The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-03
Vice President Exercises Con-
stitutional Right for First
Time in History.
ACT SAVES SHIP SUBSIDY
BILL FROM BEING DEFEATED
Absence of New Senator From
West Virginia Also Helps
Measure.

WASHINGTON, Feb. For the first
time in the history OF the government
the vice president of the United States
today exercised his constitutional pre-
rogative OF casting vote TO break ties
in connection with three successive roll
calls in the senate.
defeat the ship subsidy BILL and by the
third he forced an adjournment OF the
senate in a vote having direct bearing on
the resolution looking to the election OF
senators by direct vote.
The vote on the subsidy bill. both In
committee OF the whole and In the SEN
and on adjournment 81 ayes to 81 noes.
On all three occasions the vice presi-
dent voted in the affirmative.
New Senator Absent.
Another notable occurrence in connec-
tion with the vote on the subsidy bill
senator from West Virginia, Clarence w.
Watson, woo he'd taken his seat ezzay
r;,. IN tse day as he successor TO Senator
chamber only a few moments ana voted
| on only one roll call.
This vote was cast on an amendment
lating the aggregate expenditures which
may be made under the terms of the bill
On this provision, the new West Virginia
thus indicating his opposition to the
measure; After casting this vote he dis
appeared,
The result on the next ballot was not
SO close as to render material the pres
ence or absence OF any senator and no
notice was taken Of the fact that Mr..
Watson was not In attendance.
After the final result became known,
the opponents OF the bill including all
the Democrats, realized that Watsons
absence had prevented the defeat OF the
bill.
Vote Results in Tie
The final vote came after three hours
OF determined conflict over amendments.
Apparently there was no general appre-
citation of the sharp division which after
ate was unprepared for tie votes The
two votes on the subsidy BILL which We're
Tie until the vice president broke it,
follow:
Ayes,Bradley. .Brandesee: Briggs, Bur,
lWyoming). Crane. Cullom. Curtiss. Dick.
Gallinger. Guggenheim. Hale, Hepburn,
Jones, Kean, Lodge. Lorimer, Nelson.
Nixon, Oliver. Page, Penrose. Perkins,
Res FoS scott md sW9ot sutherand M
publcans. Total 80.
Nays-Beveridge. Borah, Bourne, Bris-
tow. Brown. Burton. Crawford, Cummins.
Gamble. Gronna. La Toilette. McCumber
and Smith OF Michigan. all Republicans:
Bacon. Banlhead, Chamberlain. Clarke
of Arkansas, Cuberson. Fletcher. Fos-
0verman. Owen, Paynter, Percy. Shively.
Simmons, Smith OF Maryland Smith OF
South Carolina. Stone. Swanson. Talia-
ferq; TsyI0r Terrell ThS5n'on and TILL
Eight senator's were paired-Money
with Young, Bailey with Bulkely,. Gore
with Depew and Rayner with Richard
SON. Five senators-Aldrich. Clapp.
Davis, Sutherland and Watson-did not
vote and were not paired,
When in accordance with the previous
u rTr-o hciI Ili i,.-
fore the senate, Senator Galnger pre-
sented substitute for the entire meas
ure. as originally introduced, The first
bill granted bounty only TO American
built vessels plying from American ports
to the southern half of South America,
but the substitute extended 1t TO the
Philippine Islands; Japan. China and Aus
tralaSia,
Senator Simmons delivered a speech
against subsidies in general and in es-
pccial opposition to the Galinger bill.
Senator Shively made fight by means
OF amendment, which WAS lost.
A closer result was scored on the next
Senator Stone OF Missouri. The purpose
OF Mr.. Stones amendment was 10 extend
the provision of the bill 10 all American
owned vessels, whether constructed In the
United States or elsewhere.
Owen Startles Senate.
The amendment was lost by 81 to 50.
Amendments by Senators Newlands OF
Nevada and Jones of Washington. the
former providing for an auxiliary navy OF
thirty vessels and the latter combining the
proposed bounty to ships to be built here
after. were rejected.
Before the final ballot was reached.
serting that the unanimous consent
agreement under which the senate was
proceeding had been obtained when only
fifteen TO sixteen senators We're pres
ent. and therefore 1t should not be recog,
nized. Senator Owen OF Oklahoma passed
to general declaration against the
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congress. He gave as his reason that
men now In public lie had been repu-
dated at the polls last November.
when Senator William, Alden Smith OF
Michigan announced his intention to
e%s his vote in GPgossGGG % tnG bs 5e sH S
in discriminating duties in favor OF
American vessels, Senator Gallinger. au-
thor OF the measure. replied:
Il cannot understand how any sena-
tor can square his conscience SO as TO
favor discrimination duties as against
direct aid. when the one policy takes
The money from the treasury before II
is paid In and the other afterwards:
do not see the difference in principle.
duty plan, Mr.. Gallinger closed by say
II have done the best could do and
this is the last effort l shall make in
this direction. II this legislation falls,
II viii he a long time before anything
more will he done 10 place our flag upon
the seas, and TO restore the prestige of
American shipping"
Not even WAS any great general inter-
est manifested when at the last the vot
Ing began IN committee OF the whole on
the bill itself AS the roll call proceed
ed IL recognized the vote run
ming close, but the real situation not
grasped until the vice presidents an
nouncemept OF tie made. Mr.
sherman performed his part eXpedi
tiously.
Casts Deciding Vote.
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To 80. Il tic" he said,
Without Hesitation he added:
"1'he chair votes In the affirmative.
Ha,,tin,1ad 1,1un