The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-21

Reed Smoot, Of Provo city. Utah.
apostle of the Mormon church. viii re-
tain his seat in the United States Senate.
! The bitter contest which has attracted
the attention Of the whole country since
Mr.. Smoot entered the Senate four years
ago WAS concluded yesterday afternoon
when his colleagues, by a vote Of a TO g
declined to adopt the resolution reported
by the Committee on Privileges and EIec-
tions, declaring that he was not entitled
to sit with them.
Three test votes were taken. after a
number Of vigorous speeches for and
against the Utah Senator, and IN all OF
them his supporters were largely in the
majority. The last, on the committee
resolution, S-ssa1.ied by Senator Hopkins
so as 10 require tw0-thirds vote 10 ex-
clude Mr.. SmoOI. resulted in the division
already mentioned The vote was not
altogether along party lines. Messrs.
Blackburn. of Kentucky; Clark. Of Mon
tana, and Daniel Of Virginia. Democrats.
voted against the resolution and AIessrg.
Burrows, of Michigan. CIapp of Mime
sofa; Hale. of Maine; Hansbrough. of
North Dakota; Hemenway, of Indiana:
Kittredge, Of South Dakota: la Toilette.
Of Wisconsin, and Smith, Of Michigan,
Republicans, voted for IT, Senator Smoot
was in the chamber throUghout.the whole
of the debate, but retired 90 the cloak
room when the voting commenced. at 1
O'Clock. Secretary Taft was among the
crowd Of representatives and other privi-
legged persons who occupied practically all
Of the standing room while the voting
was in progress
Hundreds Of Women Present.
Hundreds of women crowded the gal
leries, many. probably most Of them. be-
ing members Of organizations which
have been fighting smoot Apparently
few Of them realized what had occurred
when Vice President Fairbanks an
noiFaced that the final resolution. decisr-
iHg thdt Sm0Ot was not entitled 10 his
-eat. had failed. The expectation OF
many persons that there would De Kisses
fand other demonstrations Of disappreval
when the end came was nos realized.
Before the women were aware that It was
al over, a motion that the Senate go
into executive session was put and car
ried. and the spectators were being hur-
ned out of the galleries by the doorkeep-
ers.
II was great sight. those hundreds Of
women who sat or stood for hours while
the Senate was debating and voting about
the man who had been described as an
advocate Of pOlygamous practices. a vio-
lator of his constitutional oath: in fact.
a monster in human form. OF course all
the women wanted To see Smoot. and
when he was pointed out TO them they
saw a mild-appeariRg man, tall, gaunt.
youngish-looking and Of modest bearing.
He sat quietly in his seat throughout the
closing debate, showing no emotion or
nervousness as he listened 10 the con-
demnation that was heaped upon him by
Senators who participated i'm the closing
debate The women who glared at him,
and those who smiled indiferently or en-
couragingly in his direction. were mostly
fashi0nably goWned. There were youngI
women and old women. but most of them
/ appeared TO be between these two ex-
tremes Of age. There wasn't a vacant
seat III any gallery except the Diplomatic
box. where three fOTeign-lOOking men and
one young woman sat throughout the
proceedings. and i'm the .pews" reserved
/ for the families of the President anG the
/ Vice President of the United States.
/ There was one Vacant chair in the Vice
/ Presidents section. some friends Of the
Fairbanks occupying the others. Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth. with young
woman and TWO young men. were in the
! Presidents pew. Representative Nicholas
Longworth. Mr.. ROosevelt's son-in-law.
stood with several score of his House
colleagues on the floor OF the Senate
Outside the gallery doors, long lines of
people. women predominating. waited pa
uentiy but v6inly, for admission
Voting Commenced at 4 O'Clock.
Under a previous agreement. the voting
was begun at o'clock sharp. Senator
Newlands. of Nevada, was speaking when
the clocks hands showed that hour. He
was condemning the Mormon Church and
everything connected with it. At ] minute
to o'clock he had declared that he be-
lieved the church holds the balance OF
power i'm the State of Wyoming" Sena-
tor Warren. of Wyoming. was on his feet
with MI President, I protest.
I decline to yield" cried AIr. New
lands. Senator Sutherland. Reed Smoots
colleague and defender, tried TO say some
thing. Bang came down the Vice
Presidents gaveI He announced that
the hour of O'Clock had arrived. and
that under the terms Of unanimous
agreement, the voting must begin Mr.
New1ands begged for two more minutes
but there were objections. and he had 20
sit down The final scene was IT hand
The first vote was on y resolution Of
fered by Senator Hopkins, Of Illinois. pro
viding that a two-thirds vote was neces-
titled to his seat. This resolution was 81
substitute for the resolution proposed 10y
the Committee on Privileges and Flee
tions. which declared that SluOot was not
entitled TO his seat. but allowed q majority
Of the Senate 90 put il through. Mr.
Smoot's friends and some of his enemies
voted for fhis resolution. the latter be-
lieying that while he should be forced out
of the Senate. il was not proper TO do SO
by a majority vote. The Hopkins sub
stitute was carried by a yea-and-nsy vote
of 49 to -. It's adoption meant that it
would take tWO-thirds OF the Senators
present TO declare Shoots seat vacant.
Then Senator CaTmack. Of Tennessee,
called up his resolution to Cxpel Smoot
4 roll call was again ordered and IL
resulted i'm 2S ayes and g noes
As soon as the Vice President
haR announced that the resolution
was lost. Senator Burrows. of Michigan.
chairman Of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, and Shoots most bitter
CONTINVED on THRU PACE