New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

Washing ton, June O.
The ROOT AMENDMENT.-To tho
marked surprise OF many members OF '"o
Senate. as well as 10 others the oe"",.
Committee on Finance voted TO-DAY u "u'
the Root amendment 10 the CANADIAN le0'
procity bill. and speculation is RTE DOM an
10 tho fate Of the amendment IN the SEN
ate and as to the effect it VIII nave IL '''e
Senate adds IL to the measure. II was not
expected that Senator La Toilette Wouiu
vote for the amendment, and Senator
BAILEY had indicated that he would oppose
r. The change of these two votes AZ the
last moment effected the change In the
committee As both men insist that the!
are opposed TO the high protective policy,
and as President Taft has expressed the
conviction that the adoption of this amend
ment will leopard the reciprocity DILL II
is a reasonable assumption that both were
actuated by desire to kill the agreement
Senator La Toilette, in insurSent CONFER
cnces. has frankly asserted that the reel
procity agreement must not be approved
hecauee IL would +. 9ect credit on the Tait
administration: and Senator Bailey prop
ably wishes 10 prevent It's approVai ior
reasons best known 10 himself-ieasohs'
however. which involve opposition TO tailii
reduction. even such reduction as was
pledged in the last Democratic PLATFORM
where the lumber industry is affected III
fnct, it is asserted by some Senators mat
tho vote Of the Texan might easily nave
been foreseen from his attitude toward the
T.orjmer case II Is impossible to determine
al this time whether or not the ROOT
amendment will he adopted by the Senate
bur i; is insisted that President Tafts
frank admission at Chicago that IL merely
makes the bill accord with the agreement
a. originally submitted TO Congress mas
given impetus 10 the disposition 10 vote TOT
H. or TO put il another way. That II mas
made better excuse for those VINO aI
along have desired To vote for II. Now the
Senate is saying that the House VIII nor
dare to reject the reciprocity measure.
which is Enthusiastically in tho direction OF
lowering the tariff. even If the senate does
adopt this amendment Representative IN
derwood IS known 10 have ADVISED the
President that the House would reject the
agreement If fl were amended. inns also
Is an occasion or irritation 10 the senate.
because il IS declared that il IS a bad prece-
dent TO permit ono member OF the House
TO assert that that body will or viii not
pursue a certain course II the Senate takes
n given action or course. all these arSu-
ments cmanate from those who hate the
rcciprocitv agreement. and would defeat it
openly ~ thcy dared. Nevertheless, there
is 4 question as Ia how far the House
would dare 20 in the direction Of defeating
tho agreement merely because a single sec
ton therein was restored 10 the form in
which it is 10 he found in the original
agreement
INSURGENTS AND RECIPROCITY.-A
decidedly interesting statement is made in
a local paper this evening regarding the
opposition OF the insurgent Republicans 10
reciprocny-a statement all the more in
terestinG because it appears over the sig
nature of the official press agent Of the in
surgents. The great difficulty OF the pro-
srcssiVes,' hs says. rs that their best and
most effective supporter has been the inde-
pendent Jross-newspapcr and periodical
That force has been disappointed in their
attitude on reciprocity. II is almost solidlY
for the reciprocity arrangement. but finds
that it's Congressional proteges have de-
serted or are so badly divided TO have
lost their character as 4 phalanX Of lighting
support for tariff revision. In these condi-
tons the chance of a big, effective fight for
President Tafts dcfcat in convention has
dwndled decidedly in recent weeks . q.
Tho thing that has broken down the fight
inc front of the progressves is the reel
yrocity issue" And following this confess
sion Of insurgent weakness, The writer goes
on to say that serious consideration is being
eiIen TO the ACCESSIBILITY Of nominating "a
prominent progressive Republican for sec
ond place on the ticket with Governor
Woodrow Wilson, assuming that tho New
Jersey Governor secures the Democratic
nomination.
LITTLETON FOR TARIFF BOARD
Representative Littlcton introduced to-day
a bill providing for tho creation of a non
partisan Tariff Board" 10 he composed OF
five members and TO cOndUc, Investigations