The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-30
OPPOSES 2O-4O
PROVISION AS
HOUSE PROVIDED
Consumption Measure In
consistances Being Ironed
Out Rapidly Today.
FINAL ACTION Is
EXPECTED AT ONCE
Require Only a Day or Two
Before Presidents Name
Will Be Attached
(By Associated PressN


wilson and Secretary Baker today
took up differences between the sem
ate and house army bills in order that
the conferees adjusting differences
between the two houses may be in
FORMED as to where the administra-
ton stands on disputed points.
The age limit Of 81 to %, fixed in
the senate bill, are preferred by the
administration, since they more near
~ approximate the desire of the war
department for an age limit of from
~ 70 20 years. The limits from 81 to
80 nxed by the house bill are unsatis-
factory to the administration.
Fix No Date. ID
A date for the registration of those
liable to service will not be formally
fixed by the president until the bill
mas been perfected in both houses.
The bill has to run the gauntlet of
minor opposition again today. In the
senate there was a chance OF reopen-
ing the whole debate by amendments
that Snators La Toilette Gronna and
others threaten to offer.
Ready in Day or Two.
The two houses passed the two bills
essentially the same, but technically
dlnerent and the bill has to pass tho
senate again. The bill probably will
De ready for the presidents signature
within a day or so. provided an agree
ment on the minor differences ts
reached.
Passed Saturday Njoh4.
Selective conscrfption will govern in
the choice Of men to fight in the war
against Germany.
The house Saturday night voted
conscription. overriding the volunteer
recommendation Of it's military affairs
committee by a.vote ofsSf3 to 109. The
senate passed The CONSUMPTION bill bN-
a vote of 81 to s.
The final vote on the house bill as
amended was 397 to "a, after the vol
unteers had lost their struggle against
popular opinion and administration
insistence.
viii Go to Conference.
Differences in the two bills relating
to age limitations must be settled in
conference before the measure can go
to the president. The senate made the
ages II to 27 and the house 21 to 40.
In the senate an amendment by Sem
ator w. @. Harding was agreed to, em-
powering the president to accept the
service Of four volunteer divisions to
fight in France such as Theodore
Roosevelt has offered the government.
These would be composed OF men not
eligible for conscription.
When the senate reconvened after
the midnight recess, a motion was
made to substitute the house bill. the
motion going over for formal action
today. The senate then adjourned.
"a House Noesj Senate 8.
OF the "a who voted against the
Of the army bill, were Re-
publicans, IA Democrats. Socialist
and Prohibitionist, as follows:
Experimentation, Michigan;
Hayes, Nolan, California: Mason,
King, Illonois; La Toilette, Wis
consin; Lundeen, Minnesota; Pow
ers, Kentucky.
Democrats-Burnett, Huddleston.
Alabama; Sears, Clarke, Florida:
Church, California; ClaypooI,
Crosser, Gordon, Sherwood, Chic:
Dominick, South Carolina; Hi.
lard, Heating, Colorado; Session,
Mississippi.
Socialist-Isondon, New York.
Prohibitionist - Randall, Cali
fornia.
Representative d. A. Hollingsworth
OF Ohio, Republican, voted present.
Senators who voted against the con-
scription bill were:
Borah, Idaho; Gronna, North
Dakota: La Toilette, wisconsin,
Republicans, and Gore, Oklahoma:
Hardwick, Georgia; Kirby, Arkan-
sas; Thomas, Colorado, TrammeII
Florida, Democrats.
Senator j. X. Vardaman, Democrat,
OF Mississippi was excused from vot-
ing at his urgent request.
Lundeen Only "Nay" From NJ. w.
Representative Ernest Lundeen OF
cast the only vote by any
northwest member of the house against
the final passage OF the army BILL Rep
c. r. Davis. G. c. Van
Dyke and Halvor Steenerson of Minne-
sofa. who had voted with Lundeen for
the volunteer system rather than con-
Scription. fell into line for the measure
1T the end.
Wisconsin. which had the largest
vote against the war resolution. also
had the largest vote against conscrfp-
ton, the members who voted against
war voting for the volunteer system
In nearly every case.
Leaders Are Defeated,
II was apparent when the house met
that the backbone OF the opposition f0
the selective draft had been broken
and that the misguided leaders OF the
house majority would be given q slck.
sning body blow as soon as the test
vote came.
Speaker Champ CLARK. who said on
Tuesday that the house would never
pass a conscription bill. went about
The house with 4 detected look on hfa
face and refused TO smile aa HIS coll
leagues attempted to Joke with hfra
0n his false prediction.
Representative 8. III. Dent. the lead
sr of the anti-government forcea who
vent to the White House two wealxm
ago to tell the president that fha
house was three to one in favor &c the
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