Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-01
HOUSE UPHOLDS
WILSON'S STAND
ON CANAL TOLLS
Passes Bill Repeating Exemp-
ton of American Shipping
by 247 to 1862 Votes.
PARTY LINES SMASHED
IN FINAL BALLOTlNG
twenty-five Republicans for Presi-
dent and Fifty-Two Demo
Gratis Against.
THOUSANDS AT THE CAPITOL
Battle to Hear Closing Debate.
House Rules Against APP
plause Shattered-Ovation
for Clark.
THOUSANDS AT THE CAPITOL


personal appeal, the House gave
the administration a majority OF
eighty-hve. votes late yesterday
afternoon when the final vote was
taken on the Sims bill to repeal
the clause. in the Panama canal
act which exempts American
coastwise vessels from tolls
through the canal.
The great tension which for
several days had steadily APP
preached the climax of the Champ
Clark speech snapped on the an
nouncement of the first roll call
vote for the third reading of the
bill, when the administration ma
jority was eighty-seven. On the
next vote, following a motion by
Representative O'Shaunessy to
recommit the bill to the commit
tee on interstate and foreign COM
merce with a broad amendment,
reserving to the United States the
right to control the Panama Canal
Zone, the anti-administration
forces polled their largest vote,
but lost, the tally being 232 to 176.
On the passage of the bill the
third roll call vote was 247 to I62,
present" I, and not voting, ~.
How Members Voted.
The distribution of the final vote
was as follows:
For the bill:
Democrats - Abercrombie, Adair.
Adamson, Alexander, Allen. Ansberry,
-Ashbrook, AsweI, Bailey. Baker,
Baltz, Bark1ey. Barnhart, Bartlett
Bathrick, Beakes. Beall of Texas, Bell
of Georgia, Booher. Borchers, Bowdle,
Brodbeck, Brown of New York. Brum-
baugh, Buchanan of Illinois Buchanan
of Texas. Buckley. Burgess, Burke of
Wisconsin, Byrnes Of South Carolina,
Byrns of Tennessee, Galloway, Gambler,
Carter, Church. Clancy. Claypool, Clay
ton. Cline. Coady. Collier. Connolly of
Kansas, Connolly of Iowa. Coving-
ton; Cox cTosseri n,c., DaNenP pert
Dixon. Donavan. Doolittle. Doughton.
Easan. Eagle, Edwards. Elder. Evans,
Falson, Ferguson. Ferris, Fields. Fftz.
Henry. Flood OF Virginia, Floyd OF
lagher. Gard. Garner, Garrett of Ten
nessee. Garrett Of Texas. George. Gary.
Gilmore, Gittins, Glass, Goodwin Of
North Carolina Cooke, Gordon. Gregg,
Hardwick. Hardy, Hart. Hay, Helm.
Helvering, Henry. Hensley. Hill, Hol-
land. Houston. Howard. Hughes of
Georgia. Hull. Humphreys of Mis-
Johnson of South Carolina. Heating.
Kennedy of Connecticut, Key, Kindeii,
Kinkead of New Jersey. kirkpatrick,
Lever. Levy. Lewis of Maryland, Lieb,
Linthicum, Lloyd, Lobeck. Loft. Logue,
Mcclellan. Mccoy. McGillicudy Nc
kellar, Mcguire. Montague, Morrison.
Nelly of West Virginia O'Brien,
Oglesby, o'Hair, Oldfield. Padgett. Page
of North Carolina, Palmer. Park. Peters
OF MASSACHUSETTS. Peterson, Post, Pou.
Quinn. Rainey. Rauch. Rayburn, Reed
Reilly of Wisconsin, Rothermel, Rouse
Rubey. Rucker. Russell. SABBATH. Saun-
ders. Scully, Seldomridge. shackelford
Sharp. sherley: Sherwood, Sims, sisson
slayden. Small, Smith of MARYLAND
smith Of New York. Smith of Texas
Sparkman. Stanley, Stedman, Stephens
OF Mississippi. Stephens of Nebraska,
stephens Of Texas Stevens of New
Hampshire. Stone. Stout, Stringer, Sum
rners. Talbot. Talcott. Tavenner. Taylor
of Arkansas. Taylor Of Colorado, Taylor
of New York. Ten Eyck, Thacher,
Thomas, Thompson of Oklahoma, Town
send, Tribble. futile, UnderhilI, Vaughan,
Sollmer. Walker, Walsh. watkins. Wat.
son, Weaver, Webb, Whaley, Whitaker,
White, Williams. Wilson of Florida,
Wingo, Witherspoon and Young of
Texas. Total. go.
Observation-Disclosures, Bartholdt, Brit
ten. Browne of Wisconsin, Danforth
Davis. Esch. Gardner. GiIlett Good, Greer
Of Iowa, Hamilton of Michigan, Haugen
iielegsen. Kent, Lenroot, Lindbergh, Nc
kenzie, Madden, Miller. Prouty Stafford
steenerson' Stevens of Minnesota ant
Progressives-copley and Thomson O.
illinois. Total 2.
Those Opposing Bill.
Against the bill:
Democrats-Aiken, Brockson Br1Issard
Brown Of West Virginia, Bruckner. Carey
Casey, Conry, Dale, Deitrick, Difenderfer
Donohoe. Dooling, Doremus, Driscoll
pOPiC, ASiOPihdL' Fitzgerald
Goldfogle. German, Golden Graham O
Illinois. Griffin, Harrison. Hayden Helm,
Igoe, Jones, Kettner, Kitchin Lee O
Pennsylvania, Lonergan, McAndrews, Nc
Dermott. Mahan. Maher. Metz, Mitchell
Morgan OF Louisiana Murray of Massa
chusetts, Murray of Oklahoma, O'Leary
o'Shaunessy. Patten of New York
Phelan. Ragsdale, Baker. Riordan, Tag
CART, Underwood, the Speaker Total. s.
Republicans-Ainey, Anthony. Austir
Avis, Barchfeld, Barton, BROWNING
3urke of Pennsylvania. Burke @
south Dakota, Butler, Calder, Camp
bell, Cary. Cooper. Champion. Curry
Dillon. Dunn, Dyer. Edmonds, Fair
child. Farr. Tess, Frear, French, Ora
ham of Pennsylvania, Green of Massa
chusetts, Greene of Vermont, Cries
Guernsey, Hamilton of New Yorl
Hawley. Hayes. Hines, Howell. Hum
phrey of Washington. Johnson of Utal
Johnson of Washington Kahn, Keiste
Kelley of Michigan, Kennedy of low;
Kennedy of Rhode Island. Kiess, Kin
kead of Nebraska. Knowiand, kreide
].angham, Langley, Lewis of Penn
sylyania, Bindquist. Mcclure of Okla
homa. Mammalian, Mann. Mapes. Mondel
Moore Morgan of Oklahoma, MoriI
Moss of West Virginia, Mott Nelson
Norton, Page of Massachusetts, Par