The Washington herald., 1914-04-08
SENATOR'S FAVOR
QOSEDSESSIONS
Table Motion to Open Doors
to All Business Except
Treaties.
VOTE STANDS 81 TO 80
Question Of Secret Debate Probably
Will Come Up Soon for
VOTE STANDS 81 TO 30

The Senate went on record yesterday
by a majority of one against opehins
opening the doors of the executive, ses-
sions 10 all business except treaues-,
The test vote came on a resoiuuoh m
troduced by Senator Kenyon. oecAaIlhs
II to be the sense OF The SehaIe ma ne
only treaties should be considered mere
of,s- an Closed sessions. The resolution
came up in the regular order ana sena'or W
Kern. of Indiana, moved to refer II 10
rbe Committee on Rules. Senator Ken
Won was on his feet immedlateS, anu
pointed out that the resolution shouio
not be referred to any committee anu
declared that Senator Kern mouoh
was Illogical because II sougnt 70 re
fer to the Rules Committee a resolusto n.
which directed that commit'ee 10 rep0i'
an amendment to the rules -
..Tf that motion is illogical, then Will
make q motion that is logical" observed
senator B-andegee, Of Connecticut
,,,oI,e- IN Law upon the table the resolution
~ tha senator from Iowa There was
a roll call vote and for several minutes
the result was in doubt. Belated s seha-
tors coming into the chamber from N uilie
TO time and announcing hen as1S
shifted the victory first 10 enc sioe anu
then 10 the other When the clerk nrst
made I'D the roll there was>a tie vote.
When he revised it, the resolution was
tabled by one majority, the vote oeins
81 to 50.
Asks for Record NPte.
Senator Kenyon in asking FOR record
vote declared that it was time Nhe
senate went on record as being lot or
against the transaction OF puolc pusi-
nsSs in secret. Senator La Toilette, VINO
has been leading the agitation ior open
sessions. was absent and not paired
The following Senators voted 10 tdpie
the resolution for open sessions oni P OH
degee, Bryan, Catron' Clark' GI aIr 49,,
ing: Dupont, Gallinger, Gore, HitcncoeA'
Johnson. Lee, of Maryland; LippltI
lodge, McCumber, Myers, oliver. over
man. Pomerene, Ransdell, Roolnsoh'
Saulsbury, Shields, Shively, Simmons
smith. of Georgia; Swanson, morton
TTlmau, Warren, Weeks, West, ana VIII
iams-d- -
luton. who are supposed 10 be IN faNor
of opening the doors of executive ses-
sion. were the following: Ashurst' Borah'
Rradv Rristow. Burton, Clapp, Cham
berlain. Crawford, Cummins- tall'
Gronna. Hollis, Jones, Kenyon Lane
NJartine. Nelson, Norris, O'Gorman, Page
Perkins. Poindexter, Shafroth, Sheppard
sherman. Smith, of Michigan; Thompson
Vardaman, Walsh, and Works-SO
The vote was a nonpartisan one, and
So close that it is likely the question VIII
be brought before the Senate at some
future time, to be put 10 another test
vote.
The Kenyon resolution was offered foi-
lowing the trouble in the executive ses-
sion orer the confirmation Of Prof. WIN
tbron M. Daniels; as Interstate Commerce
Commissioner in the course OF WhlCh
senator La Toilette, and a number OF
other senators, served notice that they
would not hereafter be bound by an ooil-
cation of secrecy as to what occurred IN
executive sessions, unless the matter un'
der consideration related TO foreign re-
iatious