The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-01
RESOLUTION FOR POPULAR ELEc.
TloN OF SENATORS FAILS
OF PASSAGE.
TWO-TH|RDS VOTE
Adoption Of Sutherland Amendment
Aids in Killing the Measure, Al
though It Was Short Only Four
Votes to carry-Father Of Propos-
ton is Still Determined.

Washington. Feb 2S-The senate to-
day defeated the resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution to
provide that senators be elected by di-
rect vote of the people.
itlifty-four senators stood for the
resolution and SO against It, Though
tins division showed so large u ma
jority to favor popular election the
number was not sufficient by four to
carry the motion, which required
two thirds vote.
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal, the popular election resolu-
ton was taken up. So long had the
resolution zen before the senate ana
so carefully had the membership been
canyassed by It's supporters and its
opponents that 1t was recognized from
the moment the question was brought
up that II would go down to defeat.
Though 1t had been understood that
debate would be put off on the meas
ure when called up. Senator Bacon Of
Georgia. who had opposed the rcsolu-
tion as altered under the Sutherland
amendment placing the control of the
elections In the hands' Of congress,
hoped to have an amendment adopted
that might render the measure accep-
table to some of the southern senator's.
Bacon's Effort.
| The Georgia senator's effort was TO
provide that the federal supervision OF
| the elections should apply only In
| those states wherein the legislatures
/ 80 IAa nr
and method Of holding the elections.
| Vice President sherman ruled the
| Bacon amendment out of order and
| the roll call was begun. When Sena-
tor Gallingers name was reached his
answer was aye" Looks of surprise
were exchanged Ey senators. for the
long debates on the question had de-
yeloped no more inveterate enemy to
the resolution than the New Hamp-
shire senator.
The clerk had received several more
responses before II occurred to Mr..
Galiinger that something was wrong.
He arose In some haste and had his
name shifted to the mays"
The Vote.
The roll call was:
Yeas-Bailey, Beyeridge, Borah,
Bourne. Bradley, Briggs, Bristow,
Brown, Burkett Burton. Carter Cham :
berlain, Clapp Clark tWyoo, Clarke
(Ark.). culbertson, cullom. cummns,
Curtis Davis. Dixon, Dupont. Frye,
Gamble, Gore, Gronna, Guggenheim
Jones, La Toilette, McCumber, Martin
Nelson, Ncwlands, Nixon. 0verman
owen, Payntcr. Perkins, piles, Rayner
shively, simmons. Smith (Md). Smith
tMieh.), Smith Is. O.. Stephenson
Stone, Sutherland, Swanson, Taylor
Warner, Watson, Yonng-54.
Nays-Bacon. Banknead, Iflnde"a"
Bulkely, Burnham. Burrows. Crane
Depew, Dick, Dillingham;, Fletcher
, Flint, Foster. Gallinger, Hale, Hey
burn. Johnston, kean, Lodge. Lorimer
Money, Oliver, Page Penrose, Percy
Richardson, Root. Scott, Smoot, Talla
ferro, Tlllman, Warren, Wetmore-33.
There were four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Aldrlch. Frazier. Crawford and Ter
rell, Had they been present Mr. Ter
/ rell, II was announced, would haV'
) voted against the resolution and Mr.
: Frazier for 1t. For Mr.. Aldrlch no an
nouncement was made. Later, MI
/ Crawford appeared on the floor ant
/ explained that his vote would hay
g been aye