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Show FAVORS ROOT I AMENDMENT I Wilson Makes Known His Attitude on the Canal Tolls Question Washington. Feb 2S Presidentelect President-elect Wilson has made known to Democratic senate leaders most, closely in his confidence that he favors fa-vors the passage of Senator Root's I amendment to the Panama canal bill, to repeal the provision exempting American coastwise ships from pay-! pay-! merit of tolls 11 I today 1 hat 'he new president had made his position plain lat"l to several Democratic senators. It was the subject of remark because Senator O'Gormau of New York, who j has been regarded as more or less a spokesman for Mr Wilson, is a sturdv opponent of the Root amendment, and a champion of free passage for American Amer-ican ships. There is no likelihood of anv action on the Root repeal amendment during the fow remaining days of the sixty-Becond sixty-Becond congress Tt was recently ta- bled in the senate Interoceanlc canals ca-nals committee, thus preenting the ! possibility of even being brought be-fore be-fore the senate on a minority report 7t is to be renewed at the next j eongress. probably during the extra. session j |