The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-03-30
WON'T ATTACK WILSON
IS BELIEF OF LEADERS
EXPECTED THAT SPEAKER CLARK WILL CON
FINE HIS ATTACK ON REPEAL MEASURE
WILSON JUMPS ON KNOWLA lands
Has Been Making lnsnuations and Offering Insults
President Declares the Attacks
Are Ridiculous

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WASHINGTON, Mar. sO.-The b,
Lief is growing this afternoon ths
Speaker Champ Clark will not attac
President Wilson when he speak
against the canal tolls repeal resOlu
tion. Either Representative Adamso
or Representative COvington will repl
to Clark and they intimated it depend
ed entirely upon the speakers ad
dress as to whether there would b
peace or war.
Only nine of the 20 hours allotted
for debate had been spent when tn,
house met at noon today. The session
will end at this evening leaving foul
hours for debate tomorrow. Then will
come the vote.
Wilson Raps Back.
President Wilson resented as q
Growing insult" Representative
Knowlands' charge on the floor Of the
house that he had entered into bar
gain with England whereby the ex-
emption clause be eliminated in re-
turn for England's support Of Amer
inot tn, J1y;v
specific question as to whether he had
entered into any deal with Sir Will
lam Tyrrell, the president said:
"Of course that answers itself It's
just the crowning insult of a number
of insults that have been injected in
to the tolls debate"
Final Vote Tomorrow.
The final vote on the Sims resolu-
ton will be reached In the house to-
morrow afternoon, according to pre-
dictions of house leaders. Today's.
session was devoted to minor speeches
for and against the repeal. Speaker
Clark is expected to make his final
speech against the measure tomorrow.
DOremus Attacks Measure.
American champions of Great
Britain have sought to manufacture
sentiment" and actively lobbied to re-
peal the Panama canal tolls exemp-
tion for American coastwise shipping.
Representative Doremus, of Michigan,
leading democrat, today declared IN
the house. AS chairman of the demo
cratic congressional committee, his i
speech in open opposition to President
Wilson was second only in Importance
on the democratic side to that of
Leader Underwood during the free
tolls fight.
Regrets His Opposition.
1T is a source of much regret that
/ do not find myself in harmony with
the president" Doremus said, because
of the great respect I entertain for
him and the admiration l feel for his
splendid ability, sincerity and patrio-
tism, my inclination is always to fol-
low him. By reason, however, of con
victions formed long ago, and which
l still entertain, ! feel it my duty to
oppose this bill.
Took Big Task.
After the law was passed it was
boldly proclaimed that we had violated
our treaty with Great Britain. With
these men it mattered not that Greet .
Britain had practically admitted our
right to make the exemption. Atte +,
this, the task imposed upon American
champions of Great Britain was GER /,
tainly stupendous one" .
That the Carnegie peace endowment
was the prime mover was charged by
Doremus. 7
This self constituted guardian OF
the national honor was sand -bagging q
the departments efforts by vigorously .
unfolding the British view," he said.
The Carnegie peace endowment as an
institution does not justify its right
% exist by antagonizing our own ov-
srnment in an internatioal controversy. Il
Denounces the Attempts. $,
Il repudiate and denounce the at u
empts made in this country to con- il
yince the people that the United states al
8 an outlaw among the nations. h
Doremus charged that the trahs-con- h
mental railroads would be the bene- tt
iclaries and the people the victims OF ct
he repeal. in
III the American people had suspect bl
d that the Hay -Pouncefote treaty al
ave Great Britain equal rights with H
s not a shovelful Of dirt would have CT
cen turned on the isthmus." 81