New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-10
'O'CORMAN ASSAILED
BY own COLLEAGUES
James and TiIIman Accuse
Him in Tolls Debate of
Party Perfdy.
REPEAL MAJORITY
ESTIMATED AT Is
South Carolina Senator Says
Wilson Blundered-ROOt Ex-
plains Stand on Treaty.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

plains StdnQ on treaty.
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June "a clash between
Senator James, who stepped into the
breach at the eleventh hour as tho de-
fender Of the administration. and Senator
OGorman and other Democratic Senators
who are fighting tho repeal bill marked
the approach OF the end Of the debate on
the Panama tolls controversy In the SEN
ate to-day.
Senator James criticised his party col
leagues as severely as he might have at
tackled his party opponents. lie revived the
charge that Senator O'GOrman had taken
hand in shunting aside the legislation pro-
viding for making public recommendations
for judicial officers as approved by the Bal
tlmore platform. This was denied by the
Senator from New York. who quoted the
records in his defence. This did not deter
Senator Jones from referring to him sar-
castically as the keeper OF the Demo-
cratic platform
Senator OGorman retorted by asserting
that Mr.. James might be regarded as
leader in the perfldy Of violating the party
platform. Senator James also turned upon
Senator Vardaman, who linked secretary
BRYAN with Senator Root in the fight for
the repeal
ut is the fashion to blame the Secretary
OF State just now" shouted Senator James,
but he is growing stronger in the aiLec-
lions Of the people every day
Senators Walsh and MARITIME, who nave
Joined the anti-repeal forces, came TO the
defence of their colleagues. The dispute
ON the Democratic side made it impossible
to reach vote on the repeal Dill OF any
OF the pending amendments Tonight
The friends Of the repeal bill estimator
tonight that the bill, after the ADOPTION
of the Norris Simmons compromise amend
ment, would be carried by majority OIL
at least thirteen. The Senate STANDS ac-
cording to this forecast, "a to II, WIN the
attitude OF only two Senator'S doubtful
Action within the next day or two haru'E
can be avoided, unless there are uneXpect-
cd DEVELOPMENTS or an unlocked for NIL
hustler on the part Of the anti-repealers.
Senator O'Gorman also came In FOR
side thrust from Senator Tillman' WIN
suggested that in the next campaign the
New York Senator would have some dlI-
ficulty in explaining why two planKs so
entaponistic as the tolls and ship sub
sidv blanks were placed into the Baltl-
more platform.
Senator Smith, OF Michigan, criticised
Senator Root for favoring repeal or toll
exemption and asserted that the Senator
helped prepare the first Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. which was put TO its death py
overwhelming American indignation
81 wish the Senator from New YORK
were here. so that | might ask him if
he approved of it's death" said Senator
Smith.
AT that instant Senator Root entered
the chamber and Senator Smith repeated
his remark.
IT did approve Of its death. because
Il did not afford the United States an
opportunity for military protection OF
the canal" said Senator Root.
Senator Root added that while he was
a member of the Cabinet at the time
the treaty was submitted TO the SEN
ate. he had no knowledge of the treaty
until it was sent to the Senate.
In speech that sparkled with sarcastic
references to the administration Senator
Tillman enlivened the tolls debate today
by saying that the repeal legislation was
Startling and almost ludcrous." He re-
GREETED, he said, that it had become nee
essary to repudiate the Democratic plat
form. which he asserted to be plainly
explicit and easily understood"
He said, however, that he was going TO
vote for the bill, not because he believed
I'm II. but because the Democratic State
Convention Of South Carolina had de-
clared I'm favor OF it and thus absolved
him from his obligation to the Balti-
more platform.
Senator Tilman said that It would. have
been much better for the President not
to have brought up the tolls question at
this time, and he predicted that as a re-
suit there would be a Republican House
next year, which would have practically
nothing to do except to vote on approp-ia-
Senator William Alden Smith said that
the repeal bill would never have been sug
cested had il not been for the situation in
Mexico. He said the controversy is due to
the revolution in Mexico and the activity
OF the Canadians. He predicted that
trouble with England is ahead of us OF
far more serious nature than any that has
occurred between the two countries since
the Revolution.
Senator Smith said that Japan and Eng
land had entered into an alliance, that the
attitude OF Sir Lionel Garden, the British
Minister TO Mexico, has been such as to
arouse apprehension and that Japan was
showing extreme interest in Mexican af-
fairs.