The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-27
VH 70 II 70 WITH
Senator Sherman Objects to
Beating Around the Bush.
He Urges Congress to Face the
Issue Squarely.
AS THE RESULT OF WAITING
None of Guards Is Prepared to
Fight, He Asserts.
Bitter Attack Made on Wilson
by Illinois Scion.

Washington, June 27.-The senate
has passed the house resolution au
thorizing the president to draft the
national guard into the federal service
for period not exceeding three years
The debate lasted seven hours and
was acrimonious.
The committee struck out the house
provision providing a payment of not
more than $50 a month for the SUP
port of dependent families of guards
men and substituted a provision that
heads of dependent families could be
discharged if they requested it The
debate was over the substitute. The
vote was As to 80.
The resolution was further amended
at the instance of Senator Clark, of
Wyoming, Republican, by striking out
the declaration that lin the opinion of
congress, an emergency exists"
The debate ended in a sensational
speech by Senator Sherman, of Hi
nois. in support of an amendment de
claring that lin the opinion of con-
gress, state of war exists between
the government of the United States
| and the de facto government of the
republic of Mexico" He said:
Shcrman's Speech.
81 am tired of listening to mere
| words. Emergency is more euphoni-
| Gus than war in some ears. What is
congress here for? We have declared
| everything except that which ought to
| be declared.
Il for one am tired of this inane
policy, this system of 'watchful wait
| ing this sending on mysterious mis-
SionS to Mexico of unknown diplomatic
! representatives We have sent mis-
| sions to Villa, to Carranza and we sen,
one to Huerta to tell him that he in his
| own country was persona non grata to
US. The president IN one of his adj
| dresses said he had information from
members of the Ananias club. From
| his conduct, it seems that he must
| have received it from such a source
| Senator Sherman recalled that three
months ago he had introduced a reso-
luton authorizing the president to cal
! out $4,000 troops for use on the
| border. That resolution has slumber.
| ed in committee. He continued:
Not Even Horseshoers
Three months would have been q
good time in which to prepare and
equip the militia Pershing's case
would then not be so desperate. To
day we find that the state militia is
! not supplied with arms or ammuni-
ton. They have not even horseshoers
for their cavalry. There is regi1
leave and they cannot even find
horseshoer.
There have been three months Of
lost time. Today if we had to push
an expedition across the border there
is not a man fit for the task but the
regular army"
Mr.. Sherman told how private citi
zens of Chicago made a subscription
to buy machine guns for the nationa
guard, only to find that not a gur
could be bought as the factories were
making them to send to Europe.
Results of Waiting.
You can't take them over, either
unless you declare war" he exclaimed
This is the result of 'Watchful wait
ling;' this is your boosted preparedness
This is the way we have mudd1et
things; we have always done it and
lsuppose we always shall 1t is worse
than a crime to have wasted thes'
three long months. Here we are
walking in a FOOLS paradise, hopins
that something will happen to taxi
us out of our trouble"
Mr.. Sherman's amendment wal
tabled without a yea and nay vote.
/ Senator Stone charged that Mr.
Sherman, "still hearing the ring in hi
ears of the huzzas when his name wa
feebIy mentioned in the Republican
convention" had seized the opportun
itv to make a political speech.