The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
In the State Senate BY a
Vote Of Sixteen TO
Fourteen.
DEMOCRATS IN LINE
With the Anti-prohibition
Forces After Holding of
a Caucus Last Night.

CHARLESTON Feb. ao-At the
opening session today the Senate
voted on the prohibition submission
Amendment
On the roll call Of senator's pres
ent and voting Messrs. Kidd. McIn-
tire, Silver ana zilliken, al Dem
ocrats. voted mo-" cossin; John
son and Littlepage were not present
in the Senate chamber when the
vote was taken. The vote stood six
teen for eleven against, and three
absent.
: AT trst the Democrats refused 70,
vote so as to lay the responsibility
on the Republicans. Blue demanded
that they must vote and the chair
SO ruled.
Blue moved that announcement Of
the vote be postponed until 8 o'clock
this afternoon. White raised the
point of order that on a constitu-
tiopal amendment 1t required two
thirds to postpone announcement,
but he said he would not insist on
the chair ruling on the point untiI
this afternoon. The vote on the mo-
ton to postpone was eighteen ayes
and eight nays.
Shortly after the motion to post.
pone the announeementso of the vote
prevailed, the absentees, Senator's
Johnson, cossin and Littlepage. ap.
peared in the chamber. Fisher
moved to reconsider the vote by
which the announcement of the vote
was postponed, and his motion pre.
vailed. He then moved 10 call the
roll, of those who had not voted,
which carried.
cossin's name was called first,
and without explaining his vote, cast
It against the prohibition resolu,
ton. johnson explained his vote.
declaring that he would have voted
for submission had Meredith's in
Identifying amendment prevailed
yesterday. He concluded his speech
by voting in the negative.
Littlepage. when his name was
called, made speech OF exp1ana-
ton. He said that when he was
nominated for the Senate, the pend
ing proposition was not an issue,
and that a year ago he voted for the
submission in answer to petitions Of
thirty thousand people, while this
year there were as many petitions
against submission as for it. He
declared that great financial ques-
ton was important among the many
involved, The Democratic party
owed nothing to the Prohibition
party he said, and the entire respon-
sibility must rest with the Republi-
can party. He said the Democratic
senators had held caucus last night
ana had decided to oppose submls-
sion. He therefore voted mo. =
This completed the vote which re-
suited in 16 for and ID. against,
which ends prohibition for this leg
islature, so far as amendment sub
mission is concerned.
The ayes were Ashburn. Baker,
Blue. Carroll, cofman, Craig. Eng.
land, Fisher, Finn. Crimes, santee.
shtnn. Smith Of cabell. Smith of
Raleigh. Sutherland and Forman.
The noes were Bailey, cossin.
Gartlan. Hatfield. Hazlett, Johnson,
Kidd. Littlepags, McIntire. Meredith
Miller, Silver. White ana zilltken.
Fisher and Smith Of Raleigh did
not abide by the Democratic caucus
which Littlepage said had been held
last night
The reason that all the senators
we're not in their seats was tfat The
resolution came up sooner than was
expected. 1t was irst M when when the the
Senate convened at 10 O'Clock and
the first ron call was over by 1o.as az
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