El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
HEARING ON CANAL
TOLLS REPEALS IS
DELAYED TWO DAYS
Arrival of Witnesses From
Pacific Coast Is Await
ed by Committee.

Washington, D. c., April 1O.-Hear-
ings before the senate canals commit
tee on the repeal Of the Panama tolls
exemption were postponed today until
probably Monday.
At that time several senators who
have proposed substitutes for the Sims
bill viii urge their plans and E. T.
Cham berlain, commissioner OF naviga-
ton, and judge ThOs. Burke, a mem
Der of the Seattle chamber of COM
merce, also may appear.
The committees decision to postpone
hearings arose from the fact that rep
resentatives Of Pacific coast CONNER
cial bodies who wish to present argu-
ments cannot arrive for several days.
DeIiberates On Impeachment.
Debate was begun on the omnibus
pension bills in the house.
The judiciary committee deliberated
on the Bark resolution for the i'm
parchment of justice R. T. Wright of
the District of Columbia supreme
court
Report Against Deepening Potomac.
Army engineers reported against a
proposal to deepen the Potomac for
navigation from Washington, d. c., 70
Cumberland, Nd.
Secretaries Bryan and McAdOo urged
q $4,000 appropriation to send dele
gates to the international sanitary
conference at Montevideo in Decem-
Der.
Texan Would End "BIind Tigers"
Representative Vaughn, Democrat,
OF Texas, testified before the ways
and means committee Thursday that
his bill for federal cooperation with
the state and local officers enforcing
local prohibition laws would help
break up blind tigers" The bill
would require liquor dealer tina. he
is not legally disqualified from doing
such a business before he can be rec
Ognized under the internal revenue
laws
Representative Garner, Democrat,
Of Texas, favored an internal revenue
act that would be prOhibitive. Mr..
Vaughn denied that his bill interfered
with state sovereignty. p. c. DinWid-
die, secretary Of the Anti Saloon
league, urged favorable report on the
Vaughn bill. The committee reserved
action.
Nay Send Engineer to China
Senator Chamberlain received a let
ter from president Wilson endorsing
the proposal TO send an American
army engineer to aid in reclamation
and flood work in China.
Galleries Applaud Lodge.
Hearings on the Panama tolls eX-
emptiOn repeal bill opened Thursday
before the senate canals committee
but interest in the fight was focused
on the senate itself where senator
Lodge, veteran member of the Repub-
iCan foreign relations committee, held
the attention of virtually the entire
membership ana the CROWDED SaIleF-
les for more than two hours. defend
ing the position of president Wilson in
insisting upon the passage Of the re-
peal bill.
Should Not DiScredit the President.
ITO thWart she purpose or to dis
credit the policies of the head of a
political party" the senator said, lis
legitimate political warfare. To dis
credit or break down the president of
the United States on a question of
foreign policy is quite another thing.
not to be undertaken except for the
very gravest reason. In one case we
overthrow a party leader within that
arena where people alone sit in judg-
ment; in the other we break down and
dtscredit the representative of the
whole country in the great forum Of
the nations of the earth and paralyze
his future power and usefulness in
that field where he alone can declare
and represent the policy the honor and
the dignity Of the United States"
Before the canals committee senator
Norris and senator Thomas appeared
to discuss their tolls propositions, the
session marking the beginning of the
10 day public discussion decided upon
earlier in the week. It is doubtful
would be for the next few DAVIS
President Is More Confident.
President Wilson said that he was
more confident than ever before of the
passage of the repeal bill and that
each day his confidence was increas-
ing Mr.. Wilson said that the animus
behind some Of the attacks on the bill
was very obvious, but he did not go
into details