Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
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CLASH
Boosted Majority Of rs to 100
Oily 80 on Roll Callahan
Z son Against Exemption.

IS WASHINGTON, March 27-The
first test of strength To-day between
the. administration and the opponents
Of the proposal to repeal the free tolls
clause OF the Panama Canal act in
dicated that the. supporters of the
President will be able to secure
enough votes to pass the repeal, al
though where the administration had
claimed majority Of 20 to 100 votes
on the issue on ordering the pre-
sious question on the report Of the
Committee on Rules. II was shown
ior4tysof 81 ma Voted with
the President. The previous question
was ordered by ayes 2O7, foes r1I6.
The usual Democratic majority in the
House is f47.
The adoption of the rnle was then
carried by vote Of 200 to liz, anna
jority of only 2s.
al party lines were broken in the
voting, the temperate party being
split as never before in the present.
administration.
/creetins for Speaker.
Y When Speaker Clark entered the
House chamber at IL o'clock he was
accorded an enthusiastic greeting. He
eut short the ovation by asking the
chaplain to pray.
Interest in the party crisis was re-
dected in the tense face sof all the
members on the floor and the specta-
tors in the galleries who whispered
jtoSeach other as they pointed to I'm
derwood, Speaker Clark, Adamson,
Henry, Republican Leader Mann,
Progressive Leader Murdoch and
5ther notable figures in the drama.
Representative Adamson, of Geor-
gia. opened debate with direct at
taek on Speaker Clark.
For nine years." he said "a lobby
has resounded throughout Congress
and the country in favor Of free tolls.
This is the first rule ever asked for
oy the Interstate Commerce Commit
ZEE since l have been connected with.
It. first sought to have this bin
considered in the ordinary way, but
.ound it impossible to reach an agrees
nent Originally weyfigured on ten
hours debate and 7 understood that
his was satisfactory to the Speaker
If this House. Then we decided on
fifteen hours debate, and again 1
heard that tbsi was agreeable to the
Speaker
Opposed by Lobby Years.
we are willing TO have the truth
khown, for there has been lobby
against US for nine years, and if the
truth is known this repeal bin will
carry. We do not want any amend
nent Of the bill, because none is
needed
Loud cries Of OH came from all
parts of the chamber, following this
statement.
Adamson asserted that President
Wilson came before Congress with
his special message asking the repeal
II the free tolls clause only because
he was begged to do so by the mem
bers OF his party IN the House and
senate.
do members forget the dramatic
lay when the martyr President Me-
Finley had barely signified in a gen
sral way that the foreign relations Of
he Government were in jeopardy
ne asked. when this House by unan-
mous vote placed s5OOOO,OOo in his
hands TO be used at his discretion?
rhat nobody in any party questioned
ais honesty and integrity; that mo-
body, at thG behest OF selfish special
interests, y6ffered unpardonable-yea,
reasonable - resolutions inauiring
into the facts and reasons which all
civilized men knew are saeredly se-
cret in conducting the foreign affairs
of,ahy government? Nobody rose and
cursed England in that dreadful hour,
But she was relied upon in the crisis,