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ESTABLISHED JUNE 16, 1882.SENATE VOTESFOR WAR 82-6JUDOneOtFormal Steps Being Taken Which Will PlaceNation in the WorldWar—-Most Moment-uous Days in UnitedStates History.TI-Stak of a courby JMali.brouterecof UtheMooiforgeWas.of gc ularto bwen IlisteiWashington, D, C., April 5.The United States Senate by the decisive vote of 82 to 6 last night passed the joint-resolution of congress declaring a slate of war existing between the United States and Germany. The vote was taken after a lengthy continuous session that was filled with history making debate. LaFollette, Vardanian and Norris fought the passage of the resolution, while Cummins joined with the president’s supporters. The men named were the principal iillibust-ers when the senate allowed the President’s request for authority to arm merchant .ships was talked to death in the previous congress. The six negative votes were Gronna of North Dakota, LaFollette of Wisconsin, Norris of Nebraska, Lane of Oregon, Stone of Missouri and Vardanian of Misissippi. Sloile, Vardanian and Norris, while opposing the resolution, said they would support • heall the action if taken. Senator Cum-!]1js ] niins, another of the “twelve willful ;(|)c. f men/.’ said he had changed his views 1 ;,inei: and would support the resolution. j.amenA three-hour speech by Senator visio LnPoIlcltc and a reply by Senator upwi Williams of Mississippi, in which he $7511said Senator LaFollelte’s speech waswould “better have become Ilerr von i forcouM(SMREDiHelhmnnn-ITolweg than an American senator,” featured the bitter debate.Senator Noris one of the ‘’willful men” was accused of heading on the verge of treason when he declared that the United Stales was about to put the dollar sign on the AmericanHag.Senator Lodge defended the war resolution in a speech in which he bitterly arraigned the* German government, the seizure of German ships in United States harbors and urged the prosecution of a vigorous war.The House committee on foreign affairs ordered a favorable reply yesterday on the resolution adopted by the Senate, only two members. Cooper of Wisconsin, and Shackle-ton of Missouri, voting in the negative.The unanimous consent of the House was obtained to debate the question all day today and vote upon it tonight. Then the engrossed measure, signed by the Vice President and Speaker of the House, will be rushed to the President. He will write upon it the word “Approved,” and his signature, “Woodrow Wilson.” Simultaneously the President will issue a proclamation that has been prepared by the Secretary of State.The proclamation will recite the approval of the joint resolution, will announce that this government will not resort to privateering, but will adhere to the rules of civilized warfare laid .lown in the declaration of Paris, and will declare that the rightof each will be exercised with strict regard for (tie rights of neutrals. The proclamation will also be cabled In our diplomatic representatives abroad, whose duty it will be to communicate it to the governments to which they are accredited.While this is going on the commander in chief of the Americanstale! the n of sti On Gebrijeele. Mo ITeireu ed tocl a in simil: taineintoLOS'I1*DucattleherddiedbeenUairfisatis!not athat lt;beingto caporti. slate a let I)r. of til bloodlory lege t wont, of Hi sickurda\*to pr and :matsatVeelwereHEHe;fleet will he given instructions, and jlt;Wl)the several military departments of the army will he instructed by telegraph tliai a .i ite of war exists.All coast fo ideations now await a flash to Iran orm themselves from peace to war. All harbors will lie mined and sua-marinc nets will be lowered. The Panama Canal zone will be put under martial law and the outlying po; sessions of the United States will be warned to defend themselves from attack without and from sedition within. Fast cruisers will pursue any German raiders reported operating on the high seas.Five lumdrH thousand young men between the an s of 19 and 23 yearsFarmSatpincl$‘1.98.Ho Hern cello for 1SaileathMain towill he ordere i io the colors without !Mi\ lt;delay. There \ ill be a huge appropriation ninou ding In at least $500,-1100,000 and ( tracts running intothe hundreds lt;millions of dollars will he lit by Pie war and navy departments.rollDrDaviA carefully elected showing of Faster millim , . and silks at Mrs. D. D. Phillips'. ad-sSewareSam Says—Pd V. Price and Ford Tailoring Co. suits made to measure,$13.50 and up.—adit.Dion 2Sn we in
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Monticello White County Democrat
Monticello, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 06, 1917
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