The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-05
President Wilson Makes Brief
But Forceful Demand on
Congress for Immediate Ac-
tion.
MESSAGE SETS NEW
RECORD FOR BREvITY
Ten Minutes After Reading is
Concluded, Bill to Repeal
Objectionable Clause is In
troduced

[lIy Leased Wire Ia Evening Herald.
Washington, March President
Wilson today made personal plea
for repeal OF the Panama tolls cx-
cmption.
Long before tho hour set for the
presidents sixth personal address 20
the legislative branch of ,hc govern
mont. the capitol corridors were
crowded with men and women favor
Cd with tickets Of admission 10 the
galleries
The Interstate commerce commit
tee expects to report bill for re-
peal within "a few days
The house chamber and galleries
were packed. a. usuid. 10 hear The
president read his message The
French and German ambassadors aud
other members OF the diplomatic
corps were in spaces reserved for
them. No official of the British em-
basSy was present Tho Misses VIII
son had places m the executive gal
terry. ami Mrs Wtisca for The first
time was absent she was not yet
recovered from the shock ~ fall Ia
the white house a day or two ago
President Wilson reached the cap
itul ten minutes before the time for
the reading and waited In Speaker
Clark's room until 1850 O'Clock
when he was escorted into the cham
ber and promptly began reading his
brief address as soon as "a burst OF
applause had died away.
MIR Wilson's message was 80 brief
that he had finished reading almost
before the surprised galleries real
izcd he had begun "a took less than
five minutes ana as another burst Of
applause greeted ts close, the prcsi-
dent hurried out of the chamber ana
drove back to the White house. The
Joint session dissolved al once and
The two houses resumed their work.
Not q sound had interrupted the
president as he read bis message and
as he finished tn assumhiaEc was an
in smiles the demonstration being re-
| garded as trlbute to his first year
in office and the first year of Demo-
cratir supremacy in the government.
within ten minutes after the pres
! ident had addressed congress Scna-
tor Chiffon. Democrat. of the canals
committee, introduced bin author
King the president 20 suspend tho
canal tolls
Speaker clark ordered the address
! referred 20 the Interstate commerce
committe. Chairman Adamson. who
VIII have charge of The repeal icgis-
lation declared the address, fited his
IDEAS exactly.
"The presidents address pleasrs
me ha said "bccause Il means hou-
1 Il
| true that we are surrondering to Great
| Britain b. We rcpol' the free tolls
| clause. Myself and other Democrats
| took a position uea Inst this piece OF
rascality before Enalaud ever heard
OF IT,"
The Repeal Nmcndmcnt.
Democratic Leader Underwood de-
ciined to discuss the presidents adj
dress. The section which senator
Chilton's bin would odd to the PAN
anna law ls az follows.
THE president notwlthstanding
anything herein contained Is hereby
authorized and cmpoworcd by pro-
clamation to muko. suspend, alter.
| change 0r abolish any tolls cOutem-
plated or provided Tor this act and
may prescribe tolls io be chnrsrd in
any case whore the tolls are prohlh-
tied herein,
Later. al the White Houso. when
asked about thai portion of his add
dress IN which he referred to matters
OF greater dclicney and nearer con-
sequence" IN forciEu Affairs ar bcine
dependent on the repeal, the president
said that he meant merely that n was
very awkward to dcll Nlh foreign pl-