Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-08
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Hahon leaders. They paid little attention
}n the involved legal phases Of the situa-
Lion.
7 Tributes were paid to the President by
hlmost every Democratic speaker. To a
IMAM they insisted that the President did
mot want war.
Opponents Of the administration made
much of the proposal by Secretary Lam
sing to the Allies on JAM Is in which he
said he thought the right to arm mer-
chantmen was doubtful legality. They
insisted that the whole controversy with
Germany hinged on that. Mr. Floods
answer was that the Allies had declined
to agree to the suggestion that they dis
arm merchantmen. and therefore the
whole issue stood as it was before Sec.
rotary Lansing wrote his memorandum
In all the fight nobody, except Rep.
McLemore himself. had good word to
say for the resolution about which all the
storm centered. The Republicans who
fought tabling it did so because they
wanted a chance TO substitute one drawn
by Rep. Campbell of Kansas.
The long debate. lasting from II O'Clock
in the morning until well after o'clock
conducted with the utmost good feeling.
The galleries were packed throughout
the day and hundreds were turned away
AS the result Of an error in the official
count, Speaker Clark announced that 143
votes had been cast against tabling the
resolution. Careful checking later proved
that the total was 142
Now that votes have been taken in both
the Senate and House and the state de-
partment is preparing to go on with the
diplomatic negotiations. President Wilson
hopes that there will be as little further
discussion Of the issue as possible.
Colonel f. NJ. House, who investigated
this and other questions abroad for Pres
tdent Wilson. did not leave for New YORK
today as he had planned.
Summary Of Vote
Following is a summary of the final
vote on the motion to table the McLe-
more resolution:
Ayes: Democrats. 1s2; Republicans. 49,;
Progressives, /. Total, 276.
Nays: Democrats. 80; Republicans, 1o2;
l. Total, 142-
TdIcu dIu uot SOtlIlS, 1a
In the first test in the House the
armed ship question the administration
forces won. go to 100.
Opportunity for amending the Mole
more resolution to warn Americans off
the armed ships of European belligerents
was removed and the House turned to
debate on the resolution itself.
The Vote
The vote follows:
AYES-Democrats: Abercrombie Adj
amson, Aiken. Alexander. Allen, Almon,
Ashbrook. Aswell .Ayres, Barley, Barn
hart. Beaks, Bell. Blackmon, Bocher,
Borland, Brumbaugh, Burnett, Byrnes
(south Carolina). Byrns (Tennessee)
Caldwell. Gambler. Cantrill. Caraway, Ca
rev, Carlin, Carter (Oklahomap, Casey,
Cline. Coady. Collier. Connolly. Conry,
Cox. Crisp. Crosser. Davenport Dent. De-
walt. Dickinson, Dill, Dickson. Doolittle,
Doremus, Doughton. Dupre, Eagan, Ed
wards, Estopinal, Evans, Farley. Ferris,
Fields, Finley. Flood. Gallagher, CALI
van, Candy. Gard, Garner, Garrett, Glass,
Goodwin, Goodwin. Gordon, Gray (Alaba-
MAJ. Gray Undiana), Griffin, Hammlin,
Hardy, Harrison, Hart Hastings, Hay,
Hayden. Hef1in, Helm. Helverng, IIol-
land, Hood Houton. Howard, .Iuddleston.
Hughes. Hubert, Hull Tennessee), Hum
phries (MississippD, JacoWay, johnson
Kentucky). Johnes, Ketner Key, kinche-
loe. kitchin, Lazaro. Lee Lesher. Lever,
Lewis. Lieb, Libel, Lnthicum. Littlepage,
Lloyd, McAndrews, McClntock McGilli-
cuddy, Mcclellan, Maher. Mays Monta-
que, Moony, Morgan Louisana) Morri-
son. Moss Undiana), Murray. Nelly. Mich
OILS (South Carolina), Oglesby. Oldfield.
Oliver, Olney, O'Shaughnessy, Overmyer
Padgett. Page (North Carolina), Park.
Patten. Phelan, Pou. Price Gum, Rags
dale, Rainey. Raker. Randall, Rauch
Rayburn, Riordan, Rouse, Rubey. Rucker
Russell Missouri). SABBATH, Saunders
Scully, Sears, Shackleford. Sher.ey, Sher-
wood, Sims, Small. Smith (Texas). SPARK
man. Seagall. Stedman, Steele (Pennsyl-
vana), Stephens (MississippD, stone
Stout. Summers. Taggart. Tague, Talbot
Taylor (Arkansas). Thomas, Thompson,
Tillman. Tribble, Eenable. Vinson, Walk.
er. Watkins. Wathen Nirginia). Webb
Whaley. William Elsa, Williams Hllinois)
Wilson Florida), Wilson Nouisiana),
Wfngo. Wise and Young (Texas). Total
49,
AYES-Republicans Beals. Britt.
browning. Carter (Mass), Cooper,
tOhio). Cooper CW. Va.), Crago, Cur
ry. Dale (Vt), DalIipger, Danforth,
barrow. Dempsey. Dunn. Edmonds.
Emerson, Fairchild. Farr. Tess. Ford
ney. Foss, Freeman. Gardner, Gillette,
Glinn, Gould. Graham. Gray, On. j.,
Green (Mass.), Greene (Vt), Grist,
Guernsey. Hadley. Hamilton, On. W.
Haskell. Hicks, Hinds Howell, Humph-
rey (Wash), Hustled, James, John
son (Washington). Keister, Keller,
Kennedy (R- RI. Kiess. Kreider. La
fean, Lehlbach, Lold, Macarthur, Nc
Cracker, McFadden. Mclaughlin, Ma
see. Mapes. Miller Pa.), Moores, Mo-
rem. Moot Nichols (Mass), North,
Oakley. Paige (Mass.). Parker IN. j..
Parker IN. W. Peters, Plat, Porter.
Pratt. Rogers, Rowe. Sanford, Scott
(Mich), Scott (a.). Sells, Sinnott,
Smith Udaho), Smith (Mich.). Smell,
Snyder. Stiness. Swift, Temple, Till
son. Tinkham. Treadv ay, Ware, Walsh,
Ward NraSon Williams fnb;oN Wiz,