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

| at least enc more hour or DEBATE was
expected.
Prepare War Plans.
The executive departments today
prepared their war plans, and trans
mitted to congress budget OF nearly
three and half billion dollars to
finance the military operations OF the
first year of the war. Nearly three
! billions of this is for the use of the
army. and the remainder would bring
i the navy to a point of complete pre-
paredness for a prolonged struggle.
Secretary of War Baker and Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels con-
ferred with congressional leaders Oh
the legislation necessary for their de-
partments. Secretary Baker laid be-
fore Chairman Chamberlain, of the
senate military affairs committee, the
/ department's plan for the immediate
raising of an army of 100000, based
on the present regular army and the
national guard, with an Increment OF
! 100000 men to be raised under uni
versal service draft.
| The cabinet officials urged immedl-
ate action of the whole program Of
war legislation, telling the congress
( sional leaders that time was now OF
! the greatest imp lance, and that they
must have men,, money and material
| at once. The house and senate lead
ers promised speed.
Tonight the big gray building that
houses the War and Navy Deart-
ments was ablaze with light, and ev-
ery preparation was made for the Is
suance of war orders to the fleet and
the land forces While the formai
signing of the war resolution by the
president could not be completed be-
fore tomorrow, it was believed the
passage of the measure by the house,
the senate having already approved
I it. would be accepted as the final act
that would officially place the United
States in a state Of war.
/ The pacifst fight against the reso
luton in the house began mildly, but
, it grew steadily as the long debate
; dragged through the day and into the
evening.
Majority Leader Kitchin len'
strength to the paci6sts in dramatic
speech. The Democratic leader had
been undecided as to his course, and
his colleagues on both war and peacs
y sides pleaded with him to make VI
his mind. He held scores of confer
y ences in his office, listening to bott
sides.
"Kitchin is sweating BLOOD" saio
one of his friends after talking with
. him.
Finally, the majority leader, with
bowed head and anxious face, made
his way to the floor. He was at once
recognized by Representative Fitzger'
aid, of New York, in the chair.
"Prayerfully impressed with the
sravities of this situation and appre'
ciating the penalties that war vii.
impose, my conscience and judgment
have shown the path of my duty ano
| must tread it if l have to tread II
j: alone. I have prayed for guidance.
have reached the conclusion that
!. must vote against the resolution"
A sigh that was almost sob sWpe1
;. the big chamber as members On the
floor and crowded galleries realized
that the leader Of the administration
party on the floor was deserting his
, party and his party's president. 4
! rattle of applause from the pacifst:
broke the somber silence.
81 shall not only be criticised fol
, this course said the Democrar'
, leader, Il shall be denounced from
: one end of the land to the other by I
yelping band of critics. l cannot leave
t my children land and riches, I can
| not leave them fame, but l can leav'
/ them the name of an ancestor Wh'
r always tried to do his duty, and Wh'
: on this day did his duty as God gav
} him to see it. 1 shall always believ
that we could have and that we ough
to have kept this great Christian ma
t ton out of war. Every obligation o
{ justice, every obligation of right
l combines to forbid my consent"
The spirit of grim determination
which had marked the attitude of th'
: big war majority in the house va!
| changed to be one of emotional pa
) triotism when Representative Miller
Republican, of Minnesota, produced
what he declared was the text of {
: paragraph from the text of the inter
: cepted Observation-Disclosures ALI
, ance note, sent by Foreign Minister
, Zimmerman, to the German minis
ter at Mexico City The paragraph
he said, had been suppressed. Il
: read:
"Agreeably to the Mexican govern
ment, submarine bases will be estao
lished at Mexican ports, from whict
will be supplied ammunition and sup
plies. All reservists in the United
States are ordered into Mexico. Ar
range to attack all along border"
Representative Miller declared hs