The sun., 1900-04-14
1'HEWORK or CONGRESS
House Passes Resolution Regarding
the Election Of Senators.
GIVES BALLOT TO TEoTLE,
by Vote OF 2lo to rs the Lower
Bndy of Congress Declares
Against Present Method
of Election.

Washington, April l3.-The house dur
ing the afternoon voted upon the JOINT
resolution for Il constitutional amend
nicnt to provide for tho election OF INIT
ed States senators llT direct vote Of tlt
people The majority resolution left i
optional with Tie states whether thell
scnators should he elected directly or ~
the legislatures. The minority resolution
mtdc it incumbent that each state eleci
ly direct vote
The minority resolution, which WAS Of
felcd as il stlhstltnte. was voted upon
first and was carried hy mn overwhelming
vote rcaS, 135: NAYS, 20. Mr.. Cntliss
tgId 1nayaitiagly 70 gpt y wa and my
~ i. hut only nine meluhers seconded iht
ail. Tie vote wa.; then taken Rppn
ulJpiion Of the amendment by yeas
aud uaya, The whole house rising in sup
port IL the demand. The resolution wls
ulaptetl-24n to II.
llfa negative votes were cast by
| Aiessrs Allsn tAIea Burcigh tMc.. Cal,
! drrhcad tkHn.l, Fordney tMich.t, Gard.
ner IN. ~, Hedge la.) Henry Comm,
! Lame tia.), Lester lGa.l, l.ittleiicld tAle.l,
/ Mcpherson Ia.l. Mum tllls.1, Russell
/ CGnn.l, Spcrly tConn.) and Thomas la.l
Tho Colliss Joint resolution did mot
meet tho appreciation of the house be
cause it stipulated that senators shall he
chosen by the legislatures of the several
states unless the people of any state, ei-
thci through their Legislature or by the
constitution of the state. shall provide for
their election by n direct vote of the peo-
ple.'
The substitute for the Corliss amend
ment passed by this vote takes the op.
) ton from the state and makes it manda.
tory that senators shall be elected by di
rect vote of the people without regard tc
the legislature.
The Nicaragua Bill.
Mr. Hepburn ua.l asked unanimous
consent to set aside May | for the con
= sidcration of the Nicaragua canal bill.
Il object. shouted Mr. Burton 90.
emphatically.
The house then proceeded with the con
sidcration of private pension bills.
a During the consideration of one of tn
bills Mr.. Talbert Is. C.,, whose course i
insisting upon II quorum forced day per
sion sessions, sent to the clerks desk an
had read some letters from old soldier
in various parts of the country profess
ing against the special acts "ground OF
a by the congressional bureau" One {
if them said the old soldiers We're yer
n "sore." Mr.. Talhert said the letter
II road were simply examples Of hundred
r he had received.
IS House committee on militia decided
l. fix mt 81 ,O0OOOO The amount allowed al
e. nunlly to the militia Of the several STATE
" in place of the S40OGO0 now allowe
d The hill as heretofore agreed upon a
re lowed $4,000. 600 annually i'll accordant
ID with the request Of the National Associ
- tion Of Militia Organizations. But own
e. TO the desire for rctrcnchmcnt and ii
in strong effort being made to keep dow
h. the total appropriations Of this sessi,
le the decision Of today was reluctant
ay reached to fix the amount mt Sl,00O.0tl
Chairman Marsh says this is two and
half times the present allowance, an
i while not all he desired, it is all he thin
ns o eXpe,lient 10 grant at this time.
81 Lieutenant John G. Fremont Of t
70 navy. who is ON duty as supervisor
~ New York harbor. was before the hou
- committees on commerce relative to I
~ - bill of Congressman Muller. represent
~ the Staten Island district. which Civ
A., the harbor supervisor authority to abb
~ the clouds of smoke and gas arising frt
~ factories and saidttu he Il menace 10 nf
'b y igation in the harllor. Lieutenant II
- mont spoke for the bill. and Mr.. Thon
-. son. representing one of the large i;
IL tories, spoke against it. Mr.. Muller ma
-. n strong defense of the measure. I
So bill has heretofore been fayorably
~ ported and is on the calendar. and I
committee took no action beyond heari
the respective. interests.