Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-15
OPPOSITION IN SIGHT.
Minority Will Oppose Removing Bar
to Knox Zig biliry.

NaShlr gtOn, Rep. li.-AltnpuSn inc
BIZ renewing the bar to the eligibility
81 Senator Knox becoming secretary
Of state in the Taft cabinet was re-
ported promptly to the House from the
committee on election OF President.
Wee President ana representatives in
Congress the filing of a minority ra-
pert Indicates that contest will be
made against the passage OF the meas
ure
r2e.rCst ntatiye Gaines of West Eir
| gina. author Of the House ill sinai
lar t. that passed by the Senate. OK
| poets 10 cali up the measure Monday
under suspension of the rules. and q
motion will he made TO substitute the
| Senate nill which. if passed, would
bring the two Houses into Immediate
| a gretn1cnt Despite the minority re-
| rGrt. Renre sentative Clark Of Missou-
| RI tho Democratic floor leader. says
the n. assure will not be made a party
| isiue. Therefore the enactment of the
| bill is confidently expected
| Chairman Gaines presented the ma
/ jority report OF the committee and con-
tented hns, If with a mere recon-
mandation that the bill be passed.
| The minority report was drafted hy
Representative Gillespie of Texas Il
k-a~ approved also by Representatives
Iiardwick of Georgia. EIackett Of North
! Carolina and Rucker of Missouri. al
though only Rerres -ntatives Gillespie
and HarIwick signed it. Chairman
| Gaines had prepared and up to the last
| minute intended to report to the Hous@
| n recommendation that the Senate bill
| he passed. hut he desisted when the
question arose whether the committee
| had considered the Senate bill.
The position is taken Icy the minority
| members that while upon its face tha
| Gaines bill seeks only to fix the salary
| cf the secretary Of state at $500" the real
question is:
| w neither 4 member of the United
states Senate. during whose term of Of
fic. the salary of the secretary Of state
was increased from 5000 to sl2,eoo year.
can hold the office Of secretary of state
any portion Of the term for which the
said senator was elected provided that
the SALARY Of the secretary OF state be r.
ducad to what il was before being
raised"
The act of Congress under which the
salary of the. secretary of state was in
creased is referred to as saying to every
member Of the United States Senate:
YOU shall not for the time for which
you We're elected to the United states
Senate hold the office Of secretary Of
state"
The meeting of the committee was d
spirited one. There Were present Tour
Republicans and four Democrats out OF
the f. members The support given the
Republican members by Representative
Lassiter Of Virginia throughout made
the favorable action by the committee
certain.
REPRESENTATIVES Games of West Nir-
rinia. Sulloway of New Hampshire, Nor
ris of Nebraska. Focht and Lassiter V"t-
ed against the constitutional question the
judiciary committee. while Representa-
times Rucker of Missouri Gillespie OF
Texas and Hackett of North Carolina,
Democrats, cast their votes in support
of it.
REPRESENTATIVE. Rucker wanted TO
amend the bill by adding the Mccall
bill for publicity of campaign coAtrl-
buttons but Chairman Gaines deciar-
ed this cut Of order.
] ne DIVISION cl liz 'pihi'iittN' ga 49,
vote to report the bill out was the same
as the Gillespie amendment. except
that the votes OF Representative Burke
of PENNSYLVANIA and Jackson OF Mary
land. both Republicans. were cast IN
its favor in accordance with telegraph
ic requests.
The submission of the majority re-
port to the House will establish the
regularity of calling up the bill for
massage on Monday under suspension
of the rules The three Democrats who
ot.posed the bill in committee will pre-
sent the minority report. Advocates or
the bill are confident that 1t VIII re-
ceiye the niece ssary tWo-thirdS vote TO
pass it under suspension OF the rules.
Speaker Cannon despite the conten-
,ions of MI Henry (Tex) and several
followers on the Democratic side. who
sought to have the Senate bill reduc-
ing the salary OF the secretary Of state
to lis former figure referred to the jul
dietary committee ruled that the bill
nroperlv belonged to the committee on
election of President, and Vice Presidnt
This decision. however. wss rot
reached until a long discussion had
ensued III the House over tie rules
governing the reference of bills in gem
eial