The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-03
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BY1IHI|IIEl VOTE
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Only Fourteen Senators Lin
ed Up in 0pposition
to President
TWOOFTHEM.BEIl[OGRATS
Administered ton Forces Now
Turn Attention TO the
House.

WASHINGTON, March vote
OF 6S to ia greatar smaj jortty tiaan
they expected administradon torces
in the Senate today tabled Senator
Cores resolution TO- warn Amettca1s
OFF armed ships of the Europe can belltg=
erents and thereby fna1ly queIled ~
the Senate an agitation which ms etIi-
barassed President Wilson IN the Sub
marine negotiation with Germany.
Senator Cores resolution, O snbstis
tute by Senator McCumbe ber. q Iaepttbh-
can, and an attempt by Senato Gore tp
strengthen his original proposal M
were defeated at one ItimaHon the roll
call on motion by Senat tor James one
OF the administrat tions whips. ~ tahle
them The administration victory IN
the Senate transferred the fight % the
House. s
Senator Gore himself voted to table
his resolution. Senator's Chanihe
and o'Gorman were the only pemc-
crats to vote against the adninistra-
tion. The other 70 anti dn1tn stra-
tion votes were all Republicans. For
ty.four Democrats and s22s Repnbl
voted to table-the sreso1u Dufing
the roll call Senator Smoots Repubtds
can, asked to be excused from vpting
because he was! not able to xote d.
rectly on the Jproposit ton. Senator
Borah. Republfc lean, Hohjected but kne
Senate voted TO excuse fhtna
when senator fStones snaIne Va cttils
ed. he arose. to explain Tint senator
Salisbury, Democrats twaR abeent on
account OF illness. he said tliat n
present Senator 1Saulsharg would have
voted on the original resotntipn.
"If this Senate IS going 70 be gng-
ged the Senator, from fiEeot1n VII
be gagged with the rest 0f MS" Soma
tor Borah shouted
When order was srestoeen Sernto Tor
Stone explained that Ton this resoiu-
ton | vote aye.sfs
There was some uncert atnty aracnE
senators as to the status 81 tie various
resolutions when the roll call had be-
gun. 1t was explained then that Sen
ator James had moved 10 lay NOT only
the Gore warning resolntion but also
the so.called corrected RESOLUTION on
the table. twas necessary then for
senators to express themselHes as 10
warning and on thee ton Of the XIII
ing ot. an American on an uEfwarnou
merchant man as "a Scauae Of War IN
one vote. For that reason Senator
Gore voted to tab becanse he did
not favor HIS own snbstitute and had
introduced It merely get IN expres-
sion on that issue. The text on Sen
ator Cores add ition 20 his original
resolution and which was tabled with
the warning reso1t o1ttionSWas as follow;
"Resolved by the senate the House
OF Representatfveslco concurring that the
sinking by German ssuhnia aEilie With
out notice or, warning fsan armed rner-
chant vessel Of her public eneray re-
su1ting in the death m cttizen Of the
United States would sconstitute Just
and sufficient caused q Mar between
the United States and the German EN-
pire." Z: a l5si
Several senatorsi explanied ttnt
the double form OF EEtheiduestipn was re-
sponsibIe for the character of the vote
as few senators wanted to vote on
the question regarding d cause 1ox
war. ~,
q It was said at the White FIouse that
the result in the Senate Waa satlstac-
tory and met the wishes OF President
Wilson. It was added That attention
would now be centrated on the Sit
,lation IN the House;