The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-04-21
ESTABLISHED 1870
SENATOR PITTMAn SUPPORTS
RESOLUTION FOR WAR

Foreign Relations committee, voted
in committee for the resolution which
was introduced into the Senate de-
claring for war with Germany. He
not only voted for the resolution in
committee. but made a strong and
impassioned plea on the floor of the
Senate for the adoption of this reso-
lution. His was one of the great
speeches. of which the following
paragraphs, taken from the Con-
gressional Record, were part:
again, they come to us and say.
Delay this matter; put it off longer
while the murder goes on. so that we
may have referendum among the
people of this country | do not
know whether the distinguished Sem
ator from Wisconsin. Mr.. La Toilette,
knows what the people of his State
think; but | know what the people of
my State think. because they have
spoken through their legislature un-
equivocally in favor of every declar-
alton that the President of the Uni
ted States has made. and. in addition
to that, they have pledged every re-
source of that State. both men and
money, to the full limit to carry out
any policy he may propose or any
declaration he may make.
"Ah, yes; and that is not the only
State. There has been referendum
in every State in the United States.
All, possibly with the exception of
one or two States, through their legis-
latures, have declared in favor of
the position taken by the President
of the United States at the time he
dissolved diplomatic relations with
Germany, and have gone further and
pledged the people and the resources
of those States to the upholding of
the Presidents hands in every effort
he may make to protect the life. lib
erty, and honor of the American
people.
What else is there to do? What
else can we do? Ah.' but they say,
do not slaughter thousands of young
men in this country. Do not leave
the widows out in the little homes to
take care of the orphans
God knows that that is a picture
that appeals to any man with heart.
That is a picture that no man wishes
to hold before him. But | would
rather that we lose a few hundred
thousand men, if necessary, in few
months of war in cooperation with
the allies at the present time, than
to lose millions of men in war that
We alone might have to fight. We
have got to fight Germany. We will
either fight Germany now or we will
fight Germany later on. We will
either fight Germany in cooperation
with the allies or we will fight Ger
many alone. If we can not conquer
Germany now in cooperation with
the allies, then Germany will soon
conquer US.
"Oh, it is desperate thing to lose
the lives of our citizens-yes, the
life of one citizen of this country;
but believe just as surely as Istand
here that the allies to-day need the
assistance of this country. ltell you.
We can not disguise the fact that
that battle is hanging in the scale.
We realize to-day that the result in
Russia may be the result of the war.
tits too late for US to back out of the
light. Yes, it has been too late to
back out of this fight since the very
first moment that this democratic
country opposed the Prussianism of
the Kaiser. Do not think for one
moment that by cowardly surrend-
ering at this time we would make
ourselves immune from the inhuman
rath of that militant power.