The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-10

sin. ranking Republican OF the for
eign affairs committee, led the pacl-
fist fight He declared that Great
Britain had been permitted to change
the rules of international law but that
We now proposed to prevent Germany
from changing them. Representative
Britten, of Illinois, and various other
| pacifists. took the same view, and ar
! eued that Great Britain and not Ger
many was the real cause Of the diff
culties surrounding American COM
merce.
Cannon fer War.
The recognition of "the gentleman
from Illinois, Mr. Cannon" provoked
wild demonstration Of applause
from floor and galleries. For once,
Chairman Fitzgerald did not attempt
to restrain the gallery enthusiasm as
Uncle Joe, erect and resilient with his
so busy years on his shoulders, strobe
down the aisle to the we'll of the
house and launched a speech in which
he said that he regretted he was re-
strained from partisan utterances at
this time, but that the exigencies of
the moment forbade.
But on the happier days to come,
when the business in hand has been
conducted to satisfactory conclu-
sion, shall hope to resume" he said.
The ex-speaker held that the provo
cation by the imperial German gov
ernment had been of a gravity more
than sufficient to warrant the declara-
ton of the existence of state OF
war and the prosecution of that war
after it had been inaugurated. His
! speech was punctuated with applause.
"One quarter of me is German
said the ex-speaker, "but the other
three-quarters are respectively Eng
: lish, French and Irish, and | can Won-
der what my forefathers looking down
upon my action now are thinking. But
the mixture, l know, and you know,
has been welded and the heart that
prompts this utterance and dictates
this vote for war is American"
! The galleries went wild as Cannon,
waving his remaining time, strobe
| back to his seat.
! A brilliant argument against Amer
! ica entering the war was delivered by
; Representative Heating, Of Colorado.
{. Heating said that the elections of 1915
were won for Woodrow Wilson on the
grounds that he had kept US out OF
war"
"If the men who voted for Woodrow
! Wilson on that kind OF platform
had known that he would permit the
entry of this nation into this Euro
pean hell" shouted Keating. "he could
not have carried a state in this
union
REPRESENTATIVE D'l, Democrat, OF
Washington, opposed the resolution
on similar grounds, as did RepreseA-
tative Hull, of Iowa, a Republican.
Representative Kahn, of California
=! warned the nation against the hor-
rors of war to come, but insisted that
! the duty of the American nation lay in
making the sacrifice and in undergo
: ing the suffering which this war EN-
tailed.
1--WE could not hold up our heads
in the world of the future if we failed
in our paramount and imperative duty
;, at this time" he said. "The troops
of the entente allies went into the
war to the gay note of It's Long
Way to Tipperary,' and today they
! are singing that fearful trench song
which goes: The Bells of He'll &C
Ting ling ling for You, but not fol
Me- in all it's hideous, brutal mean
ing, but America must, if the neeo
i comes, and the war continues, listen
to that bloody song of the trench, un,
dismayed."
Representative Saunders, Of Virgin
ia. followed with plea for suppor'
of the chief executive and the prose
cution of the war to victory for the
cause of righteous democracy over
malevolent autocracy."
He was followed by Representative
} Hefin, of Alabama.
} Attack on Kftchin.
? A violent attack upon Majority
!, Leader Kitchin marked the speech O.
the Alabama member.
"I say to you, Mr.. Speaker" roaret
Hefin, with all the profundity Of his
/, famous voice, "that had I contemplat
ed such action as that committed BY
the gentleman from North Caroline
the majority leader Of this house,
would have made out my resignation
: as leader first, then made the speech
,, and then resigned from congress.
Kisses from all quarters of the
house, particularly from the group OF
Kitchin adherents on the Democratic
side, greeted the attack. The galleries
took up the sibilant expression of dis
approval, and Chairman Fitzgerald
i thrice had to admonish them that they
were transgressing the rules of the
house.
An exciting episode marked the
speech of Representative Burnett
Democrat, Of Alabama, against the
resolution. He declared he could moi
stultify his conscience by voting to