The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-10
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send the young manhood Of America
into the trenches of Europe. Repre-
sentative Burnett said that his con-
/ version to the pacifist side had come
to him in the course of the days de-
bate. Representatives Hefiin, also Of
Alabama, interrupted the speaker.
who was defending Majority Leader
Kitchin Earlier Hefin had demand
ed Kitchin's resignation.
Shaking his finger at Hefiin, Bur-
! nett challenged him, in the event Of
the passage of the resolutions, to re-
sign and go home to enlist with the
Alabama troops.
"My sister has boy just back from
the border retorted Hef1ln. My
nephew will go into this War-'
"Oh. it's easy enough to fight
through somebody else," interrupted
; Burnett, while the two men, thei.
faces ahame, started toward each
other.
For moment the house sat aghasr
waiting for physical clash between
the two Alabamians But the ser
! geant-at-arms interposed the mace.
He led Representative Burnett to his
seat, with the house in the widest
excitement The floor and galleries
applauded vigorously, adding to the
confusion.
After the incident was over and the
excitement subsided, Representative
Fitzgerald, of New York, in the chair,
discovered that the mace, symbol OF
authority in the house, had no busl-
ness on the floor. The house was in
informal session, in the committee
of the whole, and the mace usually
is removed from its pedestal at that
time. The parliamentary tangle pass
ed off as joke.
I Representative Chandler, Republi-
can. of New York, made a brilliant
speech in support Of the resolution.
He said:
! 1.-The United States has forborne
long the attacks of the German I'M
/ perial government Many people have
come to the belief that we have ceas-
ed to be nation of spirit and brav-
cry. But tell you here that once
y this declaration is enacted into law
YOU will find that neither the courage
nor the martial spirit of Americans
are dead. They have simply been dor
mant."
}, Representative Eagle, of Texas;
Temple, of Pennsylvania, and John
son, of Kentucky, made speeches, sup
porting the resolution. Representa-
; tives Brown, of wisconsin; Lundeen
of Minnesota, and LaFollette, OF
| Washington, spoke against it.
Representative Mann, of Illinois
the Republican leader, spoke for IL
j, minutes in favor of the resolution and
for the earnest prosecution of the
war.
1T must not be said of us that our
only desire is for gold," said the Re-
ublican leader. 1T must not be said
! that our only desire is for wealth. We
), must fight to maintain the rights OF
Vie are going to war because there IS
a difference between an incidental in
Jury and a direct affront The neutral
must suffer some incidental injury.
America has suffered incidental injury
in the course of this war both from
Great Britain and from Germany-and
in patience. But, following a deliber-
us deliberate affront-there is moth
( ing left to do but to follow the rec
concentrations of the chief magls-
trate. We are going to war for Amer
ican rights. We are going to war for
American dignity. We are going 10
war for American civilization"
Representative Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts, took the floor after five
minutes rule limitation had been put
on all speeches by the administration
leaders, who could not see the end
of the food of oratory.
I'VE are faced with war for prln-
i ciple,' he said. For two years the
/ heel of authority has been pressed on
the neck of the democrats of the
"OTlu NO" luo uGllOCl dClSS al =
struggling to their feet. 1t is our
duty to align ourselves with them.
Too long have We suffered other ma
tons to bear the burden of the COLI
flict. Now we must descend from the
spectators benches to the blood and
dust of the arena.
I'VE are going to war for the
rights of men, and not for any partlc-
, ular grievance
Representative Gardner concluded
with heartfelt tribute to Democrat
ic Leader Ktchin, saying that he real
lied the inward struggle in the heart
of that gallant gentleman.
Representative ]. Fred Talbot, OF
Maryland, the father of the house de-
mocracy and the senior member ia
beint of continuous sesviee; delivered