Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-03
OfSix Years for Our Presi-
dents Passes Senate.
Would Bar Wilson, Roosevelt
And Taft from Reelection.
id,-!s original Works Resolution,
At to 23..To the House Next.

| and would bar Woodrow WILSON, The
odore Roosevelt and William II. Taft
from again seeking election, was APP
proved by the Senate, Saturday. by
| the narrow margin of one vote.
After Il three days fight. in which
| the Progressives Joined with many
Republicans in opposing the restrict
ed Presidential term, the Senate
adopted the original Works resolu-
! ton by a vote of AZ To %.
The language which it is opposed to
| insert in the Constitution in place of
the first paragraph of Article is as
| follows:
The executive power shall be vest
ed in President of the United States
of America. The term of the office OF
| President shall be six years; and no
/ person who has held the office by cleo
ton, or discharged its powers or du-
ties, or acted as President under the
| Constitution or laws made in pursu
ance thereof shall be eligible to hold
again the office by election.
The President, together with
| Vice President chosen for the same
| term, shall be elected as followS:"
The resolution proposing the Con
stitntional amendment now goes 10
the House for its approval If ratified
there by two-thirds vote it will pc
| submitted to the State Legislatures
and will become effective when three
/ fourths of the is states of the Union
! has officially approved it.
/ The adoption OF the resolution came
at the close of a three day fight. in
which repeated attempts were made
70 oh ha 4 1f-
| feet past Presidents or the President
in office when it may finally be rat
/ flied by the states. All these efforts
| failed. Two votes taken. today. again
demonstrated the fact that the SEN
ate did not care to exempt any per-
son from the operation of the single
| term provision.
An amendment by Senator Hitch
cock that would .have exempted past
Presidents and made the new provi-
sion take effect. March 4, 1917. was
voted down, AZ TO q, and an amend
ment by Senator Sutherland. to ex-
empt the President i'll office when the
Constitutional amendment may final
| iy be ratified. was defeated, SS to 30
Senators who supported the single
term resolution on its final passage
We're:
D m crat s-Ashurst, Bankhead.
Bryan, Chamberlain. Chiffon, Clarke
of arkansas. Fletcher. Gardner, Hitch
cock, Johnson, Johnston. Kavanaugh.
Kern, Newlands, Overman. Owen.
Paynter, Percy Perky, Pomerene,
| Simmons, Smith of Arizona. Smith of
Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Swan
son. Thomas. Thornton and Williams.
Republicans-Brand Brow II.
Burnham, Burton, Catron, Clark Of
Wyoming, Cummins, Dillingham;, Du
Pont, Gamble, Guggenheim, McCum-
Der, Nelson, Penrose. Perkins, Smoot,
Sutherland. Wetmore and Works.
Against the resolution:
epublicans-Borah, Bourne, Brad
ley, Bristow,. Curtis, Gallinger, Jack
son, Jones, Kenyon, La Toilette, Lip
pitt Lodge Mclean, Oliver, Page,
Richardson, Sanders, Stephenson and
| Townsend
Progressives- Clapp, Dixon and
| Poindexter.
Democrat-Shively
The fate of the resolution was in
doubt almost to the last vote cast ON
the roll call Senator Works himself
cast the deciding vote.
| The debate throughout the day was
characterized again by the contention of
| the Progressives that the proposed Con-
| stitutional amendment was a dangerous
| Limitation upon the rights of the people,
and by the efforts of many Democrats 10
/ so amend the resolution that it would not
be retroactive In effect
1--WE can trust the people to decide
/ VI at bap no
Roosevelt. Taft or Wilson, said Senator
| Hitchcock. in urging his amendment to
exempt past Presidents. "All we should
strive to do is to make it apply equally
in the future to all men, This amend
ment was defeated
Senator Williams made another effort to
provide by amendments for a limitation
| of two four-year terms for the presi-
dent, with the provision that it should not
apply to past Presidents. He could not
muster enough support. however, to Sc
cure rollcalI.
Senator Cummins declared the Presi-
dent should be taken out of the ''mael-
1 strom of politics."
| He ought not to travel from one end
of the country to the other" he said,
! appealing to the people In the same way
as a candidate for any ONCE. The duties
of the Presidents Office are sufficient to
| consume all his time and strength, and
are important enough to merit all of his
attention and devotion"
Mormonism in Utah in the last cam
paign was injected into tine debate by
Senator Pondexter, who declared Presi-
dent Taft had carried Utah only because
the head of the church had issued a
proclamation commanding members OF
the church to vote for Taft.
lis that not true, he demanded of
Senator smoot
mo. it is not returned Mr.. Smoot.
| Pres. Smith made speeches. and himself
favored Mr.. Taft's reelection, but he is
sued no official communications whatever
on the subject