Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-02
Secretary of State Talks With
Senators Who Are For and
Against Repeal Measure.
GOES BEFORE COMMITTEE
ON ARBITRATION TREATIES
Poll in Senate Indicates Administra-
ton Will Have Majority
When Vote Is Taken.


was at the Capitol today before the Sem
ate foreign relations committee on the
pending arbitration treaties. Following
his conference with the committee he
went to the office Of Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia, one of the supporters
of the Presidents demand for the re-
peal of the Panama canal tolls, and
there met several of the democratic
senators. among them Senator's Ashurst
of Arizona. who is classed among the
opponents of the repeal bill.
1t is believed that Secretary Bryan ad-
vised with the senators regarding the
course they should adopt toward the re-
peal bill. and that he urged upon them
the necessity of unfolding the President
in this fight.
Some of the members OF the Senate are
becoming more and more insistent that
the President shall take them into his
confidence regarding his reasons for ask
ing the repeal. They want light on the
subject. They do not put much faith
in surmises which have been made by
senators who frankly admit they are not
in the confidence of the President.
Tolls Temporarily Put Aside.
The Panama canal tolls fight halted
temporarily in the Senate today while
that body debated the nomination Of Win
throp More Daniels of New Jersey as
member Of the interstate commerce COM
mission. The laying aside of the tolls
question, however. so far as debate in the
Senate is concerned, did not prevent the
discussion of the matter by the adherents
of the repeal and anti-repeal parties.
Although members of the Senate inter-
oceanic canals committee stated today
that there was no inclination on their
part to delay the repeal bill in COM
mittee. other senators are suggesting that
public hearings be given. Senator Owen,
personal representative of President
Wilson in the Senate fight for the re-
peal of the tolls law, believes that it
would be folly to hold such hearings. He
has intimated that should an attempt be
made to hold hearings on the bill and
to delay it in committee from further
discharge the committee from further
consideration Of the bill and bring it be-
fore the Senate.
Should such a course be adopted. IN
doubtedly it would result in still further
delay. All attempts made by Senator
Owen, as chairman OF the committee on
banking and currency. to hurry along
the consideration of the currency bill
last summer and fall, did not meet with
great success, it will be remembered
Repeal May Have Majority.
One Of the many polls Of the Senate
which are being made showed today
that the total for repeal is forty-nine,
the total against repeal is thirty and
the total non-committal is sixteen
This poll Is as follows:
For the Repeal. r..
Observation-Disclosures, Alabama: Bryan.
Florida; Chiffon, West Virginia; Gull
berson, Texas.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Connecticut;
Burleigh. Maine; Burton, Ohio; du Pont,
Delaware.
Absent, Paired for Repeal.
Observation-Disclosures. Florida: Gore,
Oklahoma; Hitchcock, Nebraska; Hollis,
New Hampshire; Hughes. New Jersey;
James. Kentucky: Johnson. Maine; Kern,
Indiana; Lea. Tennessee: Lee, Maryland;
Lewis. Illinois; Myers. Montana; Martin,
Virginia; Overman. North Carolina;
Owen. Oklahoma; Pomerene, Ohio; Reed,
Missouri; Salisbury. Delaware; Shafroth.
Colorado: Sheppard. Texas; Shively, Indi-
ana; Swanson. Virginia: Simmons, North
Carolina Smith, Arizona; Smith. Geor-
gia: Smith. Maryland; Stone. Missouri;
Thompson, Kansas: Thornton, Louisiana;
West, Georgia; Williams. Mississippi
Republicans-Fall. New Mexico; Gron-
ma. North Dakota; Lodge, Massachusetts;
McCumber, North Dakota; Mclean, Con-
necticut; Nelson, Minnesota; Norris. Ne
braska; Root, New York; Sherman, Hi
nois: Stephenson, Wisconsin
Total for repeal-Democrats, 80; repub-
licans, IA.
Against Repeal.
Observation-Disclosures. Arizona Cham
berlain. Oregon; MARITIME, New Jersey;
O'Gorman, New York. Ransdell, Louis
lana; Shields. Tennessee; Thomas, Colo
RADIO; Vardaman, Mississippi and Walsh,
Montana
Republicans-Borah. Idaho; Bradley,
Kentucky; Brady. Idaho: Bristow. Kan
sas; Clapp. Minnesota; Clark, Wyoming;
Cummins. Iowa; Gallinger. New Hamp-
shire: Jones, Washington: Kenyon, Iowa;
La Toilette. Wisconsin,; Oliver. Pennsyi-
vania; Penrose. Pennsylv ania Perkins,
California; Smith. Michigan Smoot,
Utah; Sterling. South Dakota: Townsend.
Michigan. Warren. Wyoming. and Works.
California
Progressive-Poindex Washington.
Total against repeal-Democrats, 8;
Non-Committal.
Democrats-clarke. Arkansas; Lane,
Oregon: Newlands, Nevada; Pittman,
Nevada: Robinson, Arkansas; Smith,
South Carolina; Tillman, South Caro-
lima
Republicans-catron. New Mexico;
Colt, Rhode Island; Crawford, South
Dakota: Dillingham;. Vermont; Golf
West Virginia; Lippitt Rhode Island !:
Page, Vermont; Sutherland, Utah;
Weeks, Massachusetts,.
Total committal-Democrats Z;
republicans, 8.
FOR NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS.