The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-13
HOUSE ACCEPTS SENATE AMEND MENTs WITHOUT THE FOR.
 MALlTY OF A CONFERENCE.
TWENTY DEMOCRATS OBJECT
Measure Will Be Signed Today By Speaker of House and President of Senate, When it Will Be Up to the President.

Washington, D. C., June 12.--Only President Wilson's signature is nee essary to repeal the clause of the Panama canal act exempting Ameri- can coastwise shipping from tolls. The long and bitter fight in congress came to an end today when the house. after brief debate and without the formality of conference, ac- cepted by vote of 216 to 71 the sen ate amendment specifically reserving all rights the United States may have under the Hay-pauncefote treaty or otherwise
 The president is expected to sign the measure donday. It was just little more than three months ago that he addressed the house and sen are in joint session, urgently asking for repeal of the exemption clause that the nation might keep it's treaty obligations.
 Speaker Clark was out of the city today but he and Vice President Marshall will attach their signatures tomorrow and send the bill to the white house.
 Before ending the contest by con curing in the senate amendment the house voted down, 174 to 10S. a pro- posal advanced by Representative Moss of West Virginia to attach to the repeal a flat declaration of the right of the United States to exempt its vessels from tolls and of the soy ereignty of the United tSates over the canal zone.
 During the discussion today there were flashes of heat in the debate which characterized the original con sideration of the measure. Repre- sentative Underwood, the democratic leader, although voting for the amendment, said that congress should never have made this ''un-American surrender" and called the amend ment ineffective and negative" Re publican Leader Mann. who had wig orously opposed repeal, supported the amendment. declaring it left the en- tire question of the rights of this country to be determined in the f,l- ture. Representative Glass of Vir- piuia ottnnIfad tba daunor,t t;o Iaoao.. who opposed the measure. He de- nounced the outrageous assaults made on the president by the repub- licans and expressed indignation "at the leaders of the democratic side who have aspersed their own col leagues because they would not fol- low them into the camp of the repub- lican party in advocacy of a republ- can doctrine.
 "Mr. Speaker" he added, q think you will search the political record of this country in vain to find such q spectacle as we have found here in this congress-the leaders of the democratic party deserting their party and standing shoulder to shoul- der with republican leaders against a democratic president"
 Twenty democratic members voted against the motion to concur in the senate amendment They were:
 Brockson, Broussard, Coney, Dono- hoe, Deitrieh, DriscolI, Dupree, Esto- pinal, Fitzgerald, Galiivan. Harrison. Kitchin, Lee of Pennsylvania, Mitch ell, OIeary OiShaughnessy, Patten of New York, Phelan, Raker and Reilly of Connecticut
 Thirty-seven republicans and three progressives joined the democrats in support of the motion. They were:
 Barthold, Barton, Burke of South Dakota, Butler, Davis, Dillon, Esch, Frear, Gardner. Gillett, Good, Green of Iowa. Greene of Vermont, Hamil- ton of Michigan, Hamilton of New York. Haugen, Helgeson, Humphrey of Washington. Johnson of Washing ton. Kinkead of Nebraska, LaFollette, Lenroot, Mckenzie, Madden. Mann. Morgan of Oklahoma, Platt, Plumley. Prouty Slemp, s. W. Smith of Mich igan, Steenerson, Stevens of Minne- sota, Sutherland, volstead 1 Progressives Lindbergh, Rupiey and Thomson of Illinois voted for the motion.