Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-28
Senate, by a Vote OF 81 to 81,
Declares Utah Man Is En-
titled to Senate Seat.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Galleries Were Filled With Repre-
se~ntatives Of Women's Clubs OPP
posed TO His Confirmation
by Upper Body.

Washington. u. g. Feb. - Th" sen
ate yesterday declared Reed Snoot.
of Utah. entitled Ia represent his state.
in that body.
The first roll cali WAS on amendment
requiring a two-thirdS vote for :adop-
lion of the resolution hat Smoot WAS
no, entitled to his seat. II carried.
ON the roll call. on Senator car
mack's amendment for Smoot's ex-
pulsion. the amendment was lost.
The final vote Was on the resolution
stating Sfmoot was not entitled To his
seat. 1t was defeated. 4. to IS.
Senator Dolliver voted against the
expulsion resolution. as did
Willard and Rurllctt. of Nebraska. n
Gamble. of South Dakota. Senator Al.
lison WAS paired in favor of Sinoot.
Final Vote in the Senate.
The vote by which Smooi Was de-
clarcd entitled To his seat was 4. To
IS. Eighteen senators We're paired.
making the actual standing on the res
olution 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. Ev-
cry seat in the galleries was filled. and
daring the actual voting the standing
room ON the tloor of the senate. was
crowded by members of the house and
| employees of the senate. Seldom has
| there been ~ proceeding affecting the
| standing of "A senator tina; has at
tracted 80 much marked attention. In
the audience We're representatives of
Il number of prominent wOmen'S or
PLANTATIONS. which have been active in
| circulating and having presented petit
tons of renonstrancc against Mr..
Smoot These women secured many
thousands OF Signatures to their petit
ticnS.
Many Speeches Before Ballot.
There have been numerous speeches
made for and against Senate Smoot
since the resolution To unseat him WAS
reported from the committee on privil-
eges and elections Just prior to the
adjournment of congress last year. To
day Senators Dubois. H%ansbroush.
Newlands. Bacon and Burrows. the lat
ter chairman of the committee spoke
against MIR. Smoot. while Senators
Beveridge. Dolliver N Foraker spoke
for him.
Smoo, retired to the republican room
to awai, the result.
The Vote in Detail.
The following is the vote in detail OH
the Burrows amendment declaring
senator Smoot not entitled to his seat
Yeas-Bacon. Berry. Burrows. Car
mack. Clapp, Clark of Arkansas. Clay,
Culberson. Dubois, Dupont. Frazier,
Hale, Hansbrough. Hemenway. Kit
tredge. LaFollette. Latimer. McCreary,
McLaurin. Money. Ncwlands. Overnan
Pettus. Rayner, Simons. Smith. Stone
Tillman-28.
Nays AIdrich. Alice. Ankeny. Bever-
idge. Blackburn. ~Brandegee. Buckley
Hurkett. Burnham. Clark of Montana
Clark of Wyoming. Crane. Curtis. Dan
iel. Depew. Dillingham;, Dolliver. Flint
Foraker. Frye. Fulton. Granger. Gam
BILE. Hepburn. Hopkins. Kean, Knox
Lodge. Long. McCumber. Willard. Mel
son. Nixon. Penrose. Perkins. Spooner
sutherland. Warner. Warrcn-42.
The eighteen senators paired We're us
follows:
For Slnoot and Against the Resolu-
iion-Aliison, lcikjns. Carter. Culloln
Dryden, rlatt, Proctor Scott ant
Teller.
Against Smoot and for the ResoIu
ii~on-Senators Morgan. Bailey. Patter.
son. Martin. Foster. McEnery. Mallory
Taliafaro and White.
An executive session of the senate
followed.