The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-07
SINGLE TERM BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Measure Limits All Presidents to
Six Years.
DECISION LEFT WITH PEOPLE
If House ADOPTS Resolution Amending
Constitution 1t viii Have to Be
Ratified by State Leg
isIatures.
DECISION LEFT WITH PEOPLI

5llIuLlOH W pIOFlue lOI d cin6iS OLA
year term for the president of the Uni
ted States was passed by the senate
by vote of At TO %, just one more
than the necessary two-thirds on Sat
urday.
Congressman Rucker of Missouri.
chairman of the house committee on
president and vice-president, an
nounced, following the action Of the
senate, that his committee would give
immediate consideration to the resolu-
ton and .fayorably report it without
delay.
For-Democrats.
Ashurst, (Ari) Bankhead, (Ala);
Bryan, Fla); Chamberlain, (Ore.);
Chiffon, CIV. Va; Clarke, (Ark):
Fletcher, (Fla.); Gardner, (Me);
Hitchcock, (Neb); Johnson. (Me);
Johnston, (Ala); Kavanaugh, (Ark.);
Kern. Qnd); Newlands, New; Over
man, IN. c.; Owen, (Okla.); Paynter,
(KyJ; Perry, 1Miss.); Perky, Qdaho);
Pomerene, co.; Simmons, IN. CO;
Smith, (Ari) Smith, (Ga); Smith,
MD; Swanson, Wa.); Thomas,
(Coio.); Thornton, Ga); Williams.
(Miss.). Total-28.
For-Repubicans
Brandegee, Comm; Brown, (Neb);
Brunham, IN H.; Burton, 90; Cat
ron, IN M; Clark, Wyo); Cum
Minis, Qa.); Dillingham;, (VtJ; Du
Point, (Del); Gamble. Is. d.; Guggen-
helm, (Colo.); McCumber, On. d.;
Nelson, (Minn); Penrose, pa, Per
kins, (Cal); Smoot, (Utah); Suther-
land, (Utah); Wetmore, OR ID;
Works, (Cal0. Total-19.
acknowledgements
Shively, Qnd).
Against-Republica
Borah, Qdaho); Bourne, (Ore);
Bradley, Ky); Clapp, (Minn); Cur
tbs. (Kan.); Gallinger. IN. H.; Jack
son, (Md.); Jones, (Wash); Kenyon.
Qa); La Toilette, (Wis.); Lippitt, Or.
l.; Lodge, (Mass.) Mclean, Comm;
Oliver. (Pa); Page, (Vt): Richard
son, CDeD; Sanders. (Tenn.) Steph-
enson, (Wis.); Townsend. (Mich.l. To-
tol-19.
acknowledgement
Bristow, (Kan); Dixon, (Mont.) /;
Poindexter, (Wash.). Totals.
Senator Cullom was paired against
the resolution. Had he been free to
rejected.
The Works resolution is as follows:
THE executive power shall be vest
ed in president of the United States
of America The term Of Office of the
president shall be six years, and no
person who has held the Office by cleo
ton or discharged it's powers or du,
ties or acted as president under the
| Constitution and laws in pursuance
thereof, shall be eligible to fill the Of
flee by election"
The resolution is looked upon by its
opponents as an extremely defective
piece of legislation. For example, If
the people in November, 1916. should
elect a president to succeed Mr. Viii
son, and between that time and March
the amendment should be ratified by
the necessary three-fourths of the
states, the incumbent in the White
House would be justified in refusing
to surrender his Office, on the claim
that he is entitled to six years serv.
ice.
Senator Ovens amendment to the
Works resolution limiting presidents
to single terms of six years, which
would eliminate the electoral colleges
and permit the people to elect future
chief executives and also do away
with all party conventions was with
! in three votes of being adopted by the
senate on Friday
Notwithstanding the action OF a
| large number of states last fall favor
| ing presidential preference primary
! and the trend of public sentiment to-
wards legislation that will bring popu-
! lar government closer to the people,
! the senate has gone on record in favor
| of continuing the old system by a
| vote of So to 30.