The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-01

End arduous hours of four days of legis
'iative battle.
At the conclusion OF his speech Mr.
Adamson moved the cngrossment snc
third reading OF the bill. This under ord
nary circumstances is more or less OF Q
Formally. but Republican Leader Mann
realizing that Il demand for record
vote would prove an excellent test OF the
strength Of the Administration forces
and knowing that II would be followed By
the motion TO recommit with instructions
as to fundamental changes in the phrase
oiogy and intent OF the bill, on which there
would DO undoubtedly OBJECTIONS from the
Administrators strength. demanded the
yeas and nays.
silence Of Suspense.
Upon this demand the House arose en-
n,assc to demand the roll call and with an
extraordinary silence the roll proceeded
Not once In the thirty-five minutes re-
CURED to call and tabulatc the roll did the
Speaker have to ask for order.
The House was as silent as n tomb ex-
cept for the penetrating tones Of the read
tng clerk. calling the names In his sing
song voice and the staccato ayes and
noes from the members
Even the crowded galleries. which had
been afluttcr and abuzz all day. observed
the necessity for silence. This roll call
resulted in an Administration victory by
vote OF 2F TO leo. net majority of
eighty-sevcn for the motion.
Everybody was expecting n Wilson vic
tory but the announcement OF the vote by
the SPEAKER was greeted with prolonged
cheering from the Democratic side of the
House and scattering applause from the
Republicans.
Immediately after order was restored
Representative O'Shaunessy of Rhode
Island. n Democrat and member of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, presented a motion to recon-
init. which was as follows:
II move to recommit the bill II. r. w.
1855 to the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. with directions to the
committee to report said back to the
House forthwith, with the following
amendment
"Striko out all OF Section and
insert In lieu thereof the following
o.. "'Section And Congress hereby
declares that In its judgment the
United States, which at enormous
cost has built and fortified and owns
the canal. without any expectation of
pecuniary proht to itself from its
ownership. and which has the duty
and expense Of protecting the canal
with troops ana W1rsnlps. anu
BY proper sanitation may. as the
owner and defender OF the canal and
by virtue OF its rights Of sovereignty.
rightfully provide preferential tolls
or no tolls for its own war vessels and
for vessels of commerce belonging to
II or Its citizens flying its flag.
% long as the conditions and charges
Of traffic established by II for vessels
OF foreign nations are just and equ!t-
able, and may rightfuly. In time OF
war as well M In time of peace.
maintain the army and navy in the
Canal Zone. including all necessary
Waflike materials, both for defence
and offence and may rlghtfully pro-
vide preferential tolls or no tolls for
the vessels OF the Republic OF Pan
ANA. from which republic the right
to construct the canal was obtained,
and rs authorized in the act of Juno
IS. 1902. providing for the construc-
ton OF the canal"
Representative Lafferty of oregon. who
had been conducting the Progressive end
OF the contest, tried to get consideration
Tor strictly Progressive motion To re-
commit. the phraseology OF which he was
not permitted 10 present, as the previous
question had been ordered on the
O'Shaunessy notion and the roll call
was resumed.
The roll call had proceeded through less
than hundred names when IL became
evident that the motion 10 rccommit
would be lost. Nevertheless there were
about fifteen shifts across the original
lines of demarcaton, and when the re-
suit had been tabulated IL was announced
that the motion 10 recommit had been
lost by a vote Of 232 to l76. The ma
jority against recommlttal was only rs.
This brought squarely before the House
the opportunity to vote upon the Sims re-
peal bill itself. There was no delay and
Che roll call at once proceeded.
The reading clerk rushed through the
roll at express train speed, ON this vote
the ayes werc 2is. the noes 1872, and the
Administration bill had won Its way
through the House OF Representatives by
= majority of Sc.
There was perfunctory applause on the
part of the Administration members in
which the galleries participated but
few seconds. Then the exodus began.
After "A few minutes OF routine business
Representative Underwood announced TO
the House the intelligence of the death
Of Representative William Richardson of
Alabama, who had been an invalid for
many months and who died at Atlantic
City to-day. The House then adjourned
out of respect TO the memory OF its late
member.
On the passage OF the bill the following
Democrats voted "No' and against the
President: