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Most-Be Friend of Administra-
‘..,v.|on_,1.S‘ays» Mr. Mondell, in
Seeking Information.

“Unless you are a friend of. the
administration you cannot get a
passport,” said Representative
Mondell of “fyoming today in a
Statement regarding two resolu—

tions he introduced in the House.
_ One resolution asked the Secretary
of State to furnish information regard-
ing orders that have been promulgated
from the State Department regarding
the issuance of passports; the other

asked the Secretary of the Treasury
for all the facts concerning the guns
on armed merchantmen which have
cleared from American ports within the
past sixty days.

The second resolution also asks
“what orders relative to the use of the
armament, either from the owners or
the belligerent governments, were car-
ried by the masters of such vessels.”
The statement by Representative
,Mondell was: -

Difﬁcult to‘Get Passport.

“The administration ,‘talks of the

abridgment of the rights of American
citizens. So far as that goes, the ad—
ministration has been ahridging the
rights of Americans to travel at sea
for several months. It is exceedingly
difﬁcult to get a passport from fhe
State Department. Unless you are a
friend of the administration. or can
show that your business is of the most
extreme importance, you cannot get
a passport. American citizens desiring
to go abroad, 1 understand, have been
turned down by the thousands. You
are put through a most rigid examina—
tion before you are allowed to travel
’on the sea, although the administration
talks about upholding American rights.
“A naturalized American from my
state, desiring to go to lreland, where
his mother was on her deathbed, on—
tainecl a passport only after 1 had rep-
resented on my word of honor as a
gentleman and a member of Congress
that his request was genuine. They
even wanted me to make an alllrlavit
that his mother was sick in Ireland. I
desire to know while the :Hli"'?:i-:i" :llifi‘
is talking about the ‘abridgmont of
American rights,’ how many Americans
have been denied their rights by the
arbitrary refusal of the State Depart-
ment to issue. passports."
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waits House 13

WITH THE SENATE’S

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a vote on the ﬂoor of the House,

No Resolution Agreed Upon.

lnsistence that a vote be taken by the
rules committee action if necessary
came after varyii‘ig reports as to the
has been agreed upon in the committee
on the resolution. As yet no resolution
has been agreed upon in the committee,
which will command a majority vote
and there was no positive ass‘urance to-
day that any resolution ever would be

 

 

 

 

reported by it. Chairman Flood ex-
pressed the hope that a. satisfactory
resolution would be drawn today and
reported shortly after the committee
meets at 2:30 this afternoon.

Administration leaders in the House
are hopeful that it. will be unneces-
sary to report: a resolution in a rule.
It is taken for granted that republi—
cans would fight such a rule, and with
one exception such action is unprece-
dented.

It would also be a setback to the
President to haye him to_ turn to the
rules committee after being defeated
in foreign affairs, it is argued.

Mr. .Pou has told members of the
rules committee that he regards the
present situation above partisan pol-
itics, and for that reason there will
be no secret session of the democratic
members to arrive at someplau of ac-
tion. He wants a non-partisan vote in
the present situation.

Pro—German Inﬂuence Felt.

was evident during the
pro-German influence was
strongly in favor of a motion
houses to table.
them that motions to table would not
be clean-cut victories for the Presi-
dent, as under parliamentary law, La
motion to table may mean that it can

It
agitating
in both

 

be brought forward again at any time.

Some of the President's friends
:strongly urged that he accept nothing
in either lionse but straightout votes
that would leave no doubt how the.
‘legislative branch of the government
feels. ‘

'l‘hey wondered why he would accept
.1, vote to table in the Senate, whit-1r is
strongly with him, and insist upon a
straight vote in the House, where his
opponents are much stronger. The. only
explanation appeared to he that the
President. absolutely knows what to
expect in, the Senate in the. future,
’while in the House he Would not wish
to have the legislative condition left
where it could again be called up or
to have a vote that would not be mu
t-gpted by the country as final or def—
initc.

Senator Owen, colleague of: Senator
Gore, who amazed the Senate with a
report that the President had said the
entrance. of the United States into the
ilCuropean war might render a service
to civilization, conferred with the
President this morning, and said later
he had found Senator Gore’s account
cntircly without foundation,

Went to Learn Exact Status.

Senator Owen went to the White
House at the request, of several other
senators to learn the exact status of
the international situation before the
Senate. voted on the Gore resolution
warning Americans off. armed ships.

 

President Determined to Have
out Vote on Floor of House on
, Warning Resolution, However.

day that.

It was considered by.

