The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-21

stitutionalists as "murderous. robbing brigands"
 lie declared the administration had accepted miserable and humiliating'" replies from Villa and Carranza to it's demands. During all the time" he added, the Huerta administration has been preserving order and its con. duet toward this government has been perfect"
 Representative Linthcum of Mary land, democrat, referred to the Ma. dero assassination and asked now any government could recognize the presi, | dent of regime in whose keeping Madero had been when murdered. Representative Bartholdt of Mis- souri, republican member of the for | eign affairs committee offered an amendment he had previously unsuc cessfully pressed in committee, to in- sert in the resolution the words within the limits of his constitu, tional power,' after the reference to | the presidents use or employment of armed force. The proposed amend ment went over until conclusion of | debate
 Representative Heflin of Alabama, democrat said congress should let | Huerta know I've have one country one flag, one heart and every man
 ready to defend that flag" Representative Gillette Of Masss chusetts, republican, declared the in cidents cited by President Wilson were trivial. This is war" he said. l with all it's horrors and responsihili. ties. History will censure and con demn those men who today on this i miserable preteXt vote for war"
 Representative Kent, independent, California, expressing regret that he could not agree with the president, said the resolution was a declaration of war, and asserted that by passing it congress would condemn to death many of our citizens in Mexico"
 "I have always believed" said Rep. resentative Madden of Illinois that nothing less than nation could provoke another nation to war. But here We are asked to declare war against the individual, Huerta. We have no cause for war"
 Representative Gardner of Massa- chusetts, republican, said ne was will ling 10 vote the president full sup, port in the future, but was not willing to subscribe to the presidents posi-. tion in the Tampico incident He presented a substitute for the resolu- tion which would empower the presi- ] dent to use the armed forces of the United States without "justifying the course of the president so far"
 Representative Stevens of Missis. sippi was the first democrat to speak against the resolution. He said the resolution was a declaration of war and that he did not b0 ieve the presi l dent had made a sufficient case to 1 justify us in declaring war"
 Representative Butler of Pennsyl- l yania opposed the resolution as un, necessary. He was followed by kep- resentatiye Reilly of Connecticut, who aroused a storm of applause on the democratic side of the house by recit, | ing a poem to the flag.
 Representative Moore of Pennsyl. | yania offered an amendment provid- . ing that nothing in the resolution shall be construed as a declaration | Of war"
 As the debate drew to a close the | house became restless, applause be, came boisterous and speakers were interrupted by shouts of vote, vote 9 The crowded galleries joined in the spirit of restlessness and Speaker Clark had considerable difficulty in | suppressing disorder.
 Closing debate against the resolu- tion Minority Leader Mann declared | he was opposed to war because he had served in this house through one war"
 q have seen the results of the Spanish war" he said, and have | seen that no one can foretell the re- | suits of war. l do not believe it it | possible for us to have war with Mex, ico and ever leave Mexico I think | that when our troops land in Mexico City when the war is over, we will own Mexico; l am not now in favor of acquiring the responsibility for that ownership, I know that when | the time comes will join with ma,