Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-01
FIGHT ON REPEAL
OF FREE TOLLS
NOW IN SENATE
Bitter Fight Expected Over
Measure-House Passed II
by 85 Votes.
ADMINISTRATION POLL
CLAIMS SAFE MARGIN
Mo III-FeeIing Toward Those
Who Voted Against Him,
Says Wilson.

over the success Of the Panama tolls
exemption repeal in the House, Pres
ident Wilson and his supporters
turned their attention today to the
| Senate.
The latest poll brought to TIM
White House by an administration
senator who canvassed his colleagues
! and excluded from his count those
he considered doubtful, Indicated
that the Presidents contention would
nave majority of at least sixteen
, Republicans as we'll as Democrats
/ Senator Owen, the administration
leader leader in the canals commits
tee, where the measure now Is pend
| ing was at the White House carly
! comforting with Secretary Tumulfy.
Asked about the procedure in the
senate and length of time for dis
cussion the Oklahoma senator saids
win Oppose "DiIatory Tactics.''
1T is natural TO assume that if the
committee does not report prolnptly,
q motion will be made TO DISCHARGE
the measure from consideration og
the committee. There is to be no ef-
tort at forcing unnecessarily, but we
want no dilatory tactics. The CONF
mittee stands. / should say against
the President, and ] think when the
4
were in favor of the tolls exemption
were in the majority.
A week in the committee would be
a reasonable time for discussion
The President had no comment to,
make on the result In the House, but
let II be known that he cherished no
1li-Ieei1ng over those who, expressing
their convictions. opposed the repeal.
There was no comment made on the
speech of Speaker Clark,
The measures appearance in the
senate today was accepted as the
signal for the beginning of one of tho
most protracted and complicated con-
tests that body ever faced Senators.
both for and against the repeal, said
they saw no hope of q final dis
position of the issue within the next
five or six weeks.
! o'Gor,nan to Hasten Action.
Senator O'Gorman, who will lead
: the fight against the bill, today plan-
ned to have the inter-oceanic canals
sgauimittee, OF which. he is@cl1airn1an.
aegip consideration of 8 meg \; -
Immediately The committee alreadv
has before II various other bfiIs re-
. letiilg to the tolls exemption. It ap-
! peared today that the members arc
/ nearly evenly divided on the CHEZ
issue. How vote will result is res
= garded as extremely uncertain at the
IAF6Nitl AAilAff Oul uHlrS6 there 1S z.
change In the lineup the opponents
{ of the repeal appear TO have ma
jority of one.
The vote of the House on the repeal
OF the tolls exemption clause of the
Panama canal act was as follows:
For Repeal.
: Democrats for Repeal--Abercronb
Adair Adamson, Alexander, Alien,
Ansberry. Ashbrook. Aswell Bailey.
Baker, Balt2. Barl7ley. Barnhart,
Bartlett, Bathrick. Beakes, Beals
{Tex3, Bell (Gal. Booher. Borchers.
Bowdle, Brodbeck, Brown On. Y.1s
; Brumbaugh, Buchanan Qll.), Buchan~
5 an CTex.). Bulllley, Burgess, Burke
(Wia,). Byrnes Is. Co. Byrns 6Tenn),
. Galloway Gambler Canton, CantriR,
Caraway, Carlin Carr, Carter Churchs
: Clancy. Claypool, Clayton, Cline.
Coady. Collier Connelly tKan.), Com
Davenport Decker, Dent, Dershem.
Dickinson. Dies, Dixon, Donovan.
Doollttle, Doughton, Iaagan, Eagle
Edwards, Elder, Evans l0aisson. Fer
gpson. Ferris. Fields, E'itzhenry.
Flood (Va), Floyd (ArlS9. Foster.
Fowler, Francis Gallagher, Gard,
, Garner, Garrett fTcnnl Garrett
CTex.), George, Gary, Gilmore. Git
tins, Glass, Goodwin On. CT, Cooke,
Gordon, Gregg, Gudger, Hamill. Ham-
= lin, Hammond. Hardwick. Hardy,
Hart Hay HELM, Helvnrine Heury,s
Hensiey. Hill, Holland. Houston How
ard Hughes (Ga), Hull Humphreys
tMiss), Jaeoway, Johnson fKy1,
Johnson o. CO Heating Kennedg.
On. IL, Kirkpatrick konop, Lazaro
: Lee (eia,). I.esher Lever Levy. Lewis
(Mdl. Lieb, L.inthicum, Lloyd, Lobeek.A
Loft Logue Mcclellan. Mccoy. Me-
GillicuddN, Mckellar, Mcguire. Mon.
: tague Morrison, Moss and1. Neeleg
CEan.l. Nicely tNs Val, O'Brienf
. Oelesby. O'Hair, Oldfield, Padgett,
tATass), Peterson, Post Pou, Quinn,
Rainey, Rauch, Rayburn Reed, Reilly
(Wis1. Rothermel, Rouse, Rubey,
RuclSer. Russell. Sabbath, Saunders
Scully Seldomridse Shaekelford.
Sharp. Sherley. Sherwood. Sims. Sisy
son. Slayden small. Smith (AldN
Smith C% ", Smith CTeS). Spark
:; (AIlss), stephens tNcbD, stephens
Crex.), Stevens 1lN. H.. Stone, Stout
Stringer. Summers. Talbot, Talcott
Tavenner Taylor fArb) Taylor
(Colo.l Taylor m. W Ten Eyck
Thacher. Thomas. Thompson (Olda
/ Townsend. Trtbbie. Tutte. Underhili
Vaughn Yollmer Wall1er, Walsh
! Whaley, Whitaker, White. Williams.
Wilson (Fla.e Wingo Witherspoop,
Young CreN1.
Republicans For Gepeat-Anderson
Bartholdt Britten Browne Owls y
Danforth. Davis, Esch. Gardner,
CiichA. uaugo. Helgesen. Kent, Leiir
root. Lindbergh, Mckenzie, Madden,
| Miller Prouty, stafford Steenerson.
1 Stevens, Mimi; Nolstead