The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-27
TAFT VICTORIOUS
CANADIAN TRADE AGREEMENT
ADOPTED IN SENATE BY
VOTE OF SO TO 27.
ALL AMENDMENTS KILLED
Party Lines Swept Away in Bitter
Contest.-Treaty to Open Up
New Commercial Relations
With Canada.

With Canada.
Washington, ID. C.. - President
Tafts great administration victory in
the Canadian trade agreement bill was
made effective in the senate of the
United States when that bill passed
the senate by a vote of SO ayes to q
nays, almost precisely q two to one
: result.
OF the 90 affirmative votes, SO were
cast by Democrats and 81 by Republi-
cans. OF the p negative votes, three
were cast by Democrats and "a by Re,
publiCans.
How Senators Voted.
Republicans against: Borah and
Hepburn, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon;
Bristow and Curtis, Kansas; Burnham,
New Hampshire; Clapp and Nelson,
Minnesota; Clark and Warren, Wyom-
ing; Crawford and Gamble, South Da.
kota; Cummins and Kenyon. Iowa;
Dixon, Montana; Gronna and McCum-
Der, North Dakota; La Toilette, Wis
c~onsin; Lippitt, Rhode Island: Lori
mer, Illinois; Oliver, Pennsylvania;
Page, Vermont; Smith, Michigan;
Smoot, Utah. Total, "a.
Democrats against: Bailey, Texas;
Clarke, Arkansas; Simmons, North
Carolina. Total, 3.
Republicans for: Bradley. Ken
lucky; Brandege and Mclean, Connec-
ticut; Briggs, New Jersey; Brown. Ne.
braska; Burton, Ohio; Crane and
Lodge, Massachusetts,; Cullom, Hi
nois; G~uggenheim, Colorado; Jones
and Poindexter, Washington, Nixon.
Nevada; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Per
kins and Works, California: Richard
son, Delaware; Root, New York.
Stephenson, Wisconsin,; Townsend.
Michigan; Wetmore, Rhode Island.
Total, 81.
Democrats for: Bacon, Georgia:
Bankhead and Johnston, Alabama:
Bryan and Fletcher, Florida; Cham
berlain, Oregon; Chiffon and Watson
West Virginia; Culberson. Texas;
Davis, Arkansas; Foster, louisiana:
Gore and Owen, Oklahoma; Hitchcock
Nebraska; Johnson, Maine; Kern and
Shiveley, Indiana; Martin and Swan !
son, Virginia; MARITIME, New JERSEY:
Montana; Newlands, Nevada.
OGorman, New York; Overman. North
.arollna; Paynter, Kentucky; Pom
Ohio; Reed and Stone. Mis-
souri,; Smith, Maryland; Smith, South
carolina; Taylor, Tennessee; Will
ans, Mississippi. Total, 80.
Most Republicans Opposed.
Among the noteworthy noints re-
'arding the passage of the Canadian
iii through congress is the fact that
as it was indorsed by Presi.
lent Taft and his administration. the
'llI received the affirmative votes oP
MY 80 Republican members of both
Iouses, while 1O2 Republicans of both
-ouses voted against it.
The bill received the votes of every
England and Eastern states Rn-
uDIlcan with three exceptions, while
solid Republican vote of the mid.
lie Western states, with the execution
L three senators, was cast against
: Or the states of the Northwest and
mississippi Valley, the votes of only
hree Republican senator's were cast
it by Stephenson, of Wisconsin.
'ullom, of Illinois, and Townsend, of
Iichigan.
h greatest strength that any
mendment could muster, in the eff
OF the opponents of the bill to
hange its character, was that shown
y the vote on the amendments Of
by Senator Nelson, of Minnesota.
he object of which was to restore
laf the present rates on cereals. live
attic, etc, instead of removing the
.uties entirely as is proposed in the
'anadian bill as it passed. The Mel
amendments mustered the votes
L 20 in its support. Practically all
amendments received from q
to Is votes.
Every element of nature and of
smiled upon the final passage
reciprocity. 1t was IL o'clock sharp
'hen Vlce-President James Sherman
allied the senate to order. At 11.2O
demand for a quorum mustered "a
aging senators to their seats. AT
1:25 Senator McCumber, OF North Da.
.ota, offered his irst-a free list
amendment. And in FIVE minutes Me-.
had been voted down by Ga
o Is.
AT ll:31 Senator Nelson, of Mime.
ota marched into the open amend.
nent field for grains and farm prod
-ce and at 11:40 o'clock 5S senator's
.ad defeated his rider. Senator Sim.
mons, OF North Carolina, sailed in with
is plea for fresh meats and -four GER.
ais at l1:42, and in eight minutes
is amendment was downed, also by
4 TO IA. Then Senator Cummins pre-