The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-04

2S11Sr X y plsnne1 70 hs<e chair-
<6 E3ooA. ~ the Ecrefxn Affairs
3xSfft&s. move 20 ~ the Me-
Xx61aro resolution on the table. This
11}II cut az al opportunity 20 debate
~ u Amend the resolution and win
s 1efce IN fmmediAte vote
0pDonents OF the President declare
th&y can easily vote Tor the rule. In
view Of the committee report. which
s <sornmfts the House only TO the propo-
natton thnt at this time the President
should be- allowed fun responsibility
Tor foreign nesotintions TO follow
this course, they say. In no wise pro-
Aihz<E their declaring against the
Presidents foreign policy at any fu-
<nre time.
Democratic members Of the Rules
I Committee met informally tonight.
ana the time for a formal meeting OF
the whole committee was fixed at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. Feeling
ran high AZ the informal meeting to-
utrht, and Ii Is considered not impos-
sible that the special rule may not be
crowded in time tomorrow for con-
sideration OF the report. 1t Is be-
ueved that the administration favors
reinforcement of the whole matter
until Monday.
WIN FIRST Notify Congress.
The inclusion in the Foreign Affairs
+ Committee report of its knowledge
chat the President will notify Con-
xrese before savering relations with
1 any foreign power resulted from
statement in the committee made by
Chairman Flood. He said that the
4 President had told him definitely that
before he severed diplomatic relations
with Germany or Austria he would
a snxx al tn fn rtu hnf y.ytr ~e
The dominating feeling In the Sen
!. ate tonight is unfeigned astonishment
( that Its action today has been accept
s ed by the President as satisfactory
4 and as meeting his wishes.
Z That action was the tabling of an
4 amended resolution that declared spe-
j ciflcaily that the sinking of an armed
Il meYcha ntmaa. resulting In the loss of
an American hEss wooad constitute a
knaszcient fauBen for war between the
= United States and the offending bel
II ligerent The vote was IS to II.
- 1t was the answer OF the Senate TO
y the demand of the President that
4 there should be a vote upon the Gore
+ INTO TO travel on armed ships of bel
Z iiEerents
h To Senator Gore. author OF the ORR
9fnai resolution, belongs the credit
9aof compelling the Senate to table the
: resolution after the ~~~ had been APP
y piled and Senators compelled TO bow
ii 10 the will OF the Executive.
Crowds Jam Senate Galleries.
1t seemed as IL all official and un-
i official Washington had determined to
he present in the Senate galleries, the
~ crowds jamming into the relatively
ssfew seats long before 1880. the hour
i announced for converting this morn
+ ing Extra yards were necessary to-
restrain the densely packed crowds in
j the corridors. a large part OF which
j remained for more than an hour after
!. the Senate convened In the hope that
seats might be vacated
The Presidents pew in the Sena-
i tors private gallery Was filled with
/ a. distinguished party of fashionabiy-
/ Sowned women and formally CARRIED
men members of the diplomatic
corpasvehiefsy from South American
s-osaAsr&es crowded the diplomatic gal
/ isry.- Es5A ssppe Brambilia. counsellor
r~of the IsHffnn embassy, was the only
Il representative of any of the bellig-
4 erent powers who witnessed the pro-
ceedinRs-~...
- Members OF the House lined the rail
on the floor BY the time the Senate
aeanvened there WAS not room for an
other representative In the space re-
-~Trrreu FIR tarrYrrrhey were all there
for one purpose---to rush to their own
wing Of the Capitol and spread the
news the moment the vote was an
nounced.
Everyone who understood the stu
alton knew that every detail Of the
weii-laid plans to bring about action
without debate had been carefully
perfected by the leaders. But whether
the plan would work smoothly was at
least doubtful enough to justify the
tense expectancy that marked the
feeling of the crowd
The plans warke&~-45at not gsite 10
smoothly az the administration lead
ers could have hoped.
James At Sidciine.
The ball was started rolling by SEN
afr7- Sstcrre-wf1o favors resolution
OF warning, although supporting the
President In his determination to keep
-ast- Of Congress tAa handling of for
efgn affairs. Senator Stone asked that
the Gore resolution be laid before the
Senate. Standing nearby and ready
20 Jump into any breach was Senator
& Ollie James, OF Kentucky, big or
frame and stentorian OF voice. Senator
James was there to take care OF any
thing that looked like a senatorial
baik
The moment the vice-President laid
the resolution before the Senate, Mr..
James moved that It be laid on the
liable. Developments followed thick
and fast Senator Gore demanded
recognition and Mr.. James tried to
insist that debate was not in order.
u rise to a question of personal
{ privilege" shouted Mr.. Gore. facing In
\ the direction Of his antagonist II
have the right to amend my resolu-1
sion This is a sacred and inalienable
& right that cannot be denied"
Gore Plays Trick.
Tho Vice-President held with Mr..
j Gore who Immediately offered the
amendment 10 his resolution. BY this
action the Oklahoma Senator changed
the entire character of the resolution
and at the same time tied the Senate
hard and fast. There was no oppor-
tunity to debate the new proposition.
Senators who would never have sup
ported the motion TO table under other
circumstances were compelled so to
vote. They excused themselves later
on the plea that the whole world read
lily understand "the parliamentary
trick that had been played upon them
by Senator Gore.
The roll call began amid a degree
of ran fusion rare in the annals of the