The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-30

to restore virtually all of the important
| features of the bill to their original form
before it goes to the president. The
question of ages probably will form the
biggest barrier to quick conference
agreement.
The debate on CONSUMPTION brought
some dramatic passages in both Senate
and House. In the Senate the issue was
fought out on Senator McKellar's amend
ment, which would authorize call for
100000 volunteers and not put conscrip-
ton into effect unless the half million
men did not respond within 90 days. Mr..
Mcclellan pleaded that this plan would
not interfere with the draft plan, but
would "show the world that we are q
patriotic and not conscript nation
Senator johnson of California also advo-
Gated call for volunteers to place an
American force in Europe Immediately.
The vote on the volunteer amendment
was as follows:
For the amendment: Democrats-Gore,
Hardwick, Kirby, Mcclellan, Reed, Thorn
as, Trammell and Vardaman-S.
Republicans-Borah, Cummins, Curtis,
Fall, Gallinger, Cronna, johnson of Cali
fornia, LaFollette, Norris, Sherman-l0
After the Mcclellan amendment had
been rejected, Senator Trammell re-
opened the draft question by offering an
amendment proposing to substitute the
volunteer system throughout the bill. 1t
was rejected by an overwhelming roar
OF Noes"
In the House there was no rollcall.
The long fight came to close early in
the afternoon when Representative Kahn
of California moved to strike out the
volunteer provision written into the bill
by the House military committee. As
the result of the voting became appar-
ent, the members and the galleries broke
into cheers, while Speaker Clark, Chair
man Dent of the military committee,
Chairman Padgett of the naval commit
tee and other Democrats who had fought
the administration plans sat silently in
their seats.
Democratic Leader Kitchin, who was
expected to vote against CONSUMPTION, re-
sponded to the call for quorum just be-
fore, but was not present for the vote
on the amendment. Miss Rankin of Mon
tana voted with the volunteer advocates.
Throughout the remainder of the
House debate volunteer members fire.
luently reopened discussion of their pro-
posal, the climax coming when Speaker
Clark declared he might drive out of his
district some of those who had urged
that he vote for CONSUMPTION.
"A lot of the old skunkers all over the
who think that nobody is going
10 be forced into this war except boys
from 10 to 25,' the speaker said, "and
hat their miserable, cowardly hides viii
be safe, have been sending kilograms
lere. | know them. | know every man |
n my district who has telegraphed me,
md | know who is at the bottom of it |
md can take a double barreled shotgun |
md run out of my district every man |
who sent me a telegram to vote for con-
cription, and, if school doesn't keep too |
ong, / will run few out, too"
Persistent efforts were made in the |
House to make all members of Congress
ubiect to draft, but all of them failed.
An amendment by Representative Good
# Iowa, doubling the pay of enlisted
men in the army during the war; was
dopted, but generally is expected by adj
ninistration leaders to be thrown out in
difference.
On the objection of Chairman Fitzger
Id of the appropriations committee, the
3,000,000o00 appropriation provided for
arriving the bill into effect was finally
tricken out by the House by vote of
81 TO 25, and it was agreed that the
ommittee should bring in separate
leasure Monday to finance the raising
f the war army. Then shortly before II
m. the House began its final rollcall
n passage of the army bill.