The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-04
SENATORS ADVANCE
DIRECT ELECTION.
Judiciary Committee Makes Fa-
vorabIe Report on Resolution.
RIDER IS VOTED OUT 7 TO 5
Sutherland Amendment Which Led to
the Defeat Of the Direct Vote
Proposition Last Session
Is Rejected.

Washington, May 2.-After rs
years of disheartening defeat at the
capital the movement for direct cleo
ton OF United States senators by
popular vote scored a triumph that
makes it's final victory the next log
ical event on the legislative calendar.
BY vote of to the senate COM
mittee on judiciary agreed to report
out the house resolution for direct
senatorial election. More than that,
it cuts out the Sutherland amend
ment, which defeated the bill in the
last congress by stirring up the fears
of the old state-rights Democrats.
The committee victory was by no
means a party one. 1t was the plain
and quick result of an agreement be-
tween the Democrats and progressive
Republicans.
How the Members Lined Up.
Roll call of the committee on the
motion to report out revealed this.
Voting AYE" were Senators Chiffon,
Overman, Culberson and Bacon-all
Democrats. And with them were
aligned Senators Borah, Cummins and
Brown-all progressives. The mega
tive votes were cast by Clark Of
Wyoming, Dillingham;, Sutherland,
Brandegee and Root
Practically the same division took
place when the Sutherland amend
ment was up. This proposition pro-
vided for federal supervision of cleo
tons when deemed advisable" The
direct threat here made on the polit-
ical rights Of the individual states
alienated so many Democrats that it
was recognized as too heavy a weight
for the bill to carry
eorah Is Confident.
Senator Borah was intrusted with
the duty of presenting the direct cleo
ton bill to the senate. A change of
five votes would have passed it at
the last session, and the Idahoan is
said to feel sure that the new senate
will show at least this much gain for
his pet cause.
Following favorable action by the
committee Senator Borah reported
the resolution to the senate. Senator
Hepburn of Idaho, asserting that the
| resolution had been prematurely con-
sidered by the committee. indicated
that he would later on call for its re-
committal.
House Resumes Tariff Debate.
| The house resumed debate on the
tariff with determination to COM
plete the discussion of the free list
| bill this week.
Representative Moss of Indiana, in
half-hour speech declared himself
| in favor of the present free-list bill
and convinced of the merit of the
Canadian reciprocity bill recently
passed by the house.
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
a Republican member of the ways and
means committee. attacked the free
list bill in strong terms.
Madden for Annexation.
Representative Madden of Illinois
startled the house by blunt acknowl-
edgement of his hope that the United
| States will annex Canada Mr. Mad
den said that he voted for the re-
ciprocity agreement with annexation
| in mind.
Il have the hope that some day
| closer trade relations will result in
the closest of blood ties" said Mr.
Madden. This is no idle dream with
me- | have always believed that the
people of the north should be with us,
under one flag and under the one
form of government. We should
have absolute free trade with Can
ada"