The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-07
FIGHT ON THE
WOOL SCHEDULE
OPENS TODAY
Democrats Will Charge Presi-
dent With Insincerity in
His Criticism
RECIPROCITY HAVING HARD
SAILING IN The SENATE
Several Elements Have Developed
Against and President Has Appealed
to Democrats to Stand by the
Original Measure as Prepared.

Original Measure as Prepared.
Washington, June General de-
bate on the Underwood wool bill be-
gan in the house of representatives
today. That the Republican minority
is to make vigorous assault on the
bill which reduces the duties on wool
and woolen goods more than one-half
was signalled in the minority report
OF the ways and means committee
signed by Representatives Payne, Dali
zell. Needham and Longworth. Rep
resentative Underwood, the Demo-
cratic leader and the author of the
proposed bill, had planned to call the
measure up when the house met and
make the opening address, laying
stress on the arguments embodied in
the majority committee report intro
duced yesterday. This report criti-
cised the president for not objecting
to the wool schedule of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill until after it had
been passed and charged that the tar
iff board is withholding data from
congress on its inquiry into the WOOL
en- goods field. Representative Mann.
the minority leader, and Mr.. Payne,
the former chairman and ranking Re-
publican member Of the ways and
means committee, were prepared to
conduct the opposition to the bill.
Abandoning hope Of defeating in
committee the Root amendment to the
Canadian reciprocity bill, affecting
the print paper and wood pulp clause
of the agreement, friends of the meas
ure today began on the floor of the
senate an active campaign to prevent
acceptance of the Root provision.
The president showed anxiety over
the situation when, after an executive
session OF the senate finance commit
tee today, he appealed to the Demo-
cratic senator's to stand out against
the amendment Senator Stone ex-
pressed to the preident his confidence
that far more than majority would
be found voting against the Root and
all other amendments that NAV be
offered
The administration throughout has
contended that amendment to the bill
probably would be fatal and by rea-
son of this contention the measure
was passed by the house in the form
desired by the state department. The
same argument was advanced when
the measure was turned over to the
senate finance committee and Chair
man Penrose of the committee has en-
deavored to prevent consideration of
amendments.
Secretary Knox did not appear be-
fore the committee today to explain
the inwardness of the agreement and
to urge the committee to report the
measure to the senate in its pres
ent form. He was expected to devote
considerable attention to the Root
amendment, explaining wherein it
would nullify or postpone the agree
ment, but he sent word that pre-
vious engagements prevented his an.
pearance.
The principal fight on the floor will
be based on the Root provision, but
the friends of reciprocity are now
hopeful of its rejection. The reason
found in the decision of majority Of
the Democratic senators to make no
effort to attach the house free list bill
to the reciprocity measure.
A decided majority of the Demo-
Gratis are favorable to reciprocity, but
until comparatively recently many of
them, disposed toward political ad-
vantage, made the condition that the
Canadian bill should receive no con-
sideration except in connection with
the pet Democratic measure. They
have abandoned that attitudt and now
announce boldly that they will op-
oil 80 ,ho%
ture. They have even gone to the
extent of rejecting overtures from the
progressives, which are coupled with
a promise on the part of the latter to
tack the free list on to the reciprocity
bill.
I'VE want a vote on the free list"
they say, "and shall insist on having
it. but it must be separate from reci-
procity."
Advocates of the bill are confident
of success, but the vote will be post
poned for several weeks. with an in
tense struggle and strong resistance
meantime. No one predicts a vote
earlier than July Is and some ex-
tend the time by a month.
"And with reciprocity disposed Of"
declared Senator Stone today, "I
should say that we ought to stay here
until we merge this session into the
next regular session and that session
into the second regular If we don't
get vote on the free list"
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