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Show CROWDS RUSH TO I THE HOUSE FIGHT I Men, Women and Children H Arrive Long Before Doors H Are Opened Combat H in the Air. H Washington, March 7. Prospects of M a sensational debate attracted a re- JM corded crowd to the house side of M the capitol long before the doors M openend. Men, women and chil- M dren came ready for a long stay. M Lunch boxes, milk bottles, opera glass- H es and books formed the principal M part of their equipment. When the M public galleries were thrown open H there was a rush and the galleries H were filled within five minutes. H The spirit of combat seemed to be H in the air. Two negro barbers in IH the house barber shop wound up an H argument by throwing toilet water jH bottles at each other. Both had to M be locked up. H Promptly at 11 o'clock tho house as M sembled for the all day fight of tho M administration forces to kill the Mc- jH Lemore resolution to warn Americans H off armed ships of the European bel- jH ligorents. Speaker Clark was in the jH chair and Acting Chairman Pou of tho H ruins fiommlt'na -cg-c. ta Uljg seat ready H to submit the special rule under H which the debate will proceed. VM As soon as the journal had been H read Mr. Pou offered the privileged H resolution containing the special rulo. H Mr. Pou asked unanimous consent JH for ninety minuter, debate ou the rule. H There -vvas no objection and the de- IH bate began. IH Pou Opens Fight H Mr. Pou took the floor to open the H H The first outburst of applause from H the house floor camo at the outset H of Mr. Pou's speech when he said: H Denounces Infamous Lie. H "All the imps of hell never devised jH a more infamous lie than tho declara- H tlon that has been made that Presl- H dent Wilson wants war." H Representative Campbell of Kansas. H Republican member of the rules com- H mlttee, announced when Mr. Pou con- H eluded that if tho motion to close de- H bate on the rule were defeated he H would offer a substitute for the Mc- jH Lemore resolution whioh would be a, jH direct warning to Americans to keep, H off armed ships. J H |