Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
Bill Embodying Measure
Will Be Passed Today.
The SuIIoway Pension Bill Is
Reported TO The Senate.
Bailey Of Texas Makes Siren.
uOuS Defence Of Lorimer.

aSnlNSt0n. Erh. l3.-Thc Mccall
bill. CARRYING into effect the Canadian
reciprocity agreement, reached the
iloor of the House today and will prob
ably be Passed by that body before
adjournment tomorrow night. Evca
the opp1nementS "f the measure 3ds
,nilteI tonight tharo was no hop q.
StoppinG i. in thc IIonsc. y test
vote occurred to-day roCn after the
House was called Ia order By Sneak :
or Car"on. Mccall moved tie i'm
mediate consideration Of lis bill. This
was obieelcd to. ostensiblv on thu
ground that ii was District of Gnlum-
ba day on the calendar and that i'm
pcrtant matters aEectin" The District
We're nending.
When the voting began. however. II
soon became apparent that. With COM
naratively few exceptions. the liEcs
we're being lightl,' ',raWn between
,h 81 favorinc and those opposing the
tralp agreement y. finally corrected
tue vote t. TAX PIP the bill WIS 1@t
20 TO. Til" bill viii ne passed. it
is cxnee1ed. ~ even a larger major
ity RELAY 1ol republicans voted
against immediate consideration. This
nppntcr will show Il decided diminu-
Iion of TN, final roll call. SiXty-thrce
Rspubliclns voted or immediate con
si6eratior.
Tie Democratic vote was divided.
1874 in favor of immediate considera~
ton and 10 against. As in the case "l
some of the opposing Republicans,
few or the Democrats voted against
Immediate consideration because ia"N
are rlcmherS of tie District of colum-
hia COMMITTEES. Democratic leaders say
there will be hut six or seven votes
against the pasSagr Of The bill from
their side.
No time for a vote was set today,
but tomorrow Mccall viii cndeavor TO
obtain an agreement to md general
debate III = O'Clock and then to begin
..he reading of the bill for amendment
the House To remain III session until
the measure is passed. All amendments
except one or tWC minor ones to the
wood pulp schedule to correct errors,
will he voted down, for serious amend
,nents would nullify the negotiations
OF the past six months
Tho test vote taken today and the
general debate that followed clearly
demonstrated the serious split that eX-
lists among the Republicans of the
House on reciprocity 1t now appears
that a majority Of the Republicans
Will vote against IN" measure, al
though the President is likely To get
more support from that side OF the
chamber than he at first anticipated.
Like the "Regulars' ranks. the In
surgent" ranks are torn wide open
and like the "Reeulars" a majority
Of them will vote against the measure.
Some of the Republicans VINO spoke
today said they saw in the reciprocity
agreement the beginning of the end
of protection. The Democrats applaud
ed this loudly.
Rem. Hill of Connecticut opened the
dcbato in favor of the bill and was the
only Republican to advocate it today.
He WAS seconded BY Harrison of New
Yo~k and A. Mitchell Palmer of Penn
sylyania. Democrats.
Gaines of West Virginia, Martin of
South Dakota and Kendall of Iowa. all
Republicans, spoke against reciprocity
Hill contended that a protective
tariff policy presuppoSed roclprocHN
and made agreements and that Il Tree
trade policy has nothing to give IN re-
turn for concessions and hence ho'h-
ing To gain from them. since 'n'
Republican party was ofSdiiHtu 'iilt'
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