The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-06
PLEADS FOR A
REPEAL OF ACT
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When the house committee on inter-
state commerce meets tomorrow II Is
expected to favorably report the Sims
bill TO repeal the exemption clause. On
the senate side bill for that purpose
was introduced last year by Senator
Root OF New York. ~
Senator Chiffon. discussing his
amendment to indirectly accomplish
the repeal, said il was his own idea
Of way cut of the difficulty. The
president had not been consulted with
relation TO 1t, he said Some sena-
tors were INCLINED to the belief that
the Chiffon amendment would leave
congress open to the charge that 1t
had attempted TO dodge the issue.
Senator Root asserted that the re-
suit would be the same as a fiat re-
peal and that congress might better
act by direct repeal
Some of the leaders in congress, in
Guiding Majority Leader Underwood
of the House, who oppose the repeal,
had no comment to make.
Many VIII Support Repeal.
New York senators and congress-
men praised the message. Others in
dicated that they would support the
repeal, though they did not agree with
the presidents position.
II voted for toll exemption" said
Senator Kern, democratic leader in
the senate. "If / vote for the repeal
1t will notabe because have changed
my views. ~ do not believe that soil
exemption violates the HayPaunce-
fote treaty. II ] support the presi-
DENTS request / will do so because of
his desire for congress to support his
foreign policy, and for the further
reason In questions of this kind,
where there Is any doubt as, to; inter-
pretation, of treaties, the foreigner
should be given benefit of the doubt.s,
Representative Evans of Montana. a
republican member Of the committee
telegraphed yesterday to be recorded
In favor of the repeal bill at the COM
mittee meeting tomorrow.
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl-
van!a announced that 9 poll of the
house conclusively demonstrated that
there are more than enough votes in
the house to sustain the presidents
appeal.
Representative Knowland of Cali
fornia, republican, issued a statement
declaring that because of the failure
of foreign policy, ana t0 please ma
tions that are our commercial rivals,
the governments policy must be re-
verseds 9ggpgressl turn a somersault
and hisheauatFH Hcherbumiliated In. the
eyes iofnSh haJHierldG%,ibHe. added that IN
q speech dasriHg thalpre-eleetiong gcam-
paignl she gRsasjdept had said, refer
ring JtQI hAe Baltimore free tolls plank,
Our SpiRt9QRB9 isilaROs, molassesi ITO
catch d9e7if 10 ameaasl busineSa; men
wfooRallx fone Syaglqand b vote smother
win ,haoEet etiE7ds fRoIlal lpnblic llifa," ID,
inasd ion Sc ileEll lleIssdf iSeked.sosS al snst
lslEe nm Der >. HEtl EglleHrlAess
WeEs packed ttQs lzsaE Ishet D lesidept
read htsoaagqre reSs1f The,a Frengha 9ld
Germanl atnhaaAAf fora and other tmem-
,Ihegs, 2E1then aiI,sp tic corps were. in
spaces reserved for then1.., No official
OF She 8 Rritis bassy was, present.
The 'Misssa WilapRs had q places In, the
executive sal alteFF8eaaa Mrs.. Wilson for
the, :tEss HmestHaS absent. N She, has
not yet TReoHsred from the shock of
a fall in the White House several
days ago. President Wilson reached
the capitol ten minutes before the
time for the reading and waited in
Speaker Clarsss5s -.som unit. 1890
o'clock, when he was escorted into
the chamber and promptly began
reading his brtet as soon as "a burst
of applause had ceased.
Message Was Brief.
MIR. Wilson'S message was 50 brief
that he had finished reading almost
before the surprised galleries realized
he had begun, II took less than five
minutes, and as another burst OF ap-
plause greeted its, close Mr., Wilson
hurried out OF the chamber and went
back: to- the White House. 90 The, joint
session dissolved at once and, the two
houses resumed their work.
Z! Not q sound had !, INTERRUPTED the
president as he read his message and
'as ,hei finished the asseinbiage; was ali
smiles. the, demonstration being re-
'garded as a trtbnte to his first year
IN office and the first year of. demo-
cratic stipfsmaey' IN the goyernfhent.. u
!, Within ten minutes after the presi-
Debt had addre Cd scong ngfessi Senator
Chiffon, democrat Of the canals COM
n1ittee. introduces d bill authorizing
the president to suspend tolls. AS
soon as the president left the house
Speaker Clark ordered the message
referred to the house, committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce.
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