The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-19
Says He Is Opposed to 1t
From Broad Standpoint
That 1t Is Against Interest
of Whole u. S.
NO CONSIDERATION
GIVEN 1T, ALLEGED
Measure Will Come to Vote
Thursday and Will Be
Passed, Despite the Plots
of the Minority.
IAinerican News Service)

"dSHluStOH, Apili 10 ue HouSS
entered today in the home stretch of
the debate on the reciprocity bill,
which has been under consideration
since Saturday. vote on the bill,
according to present indications, prob
ably will be had before adjournment
Thursday.
When the house met today it was
with the knowledge that some of the
heavier guns for and against recip-
rocity would be fired Former Speaker
Cannon had signified it as his inten-
ton to make few remarks" against
the Canadian agreement. Dalzell was
also on the firing line against the bill.
Mccall, a Massachusetts Republican,
who framed the reciprocity measure
that passed the house the last session,
only to fail of votes in the senate, was
ready to join hands with Underwood,
author of the pending measure in the
final arguments The bill is sure to
pass the house, but Underwood and
other Democratic leaders heard today
of a plot that the minority has laid TO
embarrass the majority.
Republicans Divided.
Republicans are divided on the bill
but the plan of the original faction is
to attempt to fasten on the farmers
free list bilP as an amendment to the
reciprocity act, thus placing the Dem
ocrats in the position of having to
vote down the free list amendment If
such move is made when the reciproc-
ity bill comes to a vote Underwood
will make point of order that the
amendment is not germane and, if
this does not hold, the amendment will
be voted down anyway, as the Cana
dian agreement, to be effective, must
be passed in unamended form. Demo
Gratis will take up their free list bill
afterward. A favorable report was
committee today
! EX-Speaker Cannon attacked the
Canadian reciprocity agreement in the
house this afternoon. He characteriz-
ed this legislation as the most impor-
tant to come before congress since
i the act that authorized war with
Spain. And yet" he said, "legisla-
ton is being hurried through without
opportunity to carefully consider it.
Il ask if there is any man within
the sound of my voice on either side
of the chamber who ever heard of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement until
it was sent here in special message
following negotiations between this
country and Canada.
He Gets No Replies.
THE bill, identical with this agree
mer:, was presented by Mccall and
yet I want to inquire if there is any
member of this house who was ever
consulted before this agreement was
reported between the two nations.
shall pause a moment for reply
| Cannon stopped abruptly and look
ed around the chamber Il note" he
said after a moment that there is NO
man here who rises in his place to
say he ever heard of this agreement
until it was already perfected"
Cannon declared he not only spoke
in behalf of his own district but OF
the entire people in the United States
Il would not meet my own approval
he said, 'or maintain my own self-re
spect if / helped to array section
against section, industry against in
dustry, and farmer against factory
/ nd I will G
against this bill from the broad stand
point that it is opposed to the best in
terests of them all. 1t is proposed
here today TO put into law, with but
slight consideration that which vii
thow into the United States a market
for agricultural products of $4,000, ,00f
lpeople-the products of a nation hav
ing but 5000, 900 people"
Gives His Defiance.
/ The former speaker flung defiance
in the face of President Taft and crit
icized the executives action in send
ing the reciprocity bill to congress
without consulting members of the
house on the revenue measure GOD
helping me- said Cannon, with great
emphasis, Il will use my own judg
ment on this bill, whatever the presi
dent may recommend. In the future
no matter who may be president Oh
who may be in the senate, with the
help of God as He gives me to see
right, / shall walk in the shadow oi
my own judgment if tread the path
alone.
The president says this bill will
reduce the cost of living and will not
impair the price of ur products.
would like to see him demonstrate
that point"