The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-03-01
SENATOR SMOOT
RETAINS SEAT
Vote in the Senate Was AZ
to % in Favor of the
Utah Senator.
Counting the Pairs the Vote Stood
Th~irty-seven for Expulsion and
Fifty-one Against.--Long and
Bitter Fight Against Utah
Senator at Last Ended.

Washington.--After a continuous
debate of five hours, in which intense
earnestness was The predominating
feature, the senate on Wednesday, a
few minutes after 4 o'clock, voted to
retain Senator Smoot for the remand
er of his term, the vote upon the
amended resolution of expulsion be-
ing forty-two for Smoot to twenty
eight against him. Nine paired for
him with nine against him, and two,
Smoot and Wetmore, not voting. The
Republicans who voted against Smoot
were Clapp, Dupont, Hale, Hans.
brough, Hemenway, Kittredge, La
Toilette and Smith. The Democrats
who voted for him were Blackburn,
Clark of Montana and Daniel. One
Democrat, Teller, was paired for
Smoot, and no Republican paired
against him.
Speeches were made for and against
the retention of the Utah senator in
the senate by Senators Hopkins, Du-
bois, Beverage Hansbrough, Foraker,
D%olliver, Burrows, and Newlands, af-
ter which Senator Hopkins offered his
amendment, the effect of which was
to make it necessary to have two
thirds of the senators present to
adopt the resolution declaring Mr..
Shoots seat vacant. The amendment
was adopted-49 to %.
Senator Carmack then moved as a
substitute a resolution specifically
providing for the expulsion of Mr..
Smoot. This was defeated on roll
call-27 to 43.
A roll call was then demanded on
the committee reolution declaring
Mr.. Smoot not entitled to his seat,
and it was defeated-42 nays to 2S
yeas.
Following is the vote in detail ON
the Burrows amendment as to Sena,
tor Smoot not being entitled to his
seat,
Yeas-Bacon, Berry, Burrows, Car.
mack, Clapp, Clark (Ark.), Clay, Cul
berson, Dubois, Dupont, Frazier, Hale
Hansbrough, 'Hemenway, Kittredge
LoFollette, Lattimer, McCreery, Nc
Laurin, Money, Newlands, Overman,
Pettus, Raynor, Simmons, Smith
Stone, Tillman-28.
Nays-Aldrich, Alice, Ankey, Bev
nrf1nn Ioo1yh,,r DrorJo~1 Dx,1Jx1oxx
Burkett, Burnham, Clark (Mont.)
Clark (Wyo.), Crane, Curtis, Daniel.
Depew, Dick, Dillingham;, Dolliver
Flint, Foraker, Frye, Fulton, Calling.
er, Gamble, Hepburn, Hopkins, Kean, |
Knox, Lodge, Long, McCumber Mil. |
lard, Mulkey, Nelson, Nixon, Penrose,
Perkins, Piles, Spooner, Sutherland, |
Warner, Warren-42.
The Is senators paired as follows:
For Smoot, and against the resolu.
tion-Allison, Elkins, Carter, Cullom, |
Dryden, Platt, Proctor, Scott and Tel.
Ter.
Against Smoot and for the resolu-
tion-Messrs. Morgan, Bailey, Patter.
son, Martin, Foster, McEnery, NAL
Tory, Taliaferro and White.
The voting occupied only a few
minutes, and while the vote was be-
ing taken, Senator Smoot absented
himself from the senate chamber.
The most forceful speech of the
day was that Of Chairman Burrows,
who for over an hour made scathing
comments upon Mormon institutions
and the connection of Smoot with
those who defy the laws of the land
and thus became with them part
ners In crime" Mr.. Burrows, in
closing his address, criticized Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the stand he has
taken in support of Smoot, and called
attention to the variance of the
presidents recent u%tterances with his
message to congress suggesting the
enactment of laws for the regulation
of divorce and suppression of polyg-
amy.
During the delivery of Burrows
speech, Smoot sat near him, apparent
ly unmoved by his den~unaiations.
When the voting commenced he
left his place and went into
Republican cloak roam, where
he remained until the result of the
vote was given him, and where he
held an informal levee as senators
and others trooped in and congratu.
lated him. Beyond expressing graft
ove the close of the case,
Smoot said he had nothing to say at
this time.
During the din which followed the {
announcement of the vote, it was a ]
coincidence that the first
business transacted in the senate was
! notice given by Vice President l
Fairbanks that he had signed the bill {
Salt Lake City authority to |
'uild a boulevard through Fort Doug S
as military reservation, which had q
'een introduced by Senator Smoot.