The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
RECIPROCITY WILL NOT BE SMOTHERED Bill Goes to Senate Commit tee Saturday VOTE IS DOUBTFUL Measure Goes to Senate Not Later Than Thursday and It's Failure Then Means an Ex-
 tra Session

Washington, February 16.-The Cana dian reciprocity measure will be consid- cred by the Senate committee on fi- nance at a special session Saturday It Is not likely that the bill will be dis posed of in the committee in one day, although all its members are agreed that action shall not be delayed un- necessarily. Senators Lodge and Smoot as members of the committee today assured President Taft the bill would not be smothered in committee, regard less of how much opposition there might be to it.
 From present indications the bill will be returned to the Senate about Wednesday and certainly not later than Thursday. It may be that no report, either favorable or adverse, will be made upon 1t. chiefly for the reason that the objections which members of the committee hold to the measure lead them to desire to amend it if 1t Is to be given the force of committee approval In view of this attitude the members of the committee feel that 1t will be better to submit the whole matter di-
  mendations, all members reserving the right to pursue whatever course their individual opinions may suggest when it is considered on the floor. How ever. all this may be changed when the committee meets.
 Senate leaders are not sanguine of reaching vote and many of them are inclined to the belief that an extra session cannot be avoided.
 Extra Session
 Failure of the Canadian reciprocity agreement to pass the Senate will force President Taft to call an extra session of Congress if the administration Is de- termined to press the agreement. This declaration was made today by Sena- tor Shoot of Utah following a con ference at the White House with the President over pending legislation. Senators Lodge and Root also were present.
 Senator Shoot announced that the Sen ate would be given all opportunity 10 dis cuss the reciprocity measure. He be- 1ieves that once in the Senate. however, the bill will meet obstructive tactics that will prevent vote before the close of Congress. March 4.
 Senator Burrows of the finance commit tee called at the executive offices and on leaving he announced he would call a meeting of the committee tomorrow or Saturday to consider the bill.
 Senator Stone of Missouri was the only democrat of the committee who dis c,ssed reciprocity with the President to- day He declared he was in favor of the bill.
 The views of the minority members of the House committee on ways and means who oppose the enactment of the Mccall l.iil to carry out the provisions of the Canadian reciprocity agreement were presented last night c4 hours after the bill had pasesd the House.
 Minority Report
 The minority report condemns tho Can adian agreement as being inconsistent with the policy of protectioin is charged as violation of the traditions and plat form of the republican party and as class lsgislation of the most obnoxious charac- ter.
 The report is signed by Representatives Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Callderhead of Kansas. Fordney of Michigan. Gaines of West Virginia. Dwight of New York; and Ellis of Oregon, Il republicans. Addi- tional views against the bill are attached by Representative Broussard. democrat, of Louisiana.
 Representative Bennett of New York. one of the republicans who voted against Canadian reciprocity, today introduced ir.tc the House a resolution requesting the