The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-30

congress to extend such authority
! to the chief executive without Of
Tending any foreign nation or violat-
| ing any treaty agreement. AS against
minority leader, Senator Gallinger.
Will urge a resolution he introduced
| last week which would express 1t az
| the sense of Americans that CON-
gress has the right to do as it pleaseg
with respect to American shipping
| through the Panama canal. ..
In the house. opposing leaders in
| the fight are setting the stage for the
| final struggle, all conceding that the
scene to attend the closing hours OF
| the debate and the final roll call will
rival in sensational enthusiasm any
| Speaker Champ Clark, whose vigorous
statement against the closure rule
last week, drew the curtain on the
party breech, has prepared an epilogue
and the house galleries cannot accom-
modate the thousands who will
scramble for seats to hear him de-
| liver 1t. The speaker has maintained
silence since his defeat on the cloture
rule, when only flfty-fVe democratic
members Of the house followed their
recognized leaders, while some 200 OF
yielding to President Wilson's plea for
support that he might deal with for
eign problems confronting the nation,
issue Of the controversy Tuesday,
closing the debate on behalf Of OPP
ponents of toll exemption repeal.
The speech has been guarded with
the utmost care, fearful least some
hint of what the speaker proposes to
say might find its way into the hands
of the opposing forces. Close friends
Of the speaker assert that there will
be no bitterness expressed, no bark
ing back to political imbroglios and
no reflections cast on the opinions
Of others as to the policies involved.
They predict that he proposes to
discuss the merits of the issue.
On the other hand, gon1e democrats
who have had their ears closely to
the ground in the last few days, hint
that the speaker may surprise his
friends and arouse his adversaries.
AS to the party strife that has
been precipitated by This unusual in
Wilson has made no comment, and so
far as known contemplates making
none. He made his plea to the con-
gress and awaits results. Close ad-s
visers of the president insist, how
ever, that he bear no personal nor
of the party who have differed with
him in this crisis: that he entertairs
no thought Of holding political
grudge and that any idea, such as
has been intimated from many sources
in the last few days. that he would
attempt to have politically punished
the party leaders who oppose him,
Is farthest from his thoughts. While
rumors Of protracted party warfare
are being widely circulated, the presi-
dent, 1t is declared, is hoping that
congress will repeal the tolls issue,
confident that it will do so, and pro
poses that "finis'' shall be written to
the controversy when that is DONE
regardless Of the circumstances that
ATTENDED, 1t.
Breakers are ahead for the repeal,
however, despite the situation In the
house, where 1t is generally conceded
the fight already has been fought and
won. The only uncertainty in the
minds of the members OF congress ais
to the outcome of the repeal in the
house Is the size of the majority IL
Will receive.
The vote on the previous question
on the cloture rule was won by the
presidents adherents by q majority
of thirty-one. Estimates OF the ma
Jorityi on the repeal vary from tflir
ty-fiye to seventy-five. according TO-
the point of view. But the senate
is yet to be reckonad with. There no
cioture rule limit debate can be Or
dered and it may be weeks before the
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