The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-28
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St. Paul, Minn., April 2s.-Infor-
nation concerning the voting pre-
cincts Of Minnesota was teIe-
eraphed today by Secretary Of
State Schmahl at the urgent re-
quest of Sam /. Rogers, federal
census director, for use by the
war department. There are now
3,037 precincts in the state. spe-
cial information regarding the
precincts in Duluth, Minneapolis
and st. Paul was included.
WashingtOn,D. c., April 28.-Tho
administration forces overthrow op-
ponents of the selective conscrip.
tion bill in the house on the first vote
today and struck the volunteer
amendment from the measure The
vote came on an amendment by Rep.
yasentative Kahn Republican, who
has led the fight for the admin!stra.
tion bill, moving to strike out the vol
unteer amendment inserted by a ma
iority of the military committee,
against the protests OF the president
and the army war college. It assured
the passage of the bill as drawn by
the army experts.
The vote to sustain the provisions
Of the army bill was 279 to 50.
Representatives Norton and Young
of North Dakota, voted with the ma.
jority on the volunteer amendment.
Chat: man. Webb, Of the Judiciary
committee, announced that "a little
later bill will be introduced pro-
viding that all citizens of Allied coun.
lies whc are OF military age shall
be rounded up and turned over to
their respective governments.
Senator IaFollette concluded his
speech on the army bill at | 80 this
morning after having spoken two and
half hours, and the senate recessed
until 10 o'clock in the morning, when
debate on the measure will continue.
Mr.. LaFollette made final plea
that the United States should exert
its great influence to bring the war
to an early conclusion, but said that
it should not be drawn into an agree
ment with the allies that would pre-
vent it from making a separate peace
with Germany.
Senator LaFollette denounced at
tempts to rush the army bill through
congress without what he thought was
proper discussion. He praised the vol
unteer system and argued that men
who would form a draft army should
have an opportunity to vote on the
draft feature by referendum. Enlisted
men should be better paid and ade-
quate provision made for their de-
pendents, he declared.
"In the last few months" said Sen
ator l.aFollette, we have done more
to undermine democracy in the Uni
ted States under the pretext Of carry
ing democracy to the rest OF the
world, than it is possible to repair
in a generation Of time. These are
great days for democracy. We arc
going to draft an army to 60 over and
shoot democracy into the German gov
eminent"
He criticized the appointment Of
Elihu Root to head the American mis-
sion to Russia. He said that some
of the refugees who have been re-
leased from Siberia, who had previ-
ously sought asylum in the United
States but had encountered obstacles
placed in their way by Mr.. Root when
he was an official Of this government.
might not understand how they
should take his advice.
Only a few senator's we're on the
floor to hear the speech and the GAL
leries held less than so spectators,
some of them women.
Vote Early Today in House.
The house leaders agreed to have
vote Immediately after convening
tomorrow on an amendment which
would restore the measure to tho
form in which it came from the war
department, eliminating the volunteer
section submitted by the military COM
mittee. General debate was closed
early in the afternoon with final state
ments by Chairman Dent Of the mill.
tary committee for the volunteer sec-
ton and Representative Kahn Of Call.
fornia, the republican member leading
the administration fight for the eo0-
eral staff plan.
Five Minute Debate.
Scores of members spoke last night
under the rule permitting iive-minntA
speeches on amendments. One eetAoE
first vas Representative Nan. tlA
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