The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-02
CANAL Controversy NOW
GOES TO THE UPPER
HOUSE
MAY BE DELAYED
Slight Correction In House Vote
President Cherishes No
Ill Feeling
tBy Associated Presa.l

tBy Associated Press.)
Washington. April Although; the
friends OF the president in the senate
had hoped to have an early meeting
OF the, canals committee, which has
the resolution for repeal OF tolls ex-
elnption in hand, they decided to
make no effort to induce Senator
O,Gorman to change his plans. They
will insist, however upon action with
in reasonable time after the commit
tee gets down to work.
Senator Owen OF Oklahoma, majority
member of the committee, who will
lead the fight iii COMMITTEES for adj
ministr1sson, visited the white house
early in the day ana conferred with
the president Later he made the en-
phatic declaration that friends of the
repeai bill would not submit to un-
necessary delay in preliminary con-
sideration of the bill, and fatty de-
clared that. the gauntlet tt.,ees 81 af summit
teeguischarge would be hurled should
an attempt be made TO impede the
tprogress OF the measure.
- That some members OF the commit
e%ss - "a OisTo55 e1rIupi repeal de-
sire to have public hearings on the
bill was apparent today, but admin
istration leaders insisted that such
hearings were entirely unnecessary
and: that there could be no. other rea-
sons for them except deliberately to
cause delay. Ia
Rnbilc Hearlngs Unnecessary.
s.s kupIic hearings on this issue are
unnecessary, said Senator Owen to.
nigaL. and would unnecessarily pro-
}leng the controversy, ghich is b clean
ctIt fame m - I, ~.
( ny every senator. We are ntitled 70
get sway from congress early this
time and intend to do ii ig posSible.'''I
Senator q GOrnlan ~, 5
sedlg that there lsLsl 3 9 NJ naneees~ :
s3ssssy SleiGy In tile eotnini ttes On soit-
SID the. oil bti II III expected
Z tliat reqnests Y ill be- "a stle OF him to
grant hearings.
On this the GO otnlni ttee may be forced
to act and IT would be eoslsid idered as
: 2 s;s:s 6 ing rear sBsue. ssist how
tho committee stands DE- uncertain,
abpth bt les = claiming D ma5 OF
one, An Tfavorab blsS report of the bill
WOulu ne followed ny e min nrify 52eTeaa-
sport, ana tats RblI 20 bring the co,l-
atFossTsy befoie the s5naLe5 on q nlu-
tisSn. 20 adopt the minority report.
tlany CempI fl0nS P0sslhle.
Haany c0m9iica ionR ire! possible lie
tho situation as there are q half dozen
mittee because thsre are hal q dozen.
biils pertaining to the tolls question
nov before the commit tee That there
VIII be a persistent effort made to
amend the repeal bill as IL PASSED the
J nome .; e uf5 the
Pre- esiednt declare that nothing but
iis.s repeat OF the tolls exemption VIII
be accepted. In supporg or this, they
claim q safe majority, Many polls OF
the senate have been tsken, democrats
and epublicans INC ded, but they
nave been ineompl etHs abes cf the
uJa l0fftv ins faYot. ~ 1 il :, sayiaai Tfa,.i,
from = 70 "a y
; To-day Senator Norris pf Nebraska,
intredncad q rsgoliition which uanlsld
VTi5Tiqo TpT aFDlIraIIon or the treaty
dispute In the tolls c1ntr0ye zsy, end
Senator exter fitted another
to provide TOR postnD = ,nent OF con-
sidefatiun OF the tolls issue until
ldent W Ailson submitted details.
In conndenee III. he ei.1asaeas- a- e. e-...5
Slif5uTgU Dy JoIIs
exemption re9eal NO ecticEi 8 was
taken on either e Ion.
- ktlAtls ek 5til9 g.
=. ot II - = - g 5elihtort
Jones SAID the peopie e1 the United
States were now q iteC to psece G4eir
s:oastMise ipping at stlse naer ercys Of