The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-03
REJECTS
ROOSEVELT PLAN
VOTES TO TO tos AGAINST Divis-
ION FOR FRENCH FRONT.
MANN IN FAVOR or THE DRAFT
Illinois Republican Backs Presidents
selective CONSUMPTION PIan--Miss
Rankin Votes for Roosevelt
Amendment-vot on Draft
Before Midnight.

Washington, April 2S.-By vote OF
ITO To JOG, the house refused to amend
the army bill so as 10 permit Colonel
Roosevelt to raise volunteer force
for service in France.
Miss Rankin of Montana was among
those who voted for the amendment
AS she passed between the tellers
members on both sides of the house
cheered her.
General debate on the war army bill
closed in the house and members be-
gan the final five-minute speech-mak'
ing on amendments.
Mann for Draft Bill.
The fight on the Roosevelt plan to
raise a select volunteer army began
in the house late IN the day when Rep
resenratiye Austin, Tennessee, intro
duced an amendment to permit the
immediEte raising of not less than four
infantry divisions. Ii was the same as
that Introduced in the senate by SEN
ator Harding.
Representative Mann. Republican.
rated as favoring the Volunteer army
system, came out squarely for the
presidents selective-draft plan during
debate on the Roosevelt volunteer
army amendment in the house.
Real work on the bill started when
Representative Towner, Iowa. offered
eft lnIi af.
Dent closed, giving the president wider
latitude in raising and maintaining the
100000 army asked. The amend
ment, considered unnecessary, was de-
feated. Other amendments Immediate
~ followed.
Representative Dent defended
changes made in the bill by the com
mittee, particularly that to raise the
age limits. He spoke particularly
against forcing into the army boys
who did not want TO go TO war and
excluding others who sought to serve.
as he declared the selective draft
would do.
Representative Kahn was frequent
ly interrupted with applause and he
was given rounds of hand-clapping
and cheers when he Concluded his de-
Tense of CONSUMPTION.
Mr.. Kahn. during the course of his
speech, declared that if France had
awaited the enlistment of volunteers
there probably would be no France.
Chairman Dent followed Mr.. Kahn
with the final argument for the vOlun-
teer amendment.
Kellogg Speaks for Draft.
Senator kellogg, Republican. of
Minnesota, spoke in favor of the adj
ministratiOn bill. at Goes net depart
from our traditional policies" he said.
"but if so / am ready, for l believe
the time has come when the safety of
our country demands it.
Under forced draft" pressure the
senate began at ten o'clock, two hours
earlier than the house. its concluding
drive to put through the president
selective conscription plan for raising
an army.
A night session is in prospect in the
upper house. Sixteen senators have
said they would speak.
Asks 1000, 900 Men.
"We should first drilI. train. equip
and make ready at the earliest stage
an army of 100000 men; second, we
should conserve our national resources
and human power by destroying
throughout the nation the liquor traf.
ne; third, we should stamp our profes.
SIGN of democracy with the seal 0t
sincerity by enfranchising the integ
rity, intelligence, purity and lofty pa,
triotism of our women" Jones de.
elared.
Before midnight today the fate OF
the bill drafting men for army service
will have been decided. No one here
doubts but that the bill will pass both
houses of congress successfully.
The latest poll of the house of rep
resentatives by friends of the meas
ure indicates that 25S members will
vote for the bill, 1876 will vote against
IT. and of SO men who are now nor.
committal, about "a will register theil
protest against the selective draft. The
friends of the general staff bill now
In the senate predict that from 60 t.
66 senators will vote for it.
"Under this proposed system of sc
lective draft" he said, ''boys who de
sire to remain civilians always would
have the sword of namocles hangin,
over them during tbs ages when the!
are liable to be called for militar!
service and at the same time tn,
names Of boys who desire to be sol
dieis may never be drawn from tn
box
As Dent finished, about fifty pro
volunteer members on both sides of tn
chamber rose and applauded. Full.
twice as many remained seated.
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