The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-04
Consolidated Aug. 9. 1881.
Will NOT ELECT SENATORS.
IN FOUR VOTES PROPOSAL FOR
DIRECT ELECTION FAILS
OF PASSAGE.
Vote stands 50 to 33 For Resolution,
smith Voting For ana Tillman
Against It--Borah, Leader OF Move
ment, Not Discouraged.


ton for direct election of United
States senator's. which has been a
topic OF so great interest at the present
session OF congress-. today was de-
feated by the senate. lacking four
votes OF the two-thirds necessary foY
i, its passage. Fifty-four senators stood
for the resolution and 33 against it.
Though this division showed so large
a majority OF the senate to favor
popular elections. yet the number was
not sufficient 10 carry the measure.
which required two~thirds vote for
its success.
Immediately after the reading OF
the journal the popular election reso-
luton was taken up under unanimous
consent. granted last week.
SO long had the resolution been
before the senate. and so carefully
had the membership been canvassed
by its suspporters and its opponents.
that II was recognized from the mo-
ment the question was brought up
that IL would go down in defeat.
Nevertheless there was large at
tendance on the floor.
Though II had been understood
that debate would be shut off on the
measure when called. Senator Bacon
who determinedly has opposed the
resolution as II was altered under
the Sutherland amendment, placing
the control OF the elections in the
hands OF congress. yet hoped to have
an amendment adopted that might
render the measure acceptable u
some OF the Southern senator's. The
Georgia senator's effort was to pro-
vide that the federal supervision of
the elections should apply only In
those States wherein the legislatures
had failed % designate the elections.
aud method of holding the elections.
Vice President Sherman ruled the
Bacon amendment out OF order and
the roll call was begun.
Though. as indicated. II was prac-
ticaliy foregone conclusion that the
resolution would fail to get a two
thirds vote. the roll call was fol-
lowed with deepest interest. For a
moment II was thought that calcula-
uons would be upset. for when sena-
tor Gallinger's name was reached his
answer was aye" Looks OF surprise
were exchanged by many senators,
for there Is no more inveterate enemy
OF the resolution than the New Hamp-
shire senator.
The clerk had received several
more responses before II occurred to
Mr.. Gallinger that something was
wrong. He arose In some haste and
had his name shifted to the noes"
The roll was:
Yeas-Bailey. Beveridge. Borah.
Bourne, Bradley. Briggs. Bristow,
Browne. Burkett. Burton. Carter,
Chamberlain. Clapp. Clark (wyoD.
Clark (Ark). Culberson. Cullom.
cummins. Curtis. Davis. Dixon. Du-
Pont. Frye. Gamble. Gore. Gronna.
Guggenheim. Jones. La Toilette.
McCumber. Martin. Nelson. Newlands.
Nixon. Overman. owen. Paynter, Per-
klps. Piles RayEer. Sheively, Sim
mons. Smith (Md.J. Smith (Mich).
smith (S. c.. Stephenson. stone.
Sutherland. Swanson. Taylor. Thorn
ton. Warner. WATSON. Young.
Total 50.
Nays-BacOn. Bankhead. Branda-
gee. Bulkeley, Burnham. Burrows.
Crane. Depew. Dick. Dillingham;,
Fletcher. Flint. Foster. Gallinger,
Hale. Hepburn. Johnston. Keane,
Lodge. Lorimer. Money. oliver. Page,
Penrose. Percy. Richardson. Root.
Scott. Smoot. Taliaferro. Trlman.
Warren. wetmore. Total 33.
Yeas. 50; noes. 33. Total 81.
There were four absentees. Senator'S
Aldrich. Fraser. Crawford and Ter
rell. HAD they been present. Mr.
Terrell. II was announced. would have
voted against the resolution and Mr..
Frazier for Il. For Mr.. Aldrich no
announcement was made. Later Mr..
Crawford appeared on the floor and
explained that he had oversight and
had then met the additional annoy
ancc OF street car delay. His vote.
he said. would have been "ayc.
Senator Eorah. who has led the
advocates ~ popular elections. though
disappointed 40 the result. was not dis
couraRcd. ON the contrary hc felt
that the vote plainly indicated the
growing popularity of the measure.
The senator said