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Show !ff oe TIE N INEARNEST Committee on Inter-Commerce Inter-Commerce Favorably orts a Bill to Strike Out Provision. 3HINGTON, March 6, srs of tho house aud senate rill aid in the repeal fight iced tonight that they had Sr poll of congress and -that ;o majority in "both housos ady to vote for a flat repeal euro immediately. ' BHINGTON, Maivh 0 Initial (Vj b repeal ihc toll exemption clause 9 Panama canal act as requested ikji cfiident Wilsou were taken in eon-iUn eon-iUn toda3' Tvbcn Hie house committee J ierstate commerce reported favor-!; favor-!; v bill to strike out tbo provision. 'A j senate Hie committco on intor-ic intor-ic canals decided to meet next (. to consider tlio appeal of the preu-r preu-r f. i'for a revorsal of policy in tho r' vers3r which involves tbo Ilay- efotc Ireatv, and. in tbo opiuiou T president, tho general foreign re- 5(policy of the administration. ffmfo the" house is debating the is-JL is-JL est wrclc the senate committee 3? pnsider whether to recommend a y jpeal bill or to urge tho eompro- jjll offered by Senator Chilton of ,,yirginial a member of the com-LI com-LI :; which would authorize tho pres-A pres-A do regulate tolls and assess W wj at his discretion, wherever cx-ft cx-ft m is provided in the canal act. Hi ibclievc that more senators will "or mv amemimcnt than will sup-i sup-i flat rciieal measure." said Scn-, Scn-, Shilton tonight. " Although the inont would accomplish ropeal ot 1" ccmption indirectly, it would not ate the Democratic platform ". jiindorsincr i oil exemption and scn- t.who flatly refuse to go back on I flank could voleefor it. ' ronse in House. ' ftho house there was quick ic- i to tho president's addross, the v' ittec voting 13 to ? to favorably the Sims repeal bill. Absent i ers who were recorded made the I J L7 to -1. -y .irman Adamson bad ready a draft report when tlic committee met. A Red approval of the Sims bill on 7, imo two broad grounds set. forth 4 J president's message, general hi' ;ional comity and the immediate "ij h situation confronting the coun-. coun-. -i SRCpresentativc Ivnowland of Cal-ia, Cal-ia, who led the opposition in the 3 jttce, was given three days to Gle qJIj ority report, and Chairman Adam-ras Adam-ras 'authorized to urge the rules vj Ittec to report a special rule to 3Di, f; the hill through iho house. The . it will he pressed at once and it .!f Tcctcd a rule will be brought into busc, probably by Thursday of at'ntei veelc. oki nson in Charge. 0$ resent athc Adamson will take . 5 i' of the situation in the house, as 3!f tty Leader Underwood, for the time during the administration, .'.3 Jhimsclf on the auti-admiuistru- slwixi iide of the question, Represent a- ,& Juderwood 1ms announced his m- ,3 " of not only voting against tho j iiit also of" making a speech $ it it. Despite this, however, the aPi j p of the rcjical forces asserted 25m lthev were assured of a substan- A wjority to cany out the presi- Trtjj its report today the committee, Vvfi provided for uniform tolls in lffl nnl act as originally reported, ro-'jVfl ro-'jVfl id its position. i c deem it proper now," said the '1 ) "to consider the international on and our obligations aud poli-tiA poli-tiA urclntion thereto. True there has JU d 1,0 friction, nor even . id relations with foreign govern- ii -. but we are advised the opposite tA, to the principal treaty under fl tthc canal was constructed fails rove our action in providiug for ' femption or to concur in our con-y$ con-y$ pn of the treaty. Other niari Aft oatioiiH hold the same dissenting U, and in the whole family of na- we stand alone in our conten- iV Question of Right. s't$ sueh a situatiou it is not always fj. ary or wise to urge our coute'n-iveu coute'n-iveu though conviucod of our ab-A ab-A jright. We arc not disturbed by iVcB unt made for a purpose; that ro xv- irould bo truckling and yielding I1?? bign demands. A similar taunt $ bo lodged against any man or na-iqnoraoip na-iqnoraoip enough "fo promoto fy )yi relations by according respect-ffgi respect-ffgi Dsideratiou to views of the oppo-VJ oppo-VJ trtj'." ffB V u discussion of the provisions Zi inay-Paunccfotc treaty and the fW ?tiou that the coastwise trade of J?l lited States does not need the as-IfjM as-IfjM o of free tolls, tho committee re-.-.i aid: 3d o foreign governments objecting ; construction of the treaty can 53 . hundred points in the world's j. rco to retaliate and discriminatw, :vc may blunder into using one. Wm onrccs, gcuius and geographical equip us to defy the world to Hp 119 on fair and equal terms. As llpn we cannot afford to rest un-imputation, un-imputation, whether just or un-IK un-IK disregarding our plighted han-UK han-UK should we hold a debatable po-VBar po-VBar enough to arouse friction, ro-vvut ro-vvut or retaliation, MyBMolly to refuc to do right Jiccauso WJ Kn a'lo" parly to a treaty, com-P5r..Hl"nt com-P5r..Hl"nt our coin-c !h wrontr. Wc r jB1 nn" kliwJ of a contest with oth--Prl6.w5n b.v sliwor BtrciiRtli nl Spja In winning wc might suve all SK'ionor. Fur better to abolish the J&Br . f lnnn ovcn 0 Permit our na-lolior na-lolior to remain In (ucKllon." -rMblicon Leader Miinn told tho house fIBc rnrm(J,,ntJ r'"don dispatches glv. r Ul RJUwn, ,v,cw f U'o prcBldenfB HKtol,s ajIdreuK. bo now understood Uc preldent meant by snylnj? Uial HtfS?i?JfM.i ""SrutJRlnety supported Wmlnletratlon'H foreign policy. "I J?t Itnow how to deal with other flKiienco .'?rcalflr doIIcacy and noHr- ,f liiHiIn,i Voarf from a London dlu-W!?1 dlu-W!?1 "Thinks United States ?aBPTrnnlie atdlspatoh.- .said Mr. r11 of ,he president m ' " KSnt fC,llnb' r1' "rotllon ot till" a' vBrw. from war w lb Jupm, ;,nd fl. M'tS? verrn'"enl. to not Kl ho hCt .. -w bul 1 ain 1101 afraid of war with Japan or with anyone else, and I would not yield what I believe be-lieve to be rlsbl through fear, whatever clso I might do." Senator Polndcxtcr, -Progressive, Introduced Intro-duced a resolution today calling on President Presi-dent Wilson to explain what matters "of even greater delicacy and nearer consequence" conse-quence" he referred to In his address to congress yesterday as depending on tbc repeal of the Panama tolls exemption. The resolution, with a similar one by Senator Jones. Republican, of Washington, Washing-ton, went over for a day under the rules. At the White house yesterday the president, presi-dent, when questioned about that feature of his address, explained that he meant to say that It was very awkward to deal with foreign nations which took the position posi-tion that the United States did not live up to Its ti'eaty obligations. That particular par-ticular phrase of the address, however, was widely discussed in ofllclai and congressional con-gressional circles and many constructions were applied to It. |
