New-York tribune., 1911-02-03
SHERMAN BREAKS THREE
TIES IN THE SENATE
BY Two Casting Votes He Saves
Mail Subvention Bill
from Defeat.
FORCES AN ADJOURNMENT
Thus Prevents Direct Election OF
Senators from Getting Right
of Way--A New Mem
ber's Blunder.
rFr-m Tho Tribune Rureau. I

washington. Feb. For the first
time in the history Of the Senate the
Vice President to-day cast the decisive
vote on three successive rollcalls. turn
ing the tide OF conflict and bringing to
successful issue the fight to pass the
ocean mail fubvention bill, With so
small a margin in the Senate, however,
it is not regarded as probable that the
bill will come to a vote in the House at
- he present session.
on the two rollcalls on the ocean mail
hill-one on the adoption of the amend
ment offered 10y Senator Gallinger as
substitute and the other on the bill itself
the Senate divided. 80 TO 80, the insur
gents and three regulars voting with the
Democrats The third rollcall was on
;he question of adjournment, moved by
Senator Hale to head off fight for
precedence between the Alaskan leasing
bill and the resolution for the popular
election of Senators. TIE alignment on
the last question was different from that
on the ocean mail bill but the result was
a tie. 81 to 81. and Vice President Sher-
man again cast the decisive vote for ad-
journment. The precedence fight will
probably be resumed tomorrow.
The final vote on the subventon bill
came after three hours Of determined
conflict over amendments Apparently
there was no general appreciation of the
sharp division which afterward de-
veloped. and as body the Senate vas
unprepared for the tie votes
The two votes. which were tie until
the Vice-Presdent broke it, were as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Bradley, Brandegee. Briggs.
Burkett. Burnham, Burrows. Carter.
Clark WyoJ. Crane. Culom. Curtis
Dick, Dillingham;, Dixon. du Pont, Flint.
Frye, Galinger. Guggenheim. Hale, Hey-
burn, Jones, Kean, Lodge Lorimer, Mel
son. Nixon, Oliver. Page. Penrose. Per-
kins, Piles, Root. Scott. Smoot. Stephen
son. Warner Warren and Wetmore. all
Republicans
Noes-Beverdge. Borah Bourne. Rris-
tow, Brown. Burton. Crawford. Cum
Minis, Gamble. Gronna, La Toilette, Nc
Cumber. and Smith (MichD. Republicans.
Bacon, Bankhead, Chamberlain. Clarke
ArkD. Culberson, Fletcher, Foster. Fra
ger, Johnston, Martin, Newlands. Over
man. owen. Paynter. Perez. Shivelv.
Simmons. Smith Md. Smith IS. c..
Stone. Swanson, Tallaferro. Taylor. Ter
rell, Thornton and Tillman, Democrats.
Eight Senators were paired-Monev
with Young, Bailey with Buckley. Gore
with Depew and Raynor with Richard
SON. Senators Aldrich, Clapp. Davis
Sutherland and Watson did not vote
and were not paired. Mr.. Gronna. the
new Senator from North Dakota. al
though a Republican, voted against the
bill on all rOllcalls.
New Senator Changed Result.
A notable occurrence in connection
with the vote was the absence Of the
new Democratic Senator from West Viz
einia. Clarence Watson. who had taken
his seat early in the day as the Success
sor of Senator Davis Elkins. Mr. Wat
son was I'm the chamber for a few min
utes and voted on one rollcaU. This
was on an amendment offered by Mr..
Shively. Of Indiana, regulating agere-
cate expenditures which may be made
under the terms Of the bill on this the
new West Virginia Senator cast his vote
I'm the affirmative. thus Indicating his
opposition to the measure. He then dis
appeared and when the next vote was
taken Mr.. Scott. his Republican COL
league, announced Mr.. Watsons alb
sence. saying that he was away "on i'm
portant business"
The result Of the rolcall was not so
close as 10 render material the presence
or absence of any Senator. and no notice
,,as taken OF the fact that Mr.. Watson
yas absent only a few Senators gave
beed 10 Mr. Scott's announcement. and
they laughed good naturedy over IT,
Their enjoyment passed without expla-
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