Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-28

tIOnllUueQ from rage OneJ
nomination at the hands of the party
one the Speaker of the House and
the other the floor leader of the DOM
inant party-were openly and active
ly arrayed against him. Speaker
Clark, though he did not take the
floor today, had issued his 18th hour
dents friends to limit debate and an
the repeal bill Tuesday.
Representative Underwood, who
has been in the open against the
President on the issue, pleaded urgent
~ against the rule and later delivered
an attack on President Wilson's pol
icy, denouncing the repeal of the toll
exemption as an economic mistake,
and declaring the President to be
wrong in his conclusion that exemp-
ton is in violation of the Hay-Paunce-
fete treaty. Other Democratic chief
tains, among them Rep. kitchin of
North Carolina, broke with the Pres
ident. Yet in the face of this opposi-
ton from men who heretofore had but
to raise their voices to have the DEM
oerats of the House follow them, the
President won within the party men,
bership by nearly four to one.
SIS Democrats Opposed
The list of Democrats who voted
against the previous question and thus
against the administration follows:
Aiken, Brockson, Broussard, Bruckner,
Caraway, Carew, Conroy, Dale, Deit-
rick, Difenderfer, Donohue, Dooling,
Doremus, Driscoll, Dupre, Eagan, Ell
der, Finley, Fitzgerald, German. Goui-
den, Graham, Illinois; Griffin, Harri-
son, Helm, Igo, Jones, Kindel, Kirk
patrick, Lee of Penna., L Engle, Leo
quo. McAndrews, Mcermott, Mahon.
Maher, Mitchell, Morgan of Louisiana;
Murray, Mass: Murray, Okla;
O'Leary.. O'Shaunessy, Patten, n. Y;
Phelan, Ragsdale, Raker, Sherwood,
Stone, Taylor, Ark; Taylor, Col.
Thomas, Underwood. Williams. Win
go, and Speaker Clark. Total, So.
Representative Kitchin. Democrat Of
North Carolina voted against the pre-
vious question on the roll call but
changed his vote to present" just be-
fore the result was announced.
vious question and the administration
were; Bartholdt, Brown. Wise, ard
ner, Mass. Mckenzie, Madden, Steen-
erson and Stevens, MINI. Total, Seven.
Activity in Senate
While the House Was engaged in The
initiative and decisive struggle OF the
conflict, the controversy was the medium
of enlivening discussion in the Senate.
Senator Owen in a speech voicing the
Presidents position declared that toll ex-
emption never had been supported by a
majority of the Democrats in Congress
and pleaded dramatically for his col
leagues to uphold the honor of the ma
ton. Senator James and Senator O'Gor-
man, the latter leading the revolt against
the President in the upper house, engaged
in stirring colloquy, while Senator Gal
linger introduced a resolution as sub
stitute for one introduced yesterday by
Senator Lewis which would declare it the
sense of the American Congress that 1t
had the right to exempt American coast
wise ships from canal tolls. When de-
bate on the special rule began in the
House. Representatives Adamson and
f1aTuWlCk the administration dtldCh-
ed Speaker Clark's position and in reply
Rep. Underwood made his urgent plea
for support from the colleagues who
have held up my hands in this House. .
When the debate closed and the voice of
the clerk had called the roll in tense
stiffness. the Democratic House leaders
had been repudiated and the President S
appeal answered.
O'Gorman Interrupts
When Senator owen argued that the
disregard of the Baltimore platform con-
templated by the repeal bill was fully
justified Senator O'Gorman interrupted
to read the list of senators who were
members of the resolutions committee at
Baltimore which favorably reported the
free tolls plank and declared the plank
had gone in because he and other COM
mittee members who knew of the state
ments before the Senate inter-oceanic
canal committee knew that only the
trans-continental railroads had opposed
it.
Senator Chamberlain asked Sen.
Owen if under his theory the war
vessels Of Japan and the United States
should use the canal on equal terms.
Senator owen replied he believed they
should. When Senator Lewis suggest
ed Senator Owent meant only in time
OF peace, Senator Borah asserted that
the naturalization principle declared
in the treaty applied only to war time.
Senator Owen insisted. however, that
naturalization as considered by the
treaty meant naturalization Of rates.
The power to fortify and defend the
canal was unquestioned, he said. and
precluded war time naturalization.
In the course of the debate, II was
stated that Senator Lewis would take
up tomorrow his anti-free tolls res
olution and Senator Gallinger also an
nounced he would defend his substi-
tute.
General Debate Opens
With the cloture rule in force the
House immediate began the 20 hours
of general debate on the repeal bill.
Representative Sims of Tennessee.
the author of the repeal bill. made the
first speech in support of his meas
ure. He was frequently interrupted