The Republican journal., 1917-03-15
Patriots And Traitors.
Keep for Reference this List of the Men
Who Were for and Against Their Country
in a Serious Crisis.

Who Were for and Against Their Country
in Serious Crisis.
Twelve Senators, led by Senator La
Toilette, and encouraged by Senator
Stone, Democratic Chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, in fill
buster denounced by President Wilson s
spokesman as the most reprehensible in
the history of any civilized Nation, defed
the will of an overwhelming majority in
Congress up to the last minute March 4.h,
and denied to the President a law au-
thorizing him to arm American merchant
ships to meet the German submarine
menace. Unyieldlng, throughout 26
hours of continuous session, to appeals
that their defiance of the President would
be humiliating to the country, uncOm-
promising in q crisis described to them as
Civil War, La Toilette and his small
group of supporters refused majority
of their colleagues an opportunity to vote
on the Armed Neutrality bill, and it died
with the 64th Congress at noon. The IL
Senators who went on record with the 13
members of the House against granting
to President Wilson the authority he
asked from Congress in the crisis were:
Republicans-Clapp, Minnesota; Cum
minis, Iowa; Gronna, North Dakota;
Kenyon, Iowa; LaFollette, Wisconsin;
Norris, Nebraska; Works, California;.
Democrats-Kirby Arkansas; Lane.
Oregon; O'Gorman, New York; Stone,
Missouri; Vardaman. Mississippi-5
Associated with them in opposition to
the armed neutrality bill were the follow
ing Representatives who voted against
the House bill:
Republicans - Benedict. California;
Cary, Wisconsin,; Cooper, Wisconsin;
Davis, Minnesota; Helgesen, North
Dakota; Linobergh, Minnesota; Nelson,
Wisconsin; Stafford, Wisconsin; Wilson,
Illinois-9
Observation-Disclosures, Missouri: Shackle-
ford. Missouri; Sherwood, Ohio-3.
ocialist-London, New York;.
To fix responsibility before the country,
76 Senators, 80 Republicans and 46 Demo-
Gratis, signed manifesto proclaiming to
the world that they favored passage of
the measure. The rs Senators who sign
ed the manifesto were:
Observation-Disclosures, Bankhead, Beck
ham, Broussard, Bryan, Chamberlain.
Chiffon, Fletcher, Hardwick, Hitchcock,
Hollis, Hughes, Husting, James, Johnson
(South Dakota); Kern, Lea, Lee, Lewis,
Martin (Virginia) ;Martine( New Jersey;
Meyers, Newlands, Overman, Owen,
Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene, Ransdell,
Reed, Robinson, Salisbury, Shafroth,
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith
Georgia.; Smith (Maryland); Smith
(South Carolina; Swanson, Thomas,
Thompson, Tillman, Underwood, Walsh
and Williams-46
Republicans-Borah Brady, Brandegee,
Catron, Clark, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham;,
du Pont, Fall, Fernald, Harding, Jones,
Lodge, McCumber, Mclean, Nelson,
Oliver. Page, Poindexter. Sherman, Smith
(Michigan); Smoot. Sterling, Sutherland,
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson
and Weeks-30.
THE ABSENTEES.
Of the seven senators not recorded,
three, Gallinger and Golf, Republicans,
and Gore, Democrat, were absent on &C
count of sickness. Senators, Lippitt, Re-
publican, and johnson of Maine and
Smith of Arizona, Democrats. were alb
sent fromsthe city. Senator Culberson,
Democrat, did not reach the Senate in
time to be recorded.