The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-03
WILSON Def

purposes; ana II Is the IuflleF SSASo
of the congress that no passport
should be issued or renewed by the
secretary of state or by any one acting
under him, to be used by any person
owing allegiance to the United States
for the purpose of travel upon any
such armed vessel OF belllgefeht
power"
In House Tomorrow.
The house will consider some sort
of a warning resolution tomorrow
morning between 10 O'Clock and noon
at the request of Chairman Pou OF the
rules committee. 1t was agreed to-
day to recess tonight until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning in order to give the
resolution chance to come up under
unanimous consent.
1t was said at the White House that
the result in the senate was satisfac-
tory and met the wishes of President
Wilson. 1t was added that attention
would now be concentrated on the
situation in the house.
When the senate assembled prompt
~ at II o'clock practically all the ad-
ministration senators were in their
seats waiting for the usual round of
morning business to be passed over so
Senator Stone could make the agree
motion to table the Gore resolution.
To hurry the procedure it was agree
to dispense with reading the journal,
the usual grist of memorials and petit
tons was presented. The floor crowd
ed with senators and representatives
and the galleries packed by throng
which included the presidents wife,
fairly hummed with expectation
Gore Has Amendment.
Senator Gore, author of the reso1u-
ton which the administration forces
were ready to kill and who yesterday
made the sensational declaration that
he had heard President Wilson ex-
pected war with Germany was led to
his seat by his secretary, the cynosure
of all eyes in the chamber. The adj
ministration leaders confident and
prepared sat back awaiting the proper
moment.
After a brief parliamentary brush
he was permitted to submit the cor
rection of his resolution but when he
sought to discuss it he was shut off
on objection by Senator James. The
correction was then read and Senator
James moved that it be included in
the motion to table the original.
Morning business was finally
closed and Senator Stone asked that
the Gore resolution be laid before the
senate. Senator McCumber, represen-
tative of North Dakota, offered a sub
stitute to express the sense of the
senate that the rules of international
law should be revised to meet new
conditions of war and that pending
negotiations with foreign powers,
from endangering their lives by trav-
cling on armed ships.
@ Submits Substitute.
When the McCumber substitute hal
been read, Senator Stone again called
for the Gore resolution and it was
laid before the senate. Thereupon
Senator James of Kentucky. moved
that the resolution and all substitutes
be laid On the table. Senator Gore
was on his feet asking for recognition
a roll call was ordered on the pro-
posa1 to table the Gore resolution.
Senator Gore then offered cor
rection on his resolution to make it
the death of an American citizen on
an unwarned Workmanship would he
just cause for war.
p Included in the motion to table the
original resolution and all SubSti-
tutes.
Senator Gallinger asked that the
original Gore resolution be read. That
was done and the vice president or
dered a roll call on motion to table
Senator Cores correction which it was
decided had to be considered sep
arately.
The roll call was on Senator James
motion to table the original Gore
resolution and all subs" The vote
the McCumber sub and the Gore
correction.
Gore Against Own Bill.
Senator Gore, himself. voted to
table his resolution. Senators Cham
berlain and O'Gorman were the only
Democrats to vote against the admin
istrc ton The other twelve anti-ad-
ministration votes were al Repuon-
can. Forty-seven Democrats and TWEEN
ty-one Republicans voted to table the
resolution
The roll call was as follows:
Ayes-Ashurst, Bankhead, Beck
ham, Brandegee. Broussard, Burleigh,
Chiffon, Clark, Wyo.; Clark, Ark; Colt,
Culberson, Curtis, Dillingham;, Dupont,
Fletcher, Gore, Harding, Hardwick,
Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes, Husting,
James, Johnson, Maine; Johnson,
South Dakota; Kern, Lane, Lee, Mary
land; Lewis, Lodge, Mclean, Martin,
MARITIME, Myers, Nelson, Newlands,
oliver, Overman, Owen, Page, Phe-
Ian, Pittman, Poindexter, Pomerene,
RansdeIl, Reed, Shafroth. Sheppard,
Shiels, Simmons, Smith, Arizona
smith, Michigan; Smith, South Caro-
lima; Sterling, Stone, Swanson, Thorn
as. Thompson, Millman, Underwood,
Vardaman, Wadsworth, Walsh, War
rem, Weeks, Williams. Iotai oec
Nays-Borah, Chamberlain. Clapp,
Cummins, Fall, Gallinger, Gronna,
Jones, La Toilette, McCumber, Norris
O,Gorman, Sherman, Works. Total a.
Senator McCumber later re-1ntro-
duced substantially the same resoiu-
ton he had offered as a substitute
for the Gore resolution The McCum-
Der resolution would go to the calen-
dar.
Finds Gors Exaggerated.
Senator Owen, colleague of Senator
Gore, who amazed the senate with a
report that President Wilson mad
said the entrance of the United states
into the European war might render
a service to civilization. conferred with
the president today and said later he
had found Senator Cores account en-
tirely without foundation.
Senator Owen went to the White
House at the request of several other
senators to learn the exact status OF
the international situation before the
eanate votes on the Gore resolution,