New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-09
SENATORS ON DIRECT VOTE
Go on Record as in Favor OF
Their Election by the People.
ARE ALMOST UNANIMOUS
Amendment to Joint Resolution
Giving Congress Supervision
of Polling Almost Assured.
From Ths Tribune Bureau.

washington May s-A vote on the pro
posed constitutional amendment providing
for the election Of Senators by direct vote
Of the PEOPLE was practically assured to-
DAY by thu action ~ the Senate making
the resolution the unfinished business anc
placing it in position in which the sup
porters Of the measure can insist upon its
consideration. The decision was almost
unanimous, only five Of the seyenty-onf
Senators voting dissenting. Senators
Brandegee. Burnham, Gallinger Hepburn
and Penrose voted in the negative.
This advantage in favor Of the resolution
was not gained, however without slight
delav. When Senator Rorah moved that II
he made the unfinished business, before the
conclusion CT the hour for morning bust
ness which now extends until I o'clock
senator Hepburn promptly objected 10 Yrs
consideration Senator Borah thereupon az
promptly moved that the Senate take 2
recess until o'clock. To this there was
u,tle objection. and when the session was
resumed the motion was again made and
adopted
Itie the purpose OF the Senators support
ing the measure TO press its consideration
allowing a reasonable time FOR speech MAX
over the resolution itself but over the
sutherland amendment. tho purpose OF
which Is 70 retain in Congress supervisory
mowers over the state elections The reso'
luton IN the form I'm which # Is now be
fore the senate gives the states the au-
thority 10 TX the qualifications of voters
and 10 Ak the time AMI places Of tho cleo
tions
~ hat
rnent will he adopted. In this amended
form the resolution will very likely receive
the two-thirds majority necessary for its
adoption.
Democratic nisGivings over the fate Of
the House legislative programme found OK
preston i'm a protest made to-day by Sena-
Tor Martin. the minority leader, against
tho failure OF the committees to report the
House measures providing for reapporuon-
,neut Of Congressional districts and cam
paign publicity.
In reply to his inquiry, Senator La Fol
lette. chairman of the Committee on the
census. 10 which the reapportionment bill
was referred. provided some amusement
Tor his colleagues by adopting an attitude
regarded as Characteristic of the regulars
exclusively. He said briefly that his com
nittee would have meeting soon, SO thai
the reapportionmept hill might be iaker
up. but his remarks were neither A threat
nor a promise. and the Democrats received
little satisfaction To all appearances the
senator from Wisconsin might have beer
= rock ribbed regular. substantially th'
same reply was made by Senator Dilling
ham with reference TO the campaign pub
lefty measure.
The charges recently made against ms
United Shoe Machinery company OF con
trolling the shoemaking industry by a sys
TEN Of leasing patented machinery, bore
fruit today i'm two measures introduced IN
me Senate. one was an antitrust bill pre-
,erted by Senator Kenyon as 2 substitute
for the sherman antitrust law, imposing
= iail sentence instead Of fines Tor violation
Of the law. and confscating patents II
cases in which they were used 10 promote
an Illegal monopoly. senator Gore intro
duc.d = resolution providing for an IN
-,4s,iration Of thc use Of patents to promote
lnonopolies