Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-21
SENATE VOTES
IN FAVOR Of
REED SMOOT
Mormon Will Not Be
0uSted
Result Stands AZ to 2s-Long and
Bitter Contest Brought to
CIose--Utahan Con-
graduated
Rv A ssociated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Reed Smoot retains his seat in the
United States senate. This was de-
cided today by vote of AZ to 2S, end
ing a long contest.
Eighteen senator's were paired, max
ing the actual standing on the reso"
luton 81 for and 81 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
during 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 a proceeding
affecting the standing of senator
that has attracted such marked at
tention In the audience were repre-
sentatives of a number of prominent
women's organizations which have
been active in circulating and having
presented petitions of remonstrarce
against MI SmOOl. 1HeSe "ollleh SC
cured many thousands of signatures TO
their petitions.
Many Speeches Made
There have been numerous speeches
made for and against Senator SmooL
since the resolution to unseat him was
reported from the committee on pr1Vl-
leges and elections, just prior to the
adjournment of congress last year.
Today Senators Dubois, Hansbrough,
Newlands Bacon and Burrows, the
latter chairman on the COMMITTEES,
spoke against Mr.. Smoot, while Sena-
tors Beveridge, Dolliyer and Foraker
spoke for him. IN
When the voting Began Mr.. smoot
retired to the Republican cloak room
to await the result. Senator Hopkins
offered his amendment 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
ITO his seat. Senator Carmack then
offered as a substitute for the amended
resolution a simple resolution declarll.s
that Senator Smoot should be ''eX-
pelled The effect of this would be
to displace the committee resolution
if adopted, and it was defeated.
Then came the vote on the committee
resolution as amended, which was as
follows:
Resolved, two-thirds of the senator's
present concurring therein, that Reed
Smoot is not entitled to a seat as a
senator of the United States from the
state of Utah."
Several Surprises
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 forty-two votes
in favor of Smoot three were casts by
Democrats. They We're Messrs. Black
burn, Clark of Montana and Daniel.
Senator Teller was paired in favor OF
Mr.. Smoot. OF the twenty-eight votes
against Mr.. Smoot nine were Repub
licans.
They were Messrs. Burrows, Clapp,
Dupont, Hale, Hansbrough, Hemenway
Kittredge, LaFollette and Smith.
At the conclusion of the voting there
was a rush of senators to the cloak
room to congratulate Mr.. Smoot. y
large number of the members of the
house followed and there the senior
Utah senator was Fatted on the back
and his hands were shaken in hearty
fashion by men who expressed their
admiration Of 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 restored.