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Show lOSElLOi' GOING JTO PUS Author of Resolution Still Plans to Pursue the Subject. Senators Debate on Matters Connected With Peace Conference. WASHING Ti I.Y, Pee. 5. Resolutions illltl debate (J! i subjects connected witli ttit: peace conference ae.ain occupied part of the tunc of tin.' senate today, ami tomorrow to-morrow '" session probably will bo taken up tareiy with d seti.ssioii of the reso-hit.on reso-hit.on of Henator rununins of Iowa, pro-vld.HK pro-vld.HK for appointment oi a' special senate sen-ate committee lo go l Paris to report on the peace meeting. The senate furciyii . relations commit-teo commit-teo .voted unanimously today to report the Cummins resolution adversely, but itd aui lior plan? to make a .y. -t ous speech in support of it. tn untie pation it iIuh uddiess, .Senator I'lUnwti of .e-vailn. .e-vailn. I'euiocrat, a member ul the eoni-Mi eoni-Mi tn lie, submitted a separate, report lo tlit senate late today .v plaining his objections ob-jections to the re-olutioti. RepoK .3 of Censorship. S.mato Johns mi of California, Republican. Repub-lican. .niii.Ll t'.t-haLc tiaia.1, by in t orm lug t lie h.jii:i I e . Iiat t u i 0 v, en- : . ports Lll.Lt Kdgar Siso .j .n.oii ii en ptm-lie ptm-lie information w . . be in e.iiir.nti of arrangements for ' i 1 ..mug" cable puee lor llie I ransuussu I p:es.; .purls on the peace eon! el ence. I -T .1 oa i.s.ui Mil. I he hoped thai I'enrf.e i'rei-1. ilvur-inaii ilvur-inaii of t he t- 1 1 1 1 ii i f l. w.iihl not cfn.r ' ti..- reports. Seiiat..r.-i WalKiii and .ew of Indiana ajid. Sin-rmali of Illinois joined in the. criticism iA .Mi'. I'leel ' x in h's .oUlre-;s. S. nnti.r Sherman vigorous.!.- alla- k.-d Hepresen-lotht . Manti of Illinois, the 'Republican leader in I he liou.se.. as the re-sillt of .Mr. Mann's recent re-cent sal-m-.nr sa ing that the country va:i n it In synipa thy with er.lt ieism of the president, w hile, i he chief executive IS tit . the peaee conference. Senator Shenimn did not name Mr. Mann, but he said thi! author of the statement spoke fur no one but "Hyde park and Liu; South bide of Chicago."' Against Alliances. I 'tiring the session today Senator -Jo-rah of hhiho. K-puL'liean. introduced ;i i'1-soiut ion proposing rea t f irma Lion of the sn.ito of policies enunciated by Washington Wash-ington and Jefferson, warning: against entangling alliances with European nations. na-tions. The .senate adopted a resolution by .Senator Jones of Washington, Uepub-liean, Uepub-liean, calling upon the slate department lor iiif'iriuiuion desired as the basis fur li,rislat ion Lo insin e pref erential treatment treat-ment for American shipping and commerce, com-merce, Senator" Pittninn, -.in submitting his re-' part explaining the committee action on the. rummins resolution, said the proposed pro-posed committee could perform no constitutional con-stitutional function imposed upon the senate with velatUn to treaties, and Licit it w ould ha e no le,'al status in couiioc-uon couiioc-uon with the negotiation or making of the treaty. "Its method of obtaining informal in,!."' said Ihe report, "would in the nature of the circumstances, be vagrant, uncertain and unreliable. The report of such a Coin tn it tee to r ho senate would be. based chiefly upon hearsay and would constitute consti-tute but the individual conclusions of the members of the committee and would have " lit t le force and effect with the Hce.ue " Senator Pittman also said that the prci'-nne o the commit leu- at Paris mU'bt embarrass and interfere with President Wilson "in the performance of his con-Ht'tnt con-Ht'tnt ioual duties in the making of the treaty." |