Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02
SENATE EXPECTED
TO PASS BILL TO
REPEAL TOLL Law
Administration Forces Win in
House by Vote of 247 to
1852. After spectac-
uIar Struggle.
MEASURE MAY BE AMENDED
Canvass of Upper Body Of Con-
gress Shows at Least 40
Votes in Favor of the
Wilson Measure.


Washington. ID. G. April 2.-Can-
vases of the Senate indicate the re-
peal bill on tolls will pass that body
with several votes to spare. The bill
seems sure to get at least 49 votes.
against 46 opposed to it, and it may
get more than that Long debate is
expected. A number of democratic sem
ators are wavering. One of the pos
slbllities is the amendment of the bill
so as to reserve any rights under the
1901 treaty
Will Rush Bill.
Senator Owen the administration
leader in the canals committee where
the measure now is pending. was at
the White House early confering with
Secretary Tumulty. Asked about the
procedure In the Senate and the length
of time for discussion the Oklahoma
senator said:
1T is natural to assume that il the
committee does not report promptly,
q motion will be made to discharge the
measure from consideration of the COM
mittee. There is to be no effort at
forcing unnecessarily but we want no
tiilatory tactics The committee stands.
should say, against the president, and
think when the committee was or
ganized, those who We're in favor of the
tolls exemption We're in the majority.
"A week i'm the committee would be-
a reasonable time for discussion.
House Stands BY Wilson.
The House of Representatives after
one of the most spectacular legislative
struggles In the history of the nation.
voted to repeal the provision of the
Panama canal act exempting Amer
iean i, vessels from the payment Of tolls.
The vote on the repeal bill was 247 to
1852. a majority of S5 votes in support
Of the plea OF President Wilson.
For tho BiII-247.
-,Abercrombie. Adair ADAM
SON. Alexander, Allen Ansberry. Ash
H8Gh hsrey ASws BsnhaT eg gaytett saker Ra.
Bealses, Beall Of Texas. Bel Sell of e. Georgia.
Booher. Borchers. Bowdle. Broderick.
Brown of New York. Brumbaush.
Texas. BulSiey. Hos Bu.sssy i ueis1nae surae Of Of
Wisconsin, Byrnes OF sopth Caro-:
lima Burns Of 1ennssses caliaway
lin. Carr. Carter. Church. Clancy. Clay
pool. CLAYTON. Cline, Coady. Collier. Con-
nelly of Kansas, Connolly of Iowa. Cow
Dent Dershem. Dickinson. Dies. Dixon.
Donovan, DooIittle.. Doughton. Eagan.
sl Msgie aawards Elder ,;a,a Evans, Eaison
Flood OF Virginia. Floyd of Arkansas.
Foster Fowler. Francis. Gallagher, Gard,
Garner Garrett Of Tennessee Garrett OF
Glass. Goodwin of North Carolina, Goeke
Gordon, Gregg, Gudger. Hamil. Hamlin.
Hammond. Hardwick, Hardy, Hart. Hay.
Holland. Houston, Howard, Hughes Of
Georgia HUI. Humphreys OF Mississippi.
Jaceway. johnson of Kentucky. Johnson
Connecticut, Key. Kindel. Kinkead Of
New Jersey. Kirkpatrick, konop, .Lazaro.
Lee of Georgia. Leesher. Lever. Levy.
Mccoy, McGillicuddy Mcclellan, Ma
gure. Montague Morrison Mo, Moss Of & In.
Virginia. O'Brien, oglesby. O'Hair. Old
field, Padgett. Page of North Carolina.
Palmer. Park. Peters of Massachusetts.
Roush ssr'bo EaybTn, usii Reed d. Reilly Of Wiseen %
Russell, SABBATH Saunders; scully, sei-
sSqas s sah saydsn shsTR shs1sH sms
smith of Texas sparkman, Stanley.
St op resss sss
Stevens of New Hanpshife, Stone. Stout,
strlnger, Sumner. Talbot. 1'alcott Taven-
ner Taylor Of Arsansas o Tay9s Or. OF ESse Go.e-
Thacher, Thomas. Thompson OF Okla
holna, Townsend, Tribble. ruttle. Under
hin. Vaughan, Nollmer. Walker. Walsh.
" >.
ley. Whitacre. White, Williams. Wilson
of Florida wingo. Witherspoon, Young
of Texas Total. 2oQ
ten. Brown of Wisconsin,. Danforth,
Davis. Esch. Gardner. Gillett.. Good.
Green OF Iowa. Hamilton Of Michigan. gan
hergh. Mckenzie. Madden Miller: Prouty.
Stafford Steenerson Stevens of Minne-
sofa. volstead Total, p; M,
Progressve--Copey. Thompson OF Ain-
nois. Total. Q
Against the Bill-1e2.
periacrats-A Aiken. Brockson, Brous-
sard Brown of West Virginia. Bruckner,
Garew caseg Goney oa1ine nnle porsmus p,.n,es.
Drlscoll. Dupre Estopinal. Finley. E1tx-
gerald. Gollfogle, German; Goulden, era
ham of Illinois. Griffin, Harrison: .H,ei Hay-
Lee of Pennsylvania. Lonergan. Mean
drews. McDermott. Mahan. Maher: Metz.
Mitchell. Morgan Of Louisiana. Murray
O'Ieary. Q Shaughnessy. Patten OF New
York Phelan. Ragsdale, Baker. Riordan.
Taggart. Underwood the speaker. Total.
Republicans-Ainey, Anthony, Austin.
Avis, Barchfeld Barton. Browning. Burke
of PENNSYLVANIA. Burke of South Dakota.
Butler. Calder. Campbell; Cary; Coopsr'
Irarchd Farr, 'ess. Frear, French.
Graham Of t.ennsylvania. Greene Of Mas
sachuset,s. Greene of Vermont. Griest.
Guernsey. t5tlIlltOl VI -NeW yin. AA0
ley. Hayes. Hines Howell. Humphrey OF
| Washington. Johnson of Utah. johnson
Michigan Kennedy of Iowa. Kennedy OF
Rhode Island kiess. Kinkaid OF Nebras-
| ka. Ilnowland kreder. Langham. Lang
| Mcclure of oklahoma Manahan Mann.
Mapes. MondelI. Moore. Morgan Of Okla
homa Morin. Moss of West Virginia.
| Mott. Nelson Norton. Paige OF Massa-
chusetts Parker Patton of Pennsylvania.
| Payne. Peters of Maine. Platt. Plumley.
| Porter Powers. Roberts of Massachusetts,.
| Rogers Scott. Sells, Shreve. Sinnott
| Stemp. Sloan. Smith of Idaho. John M. G.
| Smith. Samuel w. Smith, Smith of Min
nesota Sutherland. Switzer. Treadway.
| Ware Wal)in. Willis, Winslow. WOODS.
| Young Total 92.
Progressives-- Macdonald Murdock. Mo-
| Ian. Rupley Stephens of California, Tem-
| pie Walters. Woodruff. Bryan. Chandler.
/ Enlconpr Hirebauph HulinRS Kelley OF