El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-04
Senate and House to Hear Wilson.

}. Tbursdav. advocating Their epeal Of the
clause in the Panama canal ACT W L.lll
exempts American cOastwlse shipping
from the payment of tolls. III
White house officials arranged with
the majority leaders in both houses
for a Joint session at 1880 p. m Ihurs-
day. The president has prepared
brief address. in which he sets IorLh
his opinion that congress shouIu re-
verse itself and keep the oDugallons
OF the Hay-PauncefOte treaty "HICI
he believes were violated by the canal
The president holds that the national
honor of the American people is az
stake and the European nations shouId
not be allowed to get the impression
that treaties made by the American
government are not adhered to both
in letter and in spirit. The exemption
clause he points out was passed on
the assumption that while the Hay
PauncefOte treaty guarantees equal
treatment to all nations in the question
Of tolls, the document was to be IN
terpreted as meaning all nations ex-
cept the United States.
Arrange to Hear President.
Arrangements were made in the SEN
ate for a joint session Thursday to
hear the president read his message
advocating repeal Of the Panama tolls
exemption
BInmes Foreigners for Cost Of Living
Horace Stern, Of Philadelphia, told
the house judiciary committee that the
high cost of living was caused by for
eign industrial concerns.
The rules committee continued hear
ing testimony on the proposed invesu-
cation Of the Chicago. Duluth and
Minneapolis grain exchanges
Foreign affairs committee arranged
to hear secretary Bryan Thursday on
the Mexican situation.
Collier Cites Morgan Control.
Representative Collier Of Mississippi,
in a speech in the house against in
terlOcking directories, declared that
the Southern railroad had to 90 to
J. P. Morgan and company with an
exhOrbitant premium to get money
with which to meet S50,000,0O0 worth
of bonds about to fall due.
''They are straining every nerve to
pay the enormous interest on the great
bonded indebtedness of theirs" said
Mr. Collier. ''They cannot pay these
bonds so they have to go to J. P. Nor
to redeem them The Morgan com
pany says we will give you $5O000,O00,
but we want $50, 100000 for this $780,
OOOOOO of bonds; we want you to add
SlO,O0O,O0 more in bonds
1.-THE people in Mississippi, Alabama
Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas,
Tennessee and Kentucky" he said,
are paying the freight and are Civ
ing Morgan and company more than
100000 900 and have to pay the inter
est on those bonds
To Aid American Farmer.
A vigorous appeal for Iberality on
the part of the government in aiding
the American farmer to meet the ma
tons increasing demands for food was
made by representative Lever of South
Carolina, who opened the house de-
bate on the agricultural appropriation
Dill which carries about $4,000 0OO
day and the debate viii be resumed
Thursday.
Threaten Women's Wrath.
All phases Of the woman suffrage
question were presented to the house
JUDICIARY committee Tuesday, accom-
panied by cheers, jeers, Kisses and ap-
plause.
Deserving sentimental phases Of the
suffrage argument, Mrs. Crystal East
man Benedict and Mrs. Mary Beard
New York lawyers, threw down the
gauntlet to the Democratic party in
no uncertain terms, warning the com
lnlLlee that the political wrath Of the
4,UUOOO0 women in four suffrage states
would be visited upon the Dartv nm
less Cne woman suffrage amendment
was given serious consideration.
At the conclusion of the hearings
Ilr; Mary Walker, trOusered and silk
what she called the Growing con-
sutuIonal argument" to show that
women already have the right to vote
under the constitution.
Suffragists who appeared before the
committee were divided Mrs. An
Iolnette Funk, Mrs. AIedilI Mccormick
and Mrs. William Kent, representing
the National Woman Suffrage associa.
llon' urged that if the committee would
not report the proposed amendment
1t report an amendment to allow fbe
Suffrage question to be decided nv
referendum in the various states in
stead OF by the legislatures. Mrs
6eneolcL' Mrs Beard, Mrs. Glendower
Evans, Of Boston, and DR. Cora ST9ifL
KING, for the congressional union as-
serted that'the time had come to make
me me Suffrage question one of political