Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-08
PRESIDENT WINS GREAT
VICTORY OVER PACIFlSTS
IN THE LOWER HOUSE
Continued From rage One,

| the WnolP hNluen OF the argument or
the administration leaders. They paid
little attention to the involved legal
phases Of the situation II was
enough. they argued. that the presi-
dent had said the reported attitude of
congress MS opposed to his policy was
emharassing him abroad ana TO that
they stuck.
! tributes of Confidence.
Tributes were paid To the president
hy almost all the democratic speak
ers from Acting Chairman Pou. of
the rules committee. who opened the
7 debate Ia Chairman Flood. of the for
eign affairs committee. who closed IL.
To u man they insisted that the prcsi-
dent did not want war No one at
last week, TO say that anything the
president had said Indicated that he
expected war.
1T Is charged that the president
wants war, said Mr.. Pou. AN the
jumps Of he'll never devised more in
( famous charge No man since Abra-
/ ham Lincoln has gone through such
test MS the president in the last six
months to avoid war He has tried
4 to preserve peace. He would not sac
rifce a single life TO make himself
( president for his life term
Mr. Flood pleaded that the presi-
dent he supported IN his attempts to
uphold International law.
Appeals for Country.
IF we yield to GERMANY" he said.
eve viii have to yield 10 the allies.
and the whole fabric Of International
law will crumble. piece by piece, We
cannot yield to Germany without adj
hitting that the awful crime Of the
sinking of the lusitania was Justified.
The only course TO pursue Is TO stand
up strongly for International law.
This the president has done, and done
In such way as to serve the rights
and principles Of humanity"
Opponents of the administration
made much of the proposal by Sccre-
tary Lansing TO the allies on January
is in which he said he though the
right to arm merchantmen was of
doubtful legality. They insisted that
the whole controversy with Germany
hinged on that. Mr. Floods answer
was that the allies had declined to
agree TO the suggestion that they dis
arm merchantmen and therefore, the
whole issue stood as II did before Sec
rotary Lansing wrote his memOran-
dun.
Question for People.
II have stood by the president of
the United States. ! have stood by
him in his efforts to carry out the
mandate Of The American people. He
has said that If an American citizen
on board an armed merchant ship IS
drowned by German submarine
without warning he viii hold Ger
many to strict account stripped of
its diplomatic language ii means that
if an American life is lost in the re-
suit of the sinking of an armed mer-
chant ship without warning it means
war.
81 am willing to so to war for nm
American right hut not for doubt
ful legal right as Mr.. Lansing saws.
| am willing 10 so TO war for an
American right but it must be vi
tai right IN the name Of God, why
am I a traitor and a coward when l
stand in the halls whore Henry Clay
stood and say, You shall not hurl the
miners aud the farmers of my district
into this he'll of war You shall not
take the SONS from the mothers of my
district and sacrifice them at Ncrdun
or In the trenches of Europe in order
20 maintain doubtful right"
Republican Leader speaks.
Republican Leader Mann, who had
been expected to take an active part
in the struggle, only made one speech
while the debate on the previous ques-
ton WITS in progress The burden of
his remarks was that the president
should be given a straight vote ON a
proposition.
Representative Shaekleford, demo
crat, of Missouri, caused genuine sur
prise by speech urging the tabling
Of the McLemore resolution. II was
due to Mr.. Shackleford's activities
largely that the turmoil for the pas
sage OF d resolution started. To-day he
insisted that he still was for a warn
ing resolution but that if agitation for
one had disturbed the presidents dip
lomatic NEGOTIATIONS, he was ready to
vote against II.
McIemorc for Resolution.
Representative Gardner, republican,
Of Massachusetts,, who clashes with
democrats as frequently as any re-
publican in the house. urged tablins
.he McLemore resolution.
In all the fight nobody except Rep
-csentative McLcmore himself had a
good word to say for the resolution
lbout which all the storm conferred.
The republicans who fought tabling it
lid so only because they wanted Il
,hance to substitute another drawn
" Representative Campbell, Of kan
ias. once Chairman Flood, Of the for
ign affairs committee, did say that
he McLemore resolution was as
,road and as good as the Campbell
but he was against that,
90.
Utmost Good Feeling.
The long debate, lasting from IL
o'clock in the morning until well after
o'clock tonight, almost without in
was conducted with the ut
most good feeling only once--when
representative Flood said the senate
elton had been approved by the en-
ire country. was there the slightest
ign Of bitterness Republicans
noaned and groaned But with a few
lughing remarks, and thumps with