The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-31
May CALL AN EXTRA SESSION
fF THE CANiDI RECIPROCITI
AGREEMENT FANS.
The President Is IIr,otinG His Energies TO
Forcing Action a, This session Re-
publican Leaders say There Is Little
Hone for the Measure nj This Time.


Hope for the Measure NJ This Time.
WAsu1SoroN Jan 80. The report
that President Taft may call special
session of Congress to act on the Canadian
reciprocity agreement in the event o!
failure al this session reached the (apitol
! in more definite form to-day and stirred
up a good deal of excitement. The. re-
port originated with Republicans who
had been in conference with the Pres-
dent but they declined TO discuss the
subject for publication.
There il GOOD reason to believe that
'hs President has no present intention
of calling Congress in special session.
! An Administration leader said that II
the pending Canadian agreement failed
| nt this session as now seems probable.
! the President would not hesitate to CON
vene Congress in extraordinary session
lif assu"apCpS we're received from the
! Democrats that they would limit the
! taria legislation of tn" session to the
reciprocal trade agreement. The Demo
Gratis will give no such assurances. In
fact their leaderG declare that when the
: new House meets whether in special
or regular session they will proceed
AZ once to the framing of Il general tariff
revision hill
/ For the present Mir Taft is dcvoting
/ his energies to forcing 2ction al this
session and d spcciai session will be con
sidnrni ny hin only a. a Last resort
He is making it plain to me nbe-s of
Congress. though th?t 4 s0ecsl ses-
sion i no; h"y"nd the possible. He is
in fact. however serving notice on them
/ that he will not tolerate Efforts to pre-
vent \ vote on tn" agreement ct this
session by Juggling it from committee
TO COMMITTEES and delaying it in other
ways
Republican lolTor5 in tho House and
Sonato doclar" orsnly tha thoro is little
or no prospect of tho tana1i2n agreement
going through at this tim" Thoy bo-
liev" thor, Ia u fair prosI oct of its passage
by the Hous", hut tn" outlook in tn,
Senate i almost horc!n's.
Tho NcCall bill. which cmhodi"s tho
trad. agroonont, will como up for con-
sidcration at a meo,in OF tho House Com
mlt", ON Ways and Means Tomorrow.
hn proCsdur" to be adopted in handling
IN inSlaur, " i'll then t. determined No
de- ION has lr'n reached as to whothor
or not h,arlngs shall b" hold on tn" bill.
ing is organization. II has no hope of
d".r,ing tho bill in committee. A ma
lorijv ot tho monb"rs of the committee,
including Democrats as we'll "a Rcpubli-
cam. Is tavdJahla TO report of the Mccall
bill h, opposition l. organizing for a
damonst stration on tn" floor Every effort
will be made 10 amend tho agreement
With u >i,w TO d"!crting it in this way.
lh"r' was a furry over the agreement
in tho S"na-r to-day
"lhi- ~ an hour for those who believe
in tn, Republican doctrine of protection
10 b" on tho slort,- ssid senator Hcyburn
of Idaho iraa or Cullom of Illinois had
moved To chang" tn" r"e"-"nco of TIM
Pr, 'Ii"nt's m 'ssas" from III" Finance
Committee to IN" Committ"" on Foreign
E"la'ions Mr. Hepburn said tha,> as tho
matter was one do ulling with tho revenues
i. should y" sr.t considered in tn" House
After a liv"lv deha'" ovcr tn, motion
mad, bv soma or tullom tn" resident q
mnssag' wc' snnt 10 tn" Foreign Rola-
tions Commlt,.r with tn" understanding
, that latnr il should receive consideration
nv tho Committc" on tiNancc.
: Callers al tho Whit" House to-day from
difcront SECTIONS Of the country assured
, Prc;id"nt Taft that sentiment was ia
. vorabl" to tho trade agreement. Repro
sentative elliott" told tho President that
in his opinion majority in Congress
> favored thu legislation
Former Governor John Lind Of Mime
sofa congratulated the President on his
, success in his negotiations with tho rep
ro=ontativas of tho Ottawa Government
senator Ston" of Missouri made his
anti-sIbsidy syc"Ch the occasion for a
declaration in favor Of tho ratification OF
: tn" reciprocity treaty with Canada.
1 If this ecmert." declared Senator
stone. is ratified hv the two contract ing
= GOV ernments il will rank as one Of IT,.
: notable achievements OF this generation
! II will he an epoch making event in .\meri-
can history. and looking TO tho fuinr.
no man can estimate us tar reaching and
ever widening influence on the indust ria
and political life of all american peoples
81 do not wish 10 give to this sht-
Get a partisan aspect, but II seems TO
me that whatever course Republicans,
: standpat or insurgcnt. may take, Demo-
Gratis at least should support this agree
mcnt. IL seems to me to be in harmony
: with our we'll understood party policy:
But aside from mere party cOnsid-
erdtIons here is great question OF far
reaching import presented to Congress.
one Of the greatest We have had TO deal
with for years and il ought not to be
thrust aside for schemes impossible of
rea lization or for minor questions which
pale before the commanding Importance
of this great international programme.
OTTAWA. Jan 30, From the fruit
growers Of tn" Niagara peninsula notice
came to-day that they ara trying TO get
together "A deputation of a thousand men
to come to Ottawa to enter a protest
: against free fruit The spokes men fer
the Niagara fruit growers say the con-
cession will mean ruin for them IL the
reciproCitv agreement is made effective