New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-04
luton. thus aiding in discounting the
big majority rolled up against y.


Would Have NhanRed WIZ
4 careful canvass Of the rollcall to-
night. however. showed that n the vote
Lad been on the original Gore resoI"-
ton or one similar 10 10 seven senator
who voted 20 table the resolution Foteu
upon to-day would have voted against
tapling the original resolution. nus
the number voting 20 table would have
been reduced from IS 20 81.
These would have been increased,
however. by Senator Borah, who Noien
against the resolution, approaching i'7
absurdity. and by Senator Sm"ot' VINO
obtained permission Of the Sensie 70
refrain from voting. Tins wOuId nave
made the vote SO 10 20. The twenty
is obtained by subtracting one, borah'
from the fourteen who voted To-Day
against tabling the resolution ana ado-
ing the seven who probably would nav
voted against tablng had the Noie
resolution been unchanged.
The seven Senators who voted 70
table the resolution to-day, but VINO
probabiy would have voted against
fabbng the original Gore resolution
are Clarke. of Arkansas; Gore, Hard
wick. Hitchcock, MARITIME, smith OF
Georgia and Nardaman. W IN ohlS
thirteen Senators absent or paired ana
not voting. therefore, the senate
stands more than three TO one against
any interference with the fres .uenI.
Warm supporters Of the Admlnstra-
ton in the Senate pointed with pride
30 tho result. despite the Gore coup
declaring that the motion to lay on tnee
table. which " the one that preVaIlea
az made by Senator James, included the
resolution itself. all amendments ana
al substitutes.
Substitute Was Pending.
A. the time the vote was taken
Substitute hv Senator McCumber was
rerdinr. which stated in full the idea
iost Americans should be warned OF
armed liners. The McCumbcr resolu-
ton was mildor than the Gore res0iu,
tion and therefore might have caIeu
forth more support. u DID not embrace
the idea ~ surrender OF rights pot
rather a statement that rights arc all
right if YOU don't use them. ~ a.,
serted the rights Of Americans 90 travel
ON armed ships. but provided that tney
should be warned off during the nos
tilities abroad
The Administrators friends also
found pleasure in the language OF thc
nreamble. which was killed with the
therefore be il resolved joker clause.
Two clause IN the preamble NOieu
down which afforded them the most
satisfaction, read:
whereas, The right OF American
citizens 10 travel on armed belligefeh'
vessels. rather than upon unarmed yes
,cls il essential neither to their life,
liberty nor safety. nor 10 the moe
incidence. dignity or security OF tne
United States; q, whereas, Congress
alone has been vested with the power
"a declare war. which involves the oo-
legation to prevent war by all proper
means consistent with the honor anu
vital interests Of the nation
Chairman stone Of the Foreign re
iatious Committee and other Admins
tration leaders. who desired 10 sec
granted in full the Presidents wish
Tor a vote on the Gore resolution J."
,he Senate, and the McLemoIe feaolu
iio1 in the House, were faf iron. 80 80
isfed tonight with the result. IL was
uredicted that the whole question would
have 10 be thrashcd out again, and
,o,e taken on some resolution similar
TO that originally offered by Mr.. Gore
or 10 the one offered by Senator Jones
Republican leaders We inclined TO
take the same view, holding That while
what happened IN the Senate to-day
convinced them absolutely Of what
thev already believed from their quiet
oils no resolution interfering with
The Presidents conduct of diplomatic
relations would be passed still, the
vote to-day might be seriously miscon-
strued in foreign capita, thus nam
pering the President even more Ser,-
ously than he has been hampeled al
ready by the cloakroo' mutlny ana
the stampede of the House foreigh Al
fairs Democrats last week.
II was pointed ont that what the
Senate actuslly voted down was dec
laration that the killing of Americans
bv torpedoing an armed ship would be
considered cause for war. by hihng
his. they say, It could be said that
the Senate had voted that such Kill
ing of Americans would not be the
cause OF war
I'm sarcastic attack On the Admin
istration leaders, after the vote, Sena-
,or Jones called attention TO the an
eurditv Of the vote cast by the Senate.
" the Administration hoped by fore
;og an immediate roll call without de-
hate 70 prevent discussion Of the ques-
lion. II failed sadly. All day. from
the vote. which was taken about LOU,
To = o'clock. the debate was continued
Will ,ut glory for the President Even
senator Borah. who upheld the con
tention Of the President as to the
rights of Americans to travel On de-
fensively armed ships, criticised the
NJ Administration for vacillauon and
tjmidity. and drew comparison with
ne strength shown by jackson IN
\ AWAITING civil war. and the boidness
II Of Rresider. Cleveland in ending VIC
lations on American territory ny MeXi-
cans. In contrast he sketched the
w.akness Of President Buchanan re-
sponsible. as much as any other one
ching, Borah declared, for the Civil
War.
Confusing Views.
Senator Lewis, the Democratic whip
lnadi-n With Scnntors for modeIatl on