Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-07
PASS REPEAL BILL
REPRESENTATIVES GIVE THEIR
APPROVAL TO WILSON'S
MEASURE.
VOTE is PAT TO 161
Speaker Clark In Address in the House
Challenges the Presidents Plan
Says Monroe Doctrine
Is Hit

washington, Aprll z.-1ne mouse
passed the Sims bill on Tuesday, which
repeats the Panama canal act that per.
mits American ceastwise vessels to
pass free through the canal. The vote
was-247 to 81 majority of Sc votes.
The measure now goes to the senate.
Defending the economic policy of free
tolls and citing court decisions of its
legality, Champ Clark, speaker of the
house of representatives challenged
the policy of President Wilson in advo-
eating the repeal of the Panama canal
act which permits American coast
wise vessels to pass free through the
canal.
The speaker declared that this
policy was reputation of solemn
platform obligations and demanded
that the Democrats hold true to the
faith proclaimed by their national con.
vention.
He declared that he is not candl-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1916, for If President
Wilson'S. administration amounts to
failure, 'the nomination will not be
worth having" and he denied that he
has ever entertained the slightest i'll
will toward the president because of
his own failure to secure the nomina-
ton at the Baltimore convention.
Speaker Clark was particularly en-
phatic in his declaration that neither
he nor the president desired breach
in the Democratic party, and in his
criticism of the "jackaT press, some
Of which represent that we are seeking
to disrupt the Democratic party"
The Panama tolls repeal means the
practical abandonment Of the Monroe
doctrine" he said, which we forced
into the international code and which
the American people will maintain at
all hazards. That is the only propo-
sition the American people ever
agreed upon, and the reason they
agreed upon that was because it was
genuine American announcement
1t was the doctrine of self-defense.
There is no personal issue between
the president OF the United States and
myself There has not been at any
time. l trust there will never be.
have at no time uttered word Of
criticism Of the president
81 have never for one moment en-
tertained the opinion that President
Wilson is actuated by other than the
highest patriotic motives. l do not be-
lieve that President Wilson has ever
entertained any other opinion as to
the conduct of those Of US who find it
necessary to differ with him on this
measure"
! Vote on the Measure.
On the anal vote 81 Democrats voted for
free tolls. They were:
Speaker Clark Aiken IN. CO Brookson
! Oel), Broussard Qa), Brown CIV, Va).
Bruckner IN. ", Carew IN. y, Conry
! IN. V, Dale IN. V, Dietrich Mass. },
Diffendorfer (Pa), Donohue Pa0, DooI-
| ing IN. W, Doremus (Mich.), Driscoll IN.
Y) Dupree DAD, Estopinal Ga.). Finley
| Is. O., Fitzgerald On; ", German Qll0.
Goulden ON y. Goldf9gle a. " era. era,
(Miss), Hayden (Ariz.). Helm (ky.l, Igoe
/ tMo9. Jones Va.1, Kettner (CaL). Kitch-
/ in IN. c., Lee Pa), Lonergan Comm,
han Comm, Maher,. n: v, Metz IN.
", Mitchell (Mass.). Morgan (Okla),
| Murray (Mass), Murray (Okla.), O'Leary
IN. ", O'Shaunessy Or. -. Patton IN.
W. Phelan, Ragsdale Is. CO, Ral<er
(CaL), Taggart (Neb), Taylor (Colo.),
Underwood (Ala)
The 81 Republicans voting against free
| tolls were:
Anderson (NInn.), Bartholdt CMo),
Browne (Wis) Danforth IN. ", Davis
| (Minn.) Esch (NNis.), Good Ua.), Card
ner (Mass.). Gillett (Mass), Green Qa),
| Hamilton (Mich), Haugen Ha), Helgesen
| IN. D., Mckenzie Gid, Lenroot (Wis),
| Madden Qll), Stevenson (NIinn.) Stevens
| CMinn.) Volstead (MinnD, Lndbergh
| CMinn) Miller (Minn), Prouty Ga),
! Thomson 0ll) Kent (Cal). BI1tten Ull),
! CoDley 0ll,), Stafford CWis).
! With the exception Of the Democratic
| members named above all other Demo-
cratic members present voted for the
! Presidents bill to repeal free tolls.
| All the Republicans, with the exception
| of those named, voted in favor OF free
| tolls on American ships.
On the final vote there were 40 mem
bers present and seven pairs These
/ pairs were for and against free tolls
| Reilly Comm with Goodwin IN. c., Mer-
rift On. " with Crisp (Ga), Clark (Fla.)
with Moon CTenn). Towner Ga.) with
GRAY Gnd) Fordney (Mich), with Korbly
! Ond). Mclaughlin (Mch.) with Borland