Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-04
Expected to Remain in Con-
tinuous Session Until a
Vote Is Reached.
SENATE'S RESOLUTION
ACCEPTED AND REPORTED
No Rule to Limit Debate, But Effort
Will Be Made to Curtail
Speeches.

Bv unanimous consent the
House agreed today to begin dis
cussion of the war resolution to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
! No special rule limiting debate
will be brought in, and the House
will remain in continuous session
until the resolution is passed.
Senate Resolution Reported.
The foreign affairs committee accept
ed the Senate's war resolution in place
Of it's own and favorably reported the
resolution for passage.
Representative Shackelford of Mis-
souri,, democrat. and Representative
Cooper of Wisconsin. republican, were
the only members of the committee to
vote against the war resolution.
The committee on foreign affairs of
the House, with the exception of two
vacancies, one republican and one DEM
ocrat, Is as follows: Representatives
Flood. Linthieum. GoSdWin, as stsdman. &c @
Ragsdale, Huddleston. Connally, Coop
er, Porter, Rogers. Temple, Foss, Miller.
Mott and Kennedy.
Holds British Blockade Illegal.
Representative Cooper made the most
extended argument against the resolution.
He dwelt chiefly on alleged violations of
international laws by the British block
ade. as he often has previously done in
speeches on the floor
Agreement to serve notice on the House
that the resolution would be brought up
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning was
reached after the strong effort had been
made by several members to begin con-
sideration of it on the floor at once.
1t was pointed out. however. that the
members should be in full possession of
information regarding the situation which
has been revealed to the committee by
the State Department. Hence this in
formation and some additional facts, said
to relate to the treatment OF United States
officials in the zone. will be printed
| today and laId before the members tomor-
row.
All Day Debate Likely.
Debate on the resolution is expected to
last all day, although every effort will
be made to limit speech as much pos
| sible Representative Sherley of Kentucky.
who is anxious that something be done
| kitchin today to do everything in his
power to hasten vote.
The time is come" Representative
| Sherley said, when mems actions count
, for more than their words. We should
! quit talking and do something
Mr.. kitchinS receipt of news of the
! favorable reporting OF the resolution
! followed lively session between him
and two suffrage pacifsts. They
| pleaded that if war were delayed one
/ Ix4Fa anl he .ar n
| and overthrow their monarchy.
Don't you think that our entering
| into the war would hasten such ac-
| tom" Mr. kitchin asked.
Would Limit Time of Debate.
| Agreement to take up the measure to-
morrow was preceded by extended ar
gument over how much time would be
/ allowed for debate and whether mem
| bers other than committeeman would
be permitted to speak. Mr.. Flood said
| that he had no desire to prevent any
one from speaking, but that he prob
| ably would ask that debate be closed at
4 or O'Clock in the afternoon. Indica-
tions were that from fifty to a hundred
| members would talk.
| Mr. Flood first asked that the resolu-
| ton be taken up Immediately, but this
! was objected to. particularly by Rep
resentative Cooper of Wisconsin, one of
! the two members of the foreign affairs
committee who voted against the reso-
tuition. He insisted that the committee
had agreed to ask that the resolution
! be taken up tomorrow morning and
| that Mr.. Flood had no right to ask for
earlier consideration. Mr.. Flood dis
puted the statement.
We certainly should have report
| on this resolution before we take il up.
and we cannot have that before tomor-
row." Mr.. Cooper said IF this House
were planning to appropriate $50 to nav
for sunken scow il would not a r.,
without a report on the resolution
pany a resolution that may throw This
country into war of three years, dur,
ton and which may cost hundreds of
millions of dollars.
None of the former pacifst proun
made any remarks on the situation
during the debate.