Evening journal., 1914-04-01
Unless Bill is Reported Early
President Will Force Com
mittee'S Hand
BROCKSON AGAINST
REPEAL BY HOUSE
BY JOHN +. NEvIN.


teroceanic Canals. II was that, unless |
that body promptly reports the Sims |
Panama Canal tolls repeal bill, the |
administration forces In the Senate, |
with an estimated majority of l6, will /
summarily force the committees /
hand. The President has decided af
ter comforting with his advisors, that
the rules of the Senate shall not be
permitted TO delay immediate action
on the one measure on which he has
set his heart. The decks were being
cleared today for fight that, for far
reaching effect, will far eclipse that
which ended IN the House last night.
There was no hesitancy In admitting
at the White House that the entire
future foreign policy of the admins
tration hangs In the balance of the
present fight
One OF the first arrivals at the
White House today was Senator
owen of Oklahoma. He will be the
administration mouthpiece on the floor
OF the Senate on the tolls fight. lt
was through him that the administra-
tion ultimatum was conveyed to the
Senate and TO Senator O'Gorman of
New York chairman of the lnterocean-
/ ic Canal Committee. For one week,
this committee viii be permitted to
/ debate on the Sims measure and de-
eide on its course of action. Then Il
must report 10 the Senate If II does
not, owen made It very plain on leav-
ing the White House, that he would
personally force the issue and move
instructions 10 committee to present
the bill to the Senate.
81 have a right to assume" said
the Oklahoma solon, "and the major
ity in the Senate has a right to as
sumo. that this. bill will be reported
from the committee within a reason
able time. Tho Senate intends to act
promptly There is not member of
the Senate who does not have a COM
plete realization OF the exact merits
of this case. There Is no need for
any delay for investigation by a com
mittee.
Friends of the administration have
been urged to postpone further action
until after the November elections. L,
has been suggested that delay of this
kind will permit the people OF the
country to express their views more
definitely on the repeal issue. This
suggestion has been rejected by the
President. He believes that n IN,
I Rubicon Is 10 be crossed Il Is absurd
to stop in midstream an object o
attack from both shores"
( According to Senator Owen, ther'
are from 5S to 90 sure votes In tn
= Senate for the repeal measure as ad
3 vOcated by the President Not TO ex
ceed thirty members. IN his opinion
d can be counted on TO vote against Il.
r House Passes Bill.
The House, last night, after one q
y the most spectacular legislative strup
y giles in the history of the nation. vote
to repeal the provision Of the Panam
p Canal act exempting American vessel
3 from the payment OF tolls.
The vote on the Repeal bill was "a
10 161, a majority of SO votes In sup
port of the personal plea of Woodrow
4 Wilson. President of the United States
: Congressman Franklin Brockson, o
Delaware. voted against the repeater
a He also voted against the resolution
: to limit debate on the question a fe'
days ago. Some Democrats are won
y dering whether Senator Salisbury, q
= Delaware, will vote as Mr.. Brockso
did.
e This verdict in the issue which ha
n absorbed Congress for many week
came at the close OF a stirring da
q made memorable In the annals of tn
> House by party division which foun
Speaker Clark, Majority Leader I'm
!, derwood and other Democratic CHIEF
! tains lined up in open opposition
r. the President on an issue which th
'e latter had declared vital to his cor
> duct OF the nations foreign policy.
o Goes 10 Senate Now.
,f Yesterdays result was but the b'
ginning Of victory for the administri
ID ton In the struggle within the part
10 since Democracy took control of tf
sr Government a year ago. For toda
the bill goes to the Senate where n
ie fight will be renewed with all of Il
Ia vigor and determination that attend6
q il in the lower house.
On the final vote 220 Democrats
y, the House stood by the President, 81
~ ing him in "ungrudging measure
- what he had asked for the honor
IN the nation" In foreign relations. TIVE
m ty-fve Republicans and two Progre
he sives also voted to sustain he Pres
dent. Fifty-two Democrats follow
tn Speaker Clark and Leader Underwol
lie to defeat I'm their steadfast determin
or tion that the President was wrong
his decision that toll exemption
American ships is a violation of {
- Hay -Parncefote treaty with Gre
Britain.
Nothing, It seemed, could stem I
tide of administration succel
~ Speaker Clark, for nearly 22 years
IN member Of the House, made {
~ speech of his life to forestall VIII
~ he termed "unquestionahle degrad
ton" of the nation. In this he fail'
of but he did smooth over the PAL
ND breach with kindly words for his g
ck versaries. praise for President w
of son. and an unqualified denial Of a
at yaulting ambition on his own beha
he When he closed the debate for the
position to the repeal with an /
[ a passioned argument In which he
cts ten departed from MS prepaI
ion sneech. the speaker was triumphf
Be- in defeat for the entire Legislative
ess semblage, in which we're many SCI
OF tors, rose en- hiasse " Ono0i H''''
as Wilson Gratiiied.
out President Wilson was at dim
ma when the result of the vote was
,st- nounced. He was gratifed, but m'
.em no comment.
EEL In the Senate the bill will be
eli. ferred to the Committee on Int
lis oceanic Canals, OF which Sena
edy O'Gorman, of New York, a yigor
jis- opponent of the measure, is charm