New Britain herald., 1917-09-08
lDWICk FLAYED
IN SENATE DEBATE
organ ASsailed for Lack Of Pa.
ptsm and Opposition to Law


yesterday tentatively disposed of
Income tax provisions of the War
defeating all efforts to increase the
~, but interest in the contest was
Dtshadowed by the stormy debate
(which Senator Hardwick Of Georgia,
constant opponent Of war legislation,
b the target of strong denunsiation,
Senators Nelson of Minnesota,
Amberlain of Oregon, and Williams
Mississippi. ..
yenator HarwicA, who was one of
violent opponents Of the selective
1T law and has voted against nearly
Try war bill. was characterized by
hators Nelson and Williams as UNI
riotic, and these senators, with SEN
r Chamberlain called upon America
back the administration in pushing
war to a victorious end. During
debate Senator Chamberlain gave
rning that Germn invasion
eatened and that the country must
forth its greatest effort to resist
foe.
enator Williams, whose denuncia-
b was the most severe Of all, turned
Fagely upon Senator Hardwick with
e1inched fist as he cried:
Few senators will not agree that we
be seldom witnessed a fine case of
limitation and puffed-up self-act-
than that which has just been
bwn in this arena"
The Mississippian referred to a
bech Senator Hardwick had made in
Eocacy of an amendment offered by
hator LaFollette to give a bonus of
a month to every American fight
with the European army. Sena-
Hardwick denounced the selective
1T as unconstitutional and asked
81 the government ought not pay
men a bonus II it insisted on their
ing to France to fight. The bonus
1ndment had been defeated by a
OF 76 to Is, Senators LaFollette,
ma, Reed, Vardament, and Hard
voting in favor of it.
9eeping his clinched hand over the
Ake chamber, Senator Williams re-
kked that probably not over five
Ators would challenge his charac-
1Ation of Senator Hardwick's self
tng' as 'puffed-up.'
While Senator Williams talked Sen
II Hardwick left the chamber and
1onally stopping at the door and
King at the Mississippian.
Let Americans show whether they
loyal or what they are" shouted
Williams. Let us put down
bry un-American element in this
nntry. Let us wipe out the I. w.
e and all the other pro-Germans
d get down to the stern job Of win.
be- this fight"
The attack upon Senator Hardwick
d those who stood with him started
th a .fervid speech by Senator Mel
h, who accused the Georgian of
wing advocated measure that
build have brought shame to the
hited States.
"Pay bounty to our soldiers?" de-
hnded Senator Nelson. TAX the
eh so as to bribe our men to go to
rance? Where are our ideals to &c
hen we have to bride our men tc
Eht the battle Of, liberty?"
Senator Nelson, who served in the
vii war, spoke of loyal Americans az
nly too eager to serve their flae
fthout an insulting bounty being pu
fore them"
sThe American soldier is not O.
kch 4 mercenary disposition as thi
nendment would seem to indicate,
I'D Senator Nelson. This war i
krried on in Europe; we hope t,
beb the enemy there. In our ap
scpriAtions for our soldiers, the pa.
hitch we gave them by the act which
= passed at last congress Of $50
outh they are better paid than an
llors soldiers in the world, except tn
bldiers OF Canada.
TT n belittling, it is humiliating t
AmeCican soldier to tell him
"a 70 atross to Europe, If you hav
70 across the water to fight TO
bur country, you will not do 1t unles
ou get $50 a month extra
when the civil war broke out W
ever thought Of such thing as IN
uiring what our wages would b.
The first two months that I was OF
10 rot only $11 a month, which wa
be pay OF the old regular army.
kaS afterward increased to SIS
aonth, and finally to SIS a month
6 that time, however, gold was at
premium OF $40. The question {
Iollars and cents never cut any figur
Except among bounty jumpers"
"If the senator from Minnesota er
ertains these views, why does he ne
propose to strike out the 20 per cen
bounty to soldiers for foreign servie
n the war at PRESENT." asked Senate
Hardwick. why does he not pr
bose to reduce the pay of the Anne
can soldier to this other standard
which he SpeakS?'
I'm the first place, the law givir
Extra pay to our soldiers in foreig
service has been long on the statu
book" retorted Senator Nelson.
"But 1t is belittling them, accor
ng to the senator" replied Senat
Hardwick.
Now. hold on" protested Senat
Nelson, that was enacted because Y
mt troops over to the Philippil
Islands, in another hemisphere, in
mother world where climatic cond
Hons differed, and where it took the
b journey of almost three months
10 over there. We increased the