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SAYS PENR0SE
Senator Tells Taft Measure
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MINUS ROOT AMENDMENT
Predicts Within Two Weeks Date For
Vote Will Be Agreed Upon - To
Sidetrack Wool Bill.

tOtS VIII DC N9fSSo SPoh -
Sidetrack Wool Bill.
Washington, June Ex-senator Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania, chairman OF the
finance committee, in conference with
President Taft, confirmed the report
that sixty senators were expected to
vote for Canadian reciprocity.
Mr.. Penrose predicted that within
two weeks a date for vote would be
agreed upon. He gave the president
detailed report of the situation in the
senate and declared the bill would be
passed without amendment.
Later Mr.. Penrose issued formal
statement, in which he said:
"A careful canvass of the senate
shows that sixty members, or sub
stantially two-thirds of the senate, are
in favor of the reciprocity bill and
more than that number will be op-
posed to the Root amendment.
"The senate will hold daily sessions
from now on and during the ne two
weeks great progress ought TO be
made toward reaching a final vote on
the measure.
"The bill will be passed at an early
date without amendment. 1t would be
we'll if it could be passed before the
Canadian parliament reassembles the
latter part of July.
1.-THE probabilities are that the wool
bill will reach the senate in a few
days and the finance committee will
be called together for the purpose OF
considering the wool bill and the So
called free list bill.
1T is we'll understood that the tariff
board has been hard at work investl-
eating the wool schedule and will be
ready to report next December. 1t is
not reasonable, therefore, to expect
that the Republican majority in the
senate will take up the wool bill until
the tariff board report shall have been
received.
"The free list bill opens up a wide
range of tariff discussion and the
finance committee is in receipt of nu-
merous requests from all over the
country asking for hearings on the
numerous schedules of that bill.
"As no hearings on the bill were
given by the house committee, it is
only reasonable that opportunity
should be permitted to the various
manufacturing interests concerned to
present their statements to the senate
committee and, at as early date as
possible, the committee will hold such
continuous sessions of the senate to
be devoted to the reciprocity bill, the
early passage of which is the first
consideration of the present session"
In substance, Senator Penrose in
formed the president that the friends
of the bill had the opposition Cor
rallied" and that they knew practically
where every man stood and what the
final result would be. Even the most
bitter opponents Of the proposition are
ready to concede that there is no pros
pect of defeating the bill.
MT. Taft is relying strongly upon
the Pennsylvania senator to put the
bill through and is thoroughly salts
fed that he will be able to do so, and
that 1t will be without amendment,
thus precluding any danger of having
it hung up in conference by reason of
disagreement on the part of the house
to any change which the senate might
make.
Senator Penrose believes that not
only is the opposition to reciprocity
melting away in the senate, but also
throughout the country, and that the
majority of the people are rapidly
coming to the presidents view of the
question.