Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-03
POLL IN SENATE
SHOWS ONE VOTE
! LEAD FOR REPEAL
Senators Oliver and Fall Have
Switched from Admins
tration Side.

WASHINGTON, April "a careful
poll of the Senate on the tolls exemp-
tion repeal shows that the admins
tration today is sure of a majority of
only one vote.
The most interesting developments
In the Senate in regard to the tolls
question is the tendency among some
of the regular Republicans who voted
against exempting coastwise vessels
from tolls when the Panama canal
act was passed to line up in oppo-
s--sll1t-tea sft.tt-it1ie administration program
for repeal.
Senator oliver. of Pennsylvania, Is
one of these He gave out a state
rnent last night in which he an
nounced his 'nteation TO vote against
the repeal bill
This followed a statement by Sena-
tor Peprose announcing that he also
would reevrse himself and vote
against the bill.
Senator Fall, of New Mexico, also
made a statement in which he ex-
planned that he might vote against
the repeal bill, although he had said
in a recent speech that he proposed to
SUPPORT the President. He admitted
that his Judgment was against the
wisdom of the proposed repeal
senator divers statement.
Senator divers statement was as
follows:
after considering the subject from
every point of view ! have decided to
vote against the repeal. ! voted
against exemption in the last Con-
gress because it seemed to me that 1T
was a violation of our treaty obliga-
tions, and I am one of those who be-
lieye in sticking to q bargain, no mat
ter at what cost; but the subsequent
discussion has convinced me that this
point is at least deDatable, with the
weight of opinion III favor of the con-
tention that no violation of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty is involved.
LESS than two years ago, the
Congress, by an overwhelming ma
jority. decided in favor of exempt
ing our own coastwise shipping from
tolls That action stands as the set
fled policy of the American people.
'NNe are now asked to reverse that
policy without q single reason being
given for reversal ! cannot see why
] should favor any such action
'If I had any doubt about my
finty in this contingency that duty
would be solved by the sentiment in
nv State. which Is so overwhelming
ly against repeal as to be practically
unanimous"
Senator Fall outlined his attitude
in the following statement:
Is Not Positive.
az will not say positively that
will vote against the President, but
7 have almost come to the conclusion
thai the repeal would be less wise
shan continuing the exemption.
"yVhat / believe TO be the best thing
of all would be to grant tolls exemp-
+ions TO coastwise ships, not only OF
the limited States, but of every coun-
nv of both North and South Amer
"1,he principal objection of Great
BRITAIN to tolls exemption is not on
account of the Canadian Pacific, as Is
commonly believed, but on account OF
The Tehuantepec railway, owned py
Cowdray This railroad, due 10 the
failure of the Mexican government 70
2 MT nm its share of the money, is now
1racticaIly under lease by Cowdray
Far fifty-one years, but al, the END OF
fbat time it viii pass into the hanos
of the Mexican government.
tTt cost S65, ,O00, 900, practically an Oh
rybich was put up by British capital
ists and free tolls to American coast
Wise ships. which includes the ships
,1nning from New York TO HaWall.
would make that entire investment
5ortlrless. Piercing the narrow part
# Mexico 5lst-sttt9ye ,od 6h9 e,,iee eodont long
,eninsysf. il is only nv iii,1er nerfectiS ,ciS
\ .nd-is one of the most
-f-Sduipped roads in the Woriu'
4 what is would Accomplish ,"
.Tolls exemption to the Coz Soastwise saied Sc
~ +rode of both Americans Wouiu p5 pleasS
5 Elis ia@ s,o,sld please Mexico which VIII
Eventually e1u own that L. railr0ad- il,SScb wt 1t
would please Colombia colombia " ~15eh penama me
Il va which has coasts on both oceans
and and would convince the big south
American nations that we are
1T is common knowledge that
y ,,rassiI Argentina and Chile have
y formed close alliance princiPStly ,ebjs TO TO
OF 80 7 think, which would remove
'sy sgfeeiing and make the attitude OF
kest Of the world of much less
: at &suence."