South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-12
SENATE PASSES
TOLL REPEAL BY
80 TO 50 VOTE
Measure Goes to House Where
it is Expected Amendments
Added in Senate viii be
Agreed to.

wAsHTNGTON. June 12.-The bin
10 repeal the toll exemption Of the
Panama canal was passed by the SEN
ate 1T 1918 Thursday night by a vote
cf sc 10 50.
W-it1 the Norris Simmons amend
roert aGGed during tho debate the
Americas rights with regard 40 the
slfspule with Great Britain over the
conservation o. tho treaty are in some
measure preserved.
with this amendment the repeal
bill was stripped down TO its real pur-
pose.
The vote by which the bill was pass
Cd was AS follows. ayes.
JerGocrats-I 3anlChead. Bryan. Chill
ton, Clark tArk). CUlocrtsOu, fetch
er. Gore. Hitchcock, Hughes. James.
Johnson. Kern, Lea, Lee. Lewis. Mar
tin Myers Cyerman, owen, Pittman,
Pomerenc. Salisbury. Shafroth, Shep-
pard. Shivesy, Simmer Smith (Ark.).
Smith (Ga), Smith Md, Smith Is.
-. stone. Swanson. Thompson,
Thornton, West, White, Williams-37.
Republicans - Brandegee. Burton.
Colt Crawford. Gronna, Kenyon, Nc
Cumber. Mclean, Nelson. Norris,
Root Sherman, Sterling-13.
Total for the bill. so.
Democrats Chamberlain.
Lane. MARITIME, Newlands. O'Gorman,
RansdeI Reed, Shields, Thomas, Var
daman-11
Repubiicans-Borah. Brady. Bris-
tow, Burleigh. Catron, Clapp, Clark
(WyoD. Cummins, Dillingham;, Du-
pont. GOff. Jones, LaFOllette, Lippitt,
Page. Perkins, Poindexter, Smith
CAHchD. Smoot. Sutherland, Town
send, Warren, Weeks WOrks-24.
Total against the bill-35.
Thirteen republicans supported the
Of ~
Gratis voted against it.
Demand Separate Vote.
When the bill was reported to the
senate from committee of the whole
Sen Sutherland demanded a sepa-
rate vote on his asserting the rights
of the United States and denying that
they were affected by the Hay
PauncefOrte treaty This was voted
down by a vote Of so TO 33. The bill
was then put upon it's final passage.
lit now goes to the house where il
is expected the amendments made in
the senate Will be agreed TO. The
legislative appropriation bill was
made the unfinished business and will
come up Friday.
Sensational incidents following the
long day OF debate on the bill Gull
minated in the night session in a near
fight between Senators Vardaman of
Mississippi, and West of Georgia. Sem
atOr Vardaman he'd made another
short speech in which he denounced
again those democrats who were re-
pudiating their party platform.
West Makes Reply
Senator West followed with a long
harangue Of the typical old fashioned
Husting's style. He said that demo-
Gratis had disagreed on many issues
since the silver campaign of 1896, but
there had never been any denuncia-
ton Of democrats or charges OF party
perfidity because they had not always
agreed. Mr.. West had worked him
self into a state of intense excitement
and his references to Mr.. Vardaman
grew more personal.
The two men were only six feet
apart with one intervening desk.
Senator Ashurst saw what was coming
and slipped into the seat between
them. Sergeant at Arms Higgins
quietly walked around and stood be-
hind Senator West. Acting DoOrkeep-
er Keller placed himself in an advan-
tageOus position for any emergency.
There has been charged here that
the Carnegie foundation has spent
$50. 600 to pass this bill" shouted Mr..
West. who knows" he said looking
at Mr. Vardaman and waving his arms
frantically, but what the shipping
interest has spent 100000 in order
TO defeat this bill"
Vardaman Interrupts.
Have you been offered any," asked
Mr.. Nardaman in evident anger and
resentment.
Don't you say that to me-" shout
ed Mr. West stepping towards the tall
senator from Mississippi with show
of aggreSsiVeness.
We WILL" retorted Mr.. Vardaman
rising from his seat, you are making
an intimatiOn that somebody has been
influenced"
II did not say so, I said" replied
the Georgia senator.
You said" blazed Mr.. Vardaman
as he stepped forward. but in the con-
fusion that arose his words were lost.
Senator Ashurst Jumped to his feet.
barring the way Sergeant at Arms
Higgins put his hand on the sleeve OF
senator West, Senator Hoke Smith in
truded his ponderous form into the
small group and no harm was done to
anybody and no blows offered or en-
countered.
The first vote OF the day was taken
on the Works amendment which was
another form OF a clear cut assertion
of the rights of this country in Amer
ican canal built by them 1t was de-
feated bv a vote of 90 10 SO.