The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-13
Bristow Amendment Giving Federal Supervision
 Is Adopted
VOTE FOLLOWS DAY
 OF HEATED DEBATE
Senator Johnston of Alabama Speaks Against Federal Spervision, Saying It Would Not Be
 Successful in South


 election of senators by direct popular vote.
 The Bristow amendment giving to 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 resolu- tion.
 Adoption of the Bristow amendment which omitted the House provision transferring supervision of senatoria elections from Congress to the state legislatures, was made possible by MT Clarke of Arkansas casting the only democratic vote for the proposition. The tie on that ballot would have beer prevented if his vote had been cast with his party with whom he lated voted on adoption of the resolution. On the first ballot five republicans, Senators Borah, Gronna, LaFollette, Poindextel his party with whom he later voted against the provision. On the resolution as amended the vote, 64 to 24, was six more than the necessary two Sirds ma Jerity. Of the 24 negative votes eight were cast by democrats and 16 by re pubIicans as follows:
 publicans-Brandegee Burnham Crane, Dillingham;, Galllnger, Hepburn Iippitt, Lodge. Lorimer, Oliver, Page Penrose, Richardson, Root. smoot and Wetmore.
 Democrats--Bacon, Bankhead, Fetch CT, Poster, Johnston, Percy, Terrell and Williams.
 The resolution as amended and passed vas:
 That in lieu of the first paragraph of section 8 or article 1 of the constitu- ton of the United States and in lieu of so much of paragraph 2 of the same sections as relates to the filing of va cancies, the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution which shall be valid to 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 -tates shall ee composed of two senators from each 8tate. elected by the people thereof fol six years and each senator shall have one. vote, The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of tho most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
 "when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Sen ate. the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make tenn porary appointments until the people fll 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 constitu- ton"
 "Will House Refuse"
 The amended resolution now goes in- 10 conference before the Senate and House and some senators predicted that the House would refuse to accept it.
 Senator Reed of Missouri protested against the vice president casting his deciding vote. An amendment by Sem ator Bacon qualifying the Bristow amendment to prohibit federal super vision of election unless the state legis- latures refuse to failed to act, was de- feated AS to 43.
 The resolution as amended was then adopted
 Having determined to vote today or the resolution looking to the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, the Senate devoted its undi- vided attention to that subject.
 The debate began shortly after noon. It ri ad into off fa air Democratic senators criticised Senator Bristow's change of attitude. Mir. Bris- tow framed the principal amendment in the nature of a substitute to the main proposition and he sought to continue the supervision of senatorial elections in Congress instead of delegating it to the states as proposed by the House resolu- ton. In the last session the Kansas senator voted against an amendment off, fered by Senator Sutherland of Utah which would have had the same effect as his own provision of this session. MT. Brstow said that in both instances his attitude had been dictated by his de- sire to do that which most certainly would insure the success of the popular election resolution. ,ff
 MT. DdVlS OI AThduSdS dTTdISncu MI Bristow.
 Referring by name to Senators Cum mins. Clapp and LaFollette, he declared ''the insurgent crowd never have beer sincere on any subject they have brought before the country"
 MT. Davis Called to Order
 The chair called MT. Davis to order MT. Cummns denied Mir. Davis state ment of an alleged instance as untrue MT. Bristow refuted the charge, saying only under great provocation would he pay any attention to what the senator from Arkansas said"
 Mir. Bacon aroused feeling by declaring that great interests had been bringing enormous pressure to bear to defeat the resolution, and Senators Works Guggen- helm and Cunmins arose to refute the allegations. MT Bacon explained he was imputing no irnpropriety to any member The alleged defection of the progress sives was scored by Senator Reed of Mis- z souri, who declared the conversion of MT Bristow to Senator sutherland's view point was because of the negro vote in Kansas
 Within half an hour of the hegin- ming of today's session the Senate entered upon consideration of the res olution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, on which there had been ---->~>~-----