Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-03

there was no demonstration from the
executive gallery.
LODGE SAYS PRESIDENT
ROSE TO GREAT OCCASION
As soon as the President concluded
his address lie left the chamber with I,
van smile, shoulders bowed and hands
outstrctchcd to greet the many who
crowded around TO shake his hand. The
House. with a cheer. cleared the way
for the war declaration resolution and
adjourned. The Senate. filing back to
the senate chamber, received the war
! resolution introduced by Senator Hitch
cock. and adjourned to let the Foreign
Relations Committee take up the meas
urc tomorrow. senator Lodge. whose
difficulties with the administra ton had
become almost u personal matter be-
tween himself and the President, made
clear ihc sentiment of Congress when
! he stepped up to the President before
/ he left tho Capitol. Srasped his hand
I and said
MIR. President. think YOU rose fully
! to the heights of Il great occasion"
/ Both House aud senate were filled
with men anxious To voice their sup
port OF the President and their deter
miuation TO get behind him in the war
witch he strovc so long to avoid. Con-
grcssional leaders declared that Con-
gress would be little short Of unani-
NOUS III supporting his recommends
tons Party lines were forgotten in
the wave Of patriotism that swept the
Congress
The President went To the Capitol for
his epoch making speech, through a
city that was almost under martial
law. and that was filled with suppress
cd excitement. Before he left the
White House. TWO troops Of regular
cavalry formed Gordon about the
Capitol and guarded his path through
the wide plaza, TO the House entrance.
\ big fleet OF Secret Service automo-
hiles. loaded To capacity, mobiiiHed at
the White House and secured tn.
streets along his route. At the last
moment. just as H. l"ft I'll. White
House a thousand or more people gath
cred at the gate To the executive man
sion and under heavy police guard be-
gan n patriotic demonstrations They
sang the Star Spanglcd Banner. and ar
ter gaining courage they woke the
echoes with Dixie They made the
policemen ami Secret Service men ncr-
vous but they were not driven of. AS
the Presidents car dashed through the
entrance at top speed they sent him
on his way with a verse Of America"
that was heard for blocks.
USUAL ROUTE TO CAPITOL.
ALTERED AT LAST MINUTE
The Secret Service men. aroused by
the pacitist troubles of the day, and by
rumors Of threatened reprisalS on
paciiiSt meetings called Tonight. al
tered the Presidents usual route to
the Capitol at the last minute. Desert
ing the brightly lighted, broad way Of
Pennsylvania Avenue. whcr" thousands
were conErcSated TO watch the Presi-
dents passage. they sent his automo-
bile HURTING at cNpress-train speed
through side streets and by-ways until
the Capitol was reached
There tho watchful cavalry escort.
with drawn sahers. ensulfed the
Presidents car. and kept back the
thousands in the plaza as he was hur-
ricd into the House entrance. \
formidable array of police patrollcd
through the crowd 10 the plaza. The
paciiists, modified TO make their
demonstration against war. failed TO
demonstrate. The whole vast plaza
and every niche aud corner Of the
great building that houses the leg;s-
lative and judicial power OF the Fed
eral government was nooded with a
dclugc OF light from "a myriad of
and cornicc. Not crevice of the eX-
terror of the big structure furnished a
dark corner to hide Il secret watcher
The east front OF the Capitol blazed
as though the rising sun had Just cast
ITS full glow across the plaza.
Every room and corridor OF the
building had it's guard and every ave
nue. OF inIrcss or egrcSs was fur
nshed with "a quota Of police. who
scrutini%ed every man woman and
child who entered or left the building
Every gallery OF the House held a
secret Service man. watchful and
alert The Presidents personal Secret
service men surrounded tho clerks
desk While his speech was in progress
And when tbs war message was
done and Congress had started its war
machinery on its swift way. the Prcsi-
dent was hurried back to the Whit.
rouse through unknown by-ways. sur.
+ rounded by his fleet Of secret service
ohiles. He arrived safely. and
/ Went at once 10 his study