The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-02
HOUSE MEASURE
TO REPEAL TOLLS
REACHES SENATE
Referred Promptly to
Committee Without
Debate.
MEETING CALLED
FOR NEXT TUESDAY
No Formal Consideration of Bill
or Proposed Amendments Can
Develop Until Then-Friends
of President Will Insist
Upon Action Within
Reasonable Time.

Washington. April 1.-The admin
istration fnr bin to repeal toll exemption
Canal. which passed the House yes
terday amid spectacular scenes,
ffeacmed fearaG the Senate to-day and was re-
| lhIeroceanic Canals without debate
c,ann1a senator %n OGio,irman. chairman of the
/ the antiadministration forces. an
nounced definitely. tonight that he
wouid tSo ID call ,g meeting Of the commit
! no formal consideration Of the repeaI
| MEASURE or proposed amendments can
| President had hoped to have the Ca
nais Committee meet earlier, they de-
e!ded TO make no effort to induce SEN
! They will insist. however, upon action
within reasonable time after the COM com.
Senator owen. OF Oklahoma. ma.
1ority member of the COMMITTEES, who
Tili WI LEAD lead the fight in committee for
House early In the day and conferred
,h Win the President. Later he made
OF %e the hhpnas rapss dSGGlnration S that friends
TO unnecessary delay in preliminary
consideration OF the bill, and tiatly
zee discharge would be huiscd should
an attempt be made to lin 9ede the
| progress of the measure
Public Hearings Unnecessnry
|
Tee VINO oppose exemption repeal de-
sire to have public hearings on the
i piiis was apparent late to-day. but
administration supporters insisted that
such hearings we're entirely unneces-
sary. and thar there could he no other
,easo,. Tor them except deliberately
Public hearings on this issue are
uinhheteessary,. ,,inht ::a said Senator owen to-
long this controversy. Which is - ciesn
Gu cut issue and thoroughly understood
g get esers awsv senator fran We are entitled to
tinie, ana intend to do it if possible"
odl'e senator oGorman has said repeat
| uelay IN the committee i'm considerinr
| the phi. but il is expected that re
quests viii be made OF him TO grant
On this the committee NAV ,o
G noaSed 10 act. and II would be consid
| hfEu nnM as 4S test on tho real Issue. Just
ta;M nH% me me committee stands is uncer-
tam, both sides claiming a majority
Ti On, one: An unfavorable report on tho
Dill naii would be followed by a minority
tteport, t, and this would bring the con
ttfioversy tioN before the Senate. on a mo-
MANY o comn1In, muIPl me ths minority report.
the situation. even before tho COM
mhiiltI.e6; hilIs because there are half "a dozen
now before the committee. That thnrn
! VIII De persistent effort mad to
amend amend the repeal bin as It passed ' tho no
apresident declare that nothin1 hmf ,mf
nat repeal of the toll eNemption n,fI1
Claim % n1eepssf. saa. In In sgpport, OF this they
the senate have been taken, Demnc1ots
hn1o hn1 RSepubiicans. Sann included. but they
| from to ~. vary
| Arbitration OF Dispute.
| introdmEyodS tlo1dnay Senator Norris. OF Nebraska,
provide for the arbitration or ou,a tha
treaty dispute in the tolls controversw
| aiu ather senator IN p9indexter submitted an,
the consideration OF the tolls jss, oe
uhiii Uni e. president Wilson submits in de-.
AS to foreinn alneneG nee In, II he chooses. facts
BY toll exemption repeal. 10 "aefiea aciiea
"iS The ."hen rorr.. on either resolution.
ne ne iiouse yesterday repeating the ex NJ
eGnnt,on Gnnnro clause. as announced in the
;;.,inJor,tty or eightyfiv for the admin
nirht w,s me NJ, count as announced last
aiaihe Or Representative Ryer, Repuhiil
IN in @ or 81. Louis. Mo, who voted aEainst
'''T Ths repeni ntn MS Wns omitted in the list.
rrI1ent to make on the result OF tha
IhoTSs; ihnri e. hut let it be known that he he
stSXpressine tS their convictions" "oSp eppose'i Soi
ma rhe repeal There was no comment
Th Oh i,, nc speech OF Speaker Clark.
PoimdeXter follows
4 BY EcSesy s sseass hp the
99uested TO inform the Senate. IN con
idence, IL he SO desires what are tha
unnamed matters OF nearer conse-
Hnence or greater delicacy referred TO
III his message. and ~
,;,, Resolved. ESQ further. that action on tho
pm Tor the repeal Of tho tolls eye,nn.
tion clause of the Panama Canal act
uuno uno an consideration thereof by tho
| Ie.ate or ny the Senate COMMITTEES on
,nteroceauic Canals. be deferred until
me information called for by this reso.
'uIitA In can be obtained"
asserted that the action was based ON
an admission by tile British embassv
ena ..ar tne United states had the right to
stenlpt IT'S coastwise shippine. and tho
Foreign Minister that many material
treaty did not apply to the Panama Panama
Canal because the particular oEicet
Of mat and preceding, treaties was IN.
construction of n canal along the Mica
raguan route.
nv, Great Britain Has No Rights.
The preamble also set forth that tho
United states dealt wholly with the
republics of Panama and Colombia and
me FRENCH canals Company in obtain
Ing the right to build the canal, and
mat Great Britain had no rights or In,
terests whatever in tho transactions M
speaking in support of the pending
resolution asking the President what
exemption clause. Senator Jones. OF
washington. charged that no scrio,la
problems faced the United States ex-
ccept those arising from mistakes of
the administration. Nf
If this resolution were passed and
answered said Senator Jones, 'Tf
would show that no question confrontaE
us as a nation that endangers our peace !
or threatens our security or rcauirss
any other treatment than that of firm -
ness. tact and strict adherence TO jusrSl