The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-05
WAR VOTE CERTAIN
Way Clear for Quick Action by
Congress on War
Declaration.

Declaration.
Washington, April 4.-The way
was cleared on both sides of the
capitol yesterday for prompt en-
actment of the ADMINISTRATION reso-
luton declaring state of war ex-
lists with Germany and directing
the president to prosecute it with
all the nations resources to a sue
cessful termination.
Baked by Senator La Toilette
in their effort to have the resolu-
ton taken up Immediately after
it. had been presented from the
foreign relations committee, lead
ers decided to begin today at 10
o'clock a session to continue until
a vote had been taken. Letters
signed by Senators Martin and
Gallinger, respectively, the dem
ocratic and republican leaders,
went to each senator asking him
to be in his seat today when the
senate meets and announcing the
plan for continuous session.
If the leaders can hold a quor-
um, as they were able to do in the
closing hours of the last session
on the armed neutrality bill, it is
probable that there will be action
late tonight or early Thursday
morning. 1t is not expected there
will be any attempt to filibuster,
but no one knew how many sena-
tors would speak.
Adoption of the resolution by
the house before tonight is pre-
dicted by members of the foreign
affairs committee.
The committee will meet this
morning and it is expected to re-
port back quickly the resolution
as approved by the senate COM
mittee. A special rule probably
will be asked from the rules COM
mittee to expedite the resolution
regardless Of its progress in. the
senate, and little delay is looked
for once it reaches the house floor.
Sentiment on the house side is
almost unanimously III favor of
the measure.
Senators who have looked over
the situation believe that if
friends of the resolution can be
prevented from consuming time
in speechmaking vote in the
senate need not be delayed many |
hours. They expect few votes
against it and not many speeches
in opposition. Republicans IL.
close touch with the situation be-
Iieve Senators LaFollette, Gronna
and Norris, on the republican side
will speak and vote against the
resolution and that they will be
joined by Senators Stone and
Kirby on the democratic side. Of
the position that will be taken by
Senator's Cummins and Lane, who
were in the group President Will
son blamed for the failure Of the
armed neutrality bill, they were
not at all sure.
The enthusiastic approval Of
the presidents address is general
among senator's There are a few
republicans who express doubt
about what he meant when he
said the entrance of the United
States into war would involve
"the utmost practicable cooper
alton in counsel and action with
the governments now at war with
Germany"
Some of them who think this
might mean a close alliance and
an active participation in all the
policies of the entente, extending
even to the period after the war,
are anxious to have the exact in
tent of the phrase made clear be-
fore they vote to give the presi-
dent the broad powers conveyed
in the resolution.
There may be also some disin-
clination, particularly among re-
publicans, to adopt the presl-
dents suggestion as to taxation
of the present generation to pay
for the war, if that taxation is to
be aimed at objects already taxed,
in their opinion, to the limit.
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