Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-26 | Page 1 | Jones Leads Repeal Attack

JONES LEADS REPEAL ATTACK American People Will Not Have Rights Foreclosed Will Insist Tolls Exemption. Washington, I . C; Ma 26 The Panama tolls exemption repeal was debated again today in the sen;-' a Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington, Wash-ington, led off with an attack on the bill. "The American people will not have their rights foreclosed in this way They approved this legislation." said he. "Repeal this law now and the people will rewrite ir and Insist on It." Senator Jones declared the time to arbitrate the dispute with England was before the repeal and not after ward Advocates of repeal, he said, had exercised "Huertlau' ingenuity seeking out reasons. Senator Sutherland of Utah introduced intro-duced a resolution railing on the president pres-ident to submit Great Britain a proposal pro-posal for the creation of a special, impartial tribunal lor arbitration. j