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Show I!; I WANTS TO ARBITRATE j;j 5UEST10F TOLLS Senator Norris Speaks for Re- j peal of Exemption Clause j and Suggests Solution. I v BILL IS BEFORE SENATE 1 1 Will Remain Unfinished Busi- ness of That Body Until j j Final Action Is Taken. I WASHINGTON. May I. Without wnlt- tk for th" Panama toll .rmptlon ro-1 ro-1 I peal bill to ho railed forma II v before the ' ) senate. Senator Norris today h)San d- ('j bate on the Fiihjf"t with an appeitJ for 9 resort to arbltniilon. Ho fnvoretl :ho ) paFsnpc of the limine repeal measure. j . with an nmondniont cxprosply Ma ling thai ; i th l'nlted Ftates waived no rights thcre- j b. but called upon President Wilson to ' j invite Great Rrltaln to arbitrate 1)k- j dispute ns to the right of the t'nlted j States to discriminate In favor of Its own I vefpelp. That portion of the ' senator'; speech I attacking- the economic arguments n.el l t to support the evemptlonn clause drew i counter attacks from Se.imior O'Gorman (( and other opponents of repeal. I Will Remain Before Senate. SenHtor O'Gorman. as chairman of the .i , canals oomnilttee, announced that he ex- ' peeled to call up the bill tomorrow, fena-1 fena-1 j tor Simmons, leader of the repeal forces, i j will peek to have It made the unlinluhcd '( bu.siness and keep It before the 3eimle j until a vote Is reached. ITIio exemption of coaotwlse vessels from tolls. Fenator Norris contended., amounted to nothing lew than a subsidy to a claFS of vessels atlrendy enjoying a monopoly and not deserving It nearly ns 1i much as American vessels entraged In the ( foreign trade and comnutlnpr with all ihu ' ships of the world. Ho argued thai tlio exemption would not benefit shipper or- consumer, been use the difference In tho j cost of transportation by rail and water i was so great :!3 1-3 per cent - that the i , exemption would not affect tho water , rule. I He Insisted the government had no mrre right to Day the legitimate cost nf j transporting good? across the Iflthmns " j than It had to build a free railroad across t!- ontluent. Should Arbitrate Question. I .'-ienator Norris criticised the position Tu!;en by .Senator Lodge that tlui U niton" Stwtcs has a right to dlsciXmlnato In i i"o or of Us own vessels, but should sur- .' render thai right out of respect to the , l opinion of llir. civilized world. On the f other hand, the Nebraska senator Fald I that to decline to arbitrate the question would bo to rever.se th pretenses the I n'tvl Slates had been ma kin? In the family of nations for years. It would not do, he said, to argue the ueakness of the cause by saying the cMl'zcd world was against tho United Stales, and therefore a fair tribunal of arbitration could not be nr.ooured. He suggested the court o arbitration consist of throf members of the supreme court of Ihc United Ktatea and throe Judges of the highest court of ICngland. with possibly the president of Switzerland or a citizen of that country, selected by the piesl-dent piesl-dent of Switzerland, sitting as the seventh sev-enth member. (' "I should expect Uio decision pf such :-' a tribunal to be unanimous." he added. |