Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

effected by Representative Lenroot Of
Wisconsin. He saw that under the bill
as written the various local or state
tribunals which will handle the draft,
could n1aa make their own exemptions. with
what exemptions were made in other
communities. His amendment provides
that the President shall direct the ex.
emptions. proclaiming from time to
time what men or classes OF men shall
be exempt.
DRY" Plans Ruled Out.
In the House Representative Little Of
Kansas offered an amendment prohibit
ing the sale of liquor within twenty
miles of any military establishment.
This would have put the saloon out of
business in any city within twenty
miles of any existing fort, post or
camp. and the foes Of prohibition arose
as one man and denounced it.
Some clever arguments were made
on both sides. and the prohibitionists
evidently expected Representative Saun-
ders Of Virginia, chairman of the COM
mittee of the whole. to rule the amend
ment in order. Representative Saun-
ders comes from a dry state. However.
he is as good a parliamentarian as he
10 prohibitionfst, and, stating the merits
OF the proposal were not within his
jurisdiction. he said the parliamentary
situation was against the Little amend
mont and ruled 1t out The House then
upheld his decision in q rising vote.
Representative Oliver Of Alabama Of
fered another dry" army amendment
which went out on a point of order.
Senate Bans Liquor for Soldiers.
In the Senate there was long debate
over proposals to prohibit the sale or
possession of intoxicating liquor during
the war. Several amendments were
adopted, including one to make it un-
lawful to sell or give liquor to officers or
men in uniform or to members of Con-
gress or other officials, and then the Sem
ate reversed itself and adopted a sub
stitute simply forbidding sale of liquor
to soldiers in uniform and giving the
President wide discretionary authority TO
make other prohibition regulations.
An amendment by Senator Curtis stipu-
lating that men subject to draft who
voluntarily present themselves shall be
recorded as volunteers was accepted by
Chairman Chamberlain and went into
the bill.
Another long debate was evoked over
amendments by Senators Thomas and La
Toilette to exempt from conscriptioii
those having conscientious objections
to military service. Both were defeated
without a roll call, and the bills exemp.
tion proposals left unchanged.
Farmers Are Exempt.
Among the more important amend
ments adopted In the House was ono
empowering the President to exempt
from the draft in his discretion persons
engaged in agricultural work. Another
would require each state to furnish
quota of men apportioned according to-
population. and still another provides
that mo bounty shall be paid to irSducs
any person to enlist" and that mo per
sons liable to military service shall
hereafter be permitted or allowed to
furnish q substitute for such service"
First Defeat for Volunteers.
The volunteer forces knew they were
badly beaten in the House when the
Kahn amendment was adopted yester-
day afternoon dn committee Of the
whole. There was no roll call at thar
time but as the vote by tellers pro-
ceeded and the result became apparent,
the men and women in the galleries
broke into cheers. while Speaker Clark,
Chairman Dent OF the military commit
tee. Chairman Padgett Of the naval
and other democrats who