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TEST VOTE GIVES
LEAD TO REGULARS

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Beverage rose 70 parliamentary inquiry
and tried TO get some light on this par
/ ticular affair. Senator Bailey rebuked him
with the remark that he had not raised
the parliamentary inquiry. and the Incl
: dent OF Senator Flints pair was there
upon closed
-Four Had Not Voted.
! But when the list OF the names ~ Son
ators who were absent without being
paired was read. IT disclosed the names OF
four Democratic Senators who had failed
TO vote, and had not taken the precau-
ton TO arrange for pairs. Had these four
Democrats been present and voted with
their party colleagues. the Cummlns
amendment would have been defeated by
bur one majority.
/ There WAS some delay IN getting an
announcement from the chair of the pairs
and absentees. Senator Clay had 10 re-
new his demand twice, and raise cues
ton Of order before he was able 10 get
the announcement Senator Frye. presi-
dent pro TEN. who was IN the chair.
showed no disposition 10 refuse the de-
mand. and explained that the delay was
due 10 the difficulty in making up the
list az the clerks desk.
The following Democratic Senators were
noted on tho official record Of the Senate
as being absent and not paired: McEnery.
OF Louisiana; Clarke. % Arkansas: Bank
head, Of Alabama. and Smith. OF Mary
land. Senator McEnery was in his seat
In the Senate an hour before the vote
was taken. The other Senators are absent
from Washington
Standing on the Test Vote.
The following IS the vote as finally re-
corded on the Cummins amendment.
Ayes-Bacon. Bailey. Chamberlain. Clay.
Davis. Fletcher. Frazier. Gore. Johnston.
Martin. Overman. Paynter. Percy, Pur-
cell, simmons. Smith South Carolina
Stone. and Taylor Democrats. eigheeen)
and Beverage. Borah. Bristow. Burkett.
Clapp. Cummins. Dixon, Dolliver. Gam
BILE, Ia Toilette. and Nelson Republicans
eleven; IN ALL twenty-nine).
Nays-Bradley. Brandegee. Brown
Buckley, Durham. Burrows Burton,
Carter. Clark CWyomIng). Crane. Craw-
ford CulIom. Curtis. Depew. Du Pont
Elkins. Frye. Gallinger. Guggenheiu,
Hepburn. Jones, Kesn, Lodge. Nixon.
Oliver. Page, Perkins. Piles. Root. Scott.
Smith CNiichigan). Smoot Stephenson.
Sutherland. and Warner tall Republicans.
thirty-fve).
Aldrich Leaves Before Vote.
Senator Aldrich left Washington f,st
before the vote was taken. He had been
trying 70 hasten the roll call ia osder 70
enable him 90 leave for New York.
Senator la Toilette made an impas-
stoned speech He replied 10 Senator
Bailey's advice 70 the insurgents in his
spirited way.
Men may be tricked and folIed and
their visions blurred here" said Mr.. la
Toilette. but out over this land, East
as well as West, there IS going on a men,
tai process that cannot be diverted or
be beclouded by any cheap party appeal
on either political side"
Immediately after the vote was taken
Senator Cummins introduced another
amendment 10 the same paragraph which
provides that no increase OF rates or no
new classification which relates 10 an IN
crease Of rates, the result OF an agree
.ment between carriers, shall become ef-
fectivo until after It has been approved
by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
This amendment Will give rise 20 the
same fight all over again, and Senator
.Cummins is hopeful Of commanding a
few more votes for that amendment than
he got for the one which was lost.