The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-19
# Reciprocity Agreement is
to Be Passed Taft Will
Have to Act.
ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT OF THE
paEsENT SESSION AND WITH
MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS
LETT ron CONFEDERATION IT Is
plEFIcUtITo SEE HOW AN Ex-
IRA sEssIo oNsfAN be EvADED-
TAFT eELiEvEooN DEMOCRATS.
~ Assoc,atsd prsss.

washington, Feb. 1s-An extra ses-
sion Of congress looms up al prpbab bic
tonight. Unless President TaItAnn.l
the frtends Of the reciprocity
ment are able to bring more pre14
upon tho senate and prevent the ex-
penditure Of any time whatSKer. It IS
difIlcult to see how the SENATE can
reach vote before adjournment two
weeks hence. yAs
Ahead is reciprocity for consideras
tion and In addition there are ten gen.
ersl appropriation bills on the follow
ing subjects: Popular election of SELL
ators. the Lorimer. case, permanent
tariff board. general age pensions, con-
greesional apportionment and fortifica-
tion Of the Panama canal. None Of
these can be e-tracked without a
bitter contest. This is the opinion Of
Republican leaders In the senate.
with no little anxiety those senators
who fear summer session are seek
ing light from the white house. The
general opinion Is there will be an ex
ira session and only those whose terms
expire are making preparations to re-
turn to their homes. These number
eighteen, and their departure will mark
great change In the political COM
plsxion of the senate.
AZ the house passed the Mccall bill
By q decisive vote and without delay it
10 Taft's belief that the Democratic
house In extra session win do likewise
and he also believes the senate as con-
stituted after March 4 would pass the
btl.
ITS ARDENT SUPPORTERS.
Tho most ardent supporters Of Cana
dian r&ctprocity on, the scomWittee are
Sane40r Culfom az Illinois,. Senator
Money or Af1ssissippi. and Senator
01unevufs Mise0uFi Had 1t not bean
Tor the injury to the fishing industry
Of Gloucester. Mass, Senator Lodge OF
that state, would have been the leader
In the forthcoming struggle in the sen
ate. Senators Bailey, Taliaferro ann
Simmons. the other minority members,
probably will oppose the agreement.
II Senator Burrows, acting chairman
Of the committee in the absence OF
Senator Aldrich. is guided by the ac
tion Of the Michigan legislature, he
viii support the Mccall bill. Senators
6moot and Flint, though opposed to
the agreement on the ground that it
endangers the principle of protection.
usually are found among those sup
porting administration measures. Sen
ators Hale and McCumber are bitterly
opposed to the agreement, while the
position of Senator Penrose has not
been declared.
A roll call in the senate yesterday by
which an executive session was ordered
over the protests Of senator's who de
sired to continue consideration OF the
resolution on direct votes for senators
was examined with interest today. It
was said this roll call discloses what
members OF the minority may be ex-
pected to oppose the reciprocity agree
ment.
The Democrats in question are
known to favor popular election of SEN
ators and, therefore. their opposition to
continuing with that subject is taken
as an indication that they desire this
resolution kept ION tap to be used
against reciprocity and the bill %
create permanent tariff board. The
senator's voting against the executive
session and those not voting at all,
who are said to be subject to this clas-
siflcatton, are Senators Bacon of Geo.
gia. Bailey of Texas. Johnston of Ala
bama, Simmons and Overman of North
Carolina, Foster and Thornton of
Louisiana, and Paynter of Kentucky.