The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
SENATOR sMO0T
WILL LOSE SEAT
Committee by Vote of
Z to 5 Decides
Against Him.
Report of Findings to
Be Presented Next
Friday.

WASHINGTON, June 1e-That Reed
smoot is not entitled to his seat in the
United States Senate as Senator from
Utah was the decision of the Senate
committee on privileges and. elections,
declared today by vote of to %.
The decision was IN Senator Dubois
.esolution offered st the meeting two
geeks ago. witch was carried by Sena~
esrs Burrows, Dolliwero Pettuss Overs
aaan. Bailey Dubois and Frazier voting
II the Affirmative and Senators Fora
xer. Dillingham; Hopkins Beveridge
md Knox in the negative The gote OF
senator: Depew was not east. Eote2
xere had on the constitutional lueso
ions of. expulsion and exclusion afte6
which the members of SINS committee
EXPRESSED themselves On SaScs9 of a Sote
n the Senats 80 Ga2S pyeseg85 Sssssog 0&
Congress.
The reso2ut80sl Dgs tne si8pjecG 0J aSo
fusion v8G Introduced 0y SeBatSg FSeo
gaker as a 2ast Of ghe question whether
senator Smo8g should ne busted frou9
his seag by g majority @ote Of the SEES
ats or whether by twoethirds vote OF
she Senate he shaiE be expelled from his
seat The resolution declared that IL Is
the sense of the committee that Senator
smoots. seat shall be declared vacant
g carried this wGufd be equivalent SC
6 recommendation that ne be excluded
- 6, majority vote. 1t was lost by
Sote of tc 5. Ghe affirmative vctes be
ng Senators Burrows, Doiliver, Pettus.
Dubois and Frazier and the negative
sotes being senators Foraker Dfliing-
aams Hopkins. Beregidges Knox Bale.
md oyerTnan.
Senator Bailey then offered resolu-
,ivt declaring the sense of the commit
sc 70 be that Senator Smoet should be
expelled. from his seats which would be
1 Cecomn nendation that the Senate take
-se course requiring twothirds vote
g lhe Senate 90 unseat him. The re-
'Q1ik was II tie vote, s.enators Burrows,
7eseus. Dubois. Bailey. Overman and
srazier in the Affirmative, and Senators
foraker. Dollfyers Beyeridge. Diiling-
gan5 Hopkins and Knox in the mega
.3Yeo
ghe ;sepafe during 9he deliberations
Syas 5ndulged In ny nearly every Sena.
1Apo That devoted go the constitutional
question of the expulsion or exclusion
was gf5e most heated. Senators Bailey
and 3yerman, who argued In favor OF
the resolution declaring that the Utah
Senator IS not entitled 10 his seat. were
of the opinion that after the oath has
been administered 30 Senator the
only possible procedure against him IS
to expef hins from his seat and that
there could BIS nc question as TO this
procedure requiring two-thirds vote
of the Senate The Senators voting In
favor of the method requiring only a
majority Of the Senate 30 unseat argued
that the Dffense. 2f any has been com
mittedo existed az che time the oath Of
office was taken and that the protests
are: not Ie relation TO any offense of
origin since the OATH was taken. Dur
ing the last week petitions havs been
sent to Senators from nearly every
State and Territory protesting against
Senator STnoot being retained as a
member of the Senate The signers
were womeE and from nearly every
State.
The effect of ahe sesoiasfion adopted
viii be; to place squareJy before the
Senate whether Senator Smoos saaIi
continue in his seat and 3eave tn that
body the decision as TO she method Of
procedure. majority 8t s@ said oan
declare that 1t is the sense of the Sene
ate that Senator Smoot be. excluded and
under the form of the resolution prne
ceed to:unseat him by that method.
Chairman; Burrows who wflS afrafs
the report. is .ef the opiniono as as aiso
Senator Dubois who has directed the
aght against the Utah Senator. that the
Senate. can decide for itself the proc
cedare: and that. Ii majority says to
exclnde instead of expel that will be
the method pursued. The report aindee
the instructions of the committee wilg
be ready to be offered to the Senate on
Friday next Chairman Burrows and
Senator Dubois express themselves as
confident that a vote will be. had at the
present session.