The Colorado statesman., 1907-02-23
SMOOT REMAINS
MOVEMENT TO UNSEAT MORMON
SENATOR FAILS.
MAJORITY is IN HIS FAVOR


in Favor of Smoot and Thirty-seven
Against-congratul by Repub-
Iican Senators.
Washington.-Senator Reed Smoot
retains his seat in the United States
Senate. This was decided Wednesday
by vote of forty-two to twenty-eight,
ending a long contest. Eighteen sena-
tors were paired, making the actual
standing on the resolution fifty-one for
and thirty-seven against. Senator
Smoot did not vote, and Senator Wet
more was absent and not paired
The Smoot resolution was called up
soon after the Senate convened. Every
seat in the galleries was filled, and dur
ing the actual voting the standing
room on the floor of the Senate was
crowded by members of the House and
employees of the Senate. Seldom has
there been proceeding affecting the
standing Of senator that has at
tracted such marked attention.
In the audience were representatives
of number of prominent women's
organizations which have been active
in circulating and having presented pc
titions of remonstrance against Mr.
Smoot. These women secured many
thousands of signatures to their peti-
tions.
There have been numerous speeches
made for and against Senator Smoot
since the resolution to unseat him was
reported from the committee on privi-
leges and elections, just prior to the
adjournment of Congress last year.
Wednesday Senators Dubois, Hans
brough, Newlands, Bacon and Burrows,
the latter chairman of the committee,
spoke against Mr.. Smoot, while Sena-
tors Beveridge, Dolliver and Foraker
spoke for him.
When the voting began Mr.. Smoot
retired to the Republican cloak room
to await the result.
Senator Hopkins offered his amend
rent to the committee resolution and
it was adopted. Under this a two
thirds vote would have been necessary
TO carry the resolution, which declared
that Mr.. Smoot is not entitled to his
seat.
Senator Carmack then offered as
substitute for the amended committee
resolution a simple resolution declar-
ing that Senator Smoot should be Tex
PEELED" The effect of this would be to
displace the committee resolution if
adopted, and it was defeated.
Then came the vote on the commit
tee resolution as amended, which was
as follows:
Resolved, two-thirds of the sena-
tors present concurring therein, that
Reed Smoot is not entitled to a seat
as g senator of the United States from
the state of Utah"
Although it was a foregone conclu-
sion that the resolution would fail and
| thus end the long fight against the
Utah senator, the roll call contained
some surprises. OF the AZ votes in
favor of Mr.. Smoot, three were cast
| by Democrats. They were Messrs.
| Blackburn, Clark (Mont) and Daniel.
! Senator Teller was paired in favor
| of AIr. Smoot and Senator Patterson
was paired against him. OF the %
| votes against Mr.. Smoot, nine were Re-
publicans. They were Messrs. Bur
rows, Clapp, Dupont, Hale, Hans
brough, Hemenway, Kittredge, LaFol-
| lette and Smith.
At the conclusion of the voting there
was a rush of Republican senators to
| the cloak room to congratulate Mr..
Smoot. A large number of members
of the House followed, and there the
senior Utah senator was patted on the
back and his hands were shaken in
hearty fashion by men who expressed
their admiration for his bearing in the
long and trying ordeal through which
he had passed. On the floor of the
Senate and in the galleries it was
many minutes before order could be re-
tored.