Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-27
Listens Attentively.

Listens RtrentiVely.
Throughout the entire speechmak-
ing Smoot listened attentively but
when the voting began he retired 20
The republican cloak room and there
awaited the result AS 4 O'Clock ar
rived, when by agreement, the voting
was to begin, Senator Hopkins of
fered an amendment to the commit
tee resolution and it was adopted
Under the amendment two-thirds
vote would be necessary to carry the
resolution, which declared Smoot not
entitled to a seat
Senator Carmack then offered as a
substitute for the amended committee
resolution, a simple resolution declar-
ing that Smoot should be expelled =
The effect of this would be to dis
place the committee resolution if
adopted, and it was defeated Then
came the vote on the committee reso-
luton as amended, which was as
follows:
Resolved, two-thirds of the sena-
tors present concurring therein, that
Reed Smoot is not entitled TO seat
La Toilette Against smoot.
Although 1t was a foregone con
clusion that the resolution would fa1i
and thus end the long fight against
the Utah senator, the roll call con-
tanned some surprises. OF the AZ
votes in favor of Smoot. three were
cast by democrats, They were Sena-
tors Blackburn and Clark of Montana,
and Senator Daniel. Senator Teller
was paired in favor of Smoot. OF
the 20 votes against Smoot, nine were
republicans. They were Senators
Burrows, Clapp, Dupont, Hale, Hans
brough, Hemenway Kittredge, La
Toilette and Smith.
At the conclusion of the voting
there was a rush of republican sena-
tors to the cloak room to congratulate
Smoot. A large number of the mem
bers of the house followed and there
the senior senator of Utah was patted
on the back and his hands haken in
hearty fashion by men who expressed
their admiration of his bearing in the
long and trying ordeal through which
he has passed. On the floor of the
senate nd in the galleries 1t was
many minutes before order could be
restored
Detail of Vote.
Following is the vote in detail on
Senator Burrows amendment declar-
ing that Smoot is not entitled to his
seat:
Yeas-Bacon, Berry, Burrows, Car
mack, Clapp, Clark (Ark), Clay, Cul-
berson, Dubois, Dupont, Frazier, Hale
Hansbrough, Hemenway Kittredge.
La Toilette Latimer, McCreary, Nc
Laurin, Money, Newlands. Overman,
Pettus, Rayner, Simmons. Smith,
Stone, Stone and Tillman-2S.
Nays-Aldrich, Alice, Ankeny, Bev-
eridge, Blackburn, Brandegee, Bulke-
ley. Burkett, Durham Clark (Mont) J,
Clark (Wyo), Crane, Curtis. Daniel
Depew, Dick Dillingham;, Dolliver,
Flint Foraker, Frye, Fulton Calm
ger Gamble. Hepburn, Hopkins, Kean,
Knox. Lodge, Long, McCumber.
Willard Mulkey, Nelson Nixon, Pen
lose, Perkins, Piles, Spooner, Suth-
erland. Warner and Warren-42.
The postofice appropriation bill
the largest ever reported by a com
nittee on postoffices and pos roads,
passed the house. All provisions re
lating to an increase of pay affecting
80 per cent Of the postal employees
which Tuesday were stricken out on
points of order. We're yesterday re
stored. to the bill This action was
accomplished by rule presented by
the committee on rules after the bill
had been reported to the house by a
committee of the whole.
Points Of order were the feature Of