The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.

ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.
Nv vote of ga to "a the United
States senate passed CONSTITUTIONAL
amendment providing for the cleo
ton of senators after attaching 10 IL
the Bristow amendment which gives
the federal government SUPERVISION
of senatorial elections.
On the adoption of the Brlstow
Amendment the vote stood A to "A
and vice president Sherman, as the
presiding officer, cast the deciding
vote in favor of the amendment, thus
attaching it to the main measure
The whole proposition was tnen
adopted by a vote of "a to "a.
The Associated Press report OF the
proceedings says: "Mr. DAVIS OF
Arkansas arraigned Mr.. Bristow. Re-
ferring by name to Senators cum
min, Clapp and LaFollette ne de-
clared the insurgent crowd never
have been sincere on any subject they
have brought before the country.
= e'The chair called Mr.. Davis to
orCcr. Mr. Cummins detied Mr.. Dav-
is statement of an alleged instance
a untrue. Mr.. Bristow refuted the
charge, saying that only under great
Drovocation would he pay any at
tention to what the senator from
Arkansas said
"Mr. Bacon aroused feeling by de-
elaring that great interests had been
bringing enormous pressure to pear
to defeat the resolution, and Senators
Works, Geggenheim and Cummlns
arose to refute the allegation. Mr.
Bacon explained that he was imput-
ing no improperly to any member.
s'The alleged detection of the pro-
gressives was scored by Senator Reed
of Missouri, who declared the con-
version of Mr.. Bristow to Senator
Sunderland's view point was because
of the negro vote in Kansas
I. adoption Of the BristoW amend
uent which omitted the house pro-
vision transferring supervision OF
senatorial elections from congress to
the state legislatures, was made pos
sible by Mr.. Clark of Arkansas cast
ing the only democratic vote for the
proposition. The tie on that ballot
would have been prevented If his
vote had been cast with his party,
With whom he later voted on adop-
ton of the resolution. On this first
ballot five republicans, Messrs.
Borah, Gronna, LaFollette, Poindex-
ter and Works, all insurgents, voted
against the provision. On the reso-
luton as amended the vote OF sixty
four to twenty-four was six more
than the necessary two-thirds ma
jority. OF the twenty-four negative
votes eight were cast by democrats
and sixteen by republicans as fol-
lows,
rRepublicans- Brandegee, Burn
ham, Crane, Dillingham;, Gallinger,
Oliver, Page, Penrose, Richardson,
Hepburn, tippitt, Lodge, Lorimer,
Root, Smoot and Wetmore.
ttDemocrats-Bacon Bankhead,
Fletcher, Foster, Johnson, Percy,
Terrell and Williams.
Provisions of the Resolution.
1.-THE resolution as amended and
passed is as follows:
That in lieu of the first para.
graph of section of article /, OF
the constitution of the United States
and in lieu of so much of paragraph
two of the same section as relates tC
the filling of vacancies, the following
be proposed as an amendment to the
constitution, which shall be valid tc
all intents and purposes as part OF
the constitution when ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the
states:
"'The senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators
from each state, elected by the peo'
pie thereof, for six years, and each
senator shall have one vote.
"4The electors in each state shall
have the qualifications requisite to1
electors of the most numerous branch
of the state legislatures.
"4When vacancies happen in the
representation Of any state in the
senate, the executive authority OF
such state shall issue writs of cleo
ton to fill vacancies; provided, that
the legislature of any state may en-
power the executive thereof to make
temporary appointments until the
people. fill the vacancies by election
as the legislature may direct.
"'This amendment shall not be sc
construed as to affect the election or
term of any senator chosen before Il
becomes valid as part of the con-
stitution.'
'The amended resolution will now
70 into conference between the SEN
ate and house and some senators pre-
dict that the house will refuse to &C.
cept it,
The Chicago Tribune publishes
the result of "a poll of newspapers