The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-04-14

edly and grossly violated its treaty OBJ
ugations to us. and wantonly broken
solemn assurances"
THE issue is not peace or wal" Sen
ator Swanson continued. War has al
ready been declared upon US. The Is
sue is whether we shall accept war or
abiect and cowardly submission
Reciting the sinking Of American
ships, German plots, and outrages IN
this country, Senator Swanson said the
Zimmerman plot to incite Mexico
against this country reaches the low
est depths Of national turpitude."
Many other senator's took part In the
debate. Gronna Stone, Vardaman'
Norris and LaFollette, all opposing the
resolution.
Senator Smoot made the last speech
"a short prayer that God would
hasten the day when liberty will be
enjoyed by all the peoples OF the
earth"
The roll call was taken while the
senator's and spectators sat solemn.
few cheers greeted the result and then
all filed quietly out Of the chamber.
House Vote, 37s to so.
The house, after a debate lasting
about seventeen hours. adopted the
,oint resolution by a vote Of S73 to %.
Nearly a hundred representatives mace
speeches.
In offering the senate resolution as
A substitute for its own, the house Tor
e,pn affairs committee submitted
long report reviewing the history OF
submarine warfare and Americas fu
, tile protests against 1t, German In
. trigues and bomb plots in this country
; the effort to ally Japan and Mexico
, against the United States and the mis-
= treatment Of American officials ant
, citizens in Germany.
"It Is with the deepest sense OF re
e sponsibility for the momentous result
o which will follow the passage OF thi
Il resolution" said the report, that you
!. committee reports 1t to the house, wit
/ the recommendation that 1t be passed
"The conduct Of the imperial Gel
D. man government toward this govern
,e ment, its citizens and It's interests, ma
f. been SO discourteous, unjust, crue
+ barbarous. and so lacking In honest
o. and practice that 1t has constituted
violation of the course OF condu'
r which should obtain between friendl
W nations.
n "In addition to this the German 60
n ernment is actually making war upe
the people and commerce OF this cou
try, and leaves no course open TO IN
government but to accept its gage
'o hattie and declare that a state OF WI
. exists"
~ Flood Opens the Debate.
Under the unanimous consent ru
as nv which the resolution was consider
as Representative Flood could move q
m nreyious question at any time after o.
,is hour and. II sustained, bring the mea
on ure 70 a vote. He was disposed. no
ial ever. to give members every oppor'
re- nity to speak throughout the day. I
ON debate began without any limitation
rn- "War IS being made upon our COT
of try and its people" Representa-
Flood said in opening. "Our ships
We being sunk. Our noncombatant Ct
i've zens. including men. women and CT
,ti- dren. are being murdered, our m
lre chantmen are denied the freedom
YES the seas.
are "The time for argument has pass'
nor the time for heroic action is here a
ion our people will rally to the support
their government in this high and
Ter triotic hour and meet wars sacrih
vas and wars perils as a brave and pa
to otto people should.
the I'VE should take our stand by
can side Of the allied nations who HI
But been fighting humanity's battles
FER two and one-half years. determ
an that our power shall he so ei2
that complctp victory shall crl
efforts and that Prussian
by shall be crushed and the Y
said delivered from the thr0
eat of the Hohenzollern