Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-03
WATsONs ABsENCE sTOps DEFEAT
New Democratic Senator Votes Once
in Opposition and Disappears.
THREE HOURS OF sKIRMIsHING
Gsllinger Presents Substitute for the
Original Measure.
Two MILD SENSATIONS OCCUR
owen Makes Protest Against Conduct
of Any Business by Present Mem
hers. Asserting They Have
Bcen RepudInted.

WASHINGTON Feb. 2.-For the third
time in the history OF the government the
vice president OF the United states eXcr-
cised HIS constitutional prerogatve of
casting vote 10 break ties in connection
with three successive roll calls i'm the
senate. The first he saved from impend-
ing defeat the ship subsidy bill. and the
third forced an adjournment OF the senate
on vote having direct bearing on the
resolution looking 10 the election OF the
senators by direct primary vote
The vote on the ship subsidy bill. both
in committee OF the whole and in the
senate proper stood 80 ayes and 20 noes
and on adjournment. 81 ayes TO = noes
On all three occasions the vice president
voted in the affirmative.
Another notable occurrence in connec-
tion with the vote on the subsidy bill was
the absence of the new democratic senator
from West Virginia, Clarence w. Watson
who had taken his seat early In the day
as the successor to Senator Elkns. Mr.
Watson was in the senate chamber for
only few minutes during the session, and
voted on only one roll call. This vote was
cast on an amendment offered by Mr.
Shively of Indiana, regulating the aggre-
gate expenditures which may be made
under the terms OF the bill, In this pro-
vision the new West Virginia senator cast
his vote In the affirmative. thus indica-
ting his opposition to the measure. After
casting this vote he disappeared.
The result on the next ballot was not so
close as 70 render material the presence or
absence OF any senator, and no notice was
taken of the fact that Mr. Watson was
not in attendance.
watsOn's. Absence Defeats BiII.
After the final result became known the
opponents of the bill. including all of the
Democrats, realized Mr.. Watson's absence
had preevnted 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 or
determined conflict over amendments APP
parently there was no general appreciation
OF the. sharp division which aftayward de-
veloped. as a body the senate was unpre-
pared for the tie votes.
The two votes on the subsidy bill, which
was tie until the vice president broke II
we're as follows:
Yeas: Bradley, Brandegee Briggs, Bur-
kett, Burnhap. Burrows. Carter. Clark OF
Wyoming; Crane, Cullom, Curtis, Dick
Dillingham;, Dixon. Dupont, Flint, Frye.
Galllnger, Guggenheim. Hale. Hepburn,
Jones. Kean. Lodge. Lorimer. Nelson, Nix
on, oliver. Page, Penrose Perkins, Piles,
/ Root Scott, Smoot, Stephenson, Warner
Warren and wetmore all republicans
Total, 80.
Nays Beveridge. Borah, Bourne, Brls-
tow Brown, Burton, Crawford. Cummins
Gamble. Gronna LaFoHette. McCumber and
Smith of Michigan. republicans; Bacon,
Bankhead, Chamberlain. Clark OF Arkan-
sas, Culberson, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier
Johnston, Martin, Newlands Overmsn
Owen, Paynter. Percy. Shively. simmons
Smith of Maryland, Smith OF South Caro-
lima; Stone. Swanson. Taliaferro. Taylor
Terrell. Thornton and Tinman. democrats
Total, 80.
Eight senators were paired, Money with
Young, Bailey with Bulkeley. Gore with
Delew and Rayner with Richardson.
Five senators, Aldrich, Clapp. Davis.
Sutherland and Watson did not vote and
were not paired.
GallinEcr Presents Substitute.
When. in accordance with the previous
agreement, the subsidy bill was laid be-
fore the senate, Senator Gallinger presented
a substitute for the entire measure as
originally introduced The first bill granted
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