The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-13
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REPEAL NEEDS NAME
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
HOUSE ACCEPTED SENATE
AMENDMENT
VOTE WAS 216 TO II
Signature of Wilson Will Make
Exemption From Canal Tolls
Historical
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(By Associated Press)

Washington. .Ipne j.: --.mly peg:
dent Wilson's signature Is Necessary
10 repeal the clause OF the Panama
canal exempting American coastwiae
shipping from tolls
The long and bitter fight in con-
gress came to an end today when the
House. after debate and without the
formality Of conference, accented by
| a vote OF ZIG to II the senate amend
! ment specifically reserving all rights
the United States may have under the
HayJPauncefote treaty or otherwise.
=, Tho fpreaidentc fBs expected TO sign
the measure. Monday. Three months
ago he addressed the house and SEN
ate IN Joint session. urgently asking
for repeal of the exemption clause that
Ing nation Nigh; keep It's treaty OBJ
legations. Speaker Clark was out Of
the city today. but he and Vice Pres;-
dent Marshall Will attach their sigma
lures tomorrow and send the bill to
the White House.
before ending the contest by con-
curing In the senate amendment. the
house voted down I'll to 1O8, a propos-
oil advanced by Repi esentatiye Moss,
OF West Vfrginin, to attnch to the re-
peal a flat declaration Of the right or
the United Stites tc exempt It's yes.
sells from tolls and OF the sovereignty
OF the United States over the canal
zone.
There were flashes of heat today in
the debate which characterized the
original consideration of the measure.
Representative Underwood the Dem
ocratic leader. although voting for tie
renate amendment, said that congress
should never have made this ''ur.
American surrender" and called tn,
amendment ineffective and negative" :"
Republican Leader Mann, who had
vigorously opposed repeal. supported
the amendment, declaring II left the
entire question OF the rights OF this
country to be determined In he future.
Representative Glass, cf VirSin,a.
attacked the Democratic leaders who
opposed the measure. He denounced
the Outrageous assaults made Oh the.
prcsident"'by the republicans, and ext
dressed indignation ''at tho leaders Of
tho democratic s;.l who have nsperscd
their own colleagues bec,usc they
war,d not follow them into tho caiED
OF ne republican pdrty ins advocacy
of republican doctrine"
Mr.. Speaker" he added. II think
you VIII search the record Of this
country to find snch spectacle as we
have found here In this congress--the
leaders Of the democratic party de-.
serting their party and standing sl,oul-
der to shouider with republican lenGS
ers against democratic president"
Twenty democratic member. voted
against the motion to concur In the
senate amendment. They we're: 81 ock.
son. Broussard, Cobry. neitrick, Dom
oare. Drisco,l. Dupre. Estoolnal, Fitz-
gerald. Calivan. Harrisoa. Kitchen,
Lee, Of Pennsylvania: Nit :le,l.. OLGA
ry. O'Slin, ghnessy, Patten, Of New
York, and REILLY, of Conrtcticu..
Thirty seven republicans three
progresslves Joined the democrats In
support of the motion they were:
Iepublicans: Bartholdt, Barton,
BrItton. Rnrke. OF South Dakota But
Ter, Davis, Dillon, Esch.. IFrear, Carl
'ner. Gilfett, Good. Green! of iowa:
Greene OF Vermont; Hamilton, 81
Mici,igar; Hamilton. OF New York;
Haugheh.. Helgesen Humnhrey. of
Washington; Johnson, or Washington:
Kinkaid, of Nebraska: LaFollette, Lon
root; Mckenzie, Madden, Mann, Nor
gan, OF: Oklahoma; Nelson, Platt,
Plumley. PTouty. Slemp,. 8. ", Smith,
Of Michigan Eteenerson, Stevens, of,
Minnesota; Sutherland and yolstead. !
s. Progressives. .Lindbergh, Ripley and
motion. e go 81 2 '.EEsf
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