The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-04-12
STATE OF WAR DECLARED
HO,rSE AND SENATE PASS WAR
RESOLUTION.
Senate Acted OH Measure Wednesday
and House Followed Suit Thurs
day Night.

to the house, where debate will begin
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to
continue until action is taken.
Senators who cast the negative
votes were: Gronna, of North Da-
kota: La Toilette, of Wisconsin; Nor
ris. of Nebraska; Lane, of Oregon; !;
Stone, of Missouri, and Vardaman, of
Mississippi.
The resolution, drafted after con-
sultation with the State department
and already accepted by the house
committee, says the state of war
thrust upon the United States by
Germany is formally declared and di-
rects the president to employ the en-
tire military and naval forces and the
resources of the government to carry
on war and bring it to a successful
conclusion.
Action in the senate came just af-
ter II clock, at the close of a debate
that had lasted continuously since 10
O'Clock this morning. The climax was
reached late in the afternoon, when
Senator John Sharp Williams de-
nounced a speech by Senator La Fol-
lette as more worthy of Herr Won
Bethmann-Hollweg than of an Amer
lean senator.
The passage of the resolution was
not marked by any urst from the
galleries. The senators themselves
were unusually quiet. Many of them
answered to their names in voices
that quivered with emotion.
Washington, April 6.-The resolu-
ton declaring that a state of war
exists between the United States and
Germany, already passed by the SEN
ate, passed the house shortly after
3 o'clock this morning by a vote of
373 to so.
Without roll call the house rejected
all amendments, including proposals
to prohibit the sending of any troops
overseas without congressional au-
thority.
President Wilson will sign the
resolution today as soon as Vice
President Marshall has attached his
signature in the senate 1t formally
accepts the state of belligerency
forced by German aggressions and
authorizes and directs the president
to employ the military and naval
forces and all the resources of the
nation to bring war against Germany
to a successful termination.
Passage of the resolution followed
seventeen hours of debate. There
was no attempt to filibuster, but the
pacifst group under the leadership
of Democratic Leader Kitchin pro-
Ionged the discussion with impassion-
ed speeches declaring conscience
would not permit them to support the
presidents recommendation that a
state of war be declared.
Miss Rankin, of Montana, the only
woman member of congress, sat
through the first roll call with bow
ed head, failing to answer to her
name, twice called by the clerk.
On the second roll call she rose
and said in a sobbing voice, Il want
to stand by my country, but l cannot
vote for war" For moment then
she remained standing supporting
herself against desk and as cries OF
vote. Vote!" came from several
parts of the house, she sank back in
to her seat without voting audibly.
She was recorded in the negative.
The fifty members who voted
against the resolution were: Almon,
Bacon, Britten, Browne, Burnett,
Cary, Church. Connolly, of Kansas;
Cooper. of Wisconsin; Davidson,
Davis, Decker, Dill, Dillon, Doml-
nick, Esch, Frear, Fuller, of Illinois;
,Haugen, Hayes, Hensley, Hilliard,
Hull, of Iowa; Igoe, Johnston, of
South Dakota; Heating, King, Kin
kaid, Kitchin, knutson, La Toilette,
Little, London, Lundeen, McLemore,
Mason, Nelson, Randall, Rankin,
Reavis, Roberts, Rodenburg, Shackle-
ford, Sherwood, Sloan, Stafford, Van
Dyke, Voight, Wheeler, Woods, of
Iowa.
Cheers greeted the announcement
of the result A few minutes later
Speaker Clark signed the resolution
and the house then adjourned to
meet again Monday and take up the
administration recommendations for
war legislation.