Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-02-24
Washington
PACT IS
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Canadian Agreement Ratified
BY Lower Body After q Day
of Warm Debate.

northwestern members vOteQ on
the reciprocity bill as follows:
IOWA.
For-Hubbard, republican, and
JAMESON, democrat.
Asainst-kennedy, Dawson, Hull,
Good, Haugen, Pickett, Kendall,
Smith and Woods, all republicans.
NEBRASKA.
For-Maguire. Hitchcock and
Latta, democrats, and inkai and
Hinshaw, republicans.
Against-Norris, republican.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
For-None.
Asainst--Burke and Martin, re-
publicans.
Washington, Feb. 16.-Senator Bev-
sridge again today failed to obtain
unanimous consent in the Senate TIC
vote next Tuesday on his lorimer
resolution. The senator gave notice
that on that day he would ask the Sen
.esolution could be disposed Of. Senator
Burrows again blocked the proceeding
under a general consent agreement.
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Washington. Feb. l6. President
Fats reciprocity agreement with Cam
ada was ratified in the House of Rep
resentatives last night through the
support of an almost solid democratic
vote. The Mccall bill. carrying the
agreement into effect, was passed. 221
TO 92. A majority of the republicans
present voted against the mesaure, the
division being 7S yeas and 81 nays.
The democratic vote was 143 yeas and
only ) nays. A majority Of the re-
publican insurgents present voted for
.he bill.
The Mccall bill now goes to the Sen.
ate. What it's fate will be in that body
Is problematical. President Taft be-
lieves if a filibuster can be avoided and
a vote taken the bill will pass. He is
insistent that the Senate shall act one
way or the other and has indicated
hat he would call an extra session of
congress if it does not do so.
The passage Of the bill in the House
came at the end of a long debate.
which at times was as bitter as has
been heard on the door of that cham
Der in years. The fight was confined
almost wholly to the republican side.
Democratic members joined in from
time to time and tainted the majority
members for their lack Of unity. The
democratic leaders aiso put IN the
claim that the reciprocity agreement
was good democratic doctrine and de-
clared they were glad to welcome
President Taft and many of the House
republicans into the democratic fold.
President Taft yesterday sent to on
gress a message vetoing a joint resolu-
ton authorizing him to reinstate nine
former cadets of the West Point Mill
tary academy, who were discharged ON
conviction OF having violated the law
prohibiting hazing.
The cadets affected are william T..
Russell, Harry G.. Weaver, John II.
Booker, Albert E. Crane, Richard
| Hooker, Jacob S. Fortner, Gordon Lee
febre, Chauncey c.. Deyore n Earl w.
Dunmore. They were dismissed from
the academy on the charge Of hazing
under the law permitting no alterna-
tive for dismissal when found guilty.
In his message President Taft gives
these reaSons:
These cadets received a fair and i'm
| partial trial in accordance with the law
| as it existed at the time of the trial and
were punished by dismissal. Their con-
nection with the military academy has
been entirely severed and they are now
IN civil life.
'The superintendent of the military
| academy, the chief of staff and the sec
| rotary of war are of the opinion that
the enactment of this joint resolution
would have a very injurious effect upon
! the military academy and would tend
20 seriously demoralize the discipline
there. In this opinion concur
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II The DEBATE CT the Canadian reoi-
procity bill in the House yesterday
Representative Clark, of Missouri.
made a few remarks with reference to
his position on the democratic presi-
Dental nomination. Mr.. clark was
being quizzed as to the similarity OF
| his views and those of President Taft
ON reciprocity with the whole world,
when Representative Norris, of Me-
braska, suggested there might be rival.
ry between Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Clark for
the democratic nomination. Mr.. Clark,
amid shouts of laughter, said that IN
such a contest he would get the noml-
| aation hands down"
And while we are on that subject
| added Mr.. Clark, II might just as Wen
make my position clear. / am not run
ping for president. I'm not counting In.
somnia or sitting UP nights Fostering
my head about Clark delegates to the
democratic convention, but I'm not 1901
enough to u away from a nomination
that has not been offered TO me.
I'm the meantime, it's sort of pleasant
20 have the newspapers refer TO you ID
hat connection"
AS the result of many conferences in
| ,loakrooms n other places IN the
capitol, the friends of the resolution
FOR direct election of senators yesterday
determined upon a decided move Tor
ware Senator Borah voiced that pur,
\ pose III Il IOTI1dl HOIitc thdt "a Hn
Thursday he would ask the Senate tc
sit until a vote should be reached.
If this is persisted in, it will mean
he Thursday session will be extended
into, and if necessary, through the
| night. 1t would mean a test of endur-
| ance between the friends and oppon
ents of the measure and either CON-
tinuous speaking by the opposing SEN
| ators or a flibuster by them. On the
other hand, the supporters would be
| required to maintain a quorum as a
| requisite to doing any business.
The popular elections officials have
considered all these points and declare
they know just where they stand. They
express more confidence in success
than they have manifested for SOME
time. This renewed hope is due to 9
canvass of the democratic side of the
Senate, which convinces them that ever
with the Sutherland amendment incor-
oorated some democratic votes will
still be assured.
President Taft commented yesterday
on the declaration he made Monday
before the pan-American commercial
conference that he was In favor OF reel