 1t is proposed to
reduce the present rates of duty on
nearly so specified articles, including
earthenware tinware, wire, hats, car.
pets. sugar, furniture, cotton cloth,
gloves, hosiery, dress goods, automo-
biles, farm trucks, pianos, underwear,
clothing, axes, shovels, knoves and
forks, agateware, sewing machines,
offered as an amendment to the reci-
ber goods, glassware, books, clocks,
watches, bicycles.
Senator McCumber also proposes to
admit the following products free of
duty: Tin plate, salt, oranges, lem
ons. baskets. and lead.
While the McCumber proposition is
offered as an amendment to thereof
procity agreement. it applies to the
products of all foreign countries enter
ing the United States and looks to be
practically complete revision of the
Payne law. as the articles enumerated
embrace all the Payne schedules.
House Committee Attacked.
Charges that democratic members of
the house committee on rules were
seeking to usurp functions Ola caucus
by nominating members Of the COM
mittee which will investigate the So
called steel and sugar trusts, created
the most serious break that has oc-
Cured since the opening of con-
gress.
Chairman Henry was denounced by
Representative Fitzgerald, chairms 4
Of the appropriations committee, with
having made an "unwarranted as
sumption of authority" for the rules
committee. Other democrats declared
that the action of the rules committee,
if ratified by the house, would be a
complete abrogation of the principles
for which the democrats stood, namely
the selection of committees by action
of the democratic caucus.
Two lists of names, one being the
proposed steel trust committee and
the other the sugar trust committee,
we're submitted by Mr.. Henry in the
form of privileged resolutions, which
he asked the house to adopt.
Immediately questioned by the DEM
ocrats who had not been consulted as
to the authority by which the rules
offered these names, Mr..
Henry said about $50 democrats had
approved the democratic list. and re-
publican members were named by
Leader Mann.
The steel trust investigating com.
mitee was approved before the demo-
Gratis woke up to the full effect of the
situation. The resultant fight fell on
The sugar trust committee and a con-
of the Struggle was averted
Dv the action of Democratic Leader
u Underwood in adjcVrning the house
while the resolution was pending.
The steel trust investigating COM
nittee, which was selected by the
louse, follows:
Representatives Stanley Kentucky,
chairman; Bartlett. Georgia; Beall,
Texas; Little. New York; McGillicud-
ly. Maine; Olmstead. Pennsylvania;
Young, Michigan; Sterling Illinois;
md Danforth, New York.
Arbitration Treaty Ready.
The proposed treaty of arbitration
,etween the United tSates and Great
Britain, upon which rests the hope of
he English speaking people for a
peace between the two
,reat nations and which probably will
,e a model for the peace pacts with
'ther nations. has at last reached the
tage where it is to be presented to
he British government for its ap-
roval.
Ambassador Bryce to Great Britain
'efore the cabinet met yesterday, had
half hours conference with Presi-
ent Taft, during which certain points
n the treaty were discussed thor
ughly.
Secretary Knox. after the cabinet,
Meeting announced that the tentative
raft probably would be submitted to-
ay to Ambassador Bryce for trans
1ission to the British foreign Office.
No Sunday Postotices.
Representative Mann, Of Illinois,
leader Of the house, yes
erday introduced a bill providing
that hereafter postoff1ces shall not
Q opened on Sunday for delivery of
lail to the public" This is in line
'ith the recent postolnce department.
olicy.
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