Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-02-28
SMOOTEEEPSS;EAT
The Long Contest to Gust the Utah
Senator Fails by a Vote
Of a. to 28.
AWAKENED GREAT INTEREST
Resolution to Unseat Him Proposed
Before Adjournment Last Year
And Many speeches Have

Resolution to Unseat Him Proposed
Before Adjournment Last Year
And Many speeches Have
Been Made.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Reed
Smoot retains his seat in the United
States Senate. This was decided
Wednesday BY vote Of ~ to 28, end
ing q long contest Eighteen senators
were paired, making the actual stand
ing on the resolution 81 for and 81
against. Senator Smoot did not vote,
and Senator Wetmore 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
had there been proceeding affecting
the standing Of senator that has at
tracted such marked attention. In
the audience were representatives Of
a number Of prominent women's or
CARNATIONS which have been active
In circulating and having presented
petitions Of remonstrance against Mr..
Smoot These women secured many
thousand signatures to their petitions.
There have been numerous speech
60 made for and against Senator
Smoot since the resolution to unseat
him was reported from the committee
ON privileges and elections, just prior
to the adjournment Of Congress last
year. Wednesday Senators Dubois
Hansbrough, Newlands, Bacon and
Burrows, the latter chairman OF the
committee, spoke against Mr.. Spoot,
while Senators Beveridge, Dolliver
and Foraker spoke for him.
When the voting begon Mr.. Smoot
retired to the republican room to
await the result.
senator Hopkins offered his amend
ment to sc committee resolution, 1t
was adopted. Under tbiF a two
thirds vote woul1 have been necessary
b. carry the resolution, which declar-
ed that Mr.. Smoot is not entitled to
his seat. Senator Carmack then Of
Tered as a substitute for the amend.
ID committee resolution, a simple
declaring that Senator
5moot should be expelled" the Of
'ect Of this would be to displace the
committee resolution u adopted ana
I was defeated.
Then came the vote on the commit
20 resolution as amended which was
% follows:
Resolved, two-thirds Of the sena- ,
ors present concurring therein that !
iced Smoot Is not entitled to a seat /
IS a senator Of the United States '
rom the state Of Utah. b
Although 1t was foregone conclu- a
ion that the resolution would fail Il
nd thus end the long fight against b
be Utah senator, the roll call con- Q
aimed some surprises. OF the AZ Il
otss in favor Of Mr.. Smoot, three
'ere cast by democrats. They were v
Iessrs blackburn, Clark Of Montana, h
nd Dapiel Senator. Teller was pair a
| iH"favor Of Mr.. Smtot. OF the 2S -
Jtes against Mr.. Smtot, nine were n
'puhlicans. They were Messrs. Bur =,
'ws. Clap, Dupont, Hale, Hans. !,
'ough, Hemenway, Kittredge, La. n
1llettR and Smith a,
At the conclusion of the voting w
ere was a rush Of republican sen.
ors to the cloakroom to congratu. re-
te Mr.. Smoot. A large number OF h,
embers Of the house followed and m
ere the senior Utah senator was al
tied on the back and his hands T,
IRE shaken In hearty fashion by the he
IN who expressed their admiration IN
his bearing In the long and trying hc
zeal through which he has passed. Of
the floor of the senate and in the
lleries 1t was many minutes before
Ter could be restored. RI
Salt Lake, Feb. 21.-Among active
'ubicans and the leaders Of the
'rman church there was great re
cling Wednesday afternoon when ri,
news came from Washington that DR.,
1ator smoot had been sustained. ser
unanimous, standing vote TIE bel
'er house Of the Utah legislature a
'pted joint resolution, which lat. ov,
was introduced in the senate do BY
ring that the united States sen Of
had stood for constitutional but
ats and avoided a dangerous pre- s2s
ant hrt