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The Commoner
VOL.. 14, NO. 4
Administration Forces Win Victory in Canal Tolls Fight
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Following aro Associated Press dis
patches, dated Washington, March
31:
The national house of representa
tives' tonight after one of tho most
spectacular struggles In tho history
of thp nation, voted to repeal tho
provision of tho Panama canal act
oxompting American vessols from
tho puymont of tolls. Tho vote on
tho ropoal hill was 217 to 1G2, a ma
jority of 85 votes in support of the
personal plea of Wood row Wilson,
president of tho Unltod States.
Thin vordict on tho Issuo which
has ahsorhed congress for many
weeks came at the close of a stirring
day, made memorable in the annals
of tho house by .a party division
which found Speaker Champ Clark,
Majority Loader Underwood and
other democratic chieftains lined up
in open opposition to tho president
on an issuo which tho latter had de
clared vital to his conduct of the na
tion's foroign policy.
Today's result was tho first
struggle within tho party since
democracy took control of the gov
ernment a year ago.
Tomorrow tho bill goes to tho sen
ate, whore tho fight will bo renewed
with all tho vigor and determination
that attended it In the lowpr house.
220 DEMOCRATS WITH WILSON
On tho final vote .220 democrats in
tho house stood by tho president, giv
ing him In "ungrudging measure"
what ho had asked "for tho honor of
tho nation" in its foroign relations.
Twonty-fivo republicans and two pro
gressives also voted to sustain the
president. Fifty-two democrats fol
lowed Spoakor Clark and Leader
Underwood to defeat.
Nothing, It seemed, could stem tho
tldo of administration success.
Speaker Clark, for nearly 22 years a
member of tho house, ,made the
speech of his life to forestall what
ho termed "unquestionable dogroda
tion" of tho nation. Tn this lie failed,
but ho did smooth over the party
breach with kindly words for his ad
versaries, praise for President Wil
son and an unqualified denial of any
vaulting ambition on his own behalf.
When ho had ciosod tho debate for
tho opposition to tho repeal, the
speaker was triumphant in.dofeat, for
tho qntiro legislative assemblage, in
which "wore many senators; rose en
masse to cheer him.
NO JCJOMMENT FROM PRESIDENT
President Wilson was at dinner
when tho result of the vote was an
nounced Ho was gratified but made
no epinment.
Tho scene In the house cliambor
when Speaker Clark yielded tho
gavel to Representative Underwood,
jthe majority leader, to defend his
cqjirsb, ; in tho great controversy,
probably was unrivalled in the his
jtoyy . of, American legislation.
.. Even those democrats who for the
jfirst time had turned their backs on
jtle)r.; immediate leaders and stood
Resolutely with the president
throughout the fight were impressed
with tho scone.
The Interest was tense as Speaker
Clark; began' to speak and his first
Mtenrnce, breathing a spirit of har
piony as against discord and assur
ing the country that tho president
fend he personally .wore at peace,
poomed to spread over the -'assoni-blageparticularly
the democratic
ido of the house a feeling of relief.
"There is no nnrsnnnl !oou' k'
tween the president and myself,"
aid the speaker, and his voice. wis
drowned in a chorus of democratic
pouts, while republicans and pro
gressives, applauded.
Attho outset the speaker read' his
iddressi but soon ho got into his old
tlmo. .oratorical swing and was
HOW THE HOUSE VOTED
Voted For Repeal
Adair. Adamson,
Democrats Who
Ahnrornmbin.
Alexander, Allen, Ansberry, Asn
brook, Aswell, Bailey, Baker, Baltz,
Barkloy, Bnrnhart, Bartlett, Bath
rick, Beakes, Bell, of Texas; Bell, of
Georgia; Booher, Borchers, Bowdle,
Brodbock, Brown, of New York;
Brumbaugh, radian n, of Illinois;
Buchannan, of Texas; Bulkloy, Bur
gess, Burke, Byrnes, of South Caro
lina; Byrns, of Tennessee; Callaway,
Candler, Cantor, Cautrill, Caraway,
Carlin, Carr, Carter, Church, Clancy,
Olaypool, Clayton, Cline, Coady,
Collier, Connelly, of Kansas; Con
nolly, of Iowa; Covington, Cox,
Crosser. Davenport, Decker, Dent,
Dershoni, -Dickinson, Dies, Dixon,,
Donovan, Doolittle, Doughton, Eagan,
Eagle, Edwards, Elder, Evans, Fai
son, Fergusson, Ferris, Fields, Fitz
Henry, Flood, of Virginia; Floyd, of
Arkansas; Foster, Fowler, Francis,
Gallaghor, Gard, Garner, Garrett, of
Tennessee; Garrett, of Texas; George,
Gerry, Gilmore, Gittins, Glass, God
win, Goeke, Gordon, Greeg, Gudger,
Hamill, Hamlin, Hammond, Hard
wick, Hardy, Hart, Hay, Heflin,
Helvering, Henry, Hensley, Hill, Hol
land, Houston, Howard, Hughes, of
Georgia; Hull, Humphreys, of Mis
sissippi; Jacoway, Johnson, of Ken
tucky; Johnson, of South Carolina;
Keating, Kennedy, of Connecticut;
Key, Kindel, Kinkead, of New Jersey;
Kirkpatrick, Konop, Lazaro, Lee, of
Georgia; Loslier, Lever, Levy, Lewis,
of Maryland; Lieb, Linthicum, Lloyd,
Lobeck, Loft, Logue, McClellan, Mc
Coy, McGillicuddy, McKellar, Ma
guire, of Nebraska; Montague, Mor
rison, Moss, of Indiana; Neeley, of
Kansas; Neely, of West Virginia;
O'Brien, Ogelsby, O'Hair, Oldfield,
Padgett, Page, Palmer, Park, Peters,
of Massachusetts; Peterson, Post,
Pou, Ouin. Rainev. Rauch. Rond.
