East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-22

Against the Passage of the Bill.
Washington, April 22.-Friends of
reciprocity are nightly encouraged
here today through the showing made
by the measure In the house. They
believe the vote of 26i TO 50 will i'm
press the senate with the idea that
the time has come for the ending of
obstruction tactics and to join i'm with
the lower house. In all the democrats
defeated 81 amendments before the
bill passed. Most of these were at
tempted To cmbarrasS the reciprocity
plan by additions To the farmers free
lists.
Washington, April 22.-President
Taft's Canadian reciprocity agree
ment. supported by all but a handful
OF democrats and opposed by ma
jority of the republicans, passed the
house of representatives yesterday af-
tcrnoon by a vote of 265 to SO.
With nearly 900 democrats in con-
troll. and their action endorsed by
many republicans. the bill was adop'
ted with no amendments, and in al
most lutnutdllN lUt lbIlu III Nllltl u
passed the house last session.
The bill seeks to put into effect the
formal agreement reached between
President Taft and members of tho
Canadian cabinet, for reduction OF
tariff rates on many articles and fire,
trade in many others, across the Can
adian border. Added to it by the
democratic leaders, Is a section which
"authorizes ana requests Presden
Taft to make further efforts to secur,
still frccr trade relations with Canada
IN the form of additional reciprocal
relations.
The passage of the bill marked tn,
close of a fight that had ragged in th'
house for six days. In that time the
safety of the measure was at no tim,
threatened: but the democratic anC
republican leaders, working for IT.
passage conceded all the opportunit!
desired by its opponents for debat
ana protest
Following the same policy, amend
mcnts were admitted in the house TO
almost every section of the bill an'
in each case they were rejected b!
an overwhe Ginning vote given by tn
friends of the measure. Ten democrat
voted against the bill on its passage
while 1S7 democrats voted for 1t. A
when the bill passed at the preceding
session, majority of the republican
were found against 1t, the party vot
being 67 for and rs opposed.
Berger I'm Favor.
Representative Berger of Wiscon
sin, the socialist member, voted 70
It, and Representative Akin of Ney
York, who ranks as an Independent
voted against 1t.
The negative vote was:
Republcans-Anders Minnesota
Bradley, New York; Burke, South Da
kota; Campbell, Kansas; Cannon. II
linois: Copley, Illinois; Currier, Ney
Hampshire; Dalzell, Pennsylvania
Davis, Minnesota; DeForest, NeN
York; Dodds, Michigan; Driscoll, Ne,
York; Dwight, New York; Esch, Wis
consin; Fairchild, New York; Foch
Pennsylvania; Fordney, Michigan
Foster, Vermont; French, Idaho
Bardner, Massachusetts,; Gardner
New Jersey; Goode, Iowa; Guernse,
Maine. Hamilton. Michigan; Hanna
North Dakota; Hartman, Pennsylva
MIA: Huegen, Iowa; Hawley, Oregon
Hayes California; Helgeson, Mort
Dakota; Kinds, Maine; Howell, Utah
Humphrey, Washington Jackson
Kansas; Kendall, iowa: Kennedy, Ic
wa Kinkaid, Nebraska; Kopp, WIS
consin, Lefean, Pennsylvania; LaFo
lette, Washington; Langley, Kentucky
Lenroot, wisconsin; Lindberghm, Mir
nesota: Mcclure, oklahoma; McKir
ley, Illinois, Mclaughlin, Michigan
McMorran, Michigan; Malby, Ne
York; Martin, South Dakota; Monde
Wyoming: Moore, Pennsylvania; MOI
gan, oklahoma; Mott, New York; Ne
son, Wisconsin; Morris, Nebraska
Patton, Pennsylvania; Pickett, Iowi
Plumley, Vermont; Powers. Kei
tucky: Pray, Montana: Price, Illinois
Prouty, Iowa; Rees. Kansas; Rodel
berg, Illinois, simmons, New Yorl
Sloan, Nebraska; Sterling, Illinoi
Thistlcwood. Illinois; Lowner, low
Volsted, Minnesota; Warburton, Wasl
ington Wedemeyer, Michigan; VIII