The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-05
HOUSE TO VOTE a
ON ARMED SHIP
MATTER MONDAY
LEADERS ARE SURE THAT
FLOWER HOUSE WILL sUs-
TAIN THE PRESIDENT.
TO CLEAR UP THE SITUATION
Leaders Held a Conference Yes
terday and Decided Not to
Take Vote During Day, but
to Wait Until Monday.
TO CLEAR UP THE SITUATION

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The next
step in President Wilson's fight to
dispose of the armed ship agitation
in congress has been postponed until
Monday.
At an early conference administra-
tion leaders in the house decided not
to insist on vote today. This after
noon the rules committee will meet
to frame rule to table the McLemore
resolution to warn Americans off the
armed ships of the European bellig
erents.
The rule is expected to be brought
In with the first business Monday
when the administration forces plan
to dispose of it by substantial ma
Jortty The foreign affairs committee
already has agreed on the resolution.
Administration forces plan that the
doubts of the decisive character of
the sentiment in congress. They are
arranging so that the McLemore res
olution, which will include a declara-
ton that the president shall handle
diplomatic affairs without congress
sional interference, will be tabled in
such manner that it cannot be called
a mixed victory.
Leaders are confident they have the
votes to make their victory complete
and undisputed. They explained that
the postponement was agreed upon
nf tho ohSonnn nf CO
members on weekend trips. Many
left yesterday under the impression,
it was said that the house session
today, which began at 10 O'Clock, was
to end at noon and would consider
only claim bills.
Although friends of the administra-
ton look for little more trouble in the
senate, Senator McCumber, Republi-
can, has introduced as a new resolu-
tion his substitute which was defeated
along with the Gore resolution. He
has given notice that he will call it
up at the first opportunity, and the
Democratic leaders are ready to send
it to the calendar to be smothered by
other measures.
May Be More Discussion.
Under the liberal rules of the SEN
ate, further discussion of the armed
ship or almost any other question may
crop up from time to time in the fu-
ture, particularly as Senator Gore and
others sharing his views, insist that
yesterdays vote technically was not
a victory for the president. There
never has been much uneasiness about
sentiment in the senate, however, and
the prime object of the administration
is to kill at once and for all agitation
in the house.
Administration officials said today
that practically all senators who
voted yesterday to table the Gore res
olution were voting for the presidents
policy, and that should the house fail
to vote to uphold the president in de-
cisive form the fight might be carried
back to the senate for direct vote
to defeat the McCumber resolution
warning Americans off armed ships of
belligerent nations. They expressed
confidence that complete victory
would follow such course.
No Mixed Victory.
To claims of a mixed victory in the
senate yesterday and to contentious
of the anti-administration forces that
the senate evaded voting on tabling
the Gore resolution itself, through a
complexed parliamentary situation, the
administration leaders today pointed
to the official congressional record of
the senate proceedings.
The vote was on the following by
Senator James:
81 move that the resolution, and all
substitutes for 1t, and amendments to
H. be laid upon the table, and upon
that motion demand the yeas and
nays"
Upon that motion the senate voted
and it was carried 6S to IA, aud by
that majority the senate decided there
should be no legislation whatever on
the question of warning Americans off
armed ships.
The leaders pointed TO the record to-
day 10 bear evidence that their victory
was elean-cut and complete.