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the nation, subordinating proposals to
warn Americans Off armed vessels
HOUSE VOTE IN FEw DAYS.


warn Americans of armed vessels.
HOUSE VOTE IN FEW DAYS.
The House Is expected to vote on the
same question with the next few days.
Administration supporters, jubilant with
the Presidents victory in the upper house.
! worked this afternoon for vote. To ac-
| complish this. however the Foreign AT.
fairs Committee would have to report out
one of the warning resolutions, and unon-
! mous consent or n special rule from the
| Rules Committee would be necessary to
! get immediate consideration. 1t was re.
| ported that the Foreign Affairs Committee
| would attempt framing a resolution late
: today. The House will meet at 10 o'clock
/ tomorrow for special consideration Of war
| calims, but this business, it was said,
would probably be completed by noon.
Sentiment in the House this afternon
! favored having the Foreign Affairs Com
mttee report the Mcbemore resolution
with recommendation that 1t be tabled,
the same sort of parliamentary procedure
as that in the Senate this afternoon
Under this plan there would be little or
no time for debate.
DEBATE FOLLOWS VOTE
After the Gore resolution had been dis
posed Of, several Senators openly and
vigorously discussed the International sit
uation.
Senator Reed. Of Missouri took the floor
to explain his vote. He denounced Sen
ator Williams declaration of yesterday
that the time has come to decide whether
to sing America first or Deutschland
uber allies"
German statesmen would find i'm that |
statement more encouragement to believe |
that the United States is divided than /
in anything else said on the subject" |,
said Reed. There was much talk here |
about traitors yesterday This is no time
to be casting aspersions ON the loyalty |
of any of us There aren't 10000 dis
loyal citizens in the whole United States"
Senator Reed said there was good rea
son to believe favorable news would be
received from abroad in the next few days
Senator Jones. of Washington, declared
the vote on the Gore resolution had set
tied nothing and said he would renew
the fight Immediately
we have decided nothing today. eN-
1ept that the Senate can be gagged de-
elared Jones. we have stuck our head
In the sand like ostrches. We have not
complied with the Presidents request"
IF the President is wrong" Senator
Clarke asserted "he ought to be stopped.
We're not going around with a chip on
)ur shoulder. nor are we going to war !
because of an academic question that
wen college professors are not agreed
lpon."
Gallinger attacked the gag rule.
We have reached no conclusion today"
le said.
81 should have voted for the right of
IN American to travel on an armed :
hip said Borah, but / would not vote I
or the gag rule"
81 have always hrmncss in all inter-
ational affairs-any other leads to nation
egradation and war. We are in Il crisis. :
'imneSs is more likely to keep us from ,
'ar than vaCcilation.
81 believe that Jackson's frmness pre- =
entcd war and that Buchanan's habit
f writing pieces instead of action caused
he Civil War. and if Earl Grey had q
armed Germany that invasion of Belgium r
'ould mean war there would have been a
o war.
And if with Mexico we had been firm o
lstead of being weak, almost apologizinE, c
90 Americans would not now lie muir
cred in Mexico
when Cleveland was President he sent
n army to Mexico because Mexican had
"ussed TO American soil and taken
IeXican girl into Mexico. h
81 believe we should uphold our every :;
ght--on the high seas or i'm Mexico.
alievc in publirity--not in showing ,
rough this Senate Il resolution as you ="
light jam plank through political :
invention. This Senate was Germani2ed :,
day; we obeyed the President like the -
erman Legislators do the Kaser's orders
ON the throne "
THE President in his letter to Mr. POu | ~
'sed Il public discussion so he might know u
= sentiments of Congress. What does he ul
low now? st
IL am not afraid of war. but | fear for OF
e degradation of the Senate in the eyes
the American people. a
When a great crisis is on we crawl vC
I'd cringe to our decision due to some pc
rec outside the chamber. in
Far better our battleships should be la
NIX than that the honor of this body II
Ould be destroyed" We
LEWIS To THE RECUE
He was answered by Democratic Whip w
wis: re
1.-THE Senator has charged" he said ye
hat the majority has not allowed full
scussion. one would think we had done ,
netting unusual, unprecedented and =,
at it indicates the hiding of some mo- III
'e by the President.
"In every Legislature there must be -
les of procedure and the means we used
re necessary to carry the International lhI
ley the Senator defends =
'Hestancy II acton or long drawn-out %
3cusson might have resulted as did s.
unhappy vaccilation." .
we are approaching peace or war" q
swered Senator Sherman our action =
lay may be parliamentary, but it a
acks strongly of cowardice, evasion, 81
nging and shrling a responsibility.
"A question of peace and war for 1OO- q
} 900 people is worthy Of full discussion =
This body is called an open forum q
nat sarcasm today
The President made proper request z