El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-06
WILSON HINT
CAUSES QUERY
FROM SENATE
To What "Matters Of Delca
cy" Did President Refer?
Poindexter Asks.
MANY CONSTRUCTIONS
ARE PLACED UPON IT
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| praised the message. others indicated
that they would support the repeal al
/ though they did not agree Win '"S
{tenrese1+5ti2-e Evans of Montana, a
Republican member of the comm Ltee,
/, teleSraphed to be recorded IN Ld az. u
Of the repeal of the bill at the cOlil-
mlttee meeting today. -7
Representative Palmer o. r.
vania announced that poll OF me
house conclusively demonstrated ina az |
there are more than enough votes IN
the house to sustain the preslueiiI .
appeal
KnO1vIand Arraigns Act.
Representative KnOwland Oh CaaI ll-
fornta, issued a statement declaI IN! ~
that because of the failure OF the
foreign policy and to please nations
that our commercial rivals, the gov
ernments policy must be REVERSED,
congress must turn a sOmersauIt ana
this country Inundated in the eyes
of the world" He added that IN
speech during the pre- election cam
paiEn the president had SAID, reIeIIIA5
to the Baltimore free tolls plank; our
platform is not mOlasses to eaten ines,
II means business; men VINO TAX one
way and vote another VIII be reLlreu
fl ON public life"
Defence of the Chicago board OF
trade and the Minneapolis chamDeI OF
commerce against ClAd4 So
are tools of combination arbitrarily
controlling the price of wheat IN the
United States began today before the
house rules committee.
Henry S. Robbins, counsel for the
Chicago board, told the committee
that the organizations were not ana
could not be involved in any grain
monopoly because they were not en-
gagged as organlzatIons IN commerc ,laI
enterprises. He said the exchanges
merely provided places and means OF
trading, but took no part in the deals.
Alleges Lack OF Jurisdiction.
The committee expects to close
hearings on the Manahan resolution
Saturday. It has been suggested that
the proposed investigation be extended
to include the New York and New Or
leans cotton exchanges, but only the
Chicago and Duluth organizations are
represented at the hearings and they
Will divide the two and half days
allotted for reply to the charges of
wheat growers.
Mr. Robbins cOntcnded that the Fed
eral government had no jurisdiction
over terminal grain elevators because
they were not engaged in interstate
business. Prohibition of future trad
ing in grain, he argued. also was be-
congress. He said the future dealings
were interstate and cited opinions OF
the supreme court to support the con-
tentiOn. Brokers' wires were not
tain cases the court has held cotton
contracts made between Alabama and
New York brokers not to be interstate
commerce
Senator Ashurst Receives Threat.
Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont served notice
On senator Henry F. AshurSt of Ari-
iona today that the suffragists would
declare war on him if he permitted
the woman suffrage constitutional
to go to a vote in the
senate at this time when there is
doubt that it might command the nee
cssary two thirds vote.
IF you allow the woman suffrage
amendment to go to a vote now"
Mrs. Belmont telegraphed, Il shall
consider you false to our interests and
shall not hesitate to make the fact
known in important places. Those
who have asked you to push the
to a vote now are not
genuinely interested in its immediate
success. They are progressives and
are using you. Beware of their ad-
vice. We expect you to represent US,
not them"