The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-04-27
CANADIAN TREATY is
PASSED IN THE HOUSE
Taft Measure Goes Through
With a Majority of Repub-
leans In Opposition.

Washington. April "a. Taft's CO.
madam reciprocity agreement, sup
ported by all but a handful OF demo-
Gratis and opposed by a majority Of the
republicans. passed the House of Rep
resentatives yesterday afternoon by a
vote Of 265 to SO. The only Iowa MEM
bers TO vote for it were Hubbard, re-
publican, and Pepper, democrat.
With nearly 200 democrats in control,
and their action Endorsed by man. OF
the republicans. the bill was adopted
with no amendments, and in almost
ldentically the form In which II passed
the House I'm the last session.
The bill seeks to put into effect the
FORMAL agreement reached between
President Taft and members of the Ca
madam cabinet for a reduction Of tariff
rates on many articles, and free trade
IN many others. across the Canadian
border. Added to 1t by the democratic
leaders Is section which authorizes
and requests" President Taft to make
further efforts to secure still freer
trade relations with Canada In the
form OF additional reciprocal relations.
The passage of the bill marked the
close OF fight that had ragged In the
House for six days. In that time the
SAFETY of the measure was at no time
threatened, but the democratic and re-
publican leaders working for it's pass
age conceded all the opportunity de-
sired by its opponents for debate and
protest.
Following the same policy amend
ments were admitted in the House for
almost every section Of the bill, and in
such case they were rejected by an
overwhelming vote given by the friends
OF the measure.
Ten democrats voted against the bill
on Its passage, while 1877 democrats
voted for It. As In the case when the
oil passed at the preceding session, a
majority of the republicans were found
against 1t, the party vote being 81 for
and IS opposed. Representative Ber-
ger, Of Wisconsin, the socialist member.
voted for It, and Representative
Independent. voted against it.
Vote Amendments Down.
Tho attempt to amend the agree
ment began with the final reading of
the bill at 3 o'clock. The threats of
the republicans opposed to the measure
to make the democrats vote against
amendments for free meat, free lum-
Der and free agricultural machinery
were carried out. but as their party
leaders declared that any amendment
would defeat the whole trade agree
ment they cheerfully votes these
amendments down.
The republicans who tainted them
with opposing free admission Of these
important products were met with the
assertion that the democrats would
lay the new farmers free list bill" be-
fore the House next week and that an
opportunity would then be given to
vote for free meat. machinery ami lum-
Der and other things. This defense
was met by republican stacdpatters
with the charge that the democrats
knew the free list bill could not pass
the Senate nor secure the presidents
approval.
Attempts to put fresh and canned
meats on the free list section were
made by Representatives Martin. OF
South Dakota; Foster, OF Vermont;
Lenroot, Of Wisconsin, and Norris, Of
Nebraska. Representative Lenroot
finally proposed the whole democratic
free list bill as an amendment, and
although Representative Sherley, who
was presiding. ruled that it was in
order, the democrats voted against it.