The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-03
SENATE TIE VOTE
STORMY SESSION
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY VICE
PRESIDENT VOTES TO BREAK
EADlOCk-SAVES SUBSIDY.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Passage Ci
the Gallinger ship subsidy bill mark
ed today's session of the senate
Success for the measure came after
a contest so sharp that the vote OF
the vice president was necessary to
decide it.
That was but one of three tie
votes in the body today, another
being in the committee of the whole
and the third upon adjournment.
Mr. Watson of West Virginia and
Mr.. Gronna of North Dakota, newly
elected members, took the oath OF
office.
The house devoted the day to con
| sideration of the agricultural appro-
priation bill.
Both houses are to be in session
tomorrow.
Washington, Feb. 2.-For the first
time in the history of the govern
ment, the vice president of the Unit
ed States today exercised his con-
stitutional prerogative of casting
vote to break ties in connection
with three successive roll calls in
the senate. BY the first he saved
from impending defeat the ship sub
ciI,. hi11
an adjournment of the senate on
a vote having direct bearing on the
resolution looking to the election of
senators by direct primary vote.
The vote on the subsidy bill, both
in committee of the whole and in
the senate proper stood 80 ayes and
SO noes, and on adjournment 81 ayes
and 81 noes. On all three occasions
the vice president voted in the af-
firmative.
Another notable occurrence in con-
nection with the vote on the subsidy
bill was the advance of a new DEM
ocratic senator from West Virginia.
Clarence w. Watson, who had taken
his seat early in the day as the sue
cessor to Senator Elkins Mr.. Wat
son was in the senate chamber
for only a few moments in the ses-
sion, and voted on only one roll
call
This vote was cast on an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Shively of In
diana regulating the aggregate ex-
penditwes which may be made un-
der the terms of the bill. On this
provision the new West Virginia
senator cast his vote in the affirm
ative, thus indicating his opposition
to the measure. After casting this
vote he disappeared.
The result on the next ballot was
not so close as to render material
the presence or absence of any SEN
ator. and no notice was taken of
the fact that Mr. Watson was not
in attendance.
After the final result became
known the opponents of the bill. in.
Guiding all of the democrats, real
lied Mr.. Watson's absence had pre-
vented the defeat of the bill. He was
the only democrat present at any
OF the roll calls whose vote was not
cast against the measure.
The final vote came after three
hours of determined conflict over
amendments. Apparently there was
no general appreciation of the sharp
division which afterward developed.
and as body the senate was un-
prepared for the tie votes.
The votes on the subsidy hill
which We're a tie until the vice
president broke it, were as follows.
feas-Bradley, Brandegee. Briggs.
Burkett, Burnham, Burrows, Carter.
Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Cullom.
Curtis, Dick. Dillingham;, Dixon. Du.
pont' Flint, Frye, Gallinger, Gug-
sehhelm, Hale, Hepburn, Jones, Kean.
Lodge. Lorimer, Nelson, Nixon. oil.
yer, Page, Penrose, Perkins. Piles.
Root, Scott Smoot, Stephenson. War.
ner' Warren and Wetmore, all repub
licans; total 80.
lNoes-Beveridge, Borah, Bourne.
Bristow, Brown, Burton. Crawford.
Cummins. Gamble, LaFollette Nc.
Cumber and Smith of Michigan. re.
Bacon, Bankhead, Cham.
berlain, Clarke of Arkansas. Culber.
son, Fletcher, Foster Frazier, Johns
ton, Martin, Newlands, Overman.
owen Paynter,, Percy, Shivsly, Sim.
mons, Smith of Maryland, Smith of
South Carolina, Stone, Swanson. Tai !
Iaferro, Taylor, Terrell, Thornton
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