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Show I WILSON PLEASED BY REPEAL VOTE I Latest Poll of Senate Shows There I Will Be a Majority of at Least Six- I teen In Favor of Bill. oW Washington, April 1. Gratified iaV LW over tho success of the Panama tolls H exemption repeal In tho house, Pros- H ldent Wilson and his supporters turn- ed their attention today to tho house. The latest poll brought to the White I Housa by an administration senator I who canvassed his colleagues and ex-I ex-I eluded from bis count those he con-I con-I stdored doubtful indicated that the I president'! contention would kave a I majority of at least stxUen, Ropnk-I Ropnk-I llcane as well an Damoewrta. enator-I enator-I . Owen, the admtatntto laadar IK th I canals committee -kert tat mnr. I now la pending wna at tk Walt I Mouse early eeaforrmg with lnw-B lnw-B tary Tumulty. I Asked akont tke procedure In me I aenate and the lengtk at time for dU- ussion, the Oklakoma aaaator said: I "It is natural to assume that It tha I commlttco does not report promptly motion will be mada to discharge the measuro from consideration of tho committee. There Is to be no effort ef-fort at forcing, unnecessarily, but we want no dilatory tactics. The committee commit-tee stands, I should say, against tho president, and I think when Uie committee com-mittee was organised those who wore in favor of the tolls exemption were In tho majority. "A week in the committee should lie a reasonable time for dtsousalon." No III Feeling The presldeat had no comment to - make on th result. In tha housa bnt let It ba kaowa tkat he cherished bo Hi-feeling over tkoa who, expressing their eonvletions, opposed tka rapoal. There waa no comment mad on tha sse&eh of Speaker ClatV. r Senator O'Oormaa aald k would rfP call the aanala oommlttee to meet on I Tuesday. It la apparaat tkat an oCort I Is to bo mad to ammend tha bouao I bill with a claua aeserting th sot- I rojgnty of tke United BUt over th canal zone. Somo senatora who' I favor tho repeal kelleve such amend- I ment would not be considered In the light of a compromise. Democratic senators moat active for the repeal Insist that the bill should prevail with out amendment JHow far Republican senators will figure In tho result la the subjeot of very active speculation i EnUmates of the number of Demo- I crates who -will oppose tho repeal f vary from etght to fourteen. I "The repeal Is not yet won by amy means, said Senator Chamberlain (' leading the opponents. When tho canals committee will J complete Its work cannot bo forecast now, but the general opinion Is the J issue will not como formally bof ore the senate for at least ten lays. I Norrls Amendment I Senator Norrls, Republican, lntro- 1 duccd an amendment to ro-aftirin'the I right of tho United States to grant an I exemption If It desired to do so and I direct the president to begin negotla- I tlons to arbltrato Great Ilrltlan's pro- test . A resolution to postpones consideration consider-ation of tho bill until President communicates com-municates to tho Bonato in conference If It so asks, tho nnturo of tho matters mat-ters of greater delicacy and nearer consequences, montionod In his da-dross da-dross to congress whs introduced by Senator Polndexter. After somo desultory debnto In tho senate, 'ho repeal bill ns It camo ojpA from tho house was formally referred r to tho canal committee which already hnB a bill by Senator Owen to tho ttamo effect Corrected Count Tho corrected count of tho vote in tho hoitso yesterday, repealing tho exemption ex-emption clauso, tis announced in tho Congressional Record today, is 247 for tho repeal and 1C2 against It, a majority of 8G far tho administration. The eount ha announced last night was 161 votes against It Tha name of Representative Dyer, Republican of St. Louis, Mo., who voted against tho repeal was omitted. |