Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-08
.''H|||ANDS / OFF, IN
NEGOTIATIONS
House By Vote Of 27e to 142
Tables McLemore Re
solution
WILSON is sUsTAINED, I,
Ninety-three Republicans Break Away
From Representative Mann's Lead
Yesterday
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Yesterday
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Washington March President
Wilson yesterday completely and
decisively won his long and sensa-
tional fight to compel Congress to
acknowledge that it stands behind
him in the submarine negotiations
with Germany.
To the rallying cries Of Stand by
the President" and as it Lansing and
Wilson or Won Bernstorff and the
Kaiser big Democratic majority
and nearly half of the Republicans
in the House three times rolled up
overwhelming votes against the move
ment to warn Americans off the arm
ed ships of the European belligerents.
The celebrated McLemore resolu-
tion, around which the anti-Adminis-
.tration forces centered their fight,
was tabled-in other words, killed
lust as was the Gore resolution for
similar purpose in the Senate last
week.
:, From the very outset of the fight
the Presidents supporters, without
regard to party, swept over the op-
position.
On the first vote, which was a
parliamentary proposition to prevent
Opening the McLemore resolution to
amendment and unlimited debate, the
ADMINISTRATION forces carried the day
256 to $50. On tha., 1872 Democrats,
Gs Republicans, and one Progressive
voted to support the Administration
Twenty -one Democrats, 1872 Republi-
cans, S Progressive, l Independent
and Representative London, the lone
Socialist Of the House voted against
it.
This was the crucial vote of the
fight, the one point on which Admin
istration leaders were not certain.
With victory in hand they moved; on
to the next proposition, the adoption
of special rule foc four hours dis
cussion of, the McLemore resolution.
AgainE theyy carried the's day. this
time s27l' to 13s, and then pushed
their victory; to Ia. conclusion';b by tab
ling tha McIeriore resolution. 276 to
l42.
In seven hours of tense, turbulent
session in which the Administration
opponents charged: that the President
was contending for doubtful legal
right and was shifting the response
bility of diplomatic negotiations to
Congress, the House swayed back
and forth in the most sensational
Congressional spectacle of decade,
nrobably unqualified since the event OF
the declarationso sof war on Spain.
President Wilson calm and conf
dent, heard :thes early results of the
voting in the sCabine, Groom :atl ths
White House with some of the Cabin
ct grouped about him. He told then
he was much gratified with the sup
port of Congress.
Released from the bonds OF emoar
rassment forced upon him by the dis
sensions in Congress, which nav
been represented in foreign capitals
as indicating that he was making M
demands on Germany in direct op
uosition to the sentiment of the elect
ed representatives of the people
President Wilson now stands prepar
ed to go, on with, the submarine nego
tiations with the Central Powers.
The next step probably will be a
answer to Germany-s last proposal Z
settle the Lusitania case, in whlcl
the United States probably will as
for such further assurances as it con
siders sufficiently broad and complet
to guarantee that the new submarin
campaign which began on March
and in which notice has been give
that all ships carrying guns will b
sunk without warning, will not Ell
danger Americans travelling the sea
on merchant vessels.
One of the days surprises was Il
failure of the so-called Bryan inf
ence to develop any appreciab
I, strength against the President
Stand by the President and
e not smbarrsss him in his diplomat
negotiations with foreign countlis.