Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-02
Measure Governing Elec-
ton Of Senators Favor
ably Passed Upon By Sen
ate Committee Today.
SENATE NOT READY
FOR RECIPROCITY
Finance Committee Will
Meet Tomorrow To Make
Plans For Hearing; No
Vote For Three Weeks.

Washington, D. c., May 1.-FolloW'
ing action by the committee on the
judiciary, Senator Borah Of Idaho to-
day reported to the senate the house
resolution for the direct election OF
United States senators. Senator Hey
burn of Idaho asserted that the reso'
luton had been prematurely consld.
cred by the committee and indicated
that he would call for its recommittal
Senator Hepburn declared that under
a resolution of the senate the new
committee had not become effective
until IL o'clock today, Mr. rg,Culberson
called attention to the fact that the old
committees of the senate had been
continued and both he and Mr.. Borah
contended opposed the attitude OF the
regulars.
"There was no committee authorized
to sit" said Mr.. Hepburn. What.
ever meeting was held was a meet
ing of individual senator and they mad
no authority to report the resolution"
The senate committee on judiciary
by vote of Z to S today agreed to re-
port the house resolution for direct
elections OF United States senators.
All the democrats present, and the
progressive repnbl licaIis voted Tor tne
Resolution. They were Senators Chil
tom, Oyerman, Culberson, Bacon and
ECummins, Borah and Brown. The
negative votes we're cast by Senator
Clark (Wyo.); Dillingham;. Sutherland
Brandegee and Root An amendment
offered by Mr.. Sutherland providing
for federal supervision Of elections
when deemed desirable wass voted
downs Senator Borah who led the
fight in the last session for the measure
was allowed to report to the senate
The senators who voted against the
Sutherland amendment were, Bacon,
Culberson, Overman and Chiffon,
democrats: Borah and Cummins, re.
publican.
Reciprocity Up Tomorrow.
The senate finance committee gave
informal consideration to the reciproc.
ity bill today, the full meeting OF the
committee being postponed until TO-
morrow. At that time plans will be
made for extensive hearing on the
measure and 1t probably be from two
to three weeks before the bill is re-
ported to the senate.
Lorimer Resolution Referred:
Senator La. Follette's resolution for
Ia reopening in the case of Senator
Lorimer was today referred to the
committee on contigent expenses
Since introduced it has lain on the
table.
House Takes Up Free List.
The house of representatives re.
sumed debate on the tariff at IL O'Clock
today with determination to com
plete the discussion of the free list
bill this week.
Representative Moss OF Indiana, IN
a half hour speech, declared himself
lin favor of the present free list bill and
was convinced Of the merit OF the Cana
dian reciprocity bill recently passed
by the house. Representative Long
worth of Ohio, republican member OF
the ways and means committee. at.
tackled the free list bill in strong
terms in the first speech Of the day
from the opposition side.
He declared the bill was vague in Its
terms and so loosely drawn that even
the democratic leaders could not say
definitely what industries 1t would af
feet II 1t becomes a law. Mr. Long
worth declared that Chairman Under
wood OF the ways and means commit
tee did not tell him even what para
eraphs of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
are affected by the free list bill.
Among nominations sent to the
senate today by President Taft were
the following:
Assistant attorney general interior
department, Charles W. Cobb OF Cali
fornia.
Postmaster, Louis C. Kurtz, Des
Moines, Iowa.