Straight-

It was said at the \Vhite House that the action ofithevSenate ’to— '
day in tabling the Gore resolution was satisfactory and met the
wishes of President W’ilson. 'It was added that attention now would
be concentrated on thesituation in the House. ' ' I,

The President, it developed today, afterhe had. conferred with“
Acting Chairman Pou of the rules committee,

is determined to have

even if a special rule containing a

resolution is required to get it. He conferred forh'alf an ihour'with
Mr. Pou today. Mr. Pou declined to discuss the conference, but said
the rules committee, he thought, would stand by the

President.

the President. He-said after .his con-
ference that while the international
Situation was grave, it was not nearly
as bad as pictured by Senator Gore in
the Senate yesterday.

Acting Chairman P011 of the 'House
rules committee saw the President and
told him a victory for'his position was
sure in the House.

Mr. Pou declared he' still thought the
foreign affairs committee would be able
to reach some kind of an ageement to
get the uestion to the ﬂoor. He said
the, rules committee did not plan “to
move until it was plain that the for-
eign affairs committeewould act.

Mr. Pou discussed the international
situation generally with the President
so that he could have information for
other members of 'the House. The
President reiterated that he did not de-
sire a vote of conﬁdence.

It was indicated that the administra—
tion leaders were laying careful plans
for bringing the question up in the
House, but' Mr. ,Pou refused to dis—
cuss them.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Owen said he would support I

_ the administration.

NlNG’ RESOLUTION 5 4
TABLED IN SENATE l' i :5
YAVOTEOF68 T0 14

 

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Action Regarded 33 Victory for President _
Senator Gore Endeavors to Save
' the Measure. — ' '

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By Parliamentary Move Oklahoma Solon Offers‘Amendmeiit
Making [035 of American Life .By, U-Boat
/ Attack Cause for War. '

 

barrassed President Wilson in the
many.

motion by Senator James, one of
ﬁght to the House.
Chamberlain and O’Gorman were

all republican.
PARTY LINES

In place of this warning had
cause for war between the United

Senator Gore».

Senator Gore Springs Surprise.
As the roll was about to be'called.
.Senator Gore asserted his right under
the rules of the Senate to amend his
resolution before it was voted upon.
He was permitted to perfect his resolu-
tion. And by such action he was able
to prevent the Senate‘from voting
down his original resolution. .
The vote of the Senategrhowever,
must be considered a virtual and over-
whelming victory for the President.
The very fact that Senator Gore amend—
ed his resolution so as to give it_ a
meaning diametrically oppos1te to its
original meaning is considered ev1dence
of the weakness of the original resolu-
tion in the Senate. _
The text of the amendment to his
resolution by Mr. Gore was as follows:
“The sinking by a submarine With-
out notice' or warning of an armed
merchant vessel of her public enemy,
resulting in the death of a citizen of
the United States, would constitute a
inst and sufﬁcient cause’of war be-
tween the United States and the Ger-
man empire.” ‘ ‘ .

Stick to Support of President.

As soon as the amendment had been
offered, it ‘wasevident that, without
debate, the senators must cast their
votes upon a new question, exactly op—
posite to that for which they had as-
isembled to vote.

Believing that the parliamentary trick
would be evident to the entire world,
and that they could best express their
willingness to support the President by
voting as they would have done on the
original resolution, supporters of the
President in this crisis, includingSenz‘t—
t'or Lodge and many other republicans,
voted “aye” on the motion to table.

The scene in the Senate during the
voting was more stormy than it
been for years. The galleries were
crowded to their utmost and hundreds
of persons stood in .the corridors un—
able to obtain entrances On tne ﬂoor
of the Senate scores of .
the House lined the walls. Every mem—
ber of the Senate, except a'few who
were sick or away from \Vashington,
was in his seat. The tension in the air
was manifest long before the question
of voting on the Gore resolution came

up.
Senator Stone Starts Proceedings.

As soon as the introduction of peti-

tions, bills, reso‘lftions and reports had
been completed. Senator Stone, the
chairman of the foreign relations com-
mittee, who is opposed to the President
in his present policy regarding the
armed merchantmen question, but who
declared his willingness to co—operate
with the President to get a vote on the
question of warning Americans off
armed merchantmen‘, asked that the
Gore redolution be laid before the Sen-
ate. .
Towering beside the senator from
Missouri, Senator James of Kentucky,
an ardent supporter of the President,
was on his feet at the same time as
Senator Stone. - .

“I move that the resolution of Mr.
Gore, the senator from Oklahoma, and
all amendments and substitutes thereto
be laid on the table, and on that mo-
tion I demand the yeas and pays,” said
Senator James.

Mr. Gore Gets in Amendment.

“A question of personal privilege,”
interrupted Senator Gore “1 have the
right to modify my resolution, under
the rules of the Senate. I demand to be
allowed to use that sacred right."

 

 

“Mr. President,” shouted Serial.“

Senator Gore himself voted to table his resolution. .Senators’

The Other twelve anti—administration votes Were

The .whole meaning of the resolution
twinkling of‘ an eye by a quick parliamentary move 011vthe'partl,of~i ..

