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Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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to fight Germany, anddeclared that if the voice of the coun-try could be heard it would be over-whelmingly against participation inthe war. The Decision The+ ?0USe °f R.epre,^, TT sentatives did not get of the House x •. an opportunity to vote on the war resolution until threeoclock on the morning of Friday,April 6. The debate in the House waslonger and more spirited than the de-bate in the Senate and the vote wasless one-sided. Fifty Representativesopposed the war with Germany andamong the number were such promi-nent leaders as Representative Kitchinof North Carolina, the floor leader ofthe Democratic party in the House,and Representative Cooper of Wiscon-sin, ranking Republican member ofthe Committee on Foreign Affairs.But the vote of the 373 members ofthe House who approved the war reso-lution is sufficient proof that PresidentWilson has behind him the overwhelm-ing majority of both parties in Con-gress. The debate was delayed by the neces-sity of organizing the House of Repre-
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Ct ntKil \CW8 SUBMARINES MUST HAVE A MOTHER SHIPThe Tallahassee of the U. S. Navy is beinj? used as the supply base of our K type submarines. She is a single turret monitor, built in 1899 ML Ia, i t.l.lJ .;iit £2 WSi u; i****- t* T■ ** i. *» )*■ i,*» • ■ GfiBi .A^.i •.;„■ •.;.;: Po«i Thompson TRYING OUT A MOBILIZATION OF BOY SCOUTS Before war with Germany was declared the authorities in New York City decided to test the wartime efficiency of the Boy Scouts by a hurry callat night for mobilization. No one knew what it meant, but nearly every boy reported for orders and faced the camera bravely on the City Hall steps sentatives and settling the vext ques-tion of party predominance. On Mon-day Speaker Champ Clark was re-elected by 217 votes to 205. None ofthe independent members supportedthe Republican nominee, Representa-tive Mann, and several Republicansbolted the choice of the party caucusand voted for candidates of their ownselection. The loss of the Speakershipca

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