Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-05
War Resolution Passed
BY Senate Last Night

Washington, April 5.-The resolution
declaring that a state of war exists be-
tween the United tSstes and Germany
was adopted by the senate last night
by an overwhelming majority. II will
be taken up for passage in the house
today.
Senators who cast the negative votes
were Gronna of North Dakota, La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, Norris of Nebras-
ka, Lane of Oregon, Stone of Missouri
and Vardaman of Mississippi.
Vote is 80 to
The war resolution was adopted by
the senate last night by a vote of 50
to 6. 1t goes to the house, where de-
bate began this morning at 10 o'clock,
to continue until action is taken.
Senator McCumber's substitute to
declare the existence of a state of war
on the sinking of another American
ship by Germany was defeated with
out roll call.
Action in the senate came just after
IL clock at the close of a debate that
had lasted continuously since 10
o clock yesterday morning.
LaFollette Called Foe
The climax was reached late in the
afternoon when Senator John Sharp
Williams denounced a speech by Sena-
tor LaFollette as more worthy of Herr
Won Bethmann Hollweg than of an Am
erican senator.
The adoption of the resolution was
not marked by any outburst from the
galleries, and on the floor the senator's
themselves were unusually grave and
quiet. Many of them answered their
names in voices that quivered with
emotion.
Six Opponents ALI of Dozen"
AL six of the senators who voted
against the resolution were members
of the group of IL which defeated the
armed neutrality bill at the last ses-
sion. There was no attempt to filibus-
ter this time, however, and most of the
13 hours Of debate was consumed by
champions of the resolution.
OF the other six opponents of armed
Senators Cummins, Kenyon
and Kirby voted for the resolution.
Senators o'Gorman, Clapp and Works,
the remaining three, retired to private
life at the end of the last session.
81 Loyal Ones Listed
The vote follows:
For the resolution (democrats)-
Ashurst, Beekham, Broussard, Cham
berIain, Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry,
Hardwick, Hitchcock, Hughes, Husting
James, johnson of South Dakota, Jones
of New Mexico, Kendrick, King, Kirby
Lewis, McKeller, Martin, Myers, Over
man, Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pomer-
enc, Ramsdell, Reed, Robinson, Sauls-
bury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Sim
mons, Smith of Arizona, Smith OF
Georgia, Smith of South Carolina.
Swanson, Thompson, Trammell, Under
wood, Walsh, Williams. Total 43.
Republieans-Borah, Brady, Brande-
gee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dill
hngham, Fall, Fernald, France, Ere
linghuysen, Gallinger, Hale, Harding,
johnson of California, Jones of Wash
ington, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Lodge,
McCumber, Mclean, Nelson, New,
Page, Pcnrose. Poindexter, Sherman,
Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, Weeks, Woleott. To
tai, 80.
Total for the resolution, 50.
Six Fail to Uphold Flag
Against the resolution (demoerats)
Lane, Stone, Vardaman. Total, 3.
Republicans = Gronna, LaFollette,
Norris. Total, 3.
Total against the resolution, 6.
Absent or paired-Bankhead, Goff,
Gore, Hollis, Newlands, Smith of Mary
land, Thomas Tillman, s.
OF those absent it was announced by
various senators that all except Sena-
tor Gore of Oklahoma, would have
voted for the resolution if present. As
to Senator Gore, Senator Reed announc
ed merely that he was absent because
of Illness
LaFollette and Williams
"That the United States did not pro-
test more vigorously against the Brit.
ish mine field blockade was the ad-
uinistra tion - great mistake - Senator