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Moadsy week. Mt. Kennedy charged il
boae On BIZ. Bed,oser. ihas be bad vo,.
ed agsinsl recognizing he exi.iencs Of
.isie Of War bstveea the Upi,ed States
and Mexico, Hbsa Nat question "a.
oroogh, up 10 ,he Houye 81 Repses.n,,.
lives Tor The hrs. lime. Mr.. X. then ,.ad
from : speech made By Mr. Psndls,on in
Congress, 10 which The so,e is given, and
Mr. B = name found pgsins, il. This
was charge well esleuls'sd 10 s,sr,le
The friends Of Mr.. Bsdinge shobslieved
from bis eloqaent sppesh 10 defence Of
the War. that be could never have been
gully Of such al ineoasisieecy.
After Mr. K had concluded, Mr. Be
diDger rose and pronounced the charge !
false one. that be had never cast such .
vote. and that the Journal was uroue il
i, placed HMM that attitude. and ridicul.
ed the attempt Of Mt. Pendleleu to place
him 70 that position.
We have now before us The Congress
ional Globe. which is semi official author.
iiy-the Washiqg;on Union and National
lntelligencer. OF the Eth aud l2.h Of
May last. and on referring 10 this ques,
lion fod thai Mr.. Bedinger did vote
gainst the amendment offered by Mr..
Boyd. which declares. that By The act Of
the republic Of MEXICO. state Of Warex.
lists between tha, government and The U.
.Sisies.n
We shall IS briefly aspossible. YET We
hope inielligibly. present the whole facts
in the case.
The President sent in q message 10
Congress. setting forth certain hostile re-.
ls,ions between MEXICO ADD the Unite d
States. And in response thereto, Mr..
HARRISON, Chairman Of she Military Com.
ni,iee 10 The House Of Representatives.
reported q bill. OF which the follow.
ing i'ihe Preamble ;-[see Congressional
Globe, page 79l. May l3 1916.
A BILL 20 authorize The President OF The Uoi,ed
States, under certain contingencies therein
named, TO. sccept The services II volunteers.
aud for ether purposes
BE Il enacted By fhe Senate and Rsuse Of R,pre.
'eniaiirss efths Uaiied States ef .am.riea IN Con
gress assembled, That The President Of Inc UoIit
States be. and be is hereby authorized, 10 resist
any attempt that may be made on The part 4
any foreign nation, oexclusise Jurisdiction over
any part OF the territory ofihe United States,
or any territory In dispute between The Uai,ed
States and any foreign Government; as we'll as
also 10 sustain the rights Of the United States To.
and 10 repel inSasons upon, The said territory ;
sud for this Pnrpose, 70 employ the naval for
ees Of The United States, and such portions OF
the militia as be may deem sav!iable 10 cali in.
10 service.
There were many amepdments offered
10 this. among which was the following
BY Mr.. Boyd: [See Congressional Globe,
page 1872
"Whereas bJ the act Of the Republic Of Mex
leo stSts Of war. exists beiveen that Govern
ment and the United States:
-. Dc u enacted, Se-, Thstfarsthe purpose Of en-.
aoling The Goyernrneni Of The Uaiied States 10
prosecute said war TO speedy and successful
termination, the Piesideoi be, and be is hereby,
authorized 70 employ The milits, naval, aid
military foxes Of the United S,ales,tsnd 10 cali
for and accept the services Of any number Of
volunteers not exceeding $4,000, who may cIer
heir services, either ss cavalry, srtilery, infsn
Try, or riasmen. 10 serve twelve months after
tney shall have arrivedst the plsee Of render.
vous, or 10 the end Of The war, unless sooner
1i<r haFrpd and fhnt . - - Z
dollars ont Of any moneys ia Tue Treasury or
TO come into the Treasury not Otherwise sppro.
priated be, and the same is hereby, approprialed
iot the purpose Of carrying the provisions OF
this Get isio eG.ct.n
On the question being isksa on this,
The yeas and nays were called for, and
1923; nsys67-imong the
nays. seventh on the list, we end the
name Of Mr. Bedinger. ISee Congress.
ioDal Globe, page 794
This would seem to tx i uron Mr. B.,
leaving no lOopbole OF creyice for him 10
escape.
10 the original. as offered BY Mr.. Har
llson, there was no specification. but gem
.ral terms, whilst 10 the amendment, il
vas clearly and specifically stated, that
whereas Sy the oct Of Merico," &c ~
Thus Mr. Bsdir ger is found voting against
be amendment-and saying in plain Ian.
,uage by bis vote. that the war was NOT
" tbs act Of .Merico
We presume that il will generally be
conceded as being hardly within The
suge Of probability, that three journaIs.-
be Congressional Globe. which is care.
ully made up. a few days always aher
he proceedings are published in the dai.
ys.-lhe Washington Uoioa. and the
Nai5nal Intellig eli have
,een mistaken in their lists OF yeas and
Rays: Aud If such an error did occur
Silh trespec, 70 that gentleman's name. is
I moi passing strange iha. be has failed To-
BAKE the correction - especially as the
role was one Of so moGen,ous rhsrsc
er. decl ring war-sfier having had The
opportunity. day after day. 10 read The
proceedings. aud see that his name was
zih hose who were opposed 10 the de-
:lara,iou Of war-Opposed 10 the adoption
II Mr. Boyd's smendmenis
Ii il much more reasonable and char.
table 10 believe. that Dir. BsdingeI voted
,gainst the amendment. on the SANE
,rounds tia, Mr Baily Z denocrap gave
o. wishing TO be excused from soIing Oh
he Bill i,ss!l.
We .6ad the following report Of Mr. |
ssily's remarks in the Congressional
.l,he nasa e01.