The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-03-26
TOLLS REPEAL BILL
TO Be BITTERLY FOUGHT
PRESIDENT WILL FIND vIGOR-
GUS OPPOSITION AMONG
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.

President Wilson Will have more
difficulty than he anticipated In pass
Ing the bill repeating that provision of
the Panama canal act which grants
free tolls to American coastWise ships
passing through the Panama canal,
says Washington correspondent. 1t
Is Just as certain now as 1t was two
weeks ago that the president will win
In the end for several careful polls of
the senate show good safe majority
for the administration bill. Neverthe-
less, there are many senator's deter
mined to resist the legislation as
stoutly as they can in the hope Of win
ming votes. On this particular issue
the president finds himself on the de-
fensive, which In itself Is a handicap
in any fight Moreover. he has the ad-
ditional handicap Of the free tolls
plank Of the Baltimore convention.
And to add to his troubles Ambassa-
dor Page, at Great Britain, seems
greatly to have aroused sentiment In
this country by his un-American
speech on the Monroe Doctrine and
Panama canal tolls repeal bill will be
protracted and will be bitter so far as
the opposition Is concerned, and those
senators differing with the president.
democrats as well as republicans, will
not confine their discussion to Pana-
ma canal tolls alone but will branch
out and discuss American diplomacy
az It exists today. 1t Is well known
that most Of the ambassadors appoint
ed by President Wilson were selected
by Secretary Of State Bryan and there
that too many unfit men have been
selected to represent this country
abroad.
Mexican Question Involved.
Another side issue that will be
brought into the discussion of the
Panama canal repeal bill will be the
Mexican question, for in the minds of
many senators the two issues are re-
lated. and intimately So notwth-
standing the assertion Of the president
and Of Secretary Bryan that there Is
no connection between them. The
presidents address to congress on the
canal toll question was unsatisfactory
lily brief and the concluding paragraph
seems to have only strengthened the
belief that this country proposes to
settle the canal controversy satisfac-
torily to Great Britain, in order that
Great Britain will keep hands Off In
Mexico and permit the "watchful
waiting" policy to continue without
protest There are men in the senate
however, who believe there Is no need
10 meet the demands Of Great Britain
with regard to the canal In order to
prevent British Intervention in Mex
leo and some Of the speeches soon tc
be heard will elaborate upon this con
tention. Sena tors who disagree with
the president both as regards Panama
canal tolls and the Mexican situation
will be outsp oxen In voicing thei'
opinions. and some Of them will not
mince words in criticising the admin
tstra tion for its foreign policy. The
wish Of Secretary Bryan that senators
and members Of the house refrain
from publicly discussing the Mexican
question viii be utterly disregarded ir
the future, as 1t has been in the past
FOR there Is no way OF curblng sena-
tors and congressman who feel 1t theii
duty tn speak out when they differ
with the administration. even on
delicate diplomatic issue.
Pirehot 'of Pennsylvania"
clifford olrchot. former forester, is to
be the bull moose candidate for sena-
tor in Pennsylvania, and the gooo
little moosers in congress are DONG
their utmost to make campaign mater
ial for use In the Pennsylvania cam
palgn this fall. When the agricultural
appropriation bill was pending In the
house Mr.. Pinchot was seriously
charged by various western members
with having been too friendly towards
several big western railroads while
showing no sympathy whatever fo'
the Individual settler. His friends
came to the rescue and delivered many
speeches in his defense. But Mr. Pm
chot himself came forward with his
own reply, given out at his Washing
ton home. but bearing Pennsylvania
date line. Mr.. Pinchot spends most OF
his time in Washington; he Is not rec
sognized in Pennsylvania by other thar
bull moosers as a resident OF thai
state. But when ne gave out his IN
terview he wanted 1t to so to press al
coming from Pennsylvania; 1t woult
not look we'll for Pennsylvania can
didate for senator to be residing II
washington city. Pinchot knows
something Of politics.
A Ban on Chatter.
Recently the senate at the reques
Of Senator Tillman adopted resolu
ton prohibiting smoking In the senate