The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-02-06
HOUSE TO TACKLE
SINGLE Term BILL
Senate Adopts Measure Which
Bars Wilson, Taft and
Roosevelt.

WaSh1ngtOn Feb. 4-Iha interest OK
official Washington today centers about
the probable fate Of the Works single
six-year term bill for presidents in the
lower house of congress. The measure
passed the Senate late Saturday after
noon by q majority of one vote. AS
the bill goes to the House, it would bar
and William H. Taft from holding the
Office of president again.
Being a democratic platform meas
ure, the bill, it is declared. will pass
the house. Party lines We're not fol-
lowed in the Senate. Only one demo-
sufficient number of progressiyes and
standpat republicans Joined with the
democrats and put the S
through.
Will Seek Change.
Another attempt to change the pro-
posed s~ix-year single term amendment
to the constitution so that 1t will either
lengthen President Wilson'S term to
six years or lake him eligible for re-
election. is to be pushed in the House
as soon as the resolution passed Sat
urday by the Senate is taken up for
consideration.
The passage of the single term reso-
luton Ia expected but many democrats
who favor it insist that it should not be
so drawn as to cut President Wilson
off with a single four-year term. The
Senate passed the resolution In such
form that the president in office and all
former presidents would be ineligible
for reelection.
The language which 1t is proposed
to insert In the constitution in place
OF the first paragraph of article 2 is
as follows:
THE executive power shall be vest
ed in a president of the United States
of America. The term of Office of pres
ident shall be six year and no person
who has ED the office by election or
discharged it's powers or duties or act
ed as president undo the constitution
and laws made in pursuance thereof
shall be eligible to hold again the Of
fee by election"
How They Voted.
Senators who supported the single
term resolution on it's nal passage
were:
Observation-Disclosures, Bankhead, Bry-
an, Chamberlain, Chiffon, Clarke, Of
Arkansas; Fletcher, Gardner, Hitch
cock, Johnson. Johnston, of Alabama;
Kavanaugh, Kern, Newlands, Over
a owen, Paynter, Percy, Perky,
Pomerene, Simmons, Smith, Of Ari-
IONA; Smith, Of. Georgia; Smith, of
Maryland; Swanson, Thomas, Thorn
ton and Williams.
Republicans - B~randegee, Brown.
Burnham, Burton, Catron, Clark, OF
wyoming; Cummins, Dillingham;, du
Pont, Gamble, G~uggenheim, McCum-
Der, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Smoot,
Sutherland, wetmore and Works.
Against the resolution:
Republicans-Borah, Bourne, Brad
icy, Bristow, Curtis, Gallinger, Jackson,
Jones, Kenyon, La Toilette, Lippitt.
Lodge, Mclean, Oliver, Page, Richard
son, Sanders, Stephenson and Town
send.
Progressives - Clapp, Dixon and
Poindexter.
Democrats-Shive1y.
The resolution proposing the consti-
tutional amendment now goes to the
House for it's approval. If ratified
there by a two-thirds vote, 1t will be
submitted to the legislatures of the
tates and will become effective when
three-fourths Of the 48 states Of the
union officially nave approved 1t.
Amendments Defeated.
The adoption of the resolution came
at the close of a three days fght In
which repeated and unsuccessful at
temps were made to so change it thai
1t would not affect former presidents
or the president in Office when it may
be ratified. An amendment Saturday
by Senator Hitchcock that would have
the new provision take effect March
4, 1917, vas voted down, AZ to ~, and
an amendment by Senator Sutherland
to exempt the president in office when
the constitutional amendment finally
may be ratified was defeated, % to 90
The fate Of the resolution was In
doubt almost to the last vote cast. Or
the roll call, Senator Works himself
cast the deciding vote.