The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-11
FAILS TO Win SEAT
O'NEAL'S APPOINTMENT IS NOT
ACCEPTED BY SENATE
Committee IS UPHELD

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BY One Vote, 80 to 81, Upper House
Refuses to Admit Alabama News
paper Editor into Its Sacred Pre-
cincts-Debate is at Times Spirit
ed and Acrid.
By a majority of one Yote-32 to
31-Frank P. Glass, Of Alabama, ed
itcr Of the Birmingham News, late
Wednesday lost his fight for seat IN
the United States Senate. The vote
sustained the recommendation Of the
committee on privileges and elections
which held that Mr.. Glass was not
entitled to be seated because his ap-
pointment by Governor O'Neal, OF Al
ALBANIA, to succeed the late Senator
Joseph F. Johnston was made after
the 18th constitutional amendment di-
recting election Of Senators by the
people had been proclaimed in full
effect.
Spirited, and at times bitter, de-
bate marked the close Of the case, the
second which the Senate has settled
involving Interpretation Of the con-
stitutional amendment. Senator Blair
Lee, of Maryland, who was seated a
few days ago on recommendation Of
the elections committee, made his
maiden speech in favor Of Mr.. Glass
and later cast his vote for him.
In the face Of the determined oppo-
sition from the majority mebers Of
the committee, headed by Senator
Kern, the champions of the Alabam-
ian, proceeding from forlorn hope,
made remarkable progress In gaining
votes and the narrow margin by
which they lost the fight created
great surprise.
That Governor O'Neal's appointee
had been gaining strength steadily
in the last few days had been appar-
ent but that ~ would come so close
to success. not been contemplat-
ed by the &. ,osition until the last
hours Of the controversy. Then it was
that Senator Walsh, of Montana, who
wrote the majority report, in clos
ing plea, appealed to his colleagues
to cast aside personal esteem and
friendship and to consider the case
from a legal standpoint only, to real
ize that they were making history
and that precedent might be estab-
lished upon which the will Of the peo-
pie might be overturned in future
emergencies.
In spite of the committees report,
only eight Democrats voted to deny
Mr.. Glass his seat. They were: Sena-
tors, Kern, Hitchcock, Johnson, Lane,
Pomerene, Shively, Thompson and
Walsh.
Four Republicans, Bradley, Fall,
Perkins and Stephenson voted with
the minority.
Senator Clapp Of Minnesota who
had signed the minority report fav-
oring Mr.. Glass, proved eventually to
be the undoing Of the Alabama ap-
pointee. Senator Clapp previously had
announced that he would vote to seat
Mr.. Glass, but late Wednesday, in a
brief speech, he declared that he had
become convinced that his original in
depreciation of the case had been er.
roneous.
Some bitterness entered into the
debate, Senator Bristow arousing sup
porters Of Mr.. Glass when he declar
ed that it would be an outrage on the
people to receive the Albanian. Sen
ator Bristow further asserts: "lf
the vote had been taken before this
day the majority against Mr.. Glass
would have been two to one. 1t will
be interesting to watch how certain
senators vote to-day"
This remark angered Senator Mark
Smith Of Arizona, who assailed the
Kansas Senator for CONTINUALLY" as
serting his suspicion of his colleagues
and questioning their motives when
they did not agree with him.
The vote was taken on a sub-reso-
luton offered by Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas providing Mr.. Glass be
! seated. After the result had been
announced and the roll call had be-
gun on the original resolution Of the
majority to deny Mr.. Glass a seat,
Senator La Toilette, who had been
Ill at his home, reached the Senate
chamber. His appearance first gave
the Glass supporters some hope, but
when his name was called he voted
for the majority report.
Senators voting to seat Mr.. Glass
we're: Ashurst, Bankhead, Bradley,
Chamberlain, Chiffon, Fall, Fletcher,
James, Lee, Martin, MARITIME, Myers,
Newlands, Owen, Perkins, Pittman,
Ransdell, Robinson, Shafroth, Shep-
ard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Ari-
zona; Smith Of Georgia, Smith Of
Maryland, Smith Of South Carolina,
Stephenson, Swanson, Tillman, Var
daman. Williams.
Nays: Borah, Brady, Bristow, Bur
ton, Colt, Cummins, Dillingham;,
Grona, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones,
Kenyon, Kern, Lane, Lippitt, Lodge,
McCumber, Mclean, Nelson, Norris,
Page, Poindexter, Pomerene, Sher-
man, Shively, Smoot, Sutherland,
Thompson, Townsend, Walsh, Weeks,
Works.
Mr.. Glass, who sat on the floor
throughout the day, was surrounded
by senators after the result had been
announced, those who voted against
him joining with his supporters in ex-
pressing their regret. At no time
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