The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-22

gress took from April II to April 19
to pass the resolution In 1898.
Members of the house filed into the
senate chamber and crowded the rear
of the hail Majority Leader Under
wood took a seat on the democratic
side. Senator Lodge took up the pend
ing resolution.
RESULT THE SAME.
This resolution uses the word jus
tify'' instead Of authorize he said.
| The result will be the same. This
resolution does not contemplate the
declaration Of war. The president in
his message dlscIaimed any hostility
toward the Mexican people, But this
resolution carried with it armed inter-
yention.
The consequences Of armed inter
vention are in many respects precisely
the same as war. But they present
task less capable of speedy compile
ton; involve vast expenditures. great
loss of life, perhaps and after months
and possibly years, may bring only the
satisfaction of feeling that we had
brought back peace and order and lib
erty TO a. distracted country
Reviewing the Tampico incident,
Senator Lodge said there was no doubt
in his mind but that incident consti-
tuted an insult to the American flag
and the American uniform and added
that we will stand behind the presi-
dents demand for atonement."
The cabinet meeting broke up while
the senate debate was on and Score
tary Tumulty and some of the cabi-
net members hurried to the senate
chamber to hear the speeches.
Nothing new in the situation was
the way Postmaster eneral Burleson
put 1t.
Senator Lodge resented any inapu-
tations that the republicans were
lacking in proper regard for the honor
Of the flag" but declared he could mot
join in any resolution which puts the
United States in the position of pre-
fering one murderer and cut throat
above another murderer and cut throat
Il have no desire to criticize Prest-
dent Wilson for his failure to recog-
nize General Huerta. He no doubt,
proceeded on grounds appearing to him
as sufficient. l condemn as strongly
as can the methods of treachery and
bloodshed by which Huerta reached his
present position. But the fact con-
denim his methods does not lead me
to put myself in a position which by
distortion of the acts which we take
here would put me behind Villa, who
began as a hired assassin and whose
pathway has been marked with blood
shed, rapine, plumber and by unnam-
able crimes which are a disgrace to
the country in which we live
A MELANCHOLY TRUTH,
TT is for that reason that the min
ority of the committee on foreign re-
lations has presented the substitute for
the preamble of the resolution. Not
one sentence can be denied. Each is a
melancholy truth
The senator added that the first act
under the resolution would be the tax
ing of Vera Cruz.
I'VE are engaged at this moment"
he declared, lowering his voice emo
tionally, mot only in deaTirUz with a
question involving the gravest respon-
sibilities that can confront the con-
gress, but as not often happens. we
are participating in a great historic
action. The grounds of our action had
today will lie before the world and will
come to the tribunal of history
IF we are to intervene in Mexico
at any peril, I want to lift it up from
the level of personal hostilities and
place it on the broad ground of great
national action, taken in the interest