Rayburn, Roilly, of Wisconsin;
Rothermel. Rouse, Rubey, Rucker,
Russell, Sabath, Saunders Scully,
Seldomridge, Shackleford, Sharp,
Sherley, Sherwood, Sims, Sisson,
Slavden, Small, Smith, of Maryland;
Smith, of New York; Smith, of
Texas; Sparkman, Stanley, Stedman,
Stephens, -of Mississippi; Stephens,
of Nebraska; Stephens, of Texas;
Stevens, of New Hampshire; Stone,
Stout, Stringer, Summers, Talbott,
raicott, Tavenner, Taylor, of Arkan
sas; Taylor, of Colorado; Taylor, of
New York; Ten Eyck; Thatcher,
Thomas, Thompson, of Oklahoma;
Townsend, Tribble, Tuttle,' Underbill,
Vaughn, Vollmer, Walker, Walsh,
Watkins, Watson, Weaver, Webb
Whaiey, Whitacre, White. Williams',
Wilson, of Florida; Witherspoon,.
Young, of Texas. Total, 220' ' '
republicans Who Voted For Repeat
r,Iinne0 Anderson, Davis,
Miller, Stqenerson, Volstead, Stev
en Missouri Bartholdt. Illinois
Britten, McKenaie, Madden. Wis
consinBrowne, Esch, Lenroot, Staf
ford. NeYork Danforth. Massa
chusetts Gardner, Gillett. Iowa
Good, Greet;. Haugen, Prouty. North
Dakota Helgeson. Michigan
Hamilton, otal, 23.
Progressives Who Voted. For. Repeal
Illinois opley, Thomson Minne
sotaLindbergh. Total, J 3.-'
Independent'- Wlib VotodPor Repeal
California Kent. ; Total; 1
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hammering" noma win atxrQ,
.tur.es his deliberately delivered
words, Whe.n he praised the patri-
ninC?m0ti;Y? Presint ., Wilson
again was ie interrupted by ap
plause. V ...
-Ai,J.he. conclusion of," Speaker
Republicans Who Voted Against Rc-
pcur
Ainey, Anthony, Austin, Avis,
Barchfeld, Barton, Browning, Burke,
of Pennsylvania; Burke, of South
Dakota; Butler, Calder, Campbell,
Cary, Cooper, Cramton, Curry, Dillon,
Dunn, Dyer, Edmonds, Falrchild,
Farr, Frear, French, Graham, of
Pennsylvania; Greene, of Massa
chusetts; Greene, of Vermont; Griest,
Guernsey, Hamilton, of New York;
Hawley, Hayes, Hinds, Howell,
Humphrey, Johnson, of Utah; John
son, of Washington; Kahn, Keister,
Kelley, of Michigan; Kennedy, of
Iowa; Kennedy, of Rhode Island;
Keiss, Kinkaid, of Nebraska; Know
land, Kreider, LaFollette, Langhara,
Langley, Lindquist, McGuire, of
Oklahoma; Manahan, Minn, Mapes,
Mondell, Moore, Morgan, of Okla
homa; Morrin, Moss, of West Vir
ginia; Mott, Nelson, Norton, Paige,
of Massachusetts; Parker, Patton, of
Pennsylvania; Payne, Peters, of
Maine; Piatt, Plumley, Powers,
Roborts, of Massachusetts, Rogers,
Scott, Sells, Shreve, Sinnott, Slemp,
Sloan, Smith, of Idaho; John M. C.
Smith, Samuel W. Smith, Smith of
Minnesota; Southerland, Swltzer,
Treadway, Vare, Wallin, Willis,
Winslow, Woods, Young, of North
Dakota. Total, 93.
Democrats Who Voted Against Re
peal
York Bruckner, Carew,
Dale, Doollng, Driscoll, Fitz-
Goldfogle, Goulden, Griffin,
Metz, O'Leary, Patten, Rior
Illinois Gorman, Gra'ham,
New
Conry,
gerald,
Maher,
dan.
