PANAMA CANAL TOLLS OPPOSITION TO REPEAL
PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS. '(By Telegraph.— Press Association,— Copyright,)^ WASHINGTON, 24th March. President Wilson, in answering tire objection that the repeal of the Panama Canal tolls is inconsistent with the Democratic platform, points out tha.t the Exemption Bill was carried only with tho« aid o£ Republican -votes. The President expects the support of l 200 Democrats when, the House votes. ' LONDON, 24th March. Renter's Washington correspondent states that stubborn opposition has arisen in the House against the repeal of the tolls. A peculiar feature is that Mr Clark, the Speaker, Mr. Underwood, • and other politicians who usually sup" port the Administration, are now ojw posing the repeal.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 7
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113PANAMA CANAL TOLLS OPPOSITION TO REPEAL Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 7
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