Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
UPHOLD wilson
ON ARMED SHIPS
Senate Tables Resolution BY
Vote Of 69 to 13.
TWO DEMOCRATS VOTED Nc
Attitude of White House in Forcing
Action Is Bitterly Assailed-Gore
Voted With administration.

Voted With Administrator.
By vote of siXty.eiglt to iolr
teen, a greater majority than the!
had expected, administration free:
in the senate tabled the resolution o
Senator Gore, Democrat, OF Ohlano
ma, to warn Americans off armed
merchant ships of European bel or
entS.
By so doing the senate put itself or
record as upholding President Wllsor
in his controversy with Germany o'el
submarine attacks, at the same time
quelling an agitation which, the White
House had declared, made further ne
gotiations with Berlin impCs@ib e.
Later action was taken in the house
paving the way for that body to TO ID"
the action oil the senate. The house
foreign affairs committee voted II tc
2 to report a resolution by Repres n
tative Porter, Republican, OF Pennsy.
vania, providing that the resolu ior
of Representative McLemOre, Demo
crat, of Texas, warning Americans I'll
armed merchantmen, be hid on the
table, and declaring that diplomat
negotiations should be conducted b.
the president without con r. ssiona
interfe eace.
Before the vcte in the senate wa
taken Senator Gore offered a correc
ton to his resolution to make the
measure declare it the sense of t {
senate that the death OF an America
citizen on an a-me1 me chant sh..
would be just cause for war.
Senator Gcre, himself, voted to tab {
his resolution. Senators Cham = er ain
Oregon, and O'Gorman, New York
were the only Democrats to vot-
against the administration. The ether
twelve admins ration votes were al
Republican. Forty-seVen Democ rats
and twenty-one Republicans vo.el tt
table the resolution.
1t was said at the White House thai
the result OF the senate was salts az
tory to tie wishes of President il
SON. It Was aided that attention
would now be concentrated on tae sit
uation in the house of repre- e7tatti es
Senatcr McCumbsr, Rep bli an, OF
North Eakota, later rem TO .rc2d 6
resolution to express the sense of the
senate that the rules of international
law should be revised to meet new
conditions of war and that pending
negotiations with foreign powers
Americans be requested to refra Z
from endangering their lives by tra
Yelling on armed vessels. This m2as
ure he previously had offered as a
substitute fsr the Gore re oluti n.
and it was tabled, together with thai
measure. The second McCvm5er reso.
luton will go to the calendar.
Notwithstanding the action taken
by the senate, there apparently still
is bitter opposition to the presi .ent's
stand in that body. Dissatisfaction
was freely expressed by senators, sew
eral of whom voted to table the Gore
resolution, because the measure h2d
been laid before the gambler in such
a way as to prevent debate.
Among those who criticised the
president was Senator Ecrah, who de.
clarcd that in forcing the vo!e, the
White House had "GermaniZei" the
selate. Senator Sherman made a
long argument on the right cf m2r
chant ships to carry armament, and
Senator Kern, of Indiana, the majo ity
leader, said if no diplomatic neg Ii :
tions had been in pro osress, he un:2si
tatingly would nave voted FCr reso
luton warning Americans off arm I'd
balligerent shins.