Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-12
EXTENSION OF FREE LIST
Change Also Probable in Resolution
for Election of Senators.
CONTROL BY CONGRESS DESIRED
Prediction As to Disposition Of Meas
ures Based on Attitude
Of Progressives.

That neither the Canadian reciprocity
bill nor the resolution providing for d.
'ect election Il senators will be egrt ed
to in the republican Senate as they
passed the democratic House Is the pre-
diction which is being generally made
around the Capitol today. The talk OF
the legislative situation has followed the
show Of factional strife In the upper
house yesterday afternoon, when the
Senate became deadlocked over the cleo
tion of q president pro tempore.
AS to reciprocity, 1t is predicted
that amendments will be adopted to
extend the free list and to modify
some Of the duties on manufactured
articles. This will come about. the
prophets say. because of the support
the amendments will get from the dem
ocrats and from republicans from the
Northwestern states.
Sutherland Amendment in Favor.
In the matter Of the direct election
Of senator's. 1t is predicted that what
is known as the Sutherland amendment
will he adopted. AS the resolution
passed the House. control Of the cleo
tions is left entirely with the several
states. The Sutherland amendment
proposes that control Of the times,
places and manner of holding the elec-
tions shall be retained by Congress.
such control. for example, as 1t retains
over the elections of members OF the
House. Senator Bristow. it is under
stood. will move the substitution for
the House resolution of q resolution
which he has prepared, and a canvass
Of the Senate is said to show ma
Jority of the Senate for the Bristow
substitute. 1t embodies the Sutherland
amendment
The balance OF power in the Senate is
held by the progressives. and 1t Is upon
their attitude toward the proposed amend.
ments to both the reciprocity bill and the
direct election resolution that the pre-
dictions regarding amendments are based
Several Of them will support the Suther-
land amendment to the direct election o
senators. and. voting with the regular re-
publicans. they will give 1t a majority
| Most OF the insurgents. II not all, viii
vote for some free list amendments to thu
reciprocity bill. and are counting on th'
support Of other republicans from th'
northwestern states and of plenty o
democrats to put them through
Reciprocity Amendments in Doubt
Doubts are expressed by some senators
however. as to the amendment of the
reciprocity bill. They argue that the reg
| uIafs REPUBLICANS Will oppose HI aHcHu'
ments that propose to make changes in
the Payne-Aldrich tariff, and that thes'
republicans can get sufficient support
from democrats to defeat the amend
ments, the democrats explaining their
votes against lower duties on the ground
that the reciprocity agreement should 60
| through untouched and that they will
later support a more general revision OF
| the tariff in line with the farmers free
list bill and similar products of the dem
ocratic House.
Arguments Against Reciprocity.
| Canadian reciprocity would cost the
farmers of the northwest $4O.OOO.OGO an
nually. according to A. H. Wilkinson. q
Minnesota farmer, who addressed the
Senate fina4ce committee today. The
price of American farm products would
shrink that much. he declared. vita
grievance of the farmer. the speaker said
was that they were not consulted as to
! how they would be affected by the pro
posed reciprocity.
do you believe that a trade agreement
would have been entered into that would
| have injured the steel trust or the shoe
industry $4OOCO,UOO year without con-
sulting them?" he inquired.
To prove the opposition of the farmers
| Of the northwest to reciprocity, Mr. VIII
kinson invited senators who favored reci-
prOcity to visit that section.