The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
Shows Incapacity of Repub-
 licans Without Aid of Pr0gressives
PRESIDENT PRO ITEM
 IS STILL UNCHOSEN
MT. Root Contends That No Senator Has Right To Refrain From Voting On Account of
 Pair

| Washington, May 1.-The incapacity of the republican party in the Senate to control caucus edIct without the aid of the progressives was demon strated In the Senate today when after more than two hours of effort and as result of seven ballots. the Senate failed to elect Senator Ga1linger of New Hampshire as president pro tenn to sue. ceed Senator Frye of Maine. MT. Frye's recent resignation was based on pooI health.
 Today's deadlock was due to the op' position of the progressive republican senators, five of whom voted against and three of whom were paired agains | NIr Gallinger.
 Soon after the Senate convened at o'clock Vice President Sherman ab' sented himself from the chamber anc Senator Lodge assumed the chair. I'm mediately Senator Cullom. as the chair man of the republican caucus, moved that the Senate proceed to the electior of a president pro tempore, placing MT. Gallinger in nomination. The nomination of Senator Bacon of Geor- gia by Senator Martin. chairman of the democratic caucus, followed. Senator Laf'ollettee performed the same service for Senator Clapp The balloting then proceeded.
 Upon the first ballot it was appar- ent that when the progressives did not cast their votes against MT. Gallinger they were so paired as to make eff fective the votes of absentees.
 Senator Borah announced his desire to vote for Senator Gallinger. but stated that owing to pair with Senator Works, who was unfriendly to Senator Gallinger, he could not do so. Later he stated that this pair had not beer arranged to injure the New Hampshire senator. MT. Dixon was paired witt MT. Cummins and MT. Kenyon with MT Bourne
 rlss eirst ballot totsled 73 cotes Q which MT. Bacon, the democratic can didate, received 35; MT Gallinger, tn republican candidate. 32 and MT. Clapp 4; while Mr. Bacon voted for MT. Till man and Mir. Clapp for MT. Bristow.
 Bristow, LaFolIette, Gronna and Poin. dexter voted for Clapp. Cummins Bourne, Works and Crawford, progress sives. were all absent, but paired for Senator Clapp, except MT. Crawford, who was Ill. All the democratic votes were cast for MT. Bacon. Necessary to choice, 37.
 Gallinger Votes
 The only change in the second ballot was that Senator Gallinger, who had refrained from voting on the previous roll call, voted for MT. Lodge, increas- ing the total vote to "A and making 3S necessary to elect.
 The figures for each candidate were unchanged throughout the voting until on the last vote, Senator Bradley retired from the chamber, thus reducing the vote by his own ballot and that of Senator Taylor of Tennessee. who was paired with him.
 Of many points of order raised the most serious presented by MT. Root re- lated to the right of senator to refrain from voting on account of a pair. MT. Root contended that under the rules all senators are required to vote when their names are called.
 MT. Bailey replied that the immemorial custom ofssthe Senate has so sanctioned pairing as to render 1t equivalent to 2 rule. He declared that he would rather be expelled from the Senate than obey an order to break a pair
 Mr. LaFollette, in behalf of the pro- gressives, against whom the criticism was directed. bitterly replied to Mir. Root.
 '"I do not recognize the right of any senator,' he said, "to make the point against me or against anyone voting as I vote that we are voting against our party. I do not recognize the right of any secret caucus to dispose of the pub lie business. I do not purpose to be out lawcd because I cannot agree to support any man who may be agreed upon by such a secret meeting"
 MT. Borak explained that circumstances seemed to justify him in this first in stance of his consenting to pair. It was A personal matter between himself and Mr Works, and he announced that he was perfectly willing to support the caucus nominee.
 MT. snoot advocated party regularity.
 MT. Heyburn contended that the man who would not abide by party caucus could not in fairness claim to be mem- Der of the party
 Ultimately the chair ruled that pair could be recognized only as an excuse for not voting, and by a vote the Sem ate held this to be valid excuse
 During the balloting Senators Stone, Bailey and other democrats made the contention that plurality should elect. A decision in their favor would have elected Senator Bacon, but the chair held against them.
 After the fifth ballot Senator Cullom sought adjournment until Monday, but his motion was voted down, 85 to 42, dem- ocrats and progressives voting In the negative But, after two more roll calls Mir LaFollette's similar motion prevailed without division. 1t becoming apparent that all balloting must be intellectual.