Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-19
That Will Force Former 10 De-
clare Free Trade Views.
Minority May Offer Democratic
Free List as Amendment.
And the Democrats Hardly Know
How to Handle the Situation.

aSnlnStOn, April lN.--DellotEdtiS
leaders are prepared for an attempt
by some of the Republicans who OPP
pose the Canadian reciprocity bill.
to embarrass the Democratic majority
in the passage of the bill by proposing
as an amendment to it section en-
bodying all of the free list that the
Democratic ways and means commit
tee has prepared as the first of the
party'i tariff measures.
Opposition Republicans have charg
ed i'll the House that if the Demo-
Gratis We're in earnest in their desire
to have this free list passed. they
should offer it as a part of the re-
eipr0eity BILL so that President Taft
could not find occasion To veto it, even
though it did not meet with his APP
prevail
Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee is apparently
proceeding on the belle that an
amendment to tack the free list To
the reciprocity bill Will be offered
when the bill comes UP for passage
= He said today that such an amend
ment would be at once ruled out of
order, as it could not be considered
''germane to the bill'' under the House
rules permitting the offering of
amendments. The only amendments
thae can be considered are those
specifically affecting duties contained
in the reciprocity agreement; and on
all such amendments it IS expected
there Will be overwhelming negative
votes, so that no change in the form
Of the reciprocity bin can be effected.
An effort is to be made to wind
up the open debates on the Canadian
trade agreement tomorrow night.
Former Speaker Cannon viii address
the House at the opening OF the ses-
sion tomorrow and Il number of other
speeches are scheduled for the day.
II Underwood is successful in bring
ing general debate to close tomor-
row night, the bill will be brought
up for final consideration amendment
and passage Thursday.
Henry George, Jr., of New York, in
his maiden speech in the House dur
ing the reciprocity debate today. pro-
claimed himself a free trader, and
said he had aligned himself with the
Democratic party because he believed
it was the only great party that was
moving toward the light" Georga
tending toward freer trade; and be-
leved that eventually the United
States would have absolutely free
trade with the world.
His speech. though closely followed
by Democrats and Republicans alike,
did not arouse any great enthusiasm
on the Democratic side. Later Pickett,
Iowa used Georges words to show
that the Democrats party was urging
the reciprocity agreement in the be-
lief that it would tend toward free
trade.
Howland, Wis, and Gillette, Mass,
spoke in favor of tie agreement. Gill
lette characterized the talk of annex
alton as "bugaboo and sensation"
but said it may well happen that
some time the United States and Can
ada will have grown so close together
in trade relations and in sentiment
that they will unite their destinies
under one flag.
In an anti-recirrocity speech, Ham
ilton of Michigan. Republican, quot
ed Sec. Wilson to the effect that the
farmer gets only 80 per cent. of what
the orsumer pays for farm products
and added;
"That was before the exigencies of
cabinet service made it necessary for
him to modify some of the views he
had before expressed"
Without running the risk of missing
prayers the members of the House of
Representatives hereafter may be late
whenever they like. The daily supplica-
tiois of Chaplain Couden have been Ut
dered by Speaker Clark to be printed
!, each day in the Congressional Record.
pThe request was made by Ashbrook of
Ohio.
A demand upon Postmaster General
Hitchcock for his reasons for shaking up
the railway mail service and removing
certain officials, was made in the House
today by Rouse of Kentucky in a reso-
luton calling upon the postmaster gen.
eral to give the House all the nforma- l.