The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-12
Majority of Is in the Final
Vote in the Senate
Last Night
MEASURE GOES
BACK TO THE HOUSE
Bitter Struggle Has Lasted Several
Months and the Result is Regarded
as a Victory for President Wilson
Stirring Scenes.


Stirring Scenes.
WASHINGTON. June II. - Repeal of |
Panama canal tolls exemption for Ameri-
can coast wise shipping passed the Senate |
last night by a vote of 30 to 81. The |
measure now goes back to the House |
which is expected to accept the Simmons
Norris amendment, specifically reserving |
all rights the United States may have
under the HayPauncefote treaty.
The passage of the bill after a bitter
struggle that has lasted several months,
was regarded last night as another vic
tory for President Wilson. Although 13
Republicans came to the aid of the 81
Democrats who voted for the bill on final
passage, the President initiated the move
ment IN his party for repeal, and it was
behind him that many Of the Democrats
who voted aye lined up on the last test.
Senasor Lodge OF Massachusetts, was
one OF the Republicans who spoke in favor
of the bill. When the voting came how
ever. he was in Massachusetts and unable
to vote, but he was paired in favor of the
measure with Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire.
| There has been no certain promise from
/ the White House that the President viii
! sign the bill with its qualifying amend
ment, but there has been no declaration
| that he viii veto it, and party leaders in
! the Senate were practically certain that
its approval as amended by the House
will lead to the last favorable action by
/ the President.
Eleven Democrats led by Senator O'Gor-
man fought consistently to the end, and
even am hour before the last vote was
taken they did not abandon their efforts
to amend the bin To meet their views of
the manner in which American rights
4 III the canal and American rights to eX-
empt coastwise shipping from toll pay
ment should be guarded Although vote
after vote on all sorts of amendments
were passed over by majorities that never
fell below II and on one occasion went as
high as -, the minority Democrats kept
up the fight to the end
i Tie Senate was weary with its long
grind Of debate, It's weary watching for
any attempt to gain a parliamentary adj
vantage, and by the time Aice-President
Marshall put the question for the passage
of the BILL the oratory had died down
the chamber was quiet and the vote was
taken with but little excitement,
/ Came Next to Blows.
Earlier in the evening there was an
other outbreak among Democrats which
showed more plainly than anything which
has gone before the deep feeling that ha
been reused by this bill Senators Narda
f man of Mississippi and West of Georgi;
! came near to blows, creating a scene sucl
as had not been witnessed on the floor il
: many years.
81 Up to the last minute no one in thu
= Senate was positive a vote could be taken
: last night Rumors flew about the cham
l. Der of prospective speeches by this an,
|. that senator and of amendments tina
1 were to be proposed by others As it be
n came more and more apparent however
. that no amendments could pass and tina
the leaders expected to sit through to til
q finish the temptation to make Ion
+ speeches ceased to be attractive and ses
= eral votes were taken toward the en-
> without rol-call The feeling apparent
; III grew that further debate was useless
u and it was necessary several times to sun
;, mon senators by quorum call to liste
l. to the arguments Of their colleagues.
I The uncertainty as to when the Senat
! might put the bill on its passage KEEP
n away the crowds that usually fill the ga
+ leries when important questions are to b
, decided As the evening wore on the
@ filled up slowly, but there We're many Y;
% cant seats on all sides and the usual Ion
# lines of eager spectators at every doc
: anxious to even obtain glimpse of til
chamber, were missing
The bill probably will be sent over t
| the House today and can be taken up
once if House leaders desire.
Senator Page Of Vermont voted againt
the amendment. Senator Dillingham; ";
not recorded as voting