The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-22
INSURGENTS
AND DEMOCRATS
Have United in the u. S.
Senate, at Washington
And
Have Determined to Smash
The Aldrich Tariff or
There Will be no
Reciprocity.
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washington. June 22.--With the
senate finance committee in special
session 10 was expected here today
that the farmers free list bill and the
Underwood tarin bin would both be
reported adversely at the earliest pos.
sible moment thus throwing down
the gauntlet for one Of the greatest
struggles the senate has seen in years
The Democrats with the Republi-
can Insurgents and anti-reciproc;tv
Republican regulars. gained the up-
per hand i'm the senate last nighl bv
forcing through motion by Gore.
Democrat OF oklahoma, demanding a
report on the wool bin by July 10,
the vote stood 80 to Is, and though
only 90 of the 81 senator's were pres-
cat. the lineup Indicated that the al
les had "a majority of the whole body.
Chairman Peurose of the senate
finance committee and Senator Lodge
have been leading the fight for Pres.
ideni Tart and they announced TODAY
that they would oppose To the bitter
end the announced plan Of the allies
to attach the wool ana free list bills
90 Taits reciprocity measure as
amendments.
The opponents Of reciprocity were
suddenly elevated from seeming de-
spair To- high hone ana several Of them
today declared that they believed the
pact now could be amended so that
the president would not sign IT,
This action opened the tarin fight
which has been threatened I'm the sem
ate and the battle was on TOR gem
cral revision Of the tariff downward
President Tafts hackers were pre-
pared TO nght 10 sove the Cana 'iaa
reciprocity bill from being 50 tied up
" in amendments as to change is
original purpose
In the finance committee the votes
for the adverse reports were cast by
'he eight regular Republican mem
Lcrs. Penrose. PENNSYLVANIA: Cullom,
Illinois; Ledge. Massachusetts: Nc
Cumber. North Dakota; Smoot. Utah.
Galiinger, New Hampshire: CiarH
Wyoming. and Hepburn. Idaho.
The opposition woes We're cast by
La Toilette. Republican. Wisconsin
and Bailey. Texas Simons. NORTH
Carolina williams. Mississippi AMI
Kern, Indiana. Democrats. Stone.
Democrat. Missouri and johnson,
Democrat. Maine, were absent
81 believe we are confronted with an
all summer session that will reach
we'll into the ram" SAID Senator Cum
minis. Republican. Iowa, today. IF
we succeed in bringing about gem
eral reduction I'm the tariff, tha fight
viii be. .--~Sn while.
81 have been wrongly accused Of
being hostile 10 the reciprocity agree
ment. / want To- see it pass, but in
addition. ] want To see that the manu-
facturers do not walk away with any
thing.
When Penrosa presented the unfav-
orable report on the house wool bill
with the suggestion that its considera-
tion be indefinitely postponed, sena-
tors Nelson. Republican, Minnesota;
Culbersun Democrat. Texas, and 9TH
ers demanded that 1t be placed on the
calendar. They carried the point
The same report was made on the
farmers free list bill
The finance committee was warmly
congratulated by senator Gore, Demo-
crat, Oklahoma. He said its course
would b. universally approved by the
people of the country.
Gore denied any intention of mind
ering the progress of the reciprocity
agreement He would strenuously re-
si,t any amendment to IT, he said, ana
was willing now To fix time lor
voting on IT,
Gore compared the important WORK
of the house with the "do nothing
policy Of the senate
Senator Penrose explained that
majority Of the finance committee be-
lleved hearing could not be conducted
before July TO- the time by the IN
structions. Being unable to give the
measures proper consideration they
were reported at once adversely ne
coil