Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-20
DID NOT
ENDORSE WILSON
ADMINISTRATOR
Amenment Offered by Frienns OF CoIquitt
Endorsing His Administration Put TO
Sleep Bill Endorsing Democratic Govern
ment of United States.

The Texas senate after i. warm debate
Monday put Ia sleep 4 resolution cud"r--
ing the Administrations II President Wood
row Wilson. The resolution encountered
rough slcddm. from the start. hut when
Scntor Ilud~pcih offered IN amendment
adding q section lndor~ing !nc ,olpuilt ad-
miuI>tratiun it. fate wa~ sealed. The rc~"-
lution WA sent up hy Wr-tbrunk and IN
addition bore the signatures al Conner
Townsend. Hall. Darwin. Harley. Harris.
Robbins. Suffer. Johnson. baltimore. Hem
dcr~"u. >"Wcll. Gibson and Parr.
The resolution provided for the Imdor-r
mcnr ~ The Wilson p%oIiric~. excepting tlr
declaration ii favor II the exemption VI
American vessels from payment ~ TOLL
through The Panama canal. whIrh found
Ill WAY INTO the Democratic platform
through an oversight" The resolution
also Endorsed the action 81 the president
and congress ~ repeating the law grant
ing ~ Amrriran vessels such exemption.
The McXiran policy ~ the president was
also Iudnr~cd.
With the rrldu. wi the resolution Ne
Nrtlu> al Dallas wa- uu hi feet saving
that ordinarily ~ would vote far u rc~ulu-
tion indor~ing Democratic officials,
whether national. state ~ local. hut this
resolution ~ regarded ~ ~ ~wrcpIn. IN
IL terms ~ t. involve an unqualified IN
dorsement 81 President Wilson and al his
policies and IN that view he would oppose
a..
Senators llud-rrth and Page brought on
The spicy part ~ the debate when ihcy sent
M th" following amendment 10 hc added ~
the end ot the resolution offered by West
brook and further. wc indur~e the wise
and patriotic administration uf Governor
o. T.. t"lquItt. VII" - now retiring from the
ar,iu"u~ and responsible DUNE ~ -aid uf
flee, and wish hm peace and prosperity in
hi retirement "a private life"
Wc>tbrook objected on pom, of order
that the amendment wa> not gcrmauc L. hi
rc~ohfiion hut HudSpcth insisted u wa~
and sand that IL Thu senate can indor~r
The national administration IT. President
wilson. then surely - Democratic senate
can ind"r~r the administration ni a Drmu-
'rniIr governor: IT y man vh" bad kept
tie iaIih and lIN"d up tu Democratic doe
;I'rr AMI tradition.
Gibson thought the two propositions
should not ~ coupled and IN general NJ
wa opposed IN political discussions M the
senate. hut ~ iclt that IN The present ,ituI-
tion au Endorsement ~ Wilson wa~ az
prnprIatc. IT, wa~ sorry there should nave
been = row between the governor ~ Texas
and the national administration. bat want
ri the resolution H. pass. II was al this
stage n the debate that the senate went Ia
the hall "r representatives a. assist in the
canvass oi ihr vote tor governor. When
the discussion was resumed late in the
afternoon session the resolution was rhlu-
reformed hy reference d" llr committee un
state affairs, Bailey at Dewitt making a.,
motion. stANe
senator Henderson. with Il view II
choking IN such political resolutions IN
the future. sent ~ 4 resolution tor ~
a%mcntmcut ~ the rule referring ~ 81 the
endorsements and other political resolutions
I. The committee "n rules without debate
Thl~ Was referred.