The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
TAFT BOUND
TO WIN
Begins Active Campaign for
Reciprocity
EXPECTS MEASURE TO PASS
Wants Present House to Indorse Com
pact, and the Incoming Democratic
House to Follow
Suit.
EXPECTS MEASURE TO PASS

washington, Jan. ol.--NeW and sud-
den Importance was given yesterday to
the talk Of an extra session Of Con-
gress. At the same time, new turn
in the fight for reciprocity has been
made at the White House.
President Taft yesterday morning be-
gan calling in the Republican members
Of the ways and means committee and
urging them to take up without delay
the administrations reciprocity bill in
troduced on Saturday. He wants the
committee to take il up this week and
report it out. Two members Of the
committee at the White House were
Representatives Crmpacker and Bou-
tell. All the Republican members viii
be called In by the president for con
ference.
To the ways and means men whom
he is calling in Mr.. Taft is making clear
his plans for getting legislation to rati-
fly the reciprocity agreement with Can.
ada He wants Republican House TO
pass the measure before March l. Ii
that be done, he viii not hesitate to
call am extra session this spring or the
coming fall for the purpose Of getting
the agreement finally ratified.
The presidents limitations of an ex-
ira session have hitherto not been TAX
en- seriously by most members Of Con.
gress But his disclosure Of his plans
to ways and means committeeman leaves
no doubt that he is giving serious
thought to it, As now inclined, he will
call an extra session if he believes it
will further the deal with Canada.
The president believes the question OF
reciprocity is non partisan. He wants
it treated so. If the agreement is rati-
fled by a Republican House and then
put up to a Democratic House and rati-
fed by that body, it will be the best
possible evidence that the subject is be-
ing taken up without respect to par.
tisanship. This is what the president
wants.
Should the House approve the agree
ment before March 4 its action would
lapse, of course, with the expiration of
the life Of this Congress But, as Mr..
Taft views it, the moral effect will be
great if favorable action by Republi-
can House were to be followed up by
favorable action By a Democratic House.
This would make IL difficult for the
Senate to stand out against the agree
ment. Ways and means committee
members have gained the impression
that the president has practically made
up his mind to call an extra session
if he can get the bin through the House
before March 4.
The president has been advised that
there will be strong opposition in the
House, and for this reason he will call
in conference not only ways and means
members, but also representatives not on
the committee.
President Taft is getting large mum
beers Of letters and kilograms from va
rious parts of the country approving his
stand on reciprocity.
Senator Stone Of Missouri yesterday
announced from the floor his unauali-
fed support of the agreement and his
conviction that, whatever the Republi-
cans might do, Democrats should give
1t their sanction
After a few bitter words, but with
out rollcall, the Senate recalled the
agreement from the committee on f.
nance and sent it TO foreign relations.
This move, while relatively unimpor
tant, is a friendly one for the agree
ment, as demonstrated by the howls
it brought forth from uncompromising
Republican standpatters like Hepburn
and 'protectionist Democrats as they
are beginning to be called, like Bailey
Of Texas. OF the nine Republicans on
the finance committee, al except Aid
rich, who is absent, Cullom and Lodge
are actively opposed to the agreement.
OF the nine Republicans on foreign rela-
tions. Chairman Clillom and Senator's
Beveridge. Carter and Root are counted
for the agreement, while none of the
other members, Frye, Lodge, Kean and
William Alden Smith, have declared
against it. Senator Cullom started the
discussion by moving that the Senate
reconsider its previous action and send
the presidents message to foreign re-
lations instead of finance. Senator
Lodge, who took no further part in the
debate. explained that the message
would be sent again to finance after
foreign relations had considered it.