The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
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all have determined on aaafeaaive action.
A. = measine ~ tho COMMITTEES to-day i've
mruhsfa wefe straens. hut Nr Dubois had
~lrtt~Ya from Senators Bailey. Frazier and
net-W authorizing him ~ vote them In
favor ~ tho Dubois resolution The az
pres-lon- n opinion showed thai the com
mites stood I Ia 4 against Sfnoo'. With
senator Knox undecided and senator DOL
liver doubtful senator pe,tus, who
showed sign- yesterday Of Joining the
smoo, column. announced to-day Ina he
would vote for tho Dubois resolution.
Those Senators who oppose ths Dubois
resolution expresasd o willingness to enter
into an agreementtto havetbs case reported
10 the senate on any date the committee
would fg NJ tho next session. Mr. Dubois
earnestly insisted on action n, the session,
You may think that the people are more
Interested IN ousting Burton OF Kansas
who n down and out and diacredited. = said
SIR. Dubois to HE colleagues. than they are
in excluding this apostle OF an organiza-
ton that practises and defends polygamy.
but you are mistaken and you will wake
up to tkp fact before long
It was suggested that all Senators ough {
to be present when a vote was taken, and II
was agreed that a vote on the Dubois resoln-
ton should be postponed until next Friday.
II Senator Depew's proxy is permitted to
be voted there will be seven votes in favor
of declaring that Smoot vas not entitled TO
his seat. Mr.. Deliver is claimed by both
sides. II he votes in the negative and Mr.
Depew's proxy. is refused, the vote on the
report will be a tie. Certain anti-Smoot
Senators have served unofficial notice on
their colleagues that they intend to force
some action at this session and debate Ia
likely to occur whether the case comes from
the committee or not.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Detroit Neus to-day sent the following de-
sratch to that newspaper;
Senator Burrows Is disguised and angry
over the failure Of his committee on Privi-
leges and Elections TO come to a vote or the
Smoot case to-day. He left a siokbed to
attend the meeting, and was c%hagrined to
find less than a quorum at the committee
meeting. He is therefore convinced for the
first time that an influence Is at work to pre-
. vent any action in the case at this time or
any other time. .
81 cannot understand such an attitude. ;
said Senator Burrows to the Neies. Some
Of the committee members claimed they
received no notice Of the meeting. and
others were absent for other reasons. |
will see that they all have notice of the
meeting next Friday, personally served.
thing to explain it. The Mormons control
TIE politics OF Utah and hold the balance
Of power in five other States. Hence some
people, for their W political advantage,
do not want this case to come to a vote,
either in committee or in the Senate. now
or hereafter. But cannot understand
such a oowardly attitude.
When men are not willing 10 even
vote on the question, when they are afraid
TO support Smoot for fear Of the result on
one hand, and afraid to vote against him for
fear of the result on the other, what can
you do but come to the conclusion that
politics is debating the cowardly attitudef
So far as ! am concerned, l I'M ready to
vote