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! 81 Bryan on Capitol Hill at this time has
anything to do with the movement for a
fwarnng to Americans not to travel on
! armed merchantmen, Representative War
rem Worth Bailey, of Pennsylvania, said
today that 20 Democrats would confer
With the former Secretary this afternoon.
Il have invited 20 of Mr.. Bryans friends
to takel luncheon with him at my hotel this
afternoon" said Mr. Bailey
lk The hotel is within a block of the Capt.
f iol but Mr.. Bailey said he did not expect
he guest OF honor would go either to the
I'LL or the House or the Senate.
'The luncheon" said Mr.. Bailey, has
no significance whatever"
Despite increased clamor in Congress
for a direct vote on the merits of n
resolution warning Americans off armed
ships pending negotiations with the Cen
trail Powers, it became more certain that
the House will vote to table the Nc
Lemore resolution.
Ultimately, however, few leaders saw
how another vote, in both the Senate and
House on simple warning resolution
could be avoided
Efforts were renewed to postpone the
House vote until Thursday. This agita-
uon came from the anti-Administratio
faction. 1t was practically a foregone
conclusion that the movement would not
succeed and that the House vote would
ne taken tomorrow, according to the
schedule.
WILSON SEES REPUBLICANS.
me President today called Represent
Suye Bennet and Representative Lenroot,
Aepuoiican members of the Rules Com
mi.tee, to the White House and discussed
win them the rule needed to bring about
vote on the McLemore resolution. The
republicans told the Executive that the
pnlmittee had not yet prepared a con-
aeIe rule and that, being in the minority
y 'ne committee, were unable to say how
sgon rule could be formulated They
wlu the President they believed the mat.
~ should De handled strictly in a nom
end WIN " 'ia'
Seven Republican Representatives met
seoay In the office of Representative A. p.
easainer, , OF Massachusetts,, and drafted a
~ fsI'ioh VI intended to set at rest the report
~. nepuDllcans are opposed to the Presi-
sa.s stand against warning Americans
~ IN, 70 travel on armed merchantmen. The
-ueon is addressed to the Rules Commit
N, u and asks that body to report a rule that
~ permit straightout vote on the Nc
'h,Jte / haln warning resolution. The petition
oelig signed literally. i
nass se az the meeting this morning were:
Nss.aanerl or Massachusetts Rogers, of
pa,ssscapsetts pa,as Greene, of Vermont;
Jss. ot Maine; Pratt. of New York
Jersey. all ana Gray OF New
agaisa. nose -, VINO sign the petition will vote
s-i's. the McLemore resolution II given
n..s,sunity g,gspoItunity and thereby sustain the
,..s vas said at the White House that a
- Nole on the rule offered in the House
esl,.s eApected not later than tomorrow.
~ was expressed that the vote on this
stren.ts you'd indicate the Presidents
PLAN TO RETABLE.
ebiler ebsirna formal step planned was for
llIiee, to have the McI,emore resoiu-
sss win the committee's adverse re-
Il saAen from the table and placed on
mousse calendar, This stem was
L 10y as a parliamentary proceeding.
ssss ele Rules Committee jurisdiction
1sesa Fhe rules body will then be
Eslaba position to report the rule to
sale the document
/ es'. s@Aihs II from the table and then
- II to the table by the House
80, notroW, the Presidents oDponents
essiafed the Administration would
y, z hollow victory.
~ ~. lstfation leaders, however said
IS n tne House tabling the resolution
sasla eeelslve vote, the Presidents ends
Il - : attained and the House placed
ssso,aseas against the plan Of warning