The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-28

representative Kitchin of North Carolina, broke with the president, yet in the face of this opposition from men who heretofore had but to raise their voices to have the democrats of the house follow | them, the president won within the party membership by nearly four to one.
 While the house was engaged in the initial and decisive struggle of the conflict, the controversy was the me dium of enlivening discussion in the senate. Senator owen in a speech voicing the presidents position. de- clared that toll exemption never had been supported by a majority of the democrats in congress aud pleaded for his colleagues to uphold the honor of | the nation. Senator James and Sen. ator O'GOrman, the latter leading the revolt against the president in the upper house, engaged in a stirring colloquoy while Senator Gallinger in troduced a resolution as a substitute for one introduced yesterday by Sen. | ator Lewis, which would declare it the sense of the American congress that it had the right to exempt Amer ican coastwise ships from canal tolls When debate on the special rule began in the house of representatives, AdamsOn and Hardwick for the ad. ministration attacked Speaker Clark's position and in reply Mir. Underwood made his urgent plea for support from the colleagues who have held up my hands in this house." When the debate closed and the dro1ing of the clerk had called the roll the dem. ocratic house leaders had been repud. lated and the presidents appeal an- swered.
 With the cloture rule in force the house immediately began the twenty hours of general debate on the repeal bill.
 Representative Sims of Tennessee. author of the repeal bill, made the first speech in Support of his meas. ure. He was interrupted frequently by cheers and applause in which the crowds in the galleries occasionally joined. He argued at length against the economic policy of the free pass ago of American ships through the canal.
 Debate against the repeal was open ed by Representative Underwood, who argued to show that under the vari. ous treaties the United States has the right to prescribe such tolls as it deems necessary for vessels using the canal. The house cheered the ma iority leaders argument, based on the treaties between America and Great Britain, in which he held that the United States has the sovereign con trol of the canal zone and declared that to repeal the free tolls provision was to surrender that right.
 Great Britain, he said could not properly contend that the United States under the treaties is not free to exempt it's ships from tolls if it sees fit.
 In the senate Senator Owens speech advocating the repeal preciDi- tated three-hour general discussion in which many senators participated To repeated inquiries by Senators Chamberlain and' Joaes, Senator Owen said the presidents assurance that other nations than Great Rrit- ain were opposed 70 the exemption was sufficient for him ald ought to De sufficient for the senate.
 Senator owen argued that tho dis regard of the Baltimore platform con. templated by the repeal bill was fully Justified Senator O'G0rman interrupt. ed to read the list of senators wbo were members of the re solutions con- mittee at Baltimore, which favoraOly reported the free tolis rlank and de clared the plank had gone in because he and other cOmmt.ae members who knew of the statements before the senate interoceanic canals committee knew that only the trarscontiheatal railroads had opposed it.
 Senator Chamberlain asked Senator Owen if under his theory of the treaty the war vessels of Japan and the Unit ed States should use the canal on equal terms. Senator owen replied he believed they should When Sen ator Lewis suggested Senator Owen Meant only in time of peace, Senator Borah edclared the naturalization principle declared in the treaty ap- piled only to war time. Senator Owen insisted, however, that was not the intent of the treaty; that neutraliza- tiol as considered by the treaty meant naturalization of rates. The power to fortify and defend the canal was unquestioned, he said, and pre-. cluded war time naturalization.
 In the course of the debate it was stated that Senator Lewis would take up tomorrow his anti-free tolls resolu- tion, and Senator Gallinger also an lounced that he would defend his sub- stitute.
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 TANNENBAUM CONVICTED.