The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-03-28
Administration Forces Direct Attack
on "Allies" Galleries Crowded
to Their Capacity Attempt
Rush Debate to Close Tues.
FIGHT BITTEREST
SINCE CANNON FIGHT
Opposition Plans Grand Climax in
Clark's Speech Tuesday But
Presidents Backers Declare
il Will SoIidify Democrats
Telegram by United Press.

ieiegram by United Press.
Washington, March 2S. The house
today plunged into an all day war of
words over the Panama tolls exemption
and the debate waged is the bitterest
since the Cannon fight.
The administration forces have cen
tered their attack upon the "allies" and
the debate is in progress before a
crowd that literally packs the CALLER.
les, The presidents managers viii
attempt to rush the debate to vote
late Tuesday to prevent the postpone
ment over calendar Wednesday" until
Thursday.
Champ Clarz's speech Is planned by
The opposition for the grand closing
climax Tuesday, at which time his
forces will attempt to storm" the
house. The administration forces con
tend that such move will solidify
rather than ALLEVIATE the Democrats
who voted with Wilson yesterday.
Scores of congressman, barred by
the twenty hours debate limit, got in
to the congressional record by leave to
print canned speeches for "home con
sumption" More members remained
in thei rseats through the debate than
at any titie since the Cannon rules
fight
Representative Harrison Of Missis-
sippi Democrat, today opposed the
presidents request for repeal Of the
free tolls exemption, stating that he
regretted to differ with the chief ex.
ecutiye, but that he believed free
tolls" is economically right and no
violation Of treaty rights Of Great
Britain.
Have we spent sioO.oOo0oo in
vain?" Harrison asked. ibid we
achieve success in the undertaking
merely now to surrender our control
and rights?'
Are we to bow in humble humility
to Great Britain merely because il as
a powerful nation thinks that we, now
situated as we are, confronted by in
ernational complications. would sur
render honor to an unjust and unrea-
sonable contention for tie sordid con
sideration Of assisting us to settle a
question that although it is close to
us. yet after all is in the interest Of
humanity
While the opposing factions in the
house We're lining up for the fight over
the administration bill to repeal the
tolls exemption clause Of the Panama
canal act, Senator Owen addressed the
senate, supporting President Wilson's
attitude in nrging the repeal He took
the position that the exemption was
violation Of the -Pauncefote treaty.
When the first draft Of the Hay
pauncefote treaty was submitted to
the senate Mr. Bard Of California. De-
cember is. 1900. moved to substitute
the following article said the sena-
ter;
"The United States reserves the
right in the regulation and manage
ment of the canal to discriminate in
respect 70 the charges of traffic IN
favor of vessels Of it's own citizens en-
gagged ia the eoastwise trade.
And the senate not only did not
give two thirds vote in favor OF such
discrimination, but gave ALMOST two
thirds vote against it. So the whole
world knew that the senate had re-
fused to amend the treaty By recpgniz-
ing the right to discriminate in faSor
Of vessels of its own citizens engagelS
in coastwise trade.
with such a record before us we
could not face the world and interpret
the Hay-P Pauncefote treaty as permit
ting discrimination on December II,
1900; we had recognized the doctrine in
the Clayton-Bulwer convention of 1850
for fifty years for equal terms to the
citizens OF all nations: we recognized
il again in the Hay-P Pauncefote treaty
OF 1901 confirmed by seventy-two sen
ators to six and we refused to strike
out Of the ay-Pauncefote treaty the
naturalization agreed upon ia 1850.