The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
KIRBY WAS ONE OF EIGHT SEN ATORS WHO OPPOSED CON
 SCRIPTI0N MEASURE.
AGE LIMIT OPEN AND CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO AGREE
 SOON ON THIS.
SPEAKER CLARK TALKS
Severely Lashes "A Lot of Old Skunkers" Who Have Asked Him to Favor Conscription-Roosevelt
 May Enlist Volunteers.

| Washington, April 2S.-By over
 whelming majorities, both the Sen
 ate and House passed late tonight
 the administration bill to raise war
 army by selective draft. The final
 roll calls brought into line behind
 the bill many senators and repre- Isentatives who had fought for the lvolunteer system until routed by de- cisive defeat of volunteer amend ments earlier in the day in both the houses.
 The Senate, which had voted down the volunteer plan 69 to IS, passed
 the bill by vote of Si to 8. In the House the vote against the volun- teer plan was 3i3 to i09, and that by which the bill itself was passed 397 to 24.
 As passed by the Senate the meas ure provides for the draft of men between the ages of 2i and 27 years, lwhile in the House measure, the age limits are fixed as 2i and 70. This and lesser discrepancies will be threshed out in conference early lnext week, so that the bill may be in the hands of the president as quickly as possible. The war de- pertinent already has completed lpans for carrying it into effect.
 Senators who voted against the bill are:
 Democrats Gore, Oklahoma; Kir- lby, Arkansas Hardwick, Thomas and Tramell-5.
 Republicans Borah, Gronna and LaFollette-3.
 | Totals.
 Senator Nardaman of Mississippi, | Democrat. was excused from voting at his own request He did not give reason.
 The representatives who voted in the negative were:
 Democrats Burnett. Church. Clark of Florida, Claypool. Crosser. Dill.g Dominick. Gordon, Hilliard, Huddleston, Heating, Sears, Sher- wood. Ssson-il. l Republicans Bacon, Hayes, King, LaFolette, Lundeen of Minnesota, Mason, Nolan, powcrs-S. Prohibitionists Randall. Socialists London. Total-2i.
 Both the Senate and House adopt ed amendments just before the final l Troll calls, which would greatly in- crease the pay of enlisted men dur l ing the war The House provision would make their pay s30 a month. and that approved by the Senate would fix the pay at S29 month. The present pay is only si5. l In the house at the last moment, Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro- lpriations committee, objected vigor- ously to the appropriationo $3,000.- 100000 carried in the bill for the ex- penses of the pew army and the section was finally eliminated Mir. Fitzgerald declared that to place | this vast sum in the hands of the secretary of war would make of Congress a mere automaton" and promised that if the section were voted down the committee would provide funds promptly in sep arate measure. 1 Among the amendments adopted l in the Senate was one which would lpermit Colonel Roosevelt to recruit volunteer force for service in France. 4 similar proposal had been rejected in the House.
 Speaker Clark Changes.
 Speaker Clark, Democratic Lead CT Kitchin and Chairman Dent of the military committee, who had favored the volunteer system all voted for the draft bill on the final roll call. Republican Leader Mann also was recorded in the affirmative, as was Miss Rankin, who previously had voted for the volunteer amend ment.
 In the committee of the whole there was no roll call The long fight came to a close early in the afternoon when Representative Kahn of California moved to strike out the volunteer amendment which had been written into the bill by the House military committed As the result of the voting became appar- ent the members and the galleries broke into cheers, while Speaker Clark. Chairman Dent of the mili- tary committee, Chairman Padgett of the naval committee and other Democrats who had fought the ad- lministrafion plan sat silently in | their seats.
 Calls Critics SlSunkers.
 Turnout .he remainder of the House debate, pfo-yolunteer mem- | frort,n,,ad on F;ffh pavaN