The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-24
SENATOR ROOTS
. SPEECH WARLIKE
NEW YORK STATESMAN SAWS
1T is NO TIME TO
QUIANLE now
TORCH is LIGHTED
Crowded Galleries Are SilsnE As
Senators Discuss GEavest
of Topics
TORCH is LIGHTED
(By. Associated Pressl

excitement and grave concern peryad-
eu the chamber when the senate re-
convened at o'clock tonight.i The
crowded galleries and the floor were
alive with the news that four Ameri-
can marines had been kiiiad and 90
wounded in the taking OF Vera Cruz.
Spectators Silent.
The big crowd OF spectators sat i'm
silent attention as the roll was called
On the floor the senators gathered
In little groups and discussed hhe
meager reports printed in extra edi-
tions Of the newspaperA. Scores of
house members were on the senate
floor. joining in the excited gossip.
Senator Root opened the night ses-
sion with speech.
Il Shall not proiong the debate" he
said, "for believe that whatever ac-
tion we take ought to be taken to.
day. There should be no further de-
lay.
"As Senator Root began. the Brit
ish bassador. Sir Cecil Spring Rice
took place in the diplomatic gal
Iery.
Senator Root said the foreign rela-
ttons committee resolution, while
emitting the name of Huerta, made IL
plain that 1t was directed against
him. He expressed the highest re-
gard for the president and the highest
confidence In his purpoBeB."
opposes Program.
but we are not asked to express
our confidence in him." he continued.
we are asked: as part OF our duty
mere. to declare o certain course. OF
action in certain conditions to- be Gus.
4 tifip1 n or - !.
duty TO the hundred million people
of this country and our iuty, to tsths
civilized world"
The resolution Senator Root said,
called for "forceful armed compulsion
Iof the de facto government Eof e.
friendly nation to make amends for
an insult to the flag Of thisicusiritfy.9
I'VE cannot justify this" he said,
'on our confidence In the pSasideIt
We must Justify ourselves hefrTe the
conscience OF the. people of sasTr coQRsl
try and before the eyes OF fhe EefVi-
Esed world. What IL that 81 isicasa
tion? Mark you, do not say there lii
no Justification. ask what It IS. - V''-
Senator Root reviewed the Tampice
incident as the ayowed Justification"
by the president. He said the Incl
dent was an, Insult to our flag"
"But sir" he said, "amends were
Immediately made. The officer, who
made the arrest was himself arrested
The, commandapt at TamRieo aRolo-
gized. These amends were not salts
factory to the coilTsisasalsT "a the
american yasssEs g=a - demanded: :
salute to the flag.
/ Senator Root said he agreed that
the amends Were not sufficient as
lar, E,E,
although they would have been suffi-
eient coming from an, individual. "If
q dispute arose." he said, "as to de-
tails OF further amends, the customary
and usual Incidents surrounding such
a salute"
"This was the rnatter in dispufe be-
tween this government and the de-
facto government OF Mexico, and this
Is the Justification upon which the
resolution now before the senate Is.
i 5ased.
"We learn tonight that Vera Cruz
has fallen; that four marines lie
dead; that 20 lie suffering from
wounds. Is there. nothing else hut
this. dispute Of the number of guns
the form and ceremony OF a salute to
Justify the sacrifice OF the American
iiRes3 \
"Deeply as the president desires 10
| Emit the scope OF his actfnn-the
maintenace OF peace, history suggests
that ence lighted, the fires Of our war
cannot be quenched at will. What
ts the result Of these incidents no
man can tell. Men win die-nten dear
to us will die because OF the action
| We ere to take tonight. American
homes will be desolate, American
fehiidten will go through life father
less because. of the action we will
/ the page 20 find why fathets died, are
Ethey to find that e was about the
numbef OF guns or The form Of salsfte7i
eve, the Representatives. Of the
great democracy that RFidea: Itself be-
EfBfe the world that dem6cPacfes can
10 Velvfii W isIIi ist. - n tft1Fa Ti5 s;: 80;
ttficatioh that we can lay before thu
world, before the Judgment seat of
history, except q dispute about the
humber of gEns?"
Senator Root asked what would be
done II some tnefGenf had occurred In
an English. French or German port.
He said that any Gnch dispute could
be settled bF peaeefal negetiatiops,
-fe this dispute was ALL" he said,
there shonla be NO dIfftcaity In Feaeit-
Ing q peaeefal conelusion.
eff this be all. how cen we Justly
in our arrogance, our pEesent aktikndei
toward bankrunt. weak. deBDaEias
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