Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-09
WILL PLAY FAIR
With PRESIDENT.
Will Help Him Pass Reform
Bills

Washington, March S,-The new
House will pass the Canadian recipro-
city agreement.
The one question in this connection
that is dividing the Democrats is
whether it shall be put Through at
once or be made to wait the passage
of general tariff bills to be framed oy
the new Ways and Means Committee
The weight of opinion now is hat the
Democratic House will pass bill re-
vising the wool schedule and another
putting certain foodstuffs on the free
list before it takes up reciprocity
Standing upon the mandate Of the
Constitution which requires all bills
affecting revenues shall originate in
the lower house of Congress, the SEN
ate expects to wait for the coming of
the reciprocity measure from the
House, This will mean that it must
mark time for a considerable period
Knowing that the Democratic House
will take up some general legislation,
the Senate will not attempt to limit its
work to reciprocity and the tariff. 1t
will seek to avoid a general opening OF
the legislative gates.
Senate Heavily Handicapped.
Organization problems are not alone
confined to the House. The Senate is
confronted with the necessity of re-
arranging it's committees and is heav-
lily handicapped with the largely in
creased Democratic membership,
which, if united with that of the Pro-
gressives, would control 1t must fall
in behind new leaders. The older men
who have controlled affairs are gone.
So strong are the Democrats in the
Senate that unless the Republican reg
ular and Insurgent Senators can be
held together there is danger that
Democratic measures coming from the
House will sweep through the Senate
also. Some Senators are so optimistic
as to predict an adjournment by July.
The are few ar1 the general opinion
is that the end will net come before
August or September.
To Be Known as "Peters Bill"
Representative Oscar W. Underwood
of Alabama, chairman of tie Wars
and Means Committee. believes that it
will be 40 days befre the H3rsa pass
es the Reciprocity bill. 1t is under
stood tonight that the measure will be
introduced by Representative Andrew
J. Peters, of Massachusetts, a member
of the committee, and will be known
as the "Peters bill'.' OF course, it will
be identical with the Mccall bill of the
session just closed
The Democratic leaders have given
their word to President Taft that they
will do everything in their power 10
put through the agreement at the ex-
ira session without any amendment
that would affect its ratification by
Canada
viii Help the President.
1t is no secret that the Democrats
feel inclined to do anything they can
to help President Taft in this connec-
ton so long as it does not clash with
their party policies. This is chiefly
due to the fact that the President
postponed the calling of the extra
session from March Is to April 4 in
Difference to the wishes of the Demo
Gratis, who wanted time to organize.
It has been suggested that the Dem
ocrats would amend the bill to ratify
the reciprocity agreement by lacking
on Democratic low-tariff propositions
not SO as to affect the agreement, but
as riders"
This is not at all likely, for the Dem
ocratic leaders of the House realize
that such action would seriously af.
feet the chances of the agreement in
the Senate