The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-03-31
Voting on Resolution for Repeal Of
Free Tolls Scheduled to Start
Late This Afternoon
Finish by 1880
REP. HUMPHREY
ROASTS REPEAL
Washington Member Makes Viiriol-
ic Attack on the Adminisira-
tion and Winds Up with
Near War Cry
Telegram by United Press.

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Washington, March sl-The ell
max in the tolls fight over. the repeal
OF the exemption clause win be reach.
ed in the house today
Final roll call in the house is GER
tain before night Voting in scheduled
to begin at 5;45 and two roll calls are
in prospect The first will be on a
motion TO ge,commit the Sims resolu-
tion and the Other on final passage OF
the bill The final result win be
known about 1870
Speaker Clark planned to deliver the
closing speech for the opposition, be-
ginning at o'clock The presidents
supporters continue to claim victory
Dgring the course of a speech in
the senate yesterday Senator Owen
read into the record q plank cf the
baltimore platform denouncing ship
subsidy This, he said, was flat con
tradiction of the plank fayoring ex-
emption in the Panama canal act and
was the expression Of democratic doc
trine for many years He insisted that
agents OF the coastwise steamship
company had busted themselves
arousing public sentiment and bring
ing to bear pressure 10 get the ex-
emptlon plank Into the platform.
though not state convention Of any
party had favored II.
Now they would like to delay the
matter he added. until they can get
up this artificial sentiment"
Senator owen declared he favored
repeal OF the navigation laws giving
American owned and manned ships
a coastwise trade monopoly. Under
these laws. ne declared, the compa-
nies had so diyided the traffic among
themselves that they extorted improp-
"a rates from the shippers
To-day we are paying the price Of
scholarly obstinacy, of text book
statesmanship, OF sublime selfassur-
aDce. OF chagtauaua methods and
grape juice diplomacy" Representa-
tive Humphrey, Republican, Of WASH
Ington. commented today in red.hot
attack on the Panama canal tolls re-
real bill
He termed the proposal to abandon
free tolls a cowardly surrender TO the
dictates Of an executive and scorn-
fully told the Democrats that their at
iitude was deserving Of more con-
tempt than the English language can
express"
Then he laid the blame fer the bill
on "the egotistioal bIundering" and
"holier than thou" policy OF the Dem
ccraitc administration.
I'VE have lived to see the imposing
spectacle OF the president not asking
bit supplicating congress to repudi-
ate directly platform plank he es-
pecially approved the Washington
HielHDtF utcidltu- We udNr Hftu "
see the inspiring spectacle of a secre.
tary Of state sitting In the honse diplo-
matte gallery and vigorously applaud
Ing a proposition TO barter the inter
ests OF his country to cover his own
stupid blundersr
Humphrey declared Champ Clark
would not have taken Wilson's stand
Il he had not been robbed Of the nom
nation at Baltimore and prevented
from becoming president"
Il congratulate the country that
Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood
still control their own votes" Hum
phrey continued.
He charged that the president was
the instrument whereby Japan and
Englaai plan to maintain their inter.
national confidence game of using the
canal without American competition
and that he had been a sympathetic
listener 10 the trans-continental rail
road plot to maintain freight rates"
He said the repeal viii rob the Pa
cIfic Northwest of its benefit from the
canal and throw the advantage TO
British Columbia and the trans Con-