New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-25
n.,l.res Measure Will Be
Beaten in House by
80 Votes
Progress Made
For Bill in Senate
ADMINISTRATION Expected to
Force Lower Body Into
Line Later


Ellington. april 24.-ln both houses
---,ss to-day the friends OF the
" -, draft principle Of raising an
''.,,'. r,5. progress, save for a setback
1 u,ssc caused by the quiet an
% ~, -,e-t that Speaker Champ Clark
''-. ., .o.~orrow make long speech
''-.' sou Of retaining the volunteer
H.'''-' ,,oo,b Of Nr. CLARK, because Of
20, personal popularity IN the
80 =. NAV turn the tide in the House
H' ', t,- Che last Few days has been
' - co strongly 20 CONSUMPTION.
C,,-t.s own opinion is that con-
y. ..,-.pa. IS, straight-out con-
80, without The provision for
-s., volunteers hrst-would be
...,,r BY about thirty votes.
-.. detection viii not change the
...-.,e result. This now appears TO
,..,,y. 10 be cttaincd IN the way Inc
80 po.ntcd out more than week
,1at the volunteer plan would tri-
-, 81 INC House, bat that after the
go. had passed the seiective draft
Am desired by the Administration the
g.r.. would be forced into line
r,, ,be last few days it has looked
,,ourh the House might not have TO
:. ,o-eed. It appeared as though that
s.,. vorl6 on its own initiative pass
~, .o,s,-.ption feature. Mr.. Clark's
10 ove- the traces. however. Will
-. in many members Of the House
-. against the immediate draft
~ !, would not surprise the friends
"a .be Measure Il the Dent committee
%. 7. stould he PASSED by the House. IN
.,,,5 of the Kahn bill, which IS SIM
n,- 10 the Senate measure.
House Vote Expected Friday
The vote IN the House IS not now
,r,ec.ed IN the House until FrldaE'
,sogrh IL may come Thursday night
M Senate debate gives every lndlca-
ian OF stretching well into next "eeh'
Tbe principal speech against con
s.rintion in the Senate was made D!
Nr Mcclellan, the new Senator from
Tennessee. who was a member OF me
Military Affairs Committee OF the
House before coming TO the upper
damber.
Dir. MeKel,ar juggled figures to prove
A,, .bc draft whom finally resOrted 10
u the Civil War was d failure.
lie read a letter from AdJutant Cen
,rs Mccain. showing that out OF
Total Of 1852 men drafted under the
&C., Of 1863 only 3o,337 were finally
held 70 service. 100
so that If VIC should enrol 6,OO0,-
900 men under our draft law we would,
On the same basis, get only o0o'Ooo
men" he declared.
Adjutant General NcCain's letter.
however, shows that Of the II6,e29
men, 46I0l were discharged because
he quota vas full. 1907 bought sub
stiuies and s6.72i paid Communication.
So g. neither substitutes nor commu-
uton s permitted under the proposed
elective draft act, these numbers
.sould be added DO. giving total OF
29719 instead of 43,34I
Il do not believe" said Senator Nc
Lean. "therc is a member of this body
vbose dread Of war Is more profound
than mine. and IL is precisely because
! want peace more than anything else
% the world that ! shall vote for uni
'rral military training and service
Having served eight years as a vol
sTieer BOO rho National Guard Said
,.1a'or frchuChuyscu. "and being a
nemtcr Of the senate Committee on
Military Affair." which reported out
nis biil. feel that 10 is my duty 20 OK
Lress ny opinions Of its provisions.
he Administration should be sus-
alned IN IFS request for the selectiye
tliit % raise an army Of 100000 in adj