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

had fnugne SAs administratton's plan
Sat silently tn their seAtA
Democratic Leader 1itohin. who was
..DrsnssA e to v e: os e.
before, but was not present for the
vote on the amendment. Miss Rankin
of Montana voted with the volunteer
advocates
Speaker Denounces "Skunkers.
Throughout the remainder of the
House debate pro-volunteer members
frequently reopened discussion of their
proposal. the climax coming when
Speaker Clark declared he might drive
out of his district some of those who
had urged that he vote for conscrip-
ton
"A lot of old ekunkers all over the
country who think that nobody is go
ing to be forced into this war excpet
boys from nineteen TO twenty-five,
the Speaker said. and that their mis-
cradle. cowardly hides VIII be sare,
have been sending kilograms here. l
know them. / know every man in my
district who has telegraphed me. and |
know who is at the bottom OF II, ana
/ can take a double-barrel shotgun
and run out of my district every man
CONSUMPTION. and. IL school doesn keep
100 long. / will run few out. too
Persistent efforts We're made in the
House to make all members OF Con-
subject to draft. but all of them
failed.
Appropriation in Separate Bill.
After a short skirmish. Representa-
tive Fitzgerald managed to get an al
most unanimous vote on his amend
rnent to knock out the appropriation OF
$4,000. 900. 600 from the House bill. He
said the appropriations committee is
about to report regular appropria-
ton bill carrying the necessary money
for the army which Will be raised.
The Harding amendment in the SEN
ate, permitting Col. Roosevelt TO lead
an army to France, does not mention
the colonel by name but its purpose
was well understood. as it was when
the Austin amendment in the House
was offered II was not discussed at
length, and was carried easily.
When the Senate adopted an amend
rnent to prohibit liquor on military
reservations, Senator Underwood Of
fered an amendment prohibiting mem
hers of Congress from possessing liquor
in the presence of troops.
After Senator Underwood's amend
nent was adopted. Senator Pittman Of
fered an amendment 10 include the pro-
hibition to amy other officer. empioye
or representative of the government.
Senator Brandegee. republican. OF
Connecticut. proposed that the dry
restrictions be extended to all members
of the executive and judicial depart
ments. saying: - 4
Il think government activities ought
to be administered without discrimina-
ton. Now that the Senate has seen nj
against the powers which We are sup
posed TO be too feeble to resist. IT
should be extended to all other officials
who have to do with prosecuting the
war.
The amendment was beaten. fifty
four to thirty.
Pay of Private Increased.
lust before adjournment both houses
materially increased the pay of pri-
Yates. the House placing 1t at $50 a
month and the Senate at $50.
In the Senate those voting against
the bill on the final vote were:
Borah, Gore. Gronna. Hardwick. Kir-
by. La Toilette. Thomas and Tramnleli.
senator Vardaman of Mississippi asked
to be excused from voting.
The senator's voting for the bill We're:
Ashurst. Bankhead. Beckham. Brady.
lain. Colt. Culberson, Cummins. Curtis,
Dillingham;. Fail. Fernald. Fletcher,
France. Frelinghuysen. Gallinger. Gary.
Hale. Harding. Hitchcock. Hollis. Hast
ing. Graham, johnson California;, John
son (South Dakota). Jones tNew Mex
ico), Jones (Washington). Kellogg, Ken
yon. King, Knox. Lewis, Lodge. McCum-
Der, Mcclellan, Mclean. Martin. Myers,
Nelson, New. Norris. Overman. Owens.
Page. Penrose. Phelan. Pittman. Poin-
dexter Pomerene. Ransdell. Reed. Robin
son. Salisbury. Shafroth. Sheppard: Sher-
man. Shields, Simmons, Smith (Arizona),
Smith Georgia., Smith (Maryland),
Smith (MicAigan).. Smith fSouth Caro-
i.nay. Smoot, Stirling. Stone. Switzerland.
swanson. Thompson. Townsend, Under
wood. Wadsworth. Walsh, Watson, Weeks,
Williams. Walcott.
Negative Votes in House.
Tire twenty-four members who voted
against the army bill on its final passage
In the House were:
Experimentation, Hayes. King. La
Toilette, Lundeen of Minnesota, Mason.
Nolan. Powers.
Democrats-Burnett. Church. Clark of
Florida. Claypool. Crosser. Dill. Dominick,
Gordon. Hilliard, Huddleston. Heating.
Sears. Sherwood. Sisson,
northumberland
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