RECIPROCITY BILL. IN U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
. THE MEASURE ADOPTED. REPUBLICANS' BITTER FIGHT. By Telegraph.— Press Association,— Copyright. WASHINGTON, 22nd April. The House of Representatives has adopted the Reciprocity Bill, the voting :— For the Bill ... .„ 265 Against the Bill , 89 Majority for ... 176 • The majority of the Republicans, with ten Democrats, voted against the Bill. The Republicans bitterly fought against the measure, striving to pass amendments. Finally the Republicans moved the whole of the farmers' free list, which the Democrats are pledged to carry, but were defeated, the Democrats explaining that they would pass' them when the free list was formally before the House. The Democratic leader (Mr. Underwood) declared that the free list would become law or the President and Senate who rejected it would never be heard from again.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 95, 24 April 1911, Page 7
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131RECIPROCITY BILL. IN U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 95, 24 April 1911, Page 7
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