Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-19
DEADLOCK IN SENATE
sALlINGER FAILS OF ELECTION
AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
ON SEVEN BALLOTS.
,AcoN GETS DEMOCRAT VOTE
Situation Results From the Opposition
Of lnsursent Republicans, Five OF
Whom Vote Against Caucus Noml'
nee-Three Are Paired.


Notwithstanding ~incapacity of tn
Republican party in the senate to cor
troll a caucus edict without the aid o
the Insurgents was demonstrated II
the senate when, after more than tw'
hours of effort, and as a result o
seven ballots hat body failed to cleo
Senator Gallinger Of New Hampshire
as president pro tempore to succeed
Senator Frye Of Maine.
Mr.. Frye's recent resignation wa
based on poor health. The deadlocl
vas due to the opposition of the insur
gent Republican senators, five o
whom voted against and three o
whom were paired against Mr.. Gal
linger.
Soon after the senate convened
vice-President Sherman absented him
self from the senate and Senator
Lodge assumed the chair. Immediate
ly Senator Cullom, as the chairman Of
the Republican caucus, moved thai
the senate proceed to the election Of
a president pro tempore, placing Mr.
Gallinger in nomination. The nomi
nation of Senator Bacon OF Georgia by
Senator Martin, chairman OF the
Democratic caucus, followed. Sem
tor La Toilette performed the same
service for Senator Clapp.
Upon the first ballot It was apparent
that when the insurgents did not cast
their votes against MI. Gallinger they
were so paired as to render effective
the votes Of absentees.
Senator Borah announced his desire
to vote for Gallinger, but stated that
owing to q pair with Senator Works,
who was unfriend1y to Senator Gal
linger, he could not do SO. Later he
stated that this pair had not been ar
ranged to inture the New Hampshire
senator. Mr.. Dixon was paired with
Mr.. Cummins and Mr.. Kenyon with
Nj. Bourne.
The first ballot totaled 70 votes, Of
which Mr.. Bacon, the Democratic can
didate, received So; Mr.. Gallinger, the
Republican candidate, 80, and Mr..
Clapp, 4, while Mr.. Bacon voted for
Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. Clapp for Mr..
Bristow.
Messrs. Bristow, La Toilette, Gron-
ma and Poindexter voted for Clapp.
Messrs. Cummins, Bourne, Works and
Crawford, insurgents, were all absent,
but paired for Senator Clapp. except
Mr.. Crawford, who was Ill. All the
Democratic votes were cast for MI.
Bacon. Necessary to a choice, 81.
The only change in the second ballot
was that Senator Gallinger. who had
refrained from voting on the previous
roll call. voted for Mr.. Lodge, in
creasing the total vote to "A, and ma
king IS necessary to elect.
The figures for each candidate were
throughout the voting I'M
til on the last vote Senator Bradley
retired, thus reducing the vote by his
own ballot, and that Of Senator Tay-
lor of Tennessee, who raj paired with
him.
or many points Of order raised the
most serious, presented by Mr.. Root
related to the right of a senator to re-
frain from voting on account of a
pair. MI. Root commended that under
the rules all senators are required to
vote when their m are called.
MI. Bailey replied that the imme-
mortal custom of the senate has SO
sanctioned pairing as to render 1t
equivalent to q rule. He declared that
he would rather be expelled from the
senate than obey an order to break a
pair.
Ultimately the chair ruled that a
pair could be recognized only as an
excuse for not voting, and by a vote
the senate held this to be a valid ex-
cuse.
During the balloting Senators Stone.
Bailey and other Democrats made the
contention that a plurality should
elect. A decision in their favor would
have elected Senator Bacon, but the
chair held against them.
After the fifth ballot Senator Gull
iOm sought adjournment until Mon.
day, but his motion was voted down,
81 to ~, Democrats and ~progressives
voting in the negative. But, after two
more roll calls, Mr.. La Follette's SIM
liar motion prevailed without division,
It becoming apparent that all ballotins
vnuat ha inonocfua1