Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-10
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TOLLS MEASURE
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tiOn?"
Senator williams, Democrat, pre-
dicted that after the repeal Senators
would be eager to vote for arbitra-
ton. Before repeal, he asserted, only
few Senators would vote for arbi-
tratiOn.
Senator Newlands, Democrat. de-
clared he favored the Vardaman
amendment for the suspension of the
tolls exemption until July, 1915, and
the submission of the right TO dis
criminate to a joint diplomatic con-
ference between the United States and
| Great Britain. Mr.. Newlands added
that he had great respect for the
! President for disregarding a party
plank when he thought its spirit was
| in violation of a treaty, but little
respect for those who, believing other
| wise. intended to vote for repeal as
a party measure.
II intend to vote as did two years
| ago-for the eXemption-because
| believe the improvement of water
ways should be a charge upon the
public treasury" concluded Senator
| Newlands.
Senator Luke Lea, Democrat, ex-
planned why he would vote for the
repeal.
Yesterdays Lively Session.
Yesterdays session of the Senate
in the tolls debate was enlivened
with Senator Smith, of Michigan, di-
vulging what purported to be the del
icate international considerations
that moved the President to ask for
the repeal of the tolls exemption act,
as given to the foreign relations COM
mittee Of the Senate by Mr.. Wilson,
with Senator Lewis, of Illinois, at
lacking Smith for violating the con-
| fidence of the White House confer
ence, with Senator Tillman scolding
the President for "blundering," and
| Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky,
attacking Senator O'Gorman for his
stand in opposition to repeal, thereby
exposing some of the strong feeling
among the Democratic senators who
are divided over the controversy.
Senator Tillman stated that he
age voter understand the seeming be-
trSyal of the people in not carrying
| out our pledges" said Mr.. Tillman.
! Democratic candidates in the next
election will be kept busy explaining
and apologizing, which is a most un-
comfortable thing to have to do"
After asserting his belief in the
patriotism of the President, Mr.. Till
man said: ut does stagger my COM
mon sense, and l have been unable to
understand why he projected this
fight into the party at this time" 1t
could have gone over to the next ses-
sion and the President fought to have
kept quiet until the election was over
this year" 1t was the duty of all
Democrats to support the President
| in all his policies, wise or unWlse.
If he makes plumbers let us all make
blunders and fight it out on that line
and go down together.
Presidents Great Blunder.
Continuing, Mr.. Tillman said that
until the canal issue had been pressed
to the front the course of Democracy
was onward and upward. This is
the first Jolt or check it has received
| In my opinion it was a great blundef
on the Presidents part to have pre-
cipitated this fight now
Taking the Senate into his CON
fidence, Mr.. Tillman said the Presl-
dent told him that when he made ms
| New Jersey speech in favor OF the
/ tolls exemption plank, The did not
know its real meaning and had never
| studied it's full effect. ] am bound
to believe Mr.. Bryan was also nap
| ping" continued Mr.. Tillman. I'VE
have it from high authority that ever
the worthy Homer sometimes mods.
We must charitably suppose that boil
the President and his secretary o
state were caught mapping, the ONT
when the plank slipped into the plat
form, the other when he made hi:
speech praising it"
Continuing a speech begun yester
day, Senator William Alden Smiti
declared that the repeal bill would
never have been suggested but fo
the situation in Mexico. The presen
controversy, he said, was due to tina
and the activity of Canadians. HI
predicted more difficulty with Eng
land if we repeal the exemption law
This trouble, he said, would be fal
more serious than any between thu
two countries since the Revolution
SMITH Gives Inside Facts.
When Senator Clapp asked VIVA
he meant by the statement that re
peal was actuated by the Mexican
situation, Mr.. Smith replied: "Japar
and England had entered into al
alliance. At one time Japan wa
showing extreme interest in Mexican
affairs. The attitude of Sir Llone
Garden, British minister to Mexico
had been such as to arouse appre
hension, and in that portentou!
situation the adrplnistratloh ha'
sought an ally.
"Then we have reached a point II
our national decadence," asked Sen
ator Clamp, where we buy peace
"If we are not buying friendship We
are wasting our time in cultivatine
i'll will" replied Senator Smith
'"There is no assurance in anything
the President says that he Will KNOW
how to deal with these foreign ques'
tions if he gets what he asks. we
are Americans. We hold no commits
|
American Senators fighting fol
American rights. How do we know
that the Philippine freedom, of which
there are murmurs, is not part OF
this policy for greater peace?'
Lewis Defends President
| Senator J. Hamilton Lewis. of Hill
nois. defended the President. Sen
ators," he said, fought not to lightly
indict the head of the government
with having made surrenders of the
great rights of the American people
upon so slight a reason and so small a
cause as the fright and terror induced
by the opening of telegram, l en-
| 10y the fertile quality of imagination
| which the Senator possesses, the
manner in which he dismisses all diff
ference between fact and assertion
and the accommodating spirit that
ever justifies him in mere trope
and simile of rhetoric without regard
| to the fundamental fact upon which 1t
may be constructed"
| The debate for the day was closed
| by Senator Gore, who admitted there
was no secrecy about the Baltimore
platform or any of its planks He
said that under the circumstances he
was ready and willing to violate the
1 toll-plank. pledge and take the con-
sequences. When the President asked
Congress to change its views ON this
question, Senator Gore asserted, Con-