The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-06
Ballots Are Taken Today for President but Are Without Result and
 Adjournment Taken
SHORT TlLTS RESULT
First Trouble Started Over Minutes of the Session Held
 Yesterday.

The Senate apparently is hopeless ly tied up in a four to four dead lock. The point of contact today is in the election Ot a President of the Senate. The opposing candi- dates are Senator Frank A. Aldrich and Senator O. p. Hubbard With Senator Aldrich are Senators Ro- nan. Sunback and Sulzer. With Senator Hubbard are Senators Heck man, Gaustad and Sutherland, The opposing sides locked horns first over the approval of the minutes.
 The Senate convened promptly at l2:3O D. m. today. and Rev. Guy D. Christian invoked the divine bless ing.
 Secretary Pro..Tem Maltby read the minutes of yesterdays meeting. and they were attacked from all sides. Senator Sulzer moved that they be corrected tO show that a motion had been offered by Senator Gaustai for a secret ballot on the election of Secretary prO-tem of the Senate X lengthy debate in which Senators attacked each others mem ories followed Senator Sulzer lost his motion by a tie vote, and Sen ator Hubbard lost motion by a tie vote to correct the minutes to. show that there had been a vote over the proposition that A. F. Malt by was in fact entitled to act as Secretary pro-tem because of the. fact that he was Secretary Of the. last Senate. X motion by Senator Sutherland that the President pro- tenn and Secretary prO-tem be in-I structed Co correct the minutes was lost.
 Senator Sulzer then moved that the record be approved as it was read. This was opposed by Sena.I tors Hubbard and others. but the President prO-tem declared that it' had carried.
 Defends Secret Ballot
 Tn the course oi the discussion the various propositions. which took a wide range. Senators had a tilt over the secret ballot proposition. Senators Gaustad and Sutherland claimed that tho secret ballot was intended Go protect the Senators while the open ballot was intended to make them keep their promises.
 Senator Sulzcr COntendcd that. there was a difference between al Senator who was acting in a rep reseutative capacity and voter rep. resenting only himself He contend-0 cd that the formers constituents. had the right Co know how he votes.
 Ballot For President
 One ballot was taken for Presi- dent before the adjournment. It was the second ballot, and resulted as follows;
 For Aldrich - Aldrich, Roman, Sundback and Sulzer-4.
 For Hubbard -Gaustad. Heckman, Hubbard and Suthcrland-t.
 The first ballot. taken yesterday afternoon was as follows:
 For Aldrich-Heckman and Sund- back.
 For Ronan-Aldrich and Sulzcr.
 For Hubbard-Hubbard, Gaustad, and Sutherland.
 For Sulzer-ROnan.
 On the motion Ot Senator Gaus- tad. W. Grant Johnson was author. ized to report the proceedings ot the Senate in order that no ques- ton could be brought up concerning the remarks Of the Senators.
 Senator Gaustad moved that the President pro tempore of tine Sen ate instruct the clerk to contract for the necessary forms and print ed matter needed for the session. Objection was made, and motion was lost for the want of a second.
 "Is there any matter that we could discuss prior to the election of a permanent President" Sena- tor Sutherland asked, turning to Sen ator Sulzer.
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