The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-02

larly photographic copies of the alleged British orders regarding merchant men. MT. Flood will make an at tempt tomorrow, as he has previously done, to obtain these copies. In this connection some committeeman expressed a desire to have Secretary Lansing to appear before them.
 While the leaders who conferred with President Wilson reported that the Presi- dent did not ask for an official indorse- ment of his course but expressly declared that he wished straight vote on a warning resolution, the growing tendency throughout the day seemed to be to do almost anything else but to comply strict ly with his request The most persistent suggestion which had the unqualified approval of most of those who urged the original warning legislation, was for a resolution combining an expression of faith in the President with warning to Americans not to endanger the gov ernment, by remaining off belligerent armed vessels pending a settlement of the submarine controversy. One of these proposals was widely circulated and had the indorsement of Senator Gore and Representative Shackleford, leaders in the agitation in the two houses.
 WOULD CONFUSE ISSUE
 Stanch champions of the President's s course declared that such a resolu- tion would so confuse the issue as to be wholly unsatisfactory to the ad- ministration; that it would in one breath indorse the Presidents policy and in the next say that his course was not altogether to the liking of Con- gress.
 A meeting of the rules committee will be held tomorrow but no rule will be reported immediately unless the foreign affairs committee has by that time made some recommendation. Of course, if the foreign affairs commit tee should decline to report a resolu- tion it is possible that the rules com mittee would then exercise its prerog- ative of incorporationg resolution in a rule and getting it before the House.
 Representative Pou, who left his sicl1bed to go to the White House. de : clared his support of the President to- night in the following statement:
 "Of course. l. am standing with the President in this crisis. He is simply demanding that Americans be warned and afforded some slight opportunity of escape before they are murdered. Women, children and noncombatants are at least entitled to that much con- sideration. It has been the law of na- tions for a thousand years. I am with the President and am proud of his Americanism."
 The Senate recessed tonight in or der to shut off all business tomorrow except debate on the water power bill, but there will be no delay in dispos- ing of the issue there once the House has acted
 q want this issue disposed of in the Senate as well as in the House and that it be done as soon as possible" said Senator Stone. q for one am ready to vote my convictions and I think every other senator is. We are disposed right now to see what the House does be- fore any action is taken here"
 The international situation crept into debate on the House floor only once during the day. Representative London, socialist, attempted to discuss it, but was stopped by the objection of Rep- resentattive Madden of Illinois that he was not confining his remarks to the claims bill before the House.