The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-27
RECIPROCITY BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC STEAM ROLLER"
AGAIN PROVED ITSELF EFF
FEcTIvE IN HOUSE.
NOT A SINGLE CHANGE
The Bill Is Practically Identical With
That Submitted at the
Last Session.

d
iprocity pact was passed by the house
by a vote of 269 to SO, all the Demo
Gratis except 10 voting for the meas
ure, A majority of the Republicans
present and voting voted against it,
the number OF representatives favor
ling it being 81, while Is Republicans
and Aiken of New York. "black
sheep" were against it
In the effort to insure the defeat
OF the measure in the senate. Repub
lican opponents sought to kick the
free list bill on the Canadian reci
procity bill Insurgent Republicans
lined up with the Regulars, while I'm
Gle Joe Cannon and John Dalzell ap
plauded vigorously the utterances oil
insurgents Murdoch, Lenroot and
Norris, and the latter returned the
compliment.
To Leader Underwood is due a
large share of credit for the success.
full work. He displayed rare skill
as Democratic floor leader and engi
neered the bill to final passage with
consummate ability.
A liberal allowance of time was
made to the opponents of the bill and
It was put through without the aid OF
a special rule. All Georgia members
were in favor of the bill, though sew
eral had opposed it most actively in
the party caucus They bowed to the
will of the majority, however, and
cast their votes for the measure the
caucus had approved.
1T was made party measure and
we were bound by the action of the
caucus" said these opponents in ex
PLANTATION of their votes.
Ten Democrats, who said they had
been pledged against the measure by
their constituents in the last cam
paign, voted against it by special per.
mission Of the caucus.
1t was amusing to hear men like
Mann and Cannon rail against the
Democratic majority, who were cham
pioning President Taft's pet measure
Some Insurgent Republicans like Len
root OF Wisconsin were really sincere
in saying they wished meats and 9TH
Ell articles put on the free list. They
were reminded by Leader Underwood
that they would have an opportunity
shortly to vote in favor of admitting
free of duty meat products from Can
ada and all the rest of the world
They seemed bent, however, on add
ing this clause to the Canadian pact
The Democrats were charged with
bad faith in bringing in two separate
bills, the Republicans insisting that it
was generally admitted the reciproc-
ity bill would pass, but there was
considerable doubt as to whether the
free list bill would get by the senate.
One reason why Democrats oppos-
ed any interference with the meas
ure they had agreed upon in caucus,
aside from an unwillingness to have
their program disarranged, was the
fear that any concessions granted to
Canada outside Of the specific sec
tons in the reciprocal agreement, was
that 1t would cause complications
with other nations who were grant
ed all concessions allowed the most
favored nations
Ottawa, Ont, News Of the heavy
majority given reciprocity at Wash
ington was received with much sat
isfaction by the government and lib.
eral members who are supporting the
measure here. The Canadian oppon-
ents of the pact are now placing their
faith in the hope that the United
States senate will long delay the bill
or kill it.
"The vote at Washington will be
great aid to the Canadian friends
of reciprocity" said member of the
Dominion government. 81 expect to
see the opposition at Ottawa collapse
in the course of few days and | be.
lieve the measure Will be finally pass
ed by parliament as soon as it is
finally dealt with at Washington"