The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-12
s ENATE APPEALS FREE TOLL LAW
 VOTE 50 TO 5.
Bitter Feeling Nearly Precipi- tates Fight on Floor of
 Upper House.
Only Amendment Carried Is Simmons-NOrris Com-
 promise.

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 Washington, D. C.. June 12-In an atmosphere of intense heat and before
 crowded galleries, the Senate passed
 the bill repeating the free tolls'' law
 by a vote of 50~to s5. The bill car | ried with 1t the Sfmm mons-Norris com | promise anendment reserving any rights the United States may have in the canal and it's operation. So bitter ! was the. feeling between the partisans on both sides that a personal encot1n- .l ter between Senators Vardanan Of Afistnssippi and West of Georgia, over I References to the use of money in the repeal fight, was narrowly avoided by Senator Ashurst of Arizona and the ergeant-at-arnas and a Senate ern- 1 p1oyes who were conveniently near in anticipation of trouble and separated the be1ltgerents.
 4. All amendments except the Sim rnons-Norris compromise were defeat 1 ed. including the Walsh amendm ent for substituting the question of ex- | empting coastwise ships from tolls to l the supreme court, the Reed amend Inent for admitting foreign vessels to | the coastwise trade, and others Sen l ator Norris amendment for arbitra- l ton of the tolls question was with drawn. Senator Lodge who has gone | to Massachusetts, was paired with 1 Senator GaIlinger of New Hampshire. It now goes to the House, where it l is expected the amendments made in 1.-the Senate will be agreed to.
 Vote Upon Measure.
 The vote by which the bill was passed was as follows:
 Democrats-Bank Bryan Clark of Arkansas, Culberson, Fletcher, 1 Gore, Hitchcock. Hughes. James, Johnson. Kern, Lea, Lee. Lewis Mar tin. Myers. Overman, Oven, Pittsman. Pomerenes Salisbury Shafroth. Shep- para, Shively, Simmons, Snith of Ari- i zonas Smith of Georgia, Smith of Mary land. Smith of South Carolina Stone, ! Swanson, Thompson, Thornton. West | White WilIiams-S7.
 Republicans=Bra Burton, 1 Crawford, Grojas Kenyon, AIcCuna Der Mclean, Nelson, Norris. Root, Sher- man, Sterling.
 Total for the bill, 5.
 Against the 'bi1l-Democrats As- hurst, anberlain. Lane, Maritime New1and, O'Gorman, Ransdal, Reed. Shields, Thomas, Vardaman.
 Repuhlicans-Bo -Borah, Brady Bris- tow. Burleigh, Catron, Clapp, Clark of Wyoming. Cummings, Dillingham; Dupont, GOff, Jones, Lafo1lette, Lip- pitt, Page, Perkins, Poindexer, Smith of Michigan, Shoot. Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Weeks Works.
 Total against the bill, 35. Sensational incidents followed the long day of tiresome debate on the bill, culminating at the night session | in a hot quarrel between Senators Vardaman of Mississippi and West of Georgia. Senator Vardanan made another short speech in which he de- nounced again those Democrats who were repudiating their party platform.
 There has been charged here that 1 the Carnegie Foundation has spent $s0,O00 to pass the bil1,'' shouted MT. West. Who knows, he said, looking at MT. Vardaman and waving his arms frantica1Iy, but what the ship. ping interests have spent $100,000 in order to defeat this bill?,'
 Have you been offered any2'' asked MT. vardaman, in evident anger and resentment.
 s~Don.t you say that to me!'' shouted Mr. West, stepping towards the tall senator from Mississippi with a show of aggressiveness
 ''We1l,'' retorted MT vardaman, ris- ing from his seat, 'tyou are making an intimation that somebody else has been influenced
 T didt not say so. said--'' replied the Georgia senator.
 You said," blazed Mir Vardaman as he stepped forward, but in the confusion that arose his words were lost.
 Senator Aslurst jumped to his feet, Higgins put his arm on the sleeve of intr1ded his ponderous form into the 1 to anybody and no blows offered or | ar1