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Senate Debates Over Mexico Crisis and Vera Cruz
The Senate weighed President Wilson's Mexican policy after four U.S. marines died at Vera Cruz. Senators McCumber and Weeks pressed for justified action beyond a shipboard salute, while Root and Reed urged clear moral grounds and avoidance of a mere ritual. The chamber raced toward a vote as tensions rose and Cabinet members observed.
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Francisco Madero
Francisco V. Gomez
Senor Limantour
New York
Juarez
Thomas
Shively
Senate
Massachusetts
Weeks
Indiana
James
Mexico
United States
Congress
Hitchcock
Vera Cruz
House
Root
Lodge
Cecil Spring-Rice
Foreign Relations Committee
Huerta
Tampico
Bryan
Senator Root
Mr. Bryan
McAdoo
Mr. Root
Lane
Reed
Burleson
Tumulty
Senator Reed
Wilson
Congress of the United
Senator James
Resolu
Fall
Mex ‘Co
George Fu Carothers
State Department
Army Villa
Dero
Victoriano Huerta
Senator Fall
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