The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
l NERVOUS TENSION IN HOUSE OVER THE
 RECIPROCITY BILL
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 CTS, realizing they would be an embar- rassing situation if the time was fixed for the wool and free list votes. and left un- settled for the reciprocity vote, Senator Shoot finally objected.
 Senator LaFoilette said the Senate should have opportunity to talk over the reciprocity bill without restriction.
 Lots of Time Needed
 q will support a resolution for fixing the dates for voting on the wool bill and free list bill with the reciprocity vote two weeks later" said Senator Nelson.
 Senators smiled at the suggestion.
 Have you any information as to what the President will do with the free list and wool bills?" asked Senator Bailey.
 ''No, I have no information as to the Presidents probable action," said Sem ator Penrose.
 "I am compelled to think" said Senator Bailey, that the senator from Penn sylvania calculates that if all these bills can be put up to the President separately the result will be that he will approve the reciprocity bill and veto the two other bils'
 Senator Bailey said 1t was incon- ceivable that tho President would veto the reciprocity bill which he desired because some other tariff bill was at
 
 veto the other bill, if 1t came to him separately.
 About Presidents Veto
 'It is perfectly apparent that the President will refuse to sign the reel procity bill if it is mixed up with a general tariff revision," said Senator Williams of Mississippi.
 By what authority do you say that the President will veto general tariff bills?" asked Senator Nelson.
 By the authority of common sense," retorted MT. Williams.
 "Then is all this fight to pass the wool bill and free list bill simply a playing of politics?' demanded Sen ator Nelson.
 "No,' said Senator Williams. '''We do not expect to pass a general tariff bill. We intend to pass several small bills on the more important subjects in the hope that one or two of them will meet the approval of the President"
 Senator Bailey declared the demo- crats had no chance of passing the wool and free list bills without tho sup port of republican insurgents.
 "Tt is perfectly apparent that the pro- gramme adopted by the democrats will result in the passage of the reciprocity bill and the veto of any bills looking to a general taff revision" said Sen ator Dixon.
 Bailey Recalcitrant
 q do not propose to join In any proposition,' said Senator Bailey. that requires democrats to join with the stalwarts to pass this reciprocity bill and then leaves us to join us with the insurgents to pass bills that will be sure to be vetoed"
 Senator Williams declared the dem ocrats could not secure enough repub- lican votes to pass a general bill ex- cept as an amendment to the reciprocity bill so as to kill both measures.
 Senator Cummins declared the insur- gents were willing to take the respon- sibility of delaying the vote on the reciprocity bill until every feature of it had been disc, sed.
 The Senate was caught mapping on the reciprocity bill late this afternoon and the measure went through the for mality of being reported from the com mittee of whole to the Senate itself be- fore its opponents realized the situa- tion. After a sharp debate Chairman Penrose of the finance committee agreed to let the bill go back into the committee of whole.