The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
Had Majority of l76 in the
House
VOTE WAS 265 YES, SO NO
All the Amendments Voted Down--l97
Democrats and o. Republicans for
Measure and 10 Democrats and IS
Republicans Against 1t.

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Taft's Canadian reciprocity agreement
supported bg all but a handful OF Dem
ocrats and opposed by a majority OF
the Republicans, passed the House Of
Representatives early last evening by
vote Of 265 to 50 With nearly 200
Democrats in control and their action
endorsed by large part Of the Re-
publcans the bill to put the agreement
in force was adopted with no amend
ments, and in almost identically the
form in which it passed the House in
the last session of the preceding Con-
gress
The passage Of the bill marked the
clsse Of fight that had ragged IN the
House for six days, During that time
the safety Of the measure was at no
time threatened, but the Democrats
and Republican leaders working for
it, passage conceded all the oppor
tunity desired by its opponents, for
debate and protest against it. Follow
ing the same policy amendments were
admitted in the House yesterday for
almost every section Of the bill, and
in each case they were rejected by an
overwhelming vote, on the theory that
an amendment would nullify the
agreement
Ten Democrats voted against the bill
on its passage, and 1917 Democrats
voted for it As at the preceding ses-
sion of Congress, a majority Of the
Republicans were against it, the party
vote being 81 for and rs opposed Rep
resentative Berger of Wisconsin, the
Socialist member, voted for IL, and Rep
resentative Akin OF New York, who
ranks as an Independent, voted against
IL
Representatives Foster and Plumley
OF Vermont both voted against il. Two
Maine congressman, Gardner of Massa-
cl,usetts and Currier of New Hamp-
Shire were the only other New Eng.
land members in opposition to the
measure
The attempt to amend the agreement
began with final reading Of the bill at
o'clock. The threats Of the Republi
cans opposed to the measure TO make
the Democrats vote against amendments
foI free meat, free lumber and free
agricultural machinery were carried out,
but as their party later declared that
any amendment would defeat the
whole trade agreement, the Democrats
cheerfully voted these amendments
down and the Republicans who tainted
them with opposing free admission Of
these products were met with the as
sertion that the Democrats would lay
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the House next week and that an OPP
portunity would then be given to vote
for free meat, machinery and score
of other things
This defense was met by Republican
standpatters with the charge that the
Democrats knew that the free list bill
could not pass the Senate nor secure
the Presidents approval
II challenge the statement that we
are going to pass the free list bill
later on with the expectation that it
will not become law said Democratic
Leader Underwood, in reply to this
statement. "The free list bill viii be-
come law, or the Republican Senate
that kills it or the Republican presi-
dent that vetoes il will never be
heard from again.
Attempts to put fresh and canned |
meat on the free list section Of the |
reciprocity bill were made by Martin of
South Dakota, Foster of Vermont, Len
root OF Wisconsin and Norris Of Neb-
raska Representative Lenroot finally |
the whole Democratic free
list bill as an amendment and al |
though Representative Sherley of Ken
lucky, who was presiding. ruled that
it was in order, the Democrats stoically |
voted against it,
The section Of the bill relating to
fro admission of pulp and paper pro-