The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-04-09
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| BETWEEN SENATORS
Hardwick Of Georgia is Reminded Of
His Opposition 10 the Draft Law by
Poindexter - Sherman Denounces
the Lynchng Of the German at
ColinsVille, ltl.

Washington, April S.--Another day
; of lively senate debate on the sedi-
tion bill which would punish disloyal
utterances and attempts to hinder
the army draft and Liberty bond
campaigns resulted in the adoption of
amendments designed to meet the OBJ
lection of senators that the measure
might prevent legitimate criticism in
the war.
The changes were in the clause
penalizing "disloyal. profane, sour
rilous, abusive or contemptuous lam
guage," directed at the form OF gov
ernment, constitution, flag or uni
forms of the nation and calculated 10
bring them into contempt or scorn.
Senator Thomas. of Colorado. to
provide that such acts should be will
full, and Senator Borah. of Idaho. pro-
/ posed to substitute the word Gin
tended" for Calculated"
There were objections that convic-
tions would be difficult to secure un-
der such language, but both amend
ments were approved, that of Sem
ator Borah by a vote of "a to IS, with
partisan lines disregarded
An amendment urged by Senator
Hardwick of Georgia, which led to q
controversy between the Georgia sem
lator and Senator Poindexter. OF
Washington, proposed that the words
cause of the" should be eliminated
from the latter's amendment penaliz-
ing those favoring "the cause of the
German empire"
Ii was rejected without n record
vote, but not until the two senators
became so pointed in their language
that the chair called them to order.
Senator Hardwicl1 insisted that
millions of people honestly differ on
the cause of the war. Senator Poin-
dexter retorted that the Georgia SEN
ator had not particularly supported"
the war and cited his opposition to
the draft law.
Senator Sherman of Illinois, took
occasion TO denounce the recent
lynching of a German at Collinsville,
ILL.,, as a disgrace" and criticiZing
town official for failing to protect the
mob's victim. He urged that Ran
guage of the bill penalizing "con-
temptuous and scurrilous" criticism
should apply to disloyal utteranc es
only and said Assistant Secretary of
Labor Post and George Creel, chair
man of public information, in the past
had written articles severely criticiz-
ing the American form of government
which would be punishable under tha
measure as now drawn.
Senator Gallinger, the republican
leader, also urged that the prohibi--
ton has been limited to disloyal ut
terances and suggested that as drawn
the clause might be construed to pre-
vent legitimate criticism of the presi-
dent in the approaching political cam
paign Later he introduced a substI-
tute bill embracing his ideas, but re-
tanning substantially all other provis-
sions of the legislation.
Senator France, of Maryland, also
offered an amendment providing that
the bill should not limit the liberty
or impair the right of any individual
to publish or speak what is true. with
good motives and for justifiable ends
Another unsuccessful effort was
made during the day by Senator Over
man of North Carolina, in charge Of
the measure to secure unanimous
consent to fix time for final vote
Objections Immediately followed.
Referring to the discussion Sat-
urday OF Colonel Roosevelts state-
ment that the bin would prohibit crit