Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-10
SUBSIDY PASSED
VOTE ON MEASURE IS TIE TILL
DECIDED az THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
FIRST time IN HISTORY
rying Mails is Provided
One Democrat "Dis-
appears"

Washington, d. c. - For the frs
time in the history of the government,
the vice president of the United States
exercised his constitutional preroga
tive OF casting vote to break ties in
connection with three successive rol
calls in the senate.
BY the first of the votes he saved
from impending defeat the ocean mai
for ship subsidy and by the third
forced an adjournment of the senate
on a vote having direct bearing on the
resolution looking to the election OF
senators by direct vote of the people
The vote on the passage Of the sub
shy bill, both in committee of the
whole and in the senate proper, stood
80 ayes and SO noes, and on adjourn.
mcnt. 81 ayes to 81 noes. On all
thee occasions the vice president
voted in the affirmative.
Another notable occurrence III con.
ncction with the vote on the subsidy
bill was the absence Of the new Demo
cratic senator from West Virginia,
Clarence Wayland Watson. who had
taken his seat early in the day as the
successor to Senator Elkins.
After the final result became known
the opponents Of the bill, including
all Of the Democrats, realized that Mr..
Watson's absence had prevented the
defeat of the bill. He was the only
Democrat present during any of the
roll calls whose vote was not cast
against the measure.
Votes on the Bill.
The two votes on the subsidy bill,
which were tie until the vice presi-
dent broke it, were as follows:
Yeas-Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs.
Burkett, Burnhanl. Burrows, Carter.
Clark of Wyoming. Crane, Cullom,
Curtis. Dick. Dillingham;. Dixon. Du-
pont, Flint. Frye. Gallinger, Guggen.
helm. Hale. Hepburn, Jones. Kean,
Lodge. Lorimcr, Nelson. Nixon, Oliver.
Page. Penrose. Perkins. Piles. Root.
Scott. Smoot, Stephenson. Warner,
Warren and Wetmore, all Republicans.
Total, 80.
Nays-Bevcridge. Borah. Bourne,
Bristow. Brown, Burton. Crawford.
Cummins, Gamble, Gronna. La Fol-
lettc, McCumber and Smith OF Mich
igan, Republicans. Bacon. Bankhead,
Clark of Arkansas; Gull
berton, Fletcher. Foster, Frazier. John
ston. Martin. Ncwlands, Overman.
Owen, Paynter. Percy. Shivcly. Sim
mons, Smith Of Maryland; Smith of
South Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Tai.
Iaferro, Taylor, Terrell, Thornton and
Tillman, Democrats. Total, 80.
Clapp, Davis. Sutherland and Wat
son did not vote and were not paired.
Mr.. Gronna, the new senator from
North Dakota, although Republican,
oted against the bill on all roll calls.
Provisions Of Measure.
As passed the bill authorized the
payment by the postofiice department
for the carrying OF mails Of 81 per
mile on the outward voyage TO second
class American built vessels plying
between American ports and ports in
he Philippines, Japan. China and Aus
and between American
ports and ports in South America
south Of the equator. and the payment
II 81 per mile to third class Ameri-
,ar ships similarly eeQgasad- Stops at
American ports in the South Atlantic
ire provided for.
Ii is explicitly declared that no con-
ract shall be awarded to any person
u corporation engaged in any COM
'etitire transportation by rail or who
S employed in exporting or importing
in his own behalf. There |
tlso is a provision limiting the expen.
iitnres in any one year 10 $4,000, 600 |
II to the surplus earnings Of the ocean !
nail carrying business. /
BaIiinser Case Back to the House. /
BY unanimous vote of the COM
nittee on agriculture the house was |
eQuested TO discharge that committee !
rom further consideration OF the re-
'ort Of the Investigating committee
N the BalliEEeI-P inchOt case.
The three reports on the Ballinger. /
case, one exonera ting Mr.. Bal.
niger Of any wrongdoing. and another
recommending his dismissal from the
abinet and the third severely arra;gn.
ne his administration OF tine interior
department., thus go back 10 the house
md take their place on the calendar.
Opponents Of Mr. Ballinger are thus
placed in a position to air the case in
lie house