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strife" he considered 1t his patriotic duty
to vote for the resolution.
More than fifty-ive years ago." he
said, 81 offered by young manhood to
the Union at the call Of Abraham Lin
coln.'
He was interrupted by a wild outburst
of applause.
"And now I am ready" he continued.
'to respond to the call of Woodrow Will
SON."
REPRESENTATIVE Cooper Of Ohio. a Re-
publican, supporting the resolution, ex-
pressed his digust at the plea offered by
opponents Of the resolution, that 1t would
drive young American manhood into the
trenches.
"I have five sons" he said, land
would be willing to send all five OF them
into the trenches II 1t will put stop 10
the murder of American women ana
babies by the Kaiser's government
Galleries Cheer Cannon.
The recognition of the gentleman from
Illinois Uncle Joe Cannon. PROVOKED
a wild demonstration of applause from
floor and galleries.
The former Speaker held that the
prov6cation by the imperial German had
been OF a gravity more than suf1icient
to warrant the declaration Of war ana
the prosecution of that war after II had
been inaugurated.
"One-ouarter of me is German" said
the former Speaker but the other three
quarters are respectively English. French
and Irish, and / can wonder what my
forebears looking down upon my action
now are thinking. But the mixture. 1
know and you know, has been welded
and the heart that prompts this utter
ance and dictates this vote for war Is
American"
A brilliant argument against America
entering the war was delivered by Rep
resentative Keating, OF Colorado. keat-
ing said that the elections of 1916 were
won for woodrow Wilson on the grounds
that he had kept us out of the war.
IF the men who voted for Woodrow
Wilson on that kind of a platform had
known that he would permit the entry OF
this nation into this European hell"
shouted Keating. "he could not have car
ried a State in this Union"
Warns Against War Horrors.
Representative Dill, Democrat, of Wash
ington, opposed the resolution on similar
grounds, so also did Representative Hull.
of Iowa, a Republican.
Representative Kahn. of California,
warned the nation against the horrors
of war to come, but insisted that the
duty of the American nation lay in max
ing the sacrifice and In undergoing the
suffering which, this was entailed.
Representative Saunders. of Virginia.
followed with a plan for support of
the Chief Executive and the prosecution
of the war to victory for the cause of
autocracy" He was followed by Rep
resentative Hef!n, of Alabama.
A violent attack upon Majority Leader
Kitchin marked the speech of the Ala
bama member.
Il say to you, Mr.. Speaker roared
Heflin. with all the profundity OF his
famous voice, that had 1 contemplated
such action as that committed by the
gentleman from North Carolina, the ma
tority 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. greet
ed the attack.
Representative ]. Fred Talbot. of
Maryland. the father of the House
democracy and the senior member in
point Of continuous service, delivered a
rousing war speech that brought the
floor and galleries to their feet.
Prepared to Lick Anybody.
The accusation of the timid people
that there has been a lack OF prepara-
ton for this war Is incorrect" said Rep
resentative Talbot. This nation is pre-
pared to meet any naval power on earth.
man for man, gun for gun. ship for ship.
We can lick any nation in the world.
Bad taste and bad patriotism only will
say that we are not prepared.
II asked Admiral Benson the other day
Il ho 1. .;a R-.t To- no
an army to a foreign shore and he said:
The first thing I'd do would be to clear
the ocean of the enemy's fleet That S
the whole case"
An exciting episode marked the ten
minutes accorded Representative Bur-
nett, Democrat, of Alabama. He spoke