The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-04-01
ADMINISTRATION
MEN IN MAJORITY
Wilson's Tolls Repeal Expected
TO Pass Congress
TWO TEST VOTES IN HOUSE
Debate Of Twenty Hours Starts After
Opposition Led by Speaker Is De.
feated-Senate Vote Will Be Close.

The passage by the house of the
administration bill repeating the free
tolls clause of the Panama canal act
is assured.
This became evident when Champ
Clark's spectacular fight against the
cloture rule demanded by administra-
tion leaders was crushed by a vote
of 2O7 to 176.
The reduced size in the house for
the administration indicates that the
contest on the tolls issue in the SEN
ate will be very close and that the ad-
ministration stands chance to lose.
Administration supporters are jubil-
ant over the outlook.
With the first obstacles out of the
way, the house settled down to con.
sideration of the repeal bill. Demo
Gratis in its favor were allotted ten
hours, Democrats against it five, Re-
publicans four and Progressives one.
Representative Sims, author Of the
BILL led off the debate.
Representative Sims coupled his ar
gument for the repeal with denunCi-
alton of the Democrats who had
aligned themselves with the opposition
and declared that II he believed as
II has been charged, that the presi-
dent had accepted an erroneous con.
| struction of the -Pauncefote
| treaty, he would feel as a moral
| coward if he did not Immediately ask
for the chief executives impeach.
ment by the house of representatives
as it reasonable to suppose" 'e
asked that the great masses of the
people are going to believe that the
president of the United States, who
has direct charge of the enforcement
of all our treaties with foreign coun-
tries is going to surrender the rights
Of the American people whose trust
ed representative he is, by accepting
an erroneous construction of a treaty
upon the unwarranted demand of any
one or all the foreign nations Of the
world?"
In the senate Senator Owens
speech advocating the repeal precipi.
tated three-hour general discussion
in which many senators participated.
To repeated inquiries by Senators
Chamberlain and Jones Senator Owen
said the presidents assurance that
other nations than Great Britain were
opposed to the exemption was suf.
flcient for him and ought to be suf-
icient for the senate.
Senator Owen argued that the dis
regard of the Baltimore platform con
templated by the repeal bill was fully
justified. Senator O'Gorman interrupt
ed to read the list of senators who
were members of the resolutions com.
mittee at Baltimore, which favorably
reported the free tolls plank, and Ia.
Clared the plank had gone in because
he and other committee members,
who knew of the statements before
the senate interoceanic canals COM
mittee, knew that only the transcon.
tinental railroads had opposed it.
Compromise Trading Bill Passed.
The senate passed without division
compromise bill to regulate trading
in cotton futures. The bill would pro-
hibit sending through the mails or by
telegraph information furthering the
making or enforcement of contracts
which do not specify that delivery
is to be made on a basic grade, with
the option of delivering other govern
mental grades, the difference between
which would be fixed by actual trad
ing in spot cotton and not arbitrarily