Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-07
WARNING RESOLUTION
AND ALL SUBSTITUTES
TABLED BY So To Il
With Victory Wen in Senate
President Turns Attention to
House and Demands Swift
Action on Same Proposition

WASHINGTON, March By a vote
of 6S to II, a greater majority than
they expected, administration forces IN
the senate today tabled Senator Gore
resolution to warn Americans of the
armed ships Of the European belligerents
and thereby finally quelled in the SEN
ate an agitation which has embarrassed
President Wilson i'm the submarine ne
gotiations with Germany.
Senator Cores resolution, "A substitute
| bv Senator McCumber. a Republican,
and an attempt by senator Gore 70
strengthen his original proposal, all
were defeated at one time on a roll call
on a motion by Senator James, one of
the administration whips, to table them.
The administration victory in the sen
ate transferred the fight to the house.
Senator Gore voted to table because he
did not favor his own substitute and in
troduced it merely TO get an expression
of the senate on that issue.
Senators Chamberlain and OGorman
were the only Democrats to vote agains;
the administration, which was supported
by every southern senator. The other
twelve anti-administration votes were
all Republican.
Forty-seven Democrats and twenty
one Republicans voted to table the Gore
resolution.
When the vote was announced the vice
president announced morning business
was closed and there was a general exc
dus from the galleries.
TEXT OF CORRECTION.
The text of the Gore correction which
Was tabled with the warning resolution
was as follows:
Resolved, by the senate (the house of
representatives concurring) that the
sinking by a German submarine without
notice or warning of an armed merchant
vessel of her public enemy, resulting in
the death of a citizen of the United
States, would constitute a just and suf-
ficient cause of war between the United
States and the German empire
Several senators explained that the
double form of the question was re-
spOnsible for the character of the vote
as few senators wanted to vote on the
question regarding a cause for war.
IL was said at the White House that
the result In the senate was satisfacto-
ry and met the wishes of President Will
son. 1t was added that attention would
now be concentrated on the situation i'm
the house.
While the senate was voting house
leaders were working. There was no
doubt that the administration victory N
the senate was expected to solidify the
sentiment in the house and the leaders
looked for some favorable developments
during the day.
Senator McCuInber later reintroduced
substantially the same resolution he had
offered as a substitute to the Gore resO
luton. The McCumber resolution would
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WILSON GOES AFTER HOUSE.
President Wilson, after ne mad con-
ferred with Acting Chairman Pou of the
rules committee, determined to have a
vote in the house even if a special rule
containing a resolution were required
tC get IL.
Insistence that a vote be taken by
rules committee action if necessary
came after varying reports as to the
stand of the foreign affairs committee.
As Yet no resolution has been agreed
on in the latter committee which would