The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-08
New York Senator Says He Opposes Measure On Economic, Legal and
 Political Grounds
ENGLISH AUDACITY NEVER MOI -uDENT
 DECLARES BRISTOW
Debate On Repeal of Question May Be Completed Next Week, Ac- cording to Leaders-Anxious to Get Through With Issue As
 Soon As Possible

Washington. May 1.-OpposIfion to the hill for the repeal of the tolls cx- emption clause of the Panama canal net was voiced in the senate today In vigorous speeches by Senators o'Gnr- man and Bristow.
 Senate interoceanic committee and leader of the opposition. based his pro- test on economic legal and political grounds Senator Bristow, republican. of Kansas. said that he opposed a bill which would benefit England more than any one nation and declared that England had been the enemy of the United States in every hour of need since the revolution.
 With these two speeches out Of the way and others announced for tomor row and Saturday. the debate on the repeal bill may be completed neSt week. Many senators arc yet to be heard but democratic leaders are anxious to get through with the tolls issue as soon as possible and 1t Is the inten- ton to have senators who wish to speak make their arguments and then demand a vote.
 Add Another Amendment Senator Works today added anoth- CT amendment to the many already proposed for the perfection of the re- peal bill. The amendment would pro vide that the United States by repeal ing the tolls exemption provisions. valves no right oyer the canal and is sipilAr 10 the ame asiment proposed by. Senator simmons, the fcadef of the forces back of the biil
 "England," said senator Bristaw. has been our enemy in every hour of need and never once since the revola- tlonary patriots shed their blood at Bunker Hill has she not rejoieed when misfortune befell us. But never has the a,dacity of her selfishness been more manifest than at the present time; and unfortunately for this ooun- try We have an administration In tem- porary charse Of our national affairs which. in it's sentiment. seems to be more English than American'
 Senator Bristow pointed out that Great Britain, the principal protestant against the toll exemption of Amer lean ships. owns about half the mer- chant vessels which sail the seas.
 Without Reward
 'ln the construction of the canal" he said, I've have rendered her the greatest service ever rendered to one nation by another in the commercial history of the world and this has been done without price or reward Prob- ably five times AS many English ships will pass through 1t as American ships In face of this condition 1t certainly Is an astounding proposition for England to ask us to incur all risk and then give her all the advantages in every detail that we have in the use of the canal Yet this Is what England asks and what MT Wilson proposes we shall give her, right or wrong because he asks it"
 Senator Bristow attacked the Car negie peace foundation and declared that it has spent money in carrying on a campaign to bring about the re- peal of the toll exemption law
 This assoeiation' he said, has used It's enormous resource to islander it's own government and stir up strife in it's own country'
 Introduces Resolution
 In the Senate Senator Chamberlain. chairman of the committee on military affairs. introduced a resolution author izing the President to increase the regular army above the present statu- tory limitation of 100. 900 men. sin time of war or when war is imminent or on other occasions of. grave national emergency requiring the use of the regular army The resolution also re- cited that "at the present time there exists condition which at any mo- ment may require the fullest and most effective use of the regular army of the United States" Senator Chamberlain declared the bill was not the result of any conference with the President or the Secretary of War.
 significant evidence of military preparedness came from Colonel Goe- thals. governor of the Panama canal zone, who reported that attachments of troops had been stationed at main points along the canal to protect the locks
 In a three-hour speech, Senator O'Gor- man discussed exhaustvely every phase
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