McAndrews, McDermott. Pennsvl
vania Casey, Dlfenderfer, Donohue,
Lee. South Carolina Aiken, Finley,
Ragsdale. Delaware Brockson.
Louisiana Broussard, Dupre, Estop
Inal, Morgan. Massachusetts Deit
rick, Mitchell, Murray, Phelan. Mich
igan Doremus. Mississippi Harri
son. Kentucky Helm. Missouri
Igoe, Speaker Clark. Virginia
Jones. Connecticut Lonprcnn Mn.
ban. Oklahoma Murray. Rhode
Island O'Shaugnessy. California
Kettner, Raker. Alabama Under
wood. West Virginia Brown. Ari
zona Hayden. North Carolina
Kitchin. Kansas Taggart. Total,
Progressives Who Voted Against Re
peal California Bell, Nolan, Stephens.
Pennsylvania Hulings, Kelly, Lewis,
Rupley, Temple, Walters. Washing
ton Bryan, Falconer. New York
Chandler. Illinois Hinebaugh. Ore
gon Lafferty. Michigan Mac
Donald, Woodruff. Kansas Mur
dock. Total, 17.
Members Failing to Answer Roll Call
Democrats Backson, Alabama
Borland, Missouri; Burnett, Ala
bama; Clark, Florida; Crisp, Georgia;
Cullop, Indiana; Goodwin, Arkansas:
Gtfay, Indiana; Hobson, Alabama
Hoxworth, Illinois; Korbly, Indiana!
Sie, Florida; Moon- Tennessee
Reilly Connecticut; Taylor, Ala
bama; Wilson, New York. Total, 16.
Republicans Fordney, Michigan
Mclaughlin, Michigan; Martin, South
Dakota; Merritt, New York; Roberts,
Nevada; Towner, Iowa. Total, 6
Total, 22. '
Republicans Voting "Present"
Hughes, West Virginia. Total 1.
characterizing it as "mock subsidy to
special interests which have lobbied
sieauiiy ior seven years.
When lie concluded,. Representa
tive Adamson immediately called for
a vote. A hush, swept ,the crowded
floor .and the packed galleries as
Speaker Clark announced a, vote on
the "third reading4 and engrossment
of the bill."
Republican Leader Mann demanded
a roll call and the first record vote on
the bill was forced on a preliminary
legislative stae. The administra
tion's strength made its appearance,
however, and the bill was advanced
through the third reading by a vote
of 247 to 160.
RESULT OF BALLOT CHEERED
A round of cheers and annlanse
greeted the announcement of this
vote and scarcely had it subsided
when Representative 6'Shaughnessy,
Rhode Island, secured recognition
and presented thd motion to recom
mit the bill, prepared by a confer
ence of leaders opposed to the. meas
ure. On this motion with its reserva
tions of the right of the United
States to control the Panama canal
zone, the anti-repeal forces polled
their largest vote. The motion was
defeated, 232 to 176. The demo
cratic leaders, Speaker' Clark and
Representative Underwood, carried
61 of their democratic colleagues
with them on this vote.
All but 13 of the republicans voted
for the motion and two progressives
stood with the anti-repeal forces.
This defeat marked the last rally
of the anti-repeal forces. The last
roll call was on the .final passage of
the bill. It was taken with 'the house
in disorder and general confusion
prevalent. As announced by the
speaker, the recult was: Yeas 248,
nays 162, but a recapitulation of the
vote showed yeas 247, nays 162.
Of this vote 220 democrats desert
ed their chosen leaders to answer the
personal plea of President Wilson.
With them were 25 republicans and
two progressives. With Speaker
Clark and Leader Underwood 52
democrats voted against the bill, 93
republicans and 17 progressives mak
ing up the. 162 negative votes.
WffAT HAS BEEN DONE IN OHIO
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E5t0,?A fl?esentatlvo Adamson
bate. e ttle lous de"
Representative Adamson devoted
himself largely to a denunciation of
toll exemption as an economic policy-
By Governor James M.' Co.
(Continued from page 4.)
a rebate is allowed for the excess
amount paid. This manufacturer, if
he desires, after giving a satisfac
tory guarantee of his financial condi
tion, can carry the insurance himself,
but the accidents must be reported
promptly to the state industrial com
mission, and compensation must be
paid to the injured workman, or to
the dependents of those who lose
their lives, on the scale fixed by tho
Ohio law. In 1912 the manufactur
ers paid to the liability insurance
companies $3,000,000 in premiums,
and it develops that only one-eighth
of that was in turn paid to injured
workmen and their dependents.
Under the new screme labor and
capital are out of the courts. Per
sonal Injury suits are rare indeed.
'ine injured workman gets his com
pensation instead of a law suit; and
the manufacturer is finding that the
cost to him is less than what it was
when he paid his premiums to the
liability insurance companies.
Two weks ago in New York, after
three years of litigation begun by
the families of twenty-three girls
who lost their lives- in- the Triangular
fire, so-called, these cases were com
promised, and the liability insurance
companies paid $75.00 per life, or
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