The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-04

Repeal Measure Passes HOgss
! by Vote Of 248 to 162.
CLARK SPEECH NOT WARuKE
Speaker. Declares Stories OF Warfare
on President Are untrue--upholds
Tolls Exemption az True Monroe
poetrIne--olney Urges Democrats
to Stand Up for President. i.'s

20 stand Up Tor PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON. -t The actual
passage Of the Panama tolls repeal
bill came as an anti-climax 10 the .ex-
element which had peryaded the
great hall OF representative up TO
and during the remarkable speech Ct
Champ Clark. 1t was preceded by d
brief speech by Representative Adam
son who had led the administration
forces through the long and arduous
hours OF four days OF legislative bat
tie.
( AT the. conclusion Of his speech, Mr..
Adamson moved the engrossment and
third reading OF the bill. This under
ordinary circumstances is more or
less OF a formality. but Republican
Leader Mann demanded the ayes and
noes.
Upon this demand the house rose
en- niasse to demand the roll call.
The roll call resulted in an admin
stration victory by a vote of 217' 70
100. a net majority of 81 for the mo
lion. The announcement OF the. vote
by the speaker was greeted with, pro
longed cheering from the Democratic
side OF the house and scattering ap-
plause from the Republicans.
representative oshaughnessy OF
Rhode Island. Democrat and member
Of the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce presented a motion
TO recommit. sn u
The roll call on this motion was
lost by 2S2 10 l76. ~
This brought squarely before the
house the opportunity 10 vote upon
the Sims repeal bill itself The read
ing clerk rushed through the roll at
express-train speed On this vote the
ayes were PAS. the noes 90 and the
administration bill had won It's way
through the house OF representatives
by majority OF SC. ,.4..s
oIney uphoIds Wilson.
An eleyepth-hour sensation was
sprung in the debate when Represent!
alive Peters, Democrat. OF Massachu.
sets, read d letter from Richard OIL
ney, a former Democratic secretary of
state, urging all Democrats to support
President Wilson in the controversy
olney has previously been quoted as
opposed to the repeal, nrW-ai
.sr CLARK DIsclslms Hostility e,
Speaker Clark. closing the debate
against the repeal Of the Panama toll
exemption, disappointed those who
expected him to attack President vii.
son. lie disclaimed any personal Is.
ste with the president and declared
he believed Mr.. Wilson was actuated
by the highest patriotic motives and
that there was noebreach In the Dem
Ocratic party. He argued at length,
against the presidents contention AID
declared that the amazing request of
the president for the repeal, Ike the
peace Of God, passes all understand.
ing"
He disclaimed any personal issue
between the president and himself and
adde that II the president had rea-
sons (which are not utterly umtenable
and which compel him TO make this
request" he had not given them to the
house. 5a H
How Votes Stood.
On the passage OF the bill, the fol.
lowing Democrats voted mo"
Representative Aiken. g. c.. Brock.
son, Del; Broussard. La; Brown. W
Va. Bruckner, n. y; Carew. ~ ":
Casey. Penn; Coney. N. ": Dale. NJ
Y; Deitrick. MassS Difenderfer.
Penn: Donohue. Penn; DoeIind. NJ
"; Doremus. Mich; Driscoll. N, ";
Dupre. La Estobinal. La; Finley. s.
c.; Fitzgerald. N, Y; Goldfogle, N.
Y; German, ILL.,, Goulden, N. ", Ora.
ham, ILL.,; Griffin, N. "; Harrison
Miss: Hayden, Ariz: Helma, KY;
Igoe. Mo; Jones. Va; Neither. Cal.
Kitchin. n. c.. Lee, Penn; Lonerkan
Conn: McAndrews, H.: McDermott.
Ill., AIahan, Conn Maher MY.
Metz. N. y; Mitchell. Mass; Morgan.
La. Murray. Mass; Murray. Okla.
O'Leary, n, Y; O'Shaughnessy. r. l.:
Patten. n, Y; Phelan, Mass, Rags
dale. s. G.; Raber, Cal; Riodap. n.
vi Tageart, H.; Underwood, Ala,
Speaker Clark. Mo.
The total number OF Democrats yot.
ing against the bill was fifty-two.
These were the Republicans who
voted for the bill:
Anderson, MINI. Bartholdt. Mo-,
Britton. H.: Browne, Wis; Danforth
N. Y: Davis. Mimi; Esch, wis. /.
Gardner. Mass. Gillette. Mass: Coco
Ia. Green Ia: Haueen. Las Hamilton.
Mich: Helreson. ". D.: Kent. Cal
Lenroot. VIE: rindberen, Ninn.
Mckenzie Iiiss- Madden. IlIs Miller
Mimi; fProuty Ia; Stafford, wis
Steenhrson Mimi; stevens. Nirn.
Volstead. Mfnn.
Total Republicans voting for the
I'LL twenty-five
The following Progressives voted
FOR the bill;
CorIey H.. Thomson. m.
Total rroertssiyes voting for n,
bill two.