Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
REPEAL FRIENDS
YIELD GROUND
At START
Forced to Extend Time Of Debate
to Twenty Hours Wilson
Told Bill Will Win.
MAsHINGToN. March ss.-wor

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Word
was taken to President Wilson
by Administrator leaders IN
Congress to-day that the Panama
tolls repeal bill will have majority
of 100 in the House when the final
vote is taken The leaders also told
the President that the special rule
to be reported to-day under which
debate on the appeal will be limited
to fifteen hours would have a major
! ity OF at least SO.
These figures were accepted as ac-
tyurate by the President. and 1t was
stated at the White House that the
Administration no longer has any
fears about the outcome Of the fight
in the House.
However, besieged by requests for
additional time, the House Rules
| Committee was forced to grant twen-
ty hours flor debate on the bill, in
stead Of fifteen hours, as at first pro-
posed.
The committee said that ten hours
of this time will be controlled by
Chairman Adamson, In charge Of the
repeal measure; Ave hours by Repre-
sentative Knowland, Republican lead
er against repeal; one hour by Rep
resentative Lefferty, Progressive, OPP
posed to the repeal. and four hours
by Representative Doremus, also OPP
posed to the repeal
Given Temporary Check.
The committee also voted to gram
two hours for the discussion Of tbs
special rule making the repeal bill II
order
While the committee was reaching
this compromise agreement the re.
| peal bill suffered another temporary
check in the House proper. When thu
| latter body met the rivers and harbor'
bill was scheduled for final passage
i but Representative Fitzgerald, O.
| New York, called UP the conferenc,
report on the urgent deficiency ap,
| preparations bill This report beint
| privileged, the rivers and harborl
budget had to be put aside.
Partisans in the House who here.
| tofore have opposed one another OF
/ practically every question to-day
were found, fighting under the sans
banner. There was no dividing line
between the parties as on the tariff
or other administration policies
The best debaters in the House
will take part in the long verbal bat
| tie. The opposition against the bill
includes Majority Leader Underwood
Minority Leader Mann. Progressive
Leader Murdoch and Prospective
Leader Kitchin; Fitzgerald OF New
York; Doremus, of Michigan, chair
man Of the Democratic Congressional.
Campaign Committee; O'Shaughnes-
sy, OF Rhode Island; Moore, Of Penn
sylvania and all the Pacific Coast
representatives, except Mr.. Kent, Of
California.
Chairman Adamson, Of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee, and
Representative Sims, OF Tennessee
ranking Democrat will lead the fight
for repeal. They viii be assisted by
stevens, iof Minnesota. ranking Re
publican on the committee. Repub-
/ iicans who are for repeal include
Gardner, of Massachusetts, Steiner
son, Volstead and Lindbergh, Of Min
nesota; Hamilton, OF Michigan; Esch
of wisconsin, and Kent. of Califor-
MIA. Democratic friends of the re-
peal bill include Palmer, of Pennsyl-
vania; Sherley Of Kentucky; Gov
| ington, of Maryland; Henry of Tex
as: Hefiin, of Alabama; Barley. OF
Kentucky. and Montague, of vir-
ginia.