Arizona republican., 1911-03-01
Amendment Providing for
 Popular Election of Senators .DORAH NOT DISCOURAGED
Large Majority in Favor of Resolution Led Him to Hope for Its Adoption at the Next Session, Regu- lar or Extraordinary.

Washington, D. q, Feb. 2S.-The senate today defeated the resolution proposing an amendment to the con stitutiOn to provide that senators be elected by direct vote of the people. Fifty-fOur senators stood for the resolution and thirty three against it.
 Though this division showed so large a majority to favor popular election, the number was not suffi cient by four to carry the motion, which required a two thirds vote.
 Immediately after the reading of the journal the popular election res OlutiOn was taken up. So long has the resolution been before the senate and so carefully had the membership been canvassed, that it was recog nized from the moment the question was brought up that it would go down to defeat.
 Though it had been understood that debate would be shut off on the measure when called up, Senator Bacon, who has opposed the resOlu ton as altered under the Sutherland amendment placing the control Of elections in the hands of congress. hoped to have an amendment adopted that might render the measure ac- Ceptable to some of the southern sen atOrS The Georgia senator's efforts were to provide that federal super vision of the elections should apply in those states where the legislatures had failed to designate the manner and method of holding the elections.
 Vice President sherman ruled the Bacon amendment out of order and the roll call was begun. When Sen atOr Gallinger's name was reached his answer was aye" Looks of sur prise were exchanged by senators. for the long debates on the question had developed no more inveterate an enemy to the resolution than was the New Hampshire senator
 The clerk then received several more responses before it occurred to MT. Gallinger that something was wrong He arose in some haste and had his name shifted to the nays"
 The following is the vote on the direct election of senators: Yeas Bailey. Beveridge. Borah, Bourne. Bradley. Briggs, Bristow, Brown. Burkett, Burton, Carter, Chamber lain. Clapp. Clark of Wyoming. Clarke of Arkansas, Culberson. Cullom, Cum mins. Curtis. Davis, Dixon, Dupont. Frye. Gamble. Gore Gronna, Guggen- helm. Jones. LaFOllette, McCumher, Martin, Nelson, Newlands, Nixon, Over man owen. Paynter. Perkins, Piles. Rayner. Shively. Simmons, Smith of Maryland. Smith of Michigan, Smith of South Carolina, Stephenson, Stone, Sutherland. SwasOn. Taylor, Thorn ton. Warner. Watson. Young-54.
 Nays-BacOn. Bankhead, Brandegee. Bulkeley. Burnham. Burrows. Crane, Depew. Dick, Dillingham;. Fletcher. Flint. Foster. Gallinger, Hale. Hey burn, Johnston, Kean, Lodge. Loris mer. Money. Oliver, Page, Penrose. Percy. Richardson. Root. Scott Shoot, TaliaferrO. Tillman Warren, Wetmore -3S
 There were four absentees-SenatO Aldrich. Frazier. Crawford and Ter rell. Had they been present. Mir Terrell. it was announced, would have voted against the resolution and Mir Frazier for it. For MT. Aldrich no announcement was made. Later Mir Crawford appeared on the floor and explained that his vote would have been Aye"
 Senator Borah who has led the ad- vOcates of popular elections although disappointed in the result, vet was not discouraged. On the contrary he felt that the vote plainly indicated the growing popularity of the meas ure.
 The resolution will be again intro duced at the first session of con gress," he said, regular or extraOr- dinary. and urged unremittingly. The next congress in my judgment will pass favorably on the resolution" he said.