The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
CLARK ATTACKS SKUNKE FRS"

for the plan.
 l CLARK ATTACKS "SKUNKERS"
 "A lot of old skunkers all over the country who think that nobody is going to be forced into this war except boys 1 from 19 to 9, the speaker said "and that their miserable, cowardly hides will be safe, have been sending telegrams here. I know them. I know every man in my district who has telegraphed me, and I know who is at the bottom of it, and I can take a double-barreled shotgun and run out of my district every man who sent me a telegram to vote for con scription and, if school doesn't keep too long. I will run a few out too" Persistent efforts were made in the House to make all members of Congress subject to draft, but all of them failed. An amendment by Representative Good of Iowa, doubling the pay of enlisted men in the army during the war was adopted but generally is expected by adminstra- ton leaders to be thrown out in con ference.
 HARDING'S AMENDMENT Senator Harding's amendment to the army bill designed to permit Colonel Roosevelt to raise four infantry divi- sions to go to the European battle front was adopted tonight by the Sem ate, 56 to 31. Many democrats voted for the amendment.
 
 ly mention Colonel Roosevelt, but it's purpose has been well understood and it's author referred to the fact that i. would permit the former President 10 raise troops to go to Europe. It was not discussed at length. The House re- jected a similar amendment yester- day
 Senators Ashurst Broussard, Gore, Hardwick, Hollis. Husting, Johnson O. South Dakota, Kirby, Nick ellar, Myers Owen. Pomerene. Ransdell Reed. Rob- inson, Salisbury. Thomas, Thompson, Vardaman and Williams. democrats, supported the amendment. Senators Brady, Gronna. LaFollette and War ren, republicans, voted against it.
 DRAFT IS LIMITED
 The Senate approved an amendment by Senator Stone which would definite ly confine the operation of the draft to the period of the existing emer- gency and another by Senator New providing that notwithstanding the exemptions in the bill each state must furnish it's quota in proportion to it's population. Chairman Chamberlain ac- cepted arother amendment authorizing the President to raise by voluntary en- listment or draft such Special and technical troops" as he deems neces- sary MT. Chamberlain said this would
  CT workers of this character.
 KAHN AMENDMENT VOTE
 The roll call in the House on the Kahn amendment, which proposed to eliminate from the bill the authorization for volun- teers, written in 1t by the House mill tary committee, was as follows:
 The ayes:
 Democrats-Adamson, Alexander AL mon, Ashbrook, Aswell, Ayers, Bank head, Barkley, Bathrick, Black, Blanton, Borland. Brodbeck, Bruckner. Brum- baugh, Buchanan, Caldwell, Campbell of Pennsylvania, Cantrill, Caraway Carew, Carln, Carter of Oklahoma Coady Col Tier, Connolly of Texas, Connolly of Kan sas, Cox, Dale of New York. Decker, Denton, Dewalt, Dickinson, Dixon, Dool- ing, Doolittle, Doremus, Drane, Dupre ,Eagap, Eagle Estopinal, Ferris, Fisher 3itzgerald, Flood, Flynn, Foster, Galia4 'Nler, Gallivan, Candy, Gard, Garner of Texas, Garrett of Texas, Glass, Goodwin of North Carolina, Goodwin of Arkansas, Gray of Alabama, Gregg, Griffin, Hamill, Hamlin, Hardy, Harrison of Mississippi. Harrison of Virginia, Hastings, Heflin Helvering Hensley, Holland, Howard, Hubert, Humphreys, Igoe, Jacoway, Jones of Texas, Kelly of Pennsylvania. Key of Ohio, Kincheoe I4aZaro, Lea of California, Lesher, Lever Linthicum, Lit tlepage. Lonergon, Lunn, McAndrews q, Mays, Montague, Nicely Oliver of Ala bama, Oliver of New York, Olney, O'Shaughnessy, Overmeyer, Overstreet Phelan, Polk of Delaware, Price Rags dale. Rainey, Baker Rayburn, Riordan, Robinson, Rouse, Rubey, Russell, Saba Sanders of Louisiana, Scully, Sherley, Shouse, Small Smith, Thomas F.: Sted- man, Steele, Stephens of Nebraska, Sul- livan. Summers, Tague Talbott, Taylor of Arkansas, Thompson Venable, Vinson. Walker, Walton, Watkins. Watson of Vir- ginia, Weaver, Webb, Yelling, Welty, Whaley, White of Ohio, Wilson of Louis jana Wilson of Texas, Wingo, Young of Texas 146
 Republicans: Anderson, Austin, Bach arach, Bland of Indiana, Bowers, Britten, Browning, Butler, Carter of Massachusetts, Chandler of Oklahoma, Clark of Penn sylvania, Classon, Cooper of Ohio, Cooper of Virginia, Copley. Costello, Crago. Cur rie of Michigan, Dale of Vermont Dal- finger. Darrow, Dempsey, Denison Dillon, DoWell, Drukker, Dunn, Dyer, Edmonds, Ellsworth Elston, Emerson, Esch, Ben 1amin l.. Fairchild, George w. Farchild, Fairfield, Farr, Fordney, Foss, Francis,> Freeman, French, Fuller of Illinois, Gard ner of Massachusetts, Garland, Gillett, Glypn, Good, Goodall, Gould Graham of Illinois, Graham of Pennsylvania, Gray of New Jersey, Green of Iowa, Greene of Massachusetts. Greene of Vermont, Griest, Hadley, Hamilton of Michigan, Hamilton of New York, Haskell Haugen. Hawley, Heaton Heintz, Hersey, Hicks, Hill, Husted, Hutchinson, Ireland, James, Johnson of South Kakota Johnson of Washington, Juul Kann Kelly of Michi- gan Kennedy of Iowa. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Kiess of Pennsylvania, Kinkaid, Knutson, Laguarda, Lehlbach, Lenroot Longworth, McArthur, Mccormick, Me Fadden, Mckenzie Mckinley, McLaugh- lin of Michigan, McLaugnrn or Pennsyl- vania, Madden, Magee, Mann, Mapes. Meeker, Miller of Minnesota, Miller of Washington, Moore of Pennsylvania Moores of Indiana, Morin, Mott, Mudd Nichols of Michigan, Norton, Osborne Paige, Parker of New Jersay, Parker of New York Peters, Platt, Porter, Pratt Purnell, Ramsey, Reavis, Reed, Robbin- son, Rodenburg, Rogers. Rose, Rowe Rowland, Sanders of Indiana Sanders of New York. Sanford Scott of Iowa Scott of Michigan, Scott of Pennsylvania, Siegel, Sinnott Slemp, Smith of Michigan, Shell, Snyder, Stiness. Strong Sweet, Swift, switzer, Temple Templeton. Tilson. TimberIake, Tnkham, Towner, Tread way, Ware, Vestal Volstead, Waldow, Walsh, Ward, Wason Watson of Penn sylvania Wheeler White of Maine Will son of Illinois, Winslow, Wood of In diana Young of North Dakota Zihlam 164.
 Independent: Fuller, Massachusetts one