The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03
DRAFT BILL TO
Be RE-PASSED
KINKS TO BE IRoNEo oUT-coN.
GREss WILL RECONSIDER CON-
scRIPTIoN MEASURE.
EXPECT SATISFACTORY ACTION
Upon Points In Dispute Between Two
Reconsideration May Sign II In
Couple Of Days-La Toilette Again
Looms Up az an obtacIe.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
washington.-Congr has already
gone to work to smooth away differ
ences between the drafts of the war
army bill, as passed last Saturday by
the Senate and House. With the Ad-
ministration's plan of raising the coun.
try's millions of fighting men by Sc
lective draft accepted in both Houses
by overwhelming majorities, it is re-
garded as certain that points in dis
pute can be disposed Of in conference
so that the measure may go to the
President for his signature within a
couple of days. The parliamentary
tangle resulting from the almost sim
ultaneous action by the two Houses
require the next move to be made on
the Senate side.
The bill must be repassed there,
with unlimited opportunity, under
strict Interpretation of the rules, for
further debate and amendment. 1t
then will go to conference, with the
principal task that of harmoniZing the
two Houses on the maximum conscrip'
ton age, fixed by the Senate at q and
by the House at 40 years.
After preliminary business, proba.
bly, including some action on reSolu-
tions regarding the railroads applica.
ton for increased freight rates, the
Senate has taken up the bill anew,
with a motion to substitute the draft
hu
that which came from the House.
Technically the bill will be subject to
unrestricted discussion; practically,
leaders hope 1t can be repassed with
out protracted debate.
Senators La Toilette, Gronna and
others who failed to have amendments
considered Saturday night, being shut
out by the agreement to vote before
midnight, present the uncertain factor
regarding speeding the measure to
conference. Senator La Toilette threat.
ems to block future unanimous consent
voting agreements and to press his
amendment for q popular referendum
on conscription.
Senator Gronna has an amendment
to prohibit manufacture of grains into
liquor during the war. Senator Cham.
berlain, chairman of the Military Com.
mittee expressed hope, however, that
the Senate's further consideration will
be brief. He said he was confident
the anti-conscription advocates would
not renew their fight and that the Sen,
ate would have little patience for an
extensive reopening of general discus
sion.
In conference the chief clashes will
arise over the maximum conscription
age, the Senate's decisive approval
and the Houses rejection of the pro.
Roosevelt to organize volunteer
force for immediate service abroad,
and the Senate clause prohibiting liq-
Nor sales near training camps and to
uniformed soldiers.
Sentiment in the Senate is over.
whelmingly against conscripting men
over 80 years. House members are re-
garded as equally determined to accept
nothing less than a 4O-year maximum.
Upon disposing of the army bill Sen.
ate leaders plan to resume considera-
ton Of the Administration espionage
measure, with interest centered on it's
presidential export embargo provision.
Many other food questions are before
both Houses, and the Administration
bills to deal with various food supply
questions are expected to be intro
duced In both Houses at once.
Before the army bill was taken up
Senator Smith, of Georgia, endeavored
to ge: action upon his resolution to
have the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee intervene in the railways
application before the Interstate Com
merce Commission for a Is per cent
freight rate increase. Because of con-
siderable senatorial opposition to the
carriers request lively debate devel-
oped.