Arizona republican., 1913-02-02
Works Resolution Fixing Tenure of Office for President at Six Years With No Reelection Carries by One Vote
IS NOW UP
 TO THE STATES
Three-Foulths of the Forty Eight Legislatures Must Approve If House Rati- fies by Two-Thirds to Make 1t Law
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA consti- tutional amendment which would re- strict the president of the United States to a single term of six years and would bar Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft from again seeking election, was approved today by the senate by the narrow majority of one vote. After a three days fight in which the progressives joined many repub- licans in opposing the restricted presi- dential term. the senate adopted the original Works resolution by a vote of 47 to 2j
 The language it is proposed to in sert in the constitution in place of the first paragraph of article two, follows:
 The executive power shall be vest ed in the president of the United States of America The term of of flee of the president shall be six years, and no person who has held the office by election or has dis charged it's powers or duties, or acted as president under the constitution or laws made in pursuance thereof, shall be eligible to hold again that office by election"
 The resolution which proposed the constitutional amendment now goes 10 the house for approval If rati- fled there by a two thirds vote 1t will be submitted to the legislatures of the states and will become effect i've when three -fourthS of the forty eight states in the union have off cially approved it. The adoption of the resolution came at the close Of the three days fight in which re- peated and unsuccessful efforts were made so to change it as not to affect former presidents or the president in office when it may be ratified.
 The amendment today of Senator Hitchcock which would have ex- empted former presidents and made the new provision take effect on March f. 1917, was voted down 42 to 37, and the amendment of Senator Sutherland to exempt the president in office when the amendment finally may be ratified. was defeated 38 to 29.
 The fate of the resolution was in doubt until almost the last vote was cast. On the roll call Works himself cast the deciding vote. The debate
 
 again by the contention of the pro- gressives that the proposed constitu- tional amendment was a dangerous limitation of the rights of the people, and by the efforts of many democrats so to amend the resolution that 1t would not be retroactive in effect. Hitchcocks amendment was defeated. Williams made another effort to pro vide by amendment for two four year terms, with the provision that this would not apply to past presi- dents. He did not muster enough support, however, to secure roll call
 The senators who supported the single term resolution on its final passage were:
 Democrats Ashurst. BanlIhead, Bryan. Chamberlain. Chiffon, Clarke, (Arkansasl Fletcher. Gardner. Hitch cock. Johnson. Johnston, (Alabama) Kavanaugh, Kern. Newlands. Over man, owen, Paynter. Percy. erl<y, Homerene. Simmons. Smith tArizona) Smith (Georgia) Smith (Maryland) Swanson, Thomas, Thornton. Will Hams
 Republicans Brandegee Brown, Burnham. Burton. Catron, Clark, (Wyoming) Cummins. Dillingham;, Dupont. Gamble, Guggenheim. Me Cumber. Nelson. Penrose. Perkins, Shoot, Sutherland. Wetmore, Works
 Against: Republicans Borah, Bourne. Bradley. Bristow. Curtis, Challenger. Jackson. Jones, Kenyon La Toilette. Lippitt Lodge Mclean Oliver. Page, Richardson, Sanders, Stephensn, Townsend.
 Progressives-CIap Dixon Poin- dexter
 Democrats-ShVeIey