Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-13
PRESIDENT BELIEVED IN Posi-,
TON TO FORCE PROPOSITION
THRU SENATE.
UPPER HOUSE OF CONGRESS
CONCEDED THE STICKING POINT
Interests keenly Disappointed
That Agreement Can Not be Headed
OH-Senate Convinced That Taft
Has Large Public Influence Back Of
Especial CORRESPONDENCE.

~dSHiEgtOA rep. l3.-l1dt fTtSiutHt
Taft is going TO be able 70 force COM
gress to ratify the Canadian reciproc-
ity agreement is the conviction which
is steady growing about the capitol.
A remarkable change in The situation
has come about since the president sent
the reciprocity agreement to congress.
Then. j, was said on every hand tina:
The reciprocity agreement had no show
whatever at his session and that it was
doubtful whether ii would ever be rati-
fed. Now, with the house certain 10
pass the measure ra;ifying the agree
ment. there IS some prospec of ratinca-
ton this session and practically a GER
tainty that if congress is called back
in extra session and a vote forced the
agreement will be endorsed.
The sticking point, as everyone I'M
derstands. is in the senate. And the
situation in that body is such hat some
Of the senators who are opposed to the
agreement are saying openly that 1t -
going TO be adopted. BY this. they mean
that il may coine to a vote this session
and If 50 j, will be passed. but if it
nCI come 10 a SOlt INV oIN al
extra session is called. il will go thru.
Lumber Interests Disappointing.
1t is learned that some OF the repre-
senta,ives Of the lumber interests, who
have come on here to fight OF the
agreement, nave been told that the
agreement can not be headed off. And
they have received this Information
from who do not want 1t rati-
fled.
AS a matter OF fact. the senate is
hnding on, that President Tai, has a
powerful weight Of public sentiment on
his side. 1t is true there 10 opposition
from som OF the farming interests.
from the lumber interests and from
some OF the ultra high protecstonlsts.
But a good man are nndanH
that the agreement Is failing to Kick
up the opposition In their states that
they supposed i, would. The fact Sen
ator Beveridge has come out IN a
strong speech for the agreement has had
some effect in encouraging other eena-
tiers to take a stand. Most OF the sena-
tors have been loath TO commit them
selves one way or the other but are
showing q little more tendency no*, to
come out into the open.
Will Get Democratic Support.
It is expected the agreement in the
senate will get tw~enty-seven or
twenty-eight democratic votes. Forty
seven votes will be required TO pass
II. This means that about twenty re-
publicans will have to support 1t II II
passes. This applies to the present
congress. In the next. h agreement
will have more democratic support and
VIII need fewer republican votes.
1t is rot difficult to figure out twen-
" votes for the agreement. Senators
who are counted o n as either ommit-
ted to the agreement or pretty certain
to line up for it are Beveridge. Brown.
Burkett. Burton. Crane, Cullom, Cur
Depew. Flint, Page. Lodge. Root,
Warner. Brandegee. Dixon and Du-
Pont. This makes sixteen Cncerrtn n
~ prevails as to the attitude OF Craw-
ford, Smith OF Michigan, Clark OF wy
oming, Carter. Warren. Bradley. Gug-
genheim, Kean. Nixon. Perkins. Rich
ardson, Scott, Bourne. Wetmore and
Sutherland.
Bu, under administration pressure.
the presiden; a secure enough votes
out of this list TO bring o passage
OF the agreement.
The Hostile Republicans.
Senator's Borah. Briggs, Bristow.
Buckley. Burnham, Burrows. Clapp.
Dick, Dillingham;. Frye. Young. Calm
ger. Gamble. Gronna. Hale. Hepburn.
Jones. LaFollette. Lorimer. McCunber.
Nelson, Oliver. Penrose. Piles, Smoot
and Stephenson are generally looked
on as hostile. Some OF them are
iy SO. In this list are twenty-six. The
president will be unable to win over
many of these senator's.
Senator Cummins has declared him
~lf for. reciprocity but he wants a
more extended free list, g the ar
rangement will be fairer to the farmer.
He does not say he will vote against
the cen and some OF his friends
think he will do 81 rather than take
the responsibility for killing the agree
mert.
One of the interesting things about
the situation Is that the discussion OF
the agreement has brought out a lot
of sentiment for absolute free trade
with Canada Eel some OF the lum-
Der representatives declare they will
stand for that. 1t may be expected
hat II the agreement goe thru. there
will be a powerful movement to e
down completely the trade barriers be-
tween this nation and Canada.