El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-03

public discussion and this is the full
public discussion we have"
McCumber Demands Debate.
In reintroducing his resolution SEN
ator McCumber protested that debate
could not be shut off and that either
later today or tomorrow he would call
up his resolution.
Senator Clarke. Democrat. of Arkan-
sas, also protested against the senate's
action. although he voted with the ma
jOrity.
official Washington FavOrs Allies.
There is no overlooking the fact"
NE said that all the declarations Of
this government had led in a certain
direction; that official America. at
least, was interested in the success of
one of the contestants, and it does not
require much ingenuity to determine
which. I do not think that the view
of official Washington is the view Of
the American people, or Of the Amer
lean congress.
Il am out of patience with those con-
stantly seeking to magnify the impor-
lance of the utterances Of the presf-
dent, who feel that his having once
expressed an opinion others opinions
must be instantly paralyzed."
Great Debate in Sennte.
In one OF the greatest nOnpartisan de-
bates the senate has seen in years
chairman Stone of the foreign relations
committee. Thursday, declared he was
not In accord with the president: SEN
ator Lodge, the ranking Republican,
pledged his support to the presidents
determination TO secure to Americans
their rights on the high seas. and SEN
ator John Sharp Williams, just from
sick bed delivered whitening denuncf-
alton of the presidents opponents
Reports Spread in Germany.
While the senate debated. there came
news to the state department from Ber-
lin which convinced officials that the
dissensiOp in congress was being used
deliberately to weaken the presidents
hand in Germany Confidential advices
state that reports circulated in the Ger
man capital as having come from Wash
ington, declared that congress stood
five to one against the president
stone Disngrees with President.
The storm broke in the senate prompt
" at noon Thursday when senator
Stone arose to make a statement of his
position in the warning controversy.
When the senator had frankly stated
that he differed from the president, but
that he hoped a way could be found to
bring the executive and congress in
closer accord, he urged that prompt ac-
tiOn was necessary to rid the president
Of the embarra ssment he had COM
planned because of congressional agi-
tation.
distressing as it is to me. am
obliged to disagree with the president
as well as many of my colleagues" said
senator Stone. My opinions have been
matured after great elaboration and
my sense of duty is imperative. I can
not but believe that a belligerent mer-
chairman. heavily armed, no matter
whether it be called defensive or Of
fensive armament is in all essential re-
spects the equivalent of a duly COM
missiOned war vessel"
Lodge Defends President.
Senator Lodge rose on the Repub-
lican side to defend the presidents po-
sition. He agreed with senator Stone in
his conclusion that the issue was by
far the most important one before con-
gress and that it should be squarely
met. and urged that the president had
right to ask congress for a vote on
the precise question of warning en-
bodied in the Gore resolution. In en-
phatic language he upheld the deter
mination of the president that nothing
should be done to abridge the right Of
Americans to the freedom Of the seas
right that had not been challenged
for over a century.
Williams UphOlds Wilson.
As the Republican leader took his
seat. senator williams. almost too i'll to
stand, began to speak. He said there
came time for the parting Of the wavs
among all peoples. all administrations
and all parties, and that such a time
had come in the senate now. He added.
through resolutions and in speeches