The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-02

| me press m view Of the attt0de or members of the senate who ought to | be his advisers.
 The subject came up soon after
 inc senate assembled and engrossed
 attention nearly all day. in spite of 1 the mass of legislation awaiting ac. ! ton.
 Senators on both sides of the l chamber expressed amazement at the
 story and declared If it were true the | senate should he informed.
 1 Senator Swanson, the fourth demo
 cratic member of the foreign rels-
 had been authorized by the president 1 to say that the note from Germanys 1 foreign minister, Zimmerman, to the | German minister at Mexico City or ! deTing and outlining the plot was substantially" correct as published
 Senator Lcdee at once moved that
 the president be asked 10 inform the senate whether the Zimmerman note was authentic and to furnish any other information about if not incom- patble with the public interest This Has referred to the foreign relations
 committee. which soon reported 1t fa- yorably with minor amendments. Chairman Stone, having been voted down by his committee, carried to the floor the fight to learn how the note came into the government possession. He insisted that if any of | the nations at war had furnished 1t, | the senate and the country should
 know it. and proposed an amendment
 embodying the question.
 During the long debate Senator l HOke Smith made a suggestion the 1 importance of which was promptly recognized and which served to over- t1c7c ccTrr ts1 II ~-Tf@Qbts Of man. sea2. DTS as
 to the proprietr~>of questioning ,he president in regard to so grave a mat,- ter on which he had not seen fit to communicate voluntarily. The Geor-
 gia senator pointed out that for the
 executive on his own initiative to send such a document as the Zimmer- mann note might be construed as a request for action, whereas he prob ably would he gratified to have it in
 the senate's hands at it's own request. The discussion closed with a speech
 0y Senator Stone defending his posi- tion He said the resolution before the senate was not introduced by the president and that the president could take care of himself, adding, 'I' flatter myself tha> he holds me in higher esteem that some of the truck lers who come and bow and say what do you wish2" Senator Stone con- cluded by saying he would be glad to accept Senator Smiths substitute
 The substitute was adopted without
 record vote.
 Senator Smith added that his belief that the Zimmerman note was for,
 gerry and a sham was based on the fact that the German government has not recognized Ca5ranzas administra- l ton
 Senator Fall, republican, bitterly de-
 nounced the democrats for their atti-
 tude toward the resolution, declaring democratic senators, by uggesting that the letter was given out 10 .u- fluence public opinion were "accus- | ing the president of the veriest trick cry and impossible practices
 Never since the Impeachment Of Andrew Johnson" Senator Fall de- cleared, had he heard such "insinua-
 tons" against president from his own party. "You are showing the
 president in this resolution that you want him to declare whether the note
 is authentic, and in your peaches here you are saying you will not believe him wien he says it is authentic, if it
 comes ron a beligerent government senator Fall also declared that if 1 tEe president had at all times felt he
 could trust those in the senate who 1 should be his advisers. Ne probably N0l.d have sent this information di- rect to the appropriation committee. In
 view cf the attitude of certain demo-
 cratic senators. he added, he did not wonder that the president had decided to appeal to public opinion through the press.
 The time seems to have arrived when the president felt that by in lforn.iae public opinion would do what Loyalty to lin Gs a great party leader lhas no; eeS done continued Senator lFaH. "u is Y:slt in a democracy that ] the ,eop,e should be informed of ma lchInations against their peace. Give she people information and they VIII make you ne-e act as you should act. T. am grateful to whoever gave this Information to the public"
 In heated speech Senator Sauls- lbury. democrat, the president pro tenn yore of the senate, endorsed Senator lFdl"s ceEtiments
 Senate. Pomerene. democratic mem | ,,. oF 4bo committee reminded Sen-