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beside which tariff bills sink into
pitiabie insignifcancc. a bill which
II passed will change our foreign
policy which We have maintained for
126 years. and only twenty nours Tor
debate are permitted under This pro.
posed rule and the right to amend In
absolutely prohibited, and no inter-
vening motion permitted except one
motion, to recommit
son such a. important anl far.
reaching measure there should have
bees 81 least . week for debate. Win
the unlimited right Of ameAdmest
ssurely there Ia nothing sacred
about the Sine bin and there IL no
reason for this mad Fush. ! will not
~ . party "a rammine sueh . ruis
down the thr0ats Of members."
Speaker Clark's statement was q shock
to the Administration leaders and they
called a conference tonight to devise
ways and means OF meeting It's effect II
was apparent that the Wilson leaders.
while still asserting that the repeal bill
will be passed by the House. were not as
cocksure a. they were q few days ago.
Last week they were claiming p majority
Of 125 for the repeal bill.
A poll made this afternoon shows
that the majority had been reduced 20
nfty Ave and statements were made to-
night 20 the effect that . change Of
twenty Ave votes would now result In the
defeat Of the Administration programme.
May Take the Floor.
Speaker Clark 10 expected 10 take the
floor not only In opposition to the rule
but In opposition to the repeal bill Itself.
He will base his opposition to the bill
rs, ha A
the platform pledges OF the party and
that 1t will be of DOUBTFUL effect upon
this Governments foreign relations.
MIR. Clarks opposition Is bound to carry
with IL some members OF the House who
up to this time have been on the fence.
The rule which called forth Mr.. Clarke
statement WAS presented TO the House
this afternoon by Chairman Henry OF the
Rules COMMITTEES. II 10 understood that
II had the ENDORSEMENT OF the President.
In fact the President has been repre-
scented as favorlng q limit of fifteen hours
to tho debate Here 10 tho rule ~ re-
ported:
Resolved, That Immediately after
the adoption Of this resolution the
House shall proceed to the consid-
GRAFTON of II. r. 3s5. that said bill
will be considered In the House n in
the committee Of the whole and that
the first reading OF the bill, will be
dispensed with, that there shall be
not exceeding twenty hours general
debate on the bill. 20 be equally di-
vided between those supporting and
those opposing the bill. Ten hours
OF this time shall be controlled by
Mr.. Adamson, Ave hours by Mr..
Knowland four hours by Mr.. Dore-
mus and one hour by Mr.. Lafferty.
AT the conclusion of such general
debate the previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill to
final passage without any amend
ment or intervening motion except
one motion to recommit"
Importance Of the Fight.
The row which Speaker Clark has
started may result In the defeat OF the
rule or In it's modification. II the ruls
is defeated many Democratic leaders
acknowledge tonight that the Presidents
programme would be Jeopardixed.
The opposition of Speaker Clark makes
a formidable list OF Democratic leaders
in the House who are now opposed 20
the Wilson programme on free tolls 8"
They included. besides the Speaker. Oscar
w Underwood. the Democratic leader /;
Representative kitchin OF North Caro-
lima, who will succeed Mr.. Under wood
as captain of the Democratic forces In
the House: Representative Fitzgerald Of
New York. chairman OF the Appropria-
lions Committee. and Representative
Doremus OF Michigan, chairman OF the
Democratic National Campaign Commit
tee
Up to this time the President has had
smooth sailing In his control over Con-
gress, but II Is acknowledged now that
he is confronted with test which IN
the event of success will establish an
almost invfncfble hold upon Congress but
which in the event OF failure is bound
to leave the Wilson Administration on
fractional rocks.
No development since the Baltimore
convention has caused 80 much excite
ment among Democratic politicians a.
the action Of Speaker Clark in openly
opposing the Administration. The poiiti-
cal significance was discussed with more
interest even than the fate of the tolls
bill.
II WAS assumed by a majority Of the
Democrats that the Speaker was begin
ming to prime himself for the 1915 coz
vention. II was recalled by the Speaker.
own friends that the Democratic party
went down to defeat in 1894 by repeating