The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-06


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 Washington, April 6-War between the United States and Germany oe- comes an actuality today 1mmeolaleiy on President Wilson's approval or the war resolution adopted by the vote or 373 to 50 by the House 8, few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning
 This action will set in motion tne governments newly planned macnln- cry for mastering military naval anu economic forces into an aggressive war against Germany.
 The resolution passed the House ln inc same form as adopted by the Senate on Wednesday night. It de- clares that a state of war exists ana directs the president to employ all fne naval and military forces or tne Tinted States and resources Of the government to carry on war to a suc- cessful conclusion
 syTinal action on the resolution came after 17 hours of continuous debate and q few minutes afterward speaker Clark affixed his signature. After the resolution is signed bS Vice President Marshan it will be- rushed to the President. who has said he will sagn it.
 Among the 50 who voted against war were 32 Republicans, 16 Demo crats, one Socialist and one Proh1pi- tionist. Voting afirmadvely were lsS Democrats, TIT Republicans, two Fro gressives and one Independent
 Democratic Leader Kitchin and Miss Jeanette Rankin. tho new woman member from Montana, were two or those who voted negatively After fai1ing to answer to the calling of her name twice on tho first roll call, Mrs Tankin rose on the second roll call, trembling. obviously badly h1ghfen- cd. and with q sob In her voice de- clared:
 q want to stand by my country. but cannot vote for var"
 StiI1s she did not formally cast her vote and half q dozen of her col leagues, weared by the prutxacfed de- bate, denanded. -sVotes Vote.
 Sinking tnto her seat. Mss Rankin whispered Ano-'' Jerry South, ctaisf clerk, went to her seat to cprrpboEa1e her vote.
 M. Kitrhin,s participation in the proceedings WAS scarcely leaS dza1na- tic. After debating tho question prd- vate1y for ldx hours with both oppO- nents and propUnezatz of the rosofu- tions yesterday. he finally announcod his> oppoaaxlon and made q sfHT!nS speech against the mea9ure-
 Debate, beginning at ID o'clock In inc mnrman<, c0sztinmed without let a1p or paMsD through IT hOwrM-
 Membms of fhe growing minority claimed fhe right to be heard on the most fmpoFt1mf measure eyer brought be6Ee Congress. and while at no ttme WAS theTe a possibility that the resDfmtinm wOusd not be- ap- proved by an e1M1ae1MMngW ma 1ority it grew more evident win the passing hours of dehate that the House would mot go on record for war in the ka1ne large radio of its membership as did the Serate-
 Oazzae of OrpnH6faom-
 A growing conviction that the adoption of the resolution by Con- gress wdn meam the participation of } the s1aaM forces of the Limited States with inc Emtemte a11aes om the battle- ,l fields of Europe sMayed many mem bers and sponsored their speeches in
  1 opposition to the measure-
 Millions Of men, millions o1 money, for the defense of the rights and honor of the United States, bu1 for an allied war of aggression in Eu- l rope-not one Inan and not one dOl- 7 1ar!" declared ReDreseItatlve Sloane, of Nebraska, in explaining why his vote won1d be cast against the resolution.
 Bitter feeling and words that blazed like rockets in patriotic ferver or drew the curb against the country plungfng into a war marked the long hours of debate.
 Men uphoIdang the resolution pre- scented the other side of the picture the starving and nlAimed women and children of Belgium, oyerriy yden in their rights and deserving the ,sym- pat11y and support of all humanity, and the women and children, some of them Americans, who have gone down in ships torpedoed without warning.
 Speeches that went as far and even farther than the one which brought {he bitter denuncaat1on of Senator Norris, of Nebrasks. and the cry o1 treason in the Serate Wednesday, went virtually uncha11snged in the House yesterday afternooss and evening
 Challenged a Question.
 Members opposing the resolution fn- vfted and challenged a question of their acts and motives,
 It was ca,l1e/ dollar war. It was called a war brought on by property rather than human rights, It was called the Presidents war. It was called a war of European aggression which will send hundreds of thousands of American boys to the battledeids o1 Europe to die in a war of kings. It was said that the adoption of the resolution would lead the country SC far astray from it's traditional policy as forever to enbroi1 it in entang1ine alliances and European politics.
 These declarations were answered in general way in the debate. Sup lporters of the resolution called 1t ar American war--a war of humanity--s holy war that would bring peace tf the world and restore civilization tt the place it held before a mad mon arch made war upon 1t,
 ', Representative Kitehin. leader O tha majority, furnished tho first req !