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Show COMMITTEE ADOPTO 6UTHERLAriD PLAN Senate 6ne on 'Foreign 'Relations Votes" for Resolution for Arbitration, Arbitra-tion, of Pafirna.ToM4 j r Washington,' Juno S.-'-By Vote m 8 to 6, the senate foreign, relations comnilttce today adopted 'the Suth-: i- .."- i . . i :i erland resolution directing President Wilson to open negotiations with Great' Britain for special arbitration, of tho Panama tolls dispute Tho resolution now goes tp tho' senate. . Senator Borah, Republican, was not present when tho vote was taken, tak-en, but later notlllcd Chairman Stono ho wished to voto against reporting tho resolution, making tho vote 8 to 7. Senators Stone, O'Gormnn, Pomer-one, Pomer-one, Swnnson and Smith of Arizona Democrats, and Smith of Michigan, Republican, wero tho others voting against It. Senators Hitchcock, Williams Wil-liams anil Saulsbury, Democrats and Lodge, Root, McCumber, Sutherland and Burton voted for It. Turco wero not present. Senator O'Gorman declared tho action ac-tion would not affect the fight against passage of tho repeal bill, I don't know what tho voto Indicates, Indi-cates, was Chairman, Stone's only comraeriti It Is well 'understood In thf! senate howover, 'hat-.many sen-ators sen-ators -w&tl' fa.y'r-f vmbtratlon( beliovn thaW&teH ii-'iboulsUift' chosen as a metfcofiteldtMM&ibe repeal WU should bo enacted. . ,v ijjjjjjjjjjj Vardaman Assails Wilton !IijjjI .Senator Vardaman, Democrat, as- Vil sailed President Wilson In the' sonata lajjjjjjjjjj today for asking tho repeal of Uio 1 H .Pannma tolls exemption. iliH When I heard him address Con- I H gress urging tho repeal I wns dumb- ' H founded, ho said. I would .not bellevo Ulifl my cars that one who had approved flM tho plnuk and held up to scorn fhoso 'BLI who violate their party pledges would 'imfl tako such. a course. Ho gavono'rcn- lijjjfl sou for repeal. He mado no nrgu- H mcut for repeal, but with aii asBiir- H once nnd I say this with all defer- H eucc with nu assurance unbecoming ihjjjH ono so learned, ho naked us to yield jH right or wrong. Iijjjjjj Another answer of administration lijjjjjjjjj forces to tho .iirgunfcnts 'ninrshnllcd H .. iir nijr-i ii Skjj ngnlnst repeal was mndosbySeiiator fflijl Simmons. He argued Vhe exemption B of American coastwlso vessels, would ll bo n discrimination forbidden, by tho JIijjjjjjjI "'- .--.,. .iTijjjjjjjI treaty between tho United States and jijjjjjfl ijjjjja Great Britain and unwlso as -a do- 'JijjjjjjjI mcstlc policy. ... tijijl IjjjjjjjjI Senator Vardaman declared tho H Democratic party would not now bo H ijjjjjjjjI threatened with disruption,- "liad It -H .not been for tho speech of Senator H Root In. Jnnuary, 1013. iH - Tho leadership of Democracy be- jjjjjjjjjI comes pathetic, said Senator Vanla- jjjjjjjjjI man, when wo must rely upon tho 'jjjjjjjjjI keen astute senator who won his' I j i'JJJJJJJJjI .laurels as counsel for predatory (IjjjjjjjjI weaUli, to become the keeper of tho 'jjjjjjjjjI conscience of the Democratic party Ijjjfjjjb tho followers of Jackson and Joffcr-i j-jjjjjjjfl Eon. Think of Bryan and Roqt. pull- sjjjjjl lng- together for tho moral up)lft of tJJJJJJjfl hJJJJJjffJJJJJjl .tho people. Is tho only logic of tho tjjBijjl great senator from New York sufllc- tjjjjjjjjjl JenttoJustlfy tho repudiation of our rjjjjjjjjjl 4- A. IHijjjjjjjjjjI party pledges. -jjjjjjjj 7g Stnajor-Vardaman quoted at length 1 jjjjjjjjjI fiecret,ary Bryants, .addrcj .to. tho rjjjjjjjjjj .Pennsylvania legislature to'the effect jjjjjjjjjI " IjjjjjjjjI that tho conscience of a candldnto :Sjjjjjj oHjjjjji should begin to work before election 'IjjjjjjjjI and not hibernate until .after ho was ''jjjjjjja In office, and declaring that n "violator 'Ijjjjjj! s JJJJJjl of a party platform was a worse crlm- IjjjjjjjjI Inal than nn embezzler. 'jjjjjjjjjI In conclusion Senator Vardaman -jjjjjjjjI predicted Xbat If tho repeal wns not -H tho death warrant of the Democratic H party, it would bo tho warrant that IjjjjjjjjI wou'd removo It from power and dls- ,H rupt tho good feeling of Americans H for Great nrltaln. Finally ho said jH ho would not follow tho men who fljjjjjjj boro tho red Hag of party infidelity. fljjjjjjj |