The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-20
DIRECT ELECTION BILL
is PASSED BY HOUSE
Democrats Rush Through Reso'
luton Proposing ConstItu-
tionaI Amendment.

sentatives, by a vote of 296 to To-
passed the Rucker resolution propos-
ing a. constitutional amendment Tor
the direct election of United States
senators.
This is the first of the Democratic
program measures passed by the
House. 1t went through without mod
ification and with speed that
brought protests from the Republi-
cans.
The resolution, as the House ap-
proved it, Is in the form in which the
Borah resolution was reported out OF
the Senate judiciary committee in the
closing days Of the last Congress
Publicity Bill Passed.
The Democratic party met its first
serious trouble in the House of Repre-
sentatives. At the close of session
marked by insurgency In the Demo
cratic ranks, by reason of which the
Republicans narrowly missed scoring
a triumph, the House passed the
Rucker bill for publicity Of campaign
contributions before elections.
The fight arose over the extent to
which publicity should be applied.
But for the vigorous and continued
use of the Democratic whip, an i'm
portant Republican amendment ex-
tending publicity to the individual re-
ceipts and expense of candidates for
Congress would have been retained
in the bill when it finally passed.
The Rucker bill, as finally passed,
makes more stringent the campaign
publicity law passed in 1910 That
law requires publicity of funds by the
campaign committee ten days before
election and the filing of supplement
tai statements every three days there
after until election day.
Reciprocity VIII Pass House.
1t Is the common expectation that
the Canadian reciprocity bill, embody-
ing President Taft's tariff compact
with Canada, and differing In no es-
sential details from the Mccall bill,
passed by the House last session,
will be passed, despite the protests
Of the high protectionists, with the
votes Of the united Democracy, and
a large contingent Of Republicans.
Session VIII Be Prolonged
There Is every indication that the
present session of Congress will be
long one. and old-time leaders around
the capitol are placing the day OF
adjournment anywhere from Septem-
Der to December 4.
The declaration of President Taft
that he will not exercise his constitu-
uonal power and adjourn Congress
after the passage of the Canadian re-
ciprocity bill, put an end to the hopes
OF those senators and representatives
who had looked forward to adjourn
ment in the early summer.
"Fres List" May Follow Reciprocity.
The farmers free list" bill will
possibly be taken up after the reel
procity bill though the Democrats
may conclude to bring in the bill ad.
hitting New Mexico and Arizona
ahead Of this bill. to be followed by
revision or the wooden and cotton
schedules.
The Democrats desire to enact
these two schedules as dispassion-
ately as may be, and with little out
side pressure and Interference. That
ls one reason they are providing so
much work for the Senate. Their
problem Is not whether the present
duties on wool and woolens and cot
ton manufactures shall be cut. but
how deeply they shall be cut. The re-.
vision Of these two schedules will he
more difficult legislative task than
the framing OF a farmers free list
bill.
National Capital Brevitiea.
senator Chamberlain is receiving
many requests from Oregon wool.
growers. urging that action upon the
proposed revision of schedule K he
deferred until the report of the tariff
board Is received. ).
Senator Poindexter arrived from
Spokane and was sworn in Monday.
Exclusion from the United States
OF Japanese, Koreans and Hindus and
all other Asiatics on the same basis
as that now applicable to Chinese ;s
provided for in a resolution intro.
duced In the House by Representa-.
tive Hays Of California.
II Congress remains in session
through the hot weather, President
Taft probably will become a nro.
nounced weekend commuter. tournev.