The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-03

1 anything to convey the impression that | he desired the United States to enter the war to shorten it or for any other | reason, but he reiterated the necessity l of upholding the national honor of the United States at all costs.
 No attempt was made to minimize the realization of the effect Sena- tor Cores declaration might have on the foreign situation at this time, and
 on all sides it was admitted to be probably the most serious turn that
 has yet been given to the situation. Behind the curtain of dramatic events which shadowed the actual steps in the Presidents fight for de- | feat of the anti administration resolu- tions and repudiation of the sentiment spread abroad that majority of Goa l gress is opposed to his foreign policy, the administrators supporters took dras- | tic steps to carry out the Presidents de- | nand for record vote.
 FIGHT IN SENATE 1 Faced by the possibility of indefinite l delay in the House, they transferred the fight to the Senate. After having | fight will be carried back to the other ] side of the capitol.
 | President Wilson again today made It
 plain to Chairman Flood of the foreign affairs committee that he wanted one of the warning resolutions brought out Of 1 the committee for a vule and defeated Tn 1 the House. But after the committee had deliberated most of the day on what l form such a resolution should take, 1t adjourned without action until tomorrow afternoon The President was informed that on a canvass of the committee 10 members were in favor 1t reporting Rep l resentative McLemore's resolution and nine were against it There are 21 mem- bers of the committee.
 Outside of the democratic ranks the principal development was President Will sons invitation to Republican Leader l Mann to confer with him at the White l House.
 CONFERS WITH MANN I MT. Mann went to th- White House at 5 o'clock this afternoon and after a 1 conference with the President was silent. It was understood that the President,
  uation as purely nonpartisan question. had sent for the repe olican leader to | acquaint him with all tne details of the ! complex condition of affairs, and prob | ably ask for the support of the repub- | licans in his determination to stand for | the right of American citizens to travel | the seas under the. guarantee of inter- 1 national law. Later Mr. Mann would not 1 indicate what he said to the President l or how he would vote on a warning res- ] olution, but it is generally understood a l majority of the republicans would vote l against one.
 ! After Representative Mann left, the
 President conferred with Secretary Lan- l sing over the events in the Senate and | their effect on the situation.
 l Conferences of administration leaders ! in the Senate were held as soon as the I last word in the long pent-up discus sion had been uttered Oh the floor. | LORE MADE A BREAK
 Senator Stone closeted himself to work
 out plan for substitute resolution.
 Meanwhile other democrats. among them Senators Kern, James, Martin, Swanson, l POmerene ClafKe, Williams, HugneS
 Simmons and Overman. retired to com mittee room. Their first impulse was to
 discuss the declarations of Senator Gore l regarding the reports of President Will | SCI ms statements to congressional lead
 CTS Deep regret over the utterances | was voiced by nearly every senator present.
 l But this was passed over quickly and | the conclusion was unanimous that de- | cisive action be taken without further delay. Within less thaA an hour, the l plan for disposing of the issue without
 debate had been agreed upon. Then a l statement of the attitude of Senator Stone and the republican senators was sought l Senator Stone submitted suggestions foi l a substitute resolution which he thought
 might meet with general approval of the Senate.
 NO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
 The republicans who were seen stated
 frankly that they would vote for no res
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