The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13
RESOLUTION FOR ELECTION Of
SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE PASSES

Washington, June l2.-The senate
tonight by Ct to a passed the resolu-
tion amending the constitution 20 pro
vide for election OF senators By direct
popular vote. The Bristow amend
menr, giving the federal government
supervision Of such elections. was
adopted, A TO A. the vice president
casting the deciding ballot The house
already has passed the resolution.
Senator Reed of Missouri protested
against the vice president casting his
/ deciding vote. An amendment by
Senator Bacon qualifying the Bristow
amendment to prohibit federal super
vision of elections unless the state.
legislatures refuse or fail to act was
defeated, 46 to IS. The resolution as
amended was then adopted.
One Democrat Supports Amendment
Adoption of the Bristow amendment
which omitted the house provision
transferring supervision of senatorial
elections from congress to the state
legislatures. was made possible by Mr.
Clarke of Arkansas casting 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 adoption of the resolu
ton. On this first ballot five republi-
cans, Messrs Borah Gronna, la Fol
lette, PoindeXter and Works. all in
surgents, voted against the provision
On the resolution, as amended. the
vote Ga to "a, was more than the neces-
sary twothirds majority OF the
twenty-four negative votes eight were
cast by democrats and sixteen by re
publicans, as follows:
Twenty-Four Negative Votes.
Republicans-Senator Brandegee. |
Burnham, Crane. Dillingham;, CALM
ger, Hepburn, Lippitt, Lodge, Lori
mer, Oliver. Page, Penrose, Richard
son, Root Smoot and Wetmore
Democrats-Senators Bacon, Bank |
head, Fletcher, Foster, Johnston,
Percy, Terrell and Williams.
The resolution, as amended and
passed, follows:
Text Of Resolution.
II, lion of .bo Gtct M t,o ,,rs nh
OF Sec. of Art. | Of the constitution
of the United States and in lieu of so
much of paragraph of the same sec
tion as relates to the filling of vacan
cies, the following be proposed as an
to the constitution. which
shall be valid to all intents and pur-
poses as part of the constitution when
ratified by the legislatures OF the
of the states:
The senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senator's
from each state, elected by the people
thereof for six years, and each sena-
TOR shall have one vote. The cleo
tors in each state shall have the quail
ifications requisite for electors of the
most numerous branch OF the state
Goes to Conference.
When vacancies happen in the rep
resentation OF any state in the senate,
the executive authority of such state
shall issue writs of election to fill such
provided, that the legisla-
ture of any state may empower the
executive thereof to make temporary
until the reople fill the
by election as the lesisla.
ture may direct.
This amendment shall not be so
construed as to affect the election or
term of any senator chosen before 1t
becomes valid as part OF the constitu-
ton"
The amended resolution now goes
into conference before the senate and
house and some senator's predict that
he house will refuse to accept it.
Debate Largely Political.
Having determined to vote today on |