The Senate had assembled tovote on
resolution, the leaders On both sides havin
such a motion would end all debate.
that the Senate would support the President and-“would", table the,
Gore resolution by'a large majority. . ' ' ‘

has

members of‘

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By a vote of 68 to 14, a greater majority than they expected, ad»
ministration forces in the Senate today tabled Senator Gore’s resolu- ‘
tion to warii Americans off the armed ships of the European beli " I‘
ligerents and thereby ﬁnally quelled the agitation which" has em-f,

submarine negotiations with/Ger: .

Senator Gore's resolution, a substitute by Senator McCumber,
a republican, and an attemptby Senator Gore to strengthen his
original proposal, all were defeated at one time 011 a roll call 011 a ,
the administrationwhips,‘- to" table: , ,
them. The administration victory in the Senate transferred the,

the only democrats to vote against

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NOT DRAWN.

The roll call showed forty—seven democrats and twei1ty¢onefre€
publicans voting to table the resolution.
two democrats ‘voted against the motion to table.

When the vote was taken, howe
stripped of its warning ,to American citizens
armed merchant vessels of the belligerents. . ' . “

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been inserted a- provision that the

sinking of an armed 111e'rchantman, without'warning; by'ra‘Geirma‘n
submarine. resulting in the death of an I '

States and the-German empire. .
had. been changed 111 the

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James, f‘a motion to lay on the‘table is
not'tlebatable. I make the point that
the senator ‘is too lateT’

a‘tor G'ore had

a rightrto
olution under

amend his res-
the rules

of the Senate,-

Senator Gore’s amendment was then
read to the Senate, the ayes and'noes
ordered, ' and- *the. voting began amid
.turbulent scenes. ’

Dramatic Scene During Vote.‘

Never was a vote taken in the
under more dramatic conditions,
rarely, if ever, has a roll call proceeded
with so many acrimonious interrup-
tions on the ﬂoor. At one time there
were so many demands from senators
that. the sergeant—at-arms had‘ to'be
called ”to restore order. ‘

Senators desired to explain their votes
on the amended resolution, which, un-
der the rules, they are not allowed to
do after the roll call has started.

Senator Ashurst of Arizona, the ﬁrst
senator on the roll call, was on his feet
the instant his name was called, sho'ut-
ing “Aye" on the motion to table the
Gore resolution. At the same time
Senator oBrah and others were de-
Senator Borah and others were de-
mentary inquiry.”

“The roll ‘call has been
answered to my name,” roared Senator
Ashurst. “l. demand the regular order.'.'

“I addressed the chair before the agile
senator from Arizona ‘was on his feet,"
snapped Senator Borah. - ' .

Senator Borah Shut Off.
The Vice President ruled that the roll-

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was the fourth called, and he voted
(Inc-1!

When the name of Senator Clark of
Arkansas was reached, before he could
lbe stopped, he declared that he would
lhave voted against tabling the, original

Gore resolution, but that he would vote
iaye on the resolution in its present
=form.

Senator Smoot of Utah. when his
name wasvcalled, requested the Senate
to excuse him from voting, saying that
he felt that he could not vote since he
was prevented from voting on the orig-
inal question. ’ .

“I object," said Senator Borah. “I
was in the same position as the sena-
tor. I think he should vote.” _

It was decided that the question
should be settled as to whether Sena-
tor Smoot should vote after the roll
call had been completed.

When it came the turn for Senator
Stone to vote, he, too, started to ex-
plain his position. Senator Borah kvas
on his feet in an’instant, declaring that
if “the Senate is to be gagged. I intend
that all senators shall be gagged”.

 

Calls Sergeant-at-A‘rms.

Senator Stone turned in anger upon,
Senator Borah and began a statement
to the effect that he did not propose to
have the Idaho senator tell him what
he should do or should not do. The
Vice President rapped loudly on his
desk for order. There were calls for
the sergeant-at-arms to restore order
by senators in their seats. / Finally,

Senator Stone said:
“On this resolution as amended I
vote aye.”

lery as the clash ended.

Senator Vardaman of Mississip i,
speaking so quickly that no one con (1
prevent said: “I regretfully vote aye
on this amended resolution."

Senator Ashurst, who sat beside him,

 

laughed loudly, calling a rebuke from.
the Vice President. When th/owrol

 

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Twelve republicans and

VCI‘, the» resolution‘had been“.
not to travel upoﬁ

American citizen, would be i A

amotion to table the G0f'e i
g approved. the" plan; for , '1
It was known beyond all doubt, L

The Vice, President ruled that Sen-',

but that he must do so without debate. '

Senate ,

call had begun. Senator Borah’s name‘

Laughter swept over'the Senate gal-

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