Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-06
SENATE ACTS UPON PRESIDENTS
SUGGESTION TO EUROPE TO
QUIT FIGHTING.
FULL ENDORSEMENT
NOT FORTHCOMING
Hitchcoek's Highly laudatory Reso-
luton Sidetracked - President Will
Now Proceed to Open Secret Nesoti.
atoms With Representa- Of War
ring Nations.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The senate to.
day vouchsafed President Wilson {
qualified Endorsement of his peace APP.
peal to the European belligerents
Facing the defeat OF Senator Hitch
cocks comprehensively laudatory reso-
lution-which result would have beer
tantamount 10 population Of tn
presidents attitude-the administra.
ton leaders sought safety in compro
mise and accepted a substitute offered
by Senator Jones. republican, express
ing approval of only that part of the
peace note requesting the belligerents
to state their terms.
This republican substitute was
adopted by vote of As to Il. BY thus
limiting its Endorsement OF the presi-
dents note. the senate avoided placing
itself in the attitude OF approving Mr.
Wilson's declaration, in favor of a
league of nations to enforce peace OF
of Secretary of State LanSing's asser-
ton that the peace note was sent be-
cause the United States is on the
verge of war with one or more of the
belligcrents.
Will Ask All Terms.
Having obtained this modified in
dorsement OF his action in proposing a
peace discussion. the president will in
Itiate secret negotiations with the bel
ligerenrs to ascertain if there is feas-
ibie basis for bringing the warning
powers together in a conference. He
already has been advised informally OF
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Teutonic powers.
The formal entente reply to his ap-
peal and confidential advices from Lon
don are expected TO place Mr.. Wilson
in possession of the terms of the allies.
Then the president will decide
whether he would be warranted in
making a further appeal TO the bel
HgerentS.
The public disclosure this mornin e
that Mr.. Wilson contemplates address
ing another note TO the beIligerents
proved annoying to the White House
and ne instructed Secretary Lansing 10
deny that he contemplates "at this
time" the dispatch of another peace
note.
Text Of Jones Resolution.
The Jones resolution OF qualified in
dorsement as adopted by the senate
follows:
Resolved, That the senate approves
and strongly Endorses the request by
the president in the diplomatic notes
of D5c. Is TO the nations now engaged
in war that those nations state the
terms upon which peace might be dis
cusscc.'
Lineup on the Vote.
The vote on the Jones resolution
was:
Yeas-Democrats: Bankhead, Bry-
an, Chamberlain. Chiffon. Fletcher,
Hardwick. Hitchcock. Hollis. Hughes.
Johnson Is. d., Kern, Kirby, Lane. Lee
(Md.). Lewis, Martin. Newlands, Over
man. Pittman. Pomerene. Ransdell.
Reed. Robinson, salisbury. Shafroth,
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith
(Arizona). Smith (Ga-). Smith IS. Co.,
Stone. Swanson. Thomas. Tillnlan, In
derwood. Vardaman, Walsh-3S.
Yeas - Republicans: Borah, Clapp,
Cummins. Curtis. Jones. Kenyon. Lip
pitt, Norris, Sterling, Townsend--10.
Total, 4S.
Nays-Rcpublicans: Brady, Brande-
gee. Clark. Gallinger, Harding. Lodge.
McCumber, Nelson, Poindexter, Sher-
man. Smoot. Wadsworth, Watson,
Weeks. Works-16.
Nays-Democrat: MARITIME, l. To-
tai, H.