The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-02
TOLL REPEAL BILL
VOTE lS2l8 TO l62
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hold some other fat and juicy job, has
placed ne in antagonism to the pres,
ident ever since the election. These
papers declare that am opposing the
surrender to Great Britain as an open.
ing gun In my campaign for president
IN 1915 1T may surprise the obse-
quieous courtiers that never limited
TO any human being that | would be
q presidential candidate IN 1916. and
that am not a candidate. Oonse-
onentIy their SANDER has been a gra-
tuitous mental degradation. '.'
1T viii surprise these limber-backeG
insense-slingers still more to know
what ! have uniformly told those who
have suggested my candidacy in 1915.
1t is tfis--if President Wilson makes
a success OF his administration he
would be renomlnated and reelected
in 1916; but II he makes a failure,
which God forbid, the nomination will
not be worth having ,'s .-'',N '.
Has No lII.WiH Toward Wilson.
II never entertained the slightest
ill-will toward the president about the
Baltimore convention. did ali
could to elect him. I have stead
rastly supported him until we are
called upon to bolt the platform.
absolutely refuse to do any such thing.
The fact that I am making this
fight for our platform pledges may
end my public career. There are
many things worse than being de
feated for congress or defeated for the
speakership or even worse than to be
defeated for the presidency and one
of them Is to repudiate the platform
on which you are elected. ps"'t q
Il can be happy without the presi.
dency or speakership II my eonstitu.
ents who have stood by me with I'M,
shaken fidelity should retire me to
private life, | would still be happy
in the love and affections of my wife
and children, in the society OF my
books, and in cultfvating flowers and
trees .a "-e Hss.|
There has been much Fluctuations
among the supporters of the bill about
their tremendous victory upon the
adoption of the rule. When it is re-
membered that the majority was only
2S on the rule, and that change OF
Is votes would have defeated IL in a.
house with l44 Democratic majority,
the grounds for their self-congratula-
ton are hard to discover.
On the final vote 81 Democrats voted for
free tolls. They We're:
Speaker Clark, Aiken IN c., Brookson
C0elJ, Broussard LA, Brown IW. Va.
Bruckner IN. ", CareS IN. ", Conry
Diifend de- (Pay. DSnobHe pa j: Doo ;i
ing IN. ". Doremus (MichD. Driscoll IN.
IS c.. Fitzgerald IN. ", German. UlD,
Goulden IN. ". GoldfogIe IN. ", Ora
ham Gn0, Griffin IN -. Harrison
Miss Hayden (ArizJ Helm CKyD. IRoe
Mo-. Jones CVa.l. Kettner ,Calj, Kitch-
in IN. c.. Lee CPa). LOnerGan Comm.
McAndrews Qn). McDermott Ill1, Ma
han tN. W. Metz IN. ", Mitchell
Mass, Margan lOklaJ. MURRAY Mass,
messy ,R. -. Patton On. y. Phelan.
Ragsdale IS. c.. Raker CCaLD. Taggart
tNebI Taylor lCOln.D. Underwood tAla.J.
TIE p Republicans voting against free
Anderson Mimi. Bartholdt CMo).
Browne CWis). Danforth IN. ", Davis
Mimi Esch wis. Good Ga.l, Gard
ner Mass. GnIett IMassD. Green GaD.
Hamilton lMichD. Haugen UaD. Helgesen
IN. d.. Mckenzie CID. LenrOOt CWisD.
Madden GllD. Stevenson (Minn.), Stevens
Mimi. VOlstead (MinnD. Lindbergh
Mimi. Miller Minn9. Prouty daD,
Thomson Ill). Kent CCaL). Britten Oll),
COplev GIlD, Stafford tWis).
With the exception of the Democratic
members named above all other Demo
cratic members present voted for the
presidents bill TO repeal free tolls
All the Republicans, with the exception
Of those named. voted in favor Of free
tolls for American ships
On the final vote there were 40 mem
hers present. and seven pairs. These
pairs were for and against free tolls
Reilly Conn with Goodwin IN. O.. Mer-
rtt IN. y with Crisp tGaD. Clark Ella
with Moon rTenn1 Towner Ua) With
GRAY NndD. Fordnev iMich.D with Korbl.
Ind). McLaughlp tMichD with Borlanh
(NOD
President Wilson was at dinner when he
heard the news OF the final vote. The
president. his face wTeathed In smiles.
read the typewriter slip and eXnreSsed
bFg IAljDbI n r,gayaheFS tnF lis II