The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-10
SENATE CANALS COMMITTEE
OPEN FIFTEEN DAY PUB
LIC DISCUSSION
SPOKE
Lodge Center Of Senate Attrac.
tion--LogicaIly Advocated
Repeal Of Tolls
(By Associated praasl

washington, April 9.--HearlhgB. on
the Panama tolls exemption repeal bill
opened today before the senate canals.
committee. but interest In lac repeal
tight was focused on the senate itself,
where Senator Lodge, veteran repub-
lican member of the foreign relations
committee, hs!a the attentla.,$ OF vlr-
tuaily the entire membership and OF
crowded galleries for more than two
hours, defending the position of Presi- 4
dent Wilson in insisting upon the pas
sage OF the repeal bill. 7ig -
The senator spoke without a sjngle
Interruption. He declared that, In his
opinion. the right of the United States
to exempt any OF its shipping from
tolls was nnquestDned under strict
Interpretation OF the treaty; but be-
cause OF the delicate position III which
the country finds itself in Its foreign
relationsS urged rof-partissn support
OF the president. At the conclusion OF
Senator Lodges address the galleries
broke into applause aud the yicespresI .
dents gavel pounded several minutes
before order was restored and the
warming given that Senate rules .pFol
hibited any display OF or dis
approval from the gallery.
s Senator Lodge was given she strIct q
est attention by his col glieS on hntfl :
sides OF the chamber, an q wt tfhot,t re-
spect to their announced viewa on tie
repeal struERl 55 siiss Fs ~ 4
q tilwaFt tine purposes OF Z lsaaFfl lfs
le, the policies Of the cad % Bpe
llfteal party,s he DEF laret3 Is b
4l Rql iliea
- Dfesi qc4 ft.4 e ,5's5I IS 81 H
ited taSes tfiun 6 IS ilBn 3s
.cigns POI icy is quite afictilBr tliisi s, 81 3t
70 pc nndertal ten 81 xc cspts Tor tlIf fels
Erapest reason. In one case W< 5gef.
throw D party leader W. thin thai
where the American people alone sEt
In Jn1Ementi in tie other we break
DOWN and dtseredit the RepreseEE EEatipa
OF the whole country In the gfegt TO-
rum OF the nations of the earth aid
paraiyze hts future power and lise-
fulness in that field where he alone
can declare and represent the policy.
the honor and the dignity of the United
States IS
Delay Appears Probable.
Before the canals COMMITTEES, Ssfu.
tors Norris and Thomas appearsd8t ITO
discus their propositions. the session
marking the beginning OF the fllfeeIs
day public discussion, decided upon
earlier In the week It was doubtfiil
tonight just what the progrslna nf the
hearings would be for the next. few
days. Representatives OF the econsiiaeF-
ciat organizations in Pacific Cost IS ciky
les, and New Orleans; at whose Taduest {
the hearings were ordered hay IA rot
arrived, and several senators who s
have submitted substitutes Tor the
Sims repeal bill intimated toda they &
had no desire to defend tiieir pro-
posaIs before the COMMITTEES. GphHe-
qaently o delay to thwart the arrival
OF the commercial representatiF rs aps
peared probable.
Senator Norris urged upon the com.
mittee his suggestion that while tho
exemption clause be repealed, tils right
OF the United States to make such
exemptions be asserted in the fepaal
measure, and the president empowered
to arrange for arbitration to the dis
pute on this point fi IS
Senator Thomas outlined hik plan To
throw open the canal to the free pas-
sage OF all commerce, ne elaborated
this later in the day In tine seIiat te. j &
Debate on the repeal tight. Witch
has occupied the senate virtually tie
entire week. although kenasof5 tiavai
not been speaking directly to any till.
promises to continue at interyala Sk
least until the committee reports It's q
findings.
Senator Kenyon announced gfursne
the day that he approved the augxeiis ).
ton OF Former President ROosafSis.
that the toll question Be bigraE ted y
Senator Williams OF AtsssiBgfS
agreed that the question might yiSIi h6 q
arbitrategs and that arhitratIcn walIa
satisfy the nearer corseurtn
spoken OF by President Wilson h His s
repeal message He said Ei6N over
that 2 canvas of the senate q yea aess
showed that two thirds of tie rsrssa n
were not ia favor or 1rbitfa ton, 81
so far as dc shhad heard, "a S. two
SENATORS eppcse e e;sest zeal =.
arbitration 3 z SsS
Preident Wilson today said q
more confident than ever ne the pasiss
age OF The Tepses s.::s ~.
day his eonfiaence wes fncre M.
Wilson said the aninalss Behind sBslie
o. the attacks on the ksIE sgae nhpiHifa
but he did not go into details. Slieit
animus, he SAID, often proved 4 66onp
oraffF * ~ 10.