Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-22
SENATE ASSES
WAR RESOLUTION
Measure Voted on at 3;2o
This Morning After Pro-
tracted Debate.
~ IS -
72 AYES AND 13 NOES.
Minority Republicans President
Showed His Preponderance of
Strength in Upper Body.
~ AYES AND 13 NOES.

Washington, April 22.-The Sen
ate, at 1920 .o'clocq this morning pas
sed the foreign Relations Commit
tees resolution "justfying' ths
Presidents use of the armed forces
Of the United States in Mexico sole.
ly on the ground of the insult tc
the flag at Tampico and indignities
committed against the American un.
form
The adopted resolution is the one
which the Foreign Relations Com
mi!tee reported to the Senate at
1910 yesterday (Tuesday) morning
Us a substitute for the measure pas
sed by the House. 1t was passed on
a strictly partisan vote of seventy
two. to thirteen, after bitter strug-
gle on the part of the opposition to
make the situation serve as the ba-
sis for a political attack on the adj
ministration.
The fight ragged on the floor OF
the Senate continuously from noon
yesterday until the Republicans were
forced to permit the passage of the
bill putting the Senate on record as
supporting President Wilson's course
in the Mexican crisis.
The resolution, while not attack
Ing Huerta 10y name, as the Presi-
dent had desired, does not contain
anything condemnators, Of carr:ans::ss
or Villa; nor does it intimate any
failure on the part of the admins
tration to protect American lives
and property in Mexico. 1t will &c
TO the House at noon today and will
be accented by the lower body.
The thirteen Senators who voted
against the resolution are all Re
phblicans: They are ,Brandegee, OF
Cpnnecticut;, Bristow, Of Kansas;
Dillingham;, of Vermont; Gallinger
of New Hampshire; La Toilette, OF
wisconsin,: Lippitt, of; Rhode Island
Lodge, of:iMassachusetts;' Norris, ioi
Nebraska: Oliver, of Pennsylvania
Root, of New York. .smoqt, of Utah
Weeks, of Massachusetts, ant
Works, of California.
The following Senators. seventy.
two in number, voted "yea:"
Ashurst, Bankhead, Borah, Brad,
ley, Brady, Bryan: Burleigh, Catron
Chiffon, Clapp, Clark (Wyoming,)
Clarke (Arkansas), Colt, Crawford
,Cvrmmins, Fall, Fletcher, Golf,
Gore, Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes,
James, <!Johnson, Jones, Kenyon
Kern, Lane, Lea (Tennessee,) Lee
tMaryland), Lewis, McCumber, Nc
Lean,;H Martin, MARITIME, Newton
O'Gorn,an, Overman, Owen, Page
Penrose, Perkins, Pittman, Poindex
ter, Pomefene, RansdeN, Reed, Rob
inson, Salisbury, Shafroth, Shep
pard, Sherman, SHEDS, Shively, Sim
mons, Smith (Georgia), Smith
(Maryianay, Smith (Michigan)
Smith (South Cardinal, Sterling
Sutherland,; Swanson, Thomas
Thompson, Thornton, Townsend
Varlamai, Walsh, Warren, Wes-
and Williams. -
The war resolution was passe
only after numerous amendment
and substitutes were offered an
beaten down by the Presidents pre-
ponderance Of strength in the Ser
ate.
The resolutions adopted is as fo
lows: g.,
"Justfying the employment b
the President of the armed forces {
the United States. SO
"In view OF the facts presented b
the President of the United States
his address delivered 70 the Cor
gress, in joint session on the twei
tieth day of April, nineteen hundre
and fourteen, with regard to certa
affronts and indigrities Commits
against the United: States IN Mexic
be it - -, -.
Resolved: BY .the Senate al
House of Representatives OF Il
United States of. America in. Go
gress assembled. z5s y, -. =. - = =