Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-03
POPULAR ELECTION
PLAN IS REJECTED
BY j. S. SENATE
Sutherland Amendment Turn
ed Many of the Senators
Against 1t and 1t Was Voted
Down

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"A votes. a clear majority OF the member
ship OF the senate. but two-thirds vote
was necessary for its passage.
Thirty-three senators opposed the
amendment Senator Bacon among the
number he announced that Senator Ter
rell his colleague. would also have voted
against the amendment had he been pres
ent.
The resolution failed OF passage by
only four votes. and IL Is conceded that
the .eviI day had been postponed only
temporarily. as the membership OF the
next senate viii adopt the amendment
Fifty-eight votes would have been two
thirds Of those voting today
Tie defeat OF the resolution may Be
charged 10 the Democrats. and their OPP
position Is traceable TO the Sutherland
amendment. giving congress the right to
regulate .he manner OF holding the cleo
tons.
The following Democrats voted against
the amendment: Bacon. OF Georgia;
Bankhead. OF Alabama: Fletcher. OF Flor
ida. Johnston. Of Alabama: Money and
Percy. OF Mississippi. Taliaferro. OF Flor
ida. Tillman. OF South Carolina
Five Republican senators who retire 10
private life on March voted against
the amendment. as follows: DICK. Of
Ohio. Flint. OF California. Hale, OF Maine.
kean. OF New Jersey. and Burrows. OF
Michigan
The senator's from, IS states divided on
the question as follows: Dick and Bur-
ton. Ohio: FLINT and Perkins, California:
Hale and Frye. Maine: Hepburn and
Borah. Idaho. Kean and Briggs. New
Jersey: Lorimer and Cu;.om. Illinois.
Richardson and Dupont, Delaware: Scott
and Watson, West Virginia.. Smoot and
Sutherland. Utah: Tulman and Smith.
South Carolina: Warren and Clark. Wyo-
ming Burrows and Smith. Michigan
Senator Bacon delivered a notable
speech In the senate yesterday. explain
ing his attitude in opposition to the
amendment in the form in which il was
submitted He based his opposition 10
the Sutherland amendment and devel-
oped with clearness the danger OF the
proposition to the people OF his section.
He showed that under the Sutherland
amendment congress would have the I'M
ouest toned right TO provide registrars for
the elections. 70 name the returning
boards 20 declare the results and to
furnish United States mRrshals at the
polls 10 see that the wishes of the gov
eminent were carried out in every par
ticuIar.
Indeed. he said that congress might
frsIFurs0rr- asEgrsr CO. ssEist the mar
khals II needs be 10 enforce its wishes
1T the polls. He indicated very clearly
his desire for popular elections. but de-
clared that he was unwilling to ieopar-
die the integrity OF the ballot in south
'ern states to accomplish this reform.
Although the Republicans win undoubt-
eddy charge the Democrats with the de-
feat OF popular elections of senator's
which Is simon pure Democratic doc
trine. the Republicans themselves are
responsible for its defeat
Any OF the Republicans who today
voted for the adoption of the amend
nnent did so because a canvass of the
senate convinced them Of its defeat. They
Rad previously voted for the Suther-
essrange many Democrats who were in
clined TO favor the amendment as an
original proposition.
IT is confidently believed here that
the membership OF the next senate. with
the acquisition OF several additional
Democrats and a number OF insurgents,
viii prepare an amendment along lines
acceptable to the south. and there is
little doubt thar II will be adopted
At 1850 the new legislative day began
. in the usual way with prayer by the
chaplain and the reading of the journal.
"a was 1910 o'clock when the journal
was completed
BY direction OF the chair. the joint
resolution providing for election OF SEN
ators by the people, as amended by the
Sutherland proviso giving the federal
government supervisory control over
the senatorial elections was placed be-
fore the senate The ayes and noes
were ordered on the resolution
Senator Bacon. OF Georgia endeavored
to offer an amendment 20 the resolution
SO as 70 provide that the federal super
vision OF elections should apply only in
those states the legislators OF which
had failed to designate the manner and
method OF hoIding th> elections.
The amendment was held not In or
der and the roll call was proceeded with.
II was a foregone conclusion that the
resolution would not have the two
thirds majority necessary 10 it's passage
but despite this fact the voting was
Followed with keen interest both on the
floor and In the crowded galleries
Following is the vote on the direct
election OF senator's:
Yeas-Bailey. Beveridge. Borah.
Bourne. Bradley. Briggs. Bristow.
Brown. Burkctt. Burton. carter. Cham
berlain. Cispp. Clark. OF Wyoming;
Clarkee. Ars aEfSas. Cuiberson. culloTn,
Cummins. Curtis. Davis. Dixon. Dupont
FRYE. Gamble. Gore. Cronna. Guggen-
helm. Jones. LaFollette. McCumber.
Martin. Nelson. Neylands. Dixon. Over
man. owen. Paynter. Perkins. Piles.
EAFner. -MANetNs simmons smith, or
MARYLAND: Smith. OF Michigan: Smith.
OF south Carolina: Stephenson. Stone.
Sutherland. warsOn. Taylor, Thornton.
Warner. Watson. Young-5L
Navs-Bacon. Bankhead. Brandegee.
BuIiselev. Durham. Burrows. Crane.
Depew. Dick. Dillingham; Fletcher. Flint
Foster. GaIlinger. Hale. Eeeyburn. John
ston. Keane. Lodge. Lorimer. Money. Oh
liver. Page. Penrose. Percy. Richardson.
XIV ryland1 e dOl-dld a-DuU ETAOI
Rooot. colt. Smoot. Taliaferro. TiIlman,
warren. Wetmore-TOtaI. 80.
Senator Gallinger at first voted aye.
but later said IL was a mistake and ask
ed that II be changed
The absentees were Senator's Aldrich.
Crawford. Frazier and Terrell CGeorgia)
III was announced that had they been
present. Frazier would have voted aye.
Terrell. nay. There was no announce
n1ent about Senator Aldrich
Senator Crawford. entering after the
roll call, said he would have voted aye
When the resolution was declared
lost there was no demonstration OF any
sort From the Democratic side on the
floor there were several modulated calls
OF good. gOOdt'' The Sutherland
amendment for federal control OF the
election OF senator's had made the meas
ure unpopular with some Of the far
southern senator's