The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-02-06
HOUSE TO TACKLE
SINGLE TERM BILL
Senate Adopts Measure Which
Bars Wilson, Taft and
Roosevelt.

washington, Feb. 4.-The interest O
oficial washington today centers about
the probable tate or 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 a majority OF one vote. AS
the bill goes TO the House, IT would bar
woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt
and william II. Taft from holding the
ONCE OF president again.
Being a democratic platform meas
ure. the bill, it Is declared, will pass
the house. Party lines We're no fol-
lowed In the Senate. Only one demo-
crat voted against the resolution. but
suf1cient number OF progressiyes and
standpat republicans Joined With the
democrats and put the measure
through.
Will Seek Change.
Another attempt to change the pro-
posed six-year single term amendment
to the constitution so that IL will either
lengthen President Wilson's term to
ak Years or make him eligible for re-
election IL to be pushed in the House
as soon as the resolution passed Sat
urday By the Senate Is taken up for
consideration.
ution Is expected but many democrats
who favor ii insist that IL should not be
40 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 Ii lis proposed
10 insert In the constitution in place
Of, the first paragraph OF" article 2 Is
as follows. % w. r. " -
sThe executive power shall be vest
ed in a president of the United States
az America. The term Of Office OF pres
Ident shall be six years and no person
who has held the office by election or
discharged its powers or duties or act
id as president under the constitution
and laws made in pursuance thereof
shall be eligible to hold again the Of
ace by election 3
How They Voted. ~
SenatorS who supported the single
term resolution on IT'S Anal passage
were @w .
Observation-Disclosures Bankhead. Bry-
an. Chamberlain, Chiffon, Clarke, Of
Arkansas: Fletcher, Gardner, Hitch
cock, Johnson, Johnston, OF Alabama;
Kayanaugh, Kern, Newlands, over
man. owen, Paynter, Percy, Perky,
Pomerene. simmons. Smith, of Ari-
IONA; smith. OF Georgia; Smith, Of
Maryland; swanson, Thomas, Thorn
ton and Williams. p
Republicans Brandegee, Brown,
"A Burnhani, Burton, Catron, Clark. of
wyoming: Cummins, Dillingham;, du
Port, Gamble, Guggenheim, McCuIn-
Der, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Smoot,
Sutherland, Wetmore and Works.
Against the resolution; w..
Republicans-Borah Bourne, Brad
ley. Bristow, Curtis, Gallinger, Jackson,
Jones', Kenyon, La Toilette, Lippitt,
Lodge. Mclean. Oliver, Page, Richard
son, Sanders, Stephenson and Town
send. NG W
Progressives Clapp, Dixon and
P~0ihdexter. ~. ..# d
Democrats-Shively. .n... ...4 .....
The resolution proposing the consti-
tutional amendment now goes to the
House for its approval. If ratified
there by a two-thirds vote, 1t will be
submitted TO the legislatures OF the
states and will become effective when
~three-fourths OF the 48 states Of the
union officially haye approved it.
Amendments Defeated.
# The adoption OF the resolution came
at the close of a three days fight in
which repeated and unsuccessful at
tenE9s were made to so change il that
it would not affect former presidents
or the president III office when Ii may
be ratified. An amendment Saturday
by Senator Hitchcock that would have
exempted former presidents and made
the new provision take effect March
1, 1917, was voted down, AZ to q, and
an amendment by Senator Sutherland
70 exempt the president in Office when
The constitutional amendment finally
nay be ratified was defeated, 20 to 20.
The fate OF the resolution was In
ioubt almost to the last vote cast. On
he roll call Senator Works himself
asst the deciding vote.
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