Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-20
SENATE DEMOCRATS
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Trammell, of Florida. II was Tram
nell WHO cast the single vote against
the resolution of confidence.
The Florida senator explained
afterwards that he did not mean
any disrespect to Senator Robinson,
but did not think that the contro-
verSy between him and Heflin was
one upon which the party conference
should express itself Smith, Of South
Carolina, and one or two of the
other eight absentees held a similar
view
Both the attacks on Catholicism
and on Smith were forcib1y brought
to the front in the conference by
Senator Bruce, of Maryland, VINO once
last session took open issue with
Heflin On the floor of the senate
The Marylander declared that he
thought it was "an evil day wher
any candidate for the presidency can
be attacked from his sectarian char
acter when his general fitness for the
office is universally recognized" He
added that "ti1e SORT OF bjgotry" in
which he charged Hefln engaged
would drive Catholics from democratic
ranks into the republican parry
IF the democratic party is to be-
ccme Catholic batting party" de-
clared Bruce Il fer one will get out
of it,
Despite these remarks by Bruce and
similar ones by Senator Copeland.
of New York, HefIin insisted both
privately and on the floor OF the
senate that the conference had in
no wise 'rebuked' him. He said he
had the assurance of at least a
dozen senators who were present that
this was the case and that the con.
ference had insisted upon eliminating
two "WhereaSeS" which were in the
original draft of the resolution Of
confidence. A different version as to
the withdrawal of the "whereaSes"
was given by several senators who
were present. The resolution was
offered by Glass, of Virginia, after
Wheeler, of Montana had made a
verbal motion for an expression OF
confidence. The text of the original
was as follows: 80
Whereas, the leadership of the
Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, Of
the minority party in the senate has
been openly challenged on the floor
together with his membership on the
special committee to investigate GER
tain charges against senators con-
tained in alleged secret documents
and,
Whereas it has been sought to
identify the entire membership OF the
democratic side of the senate with
the openly avoWed objections to
Senator Robinson, now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, that this conference of
democratic members Of the senate
express its confidence in the leader
ship of Senator Robinson and in his
service on the special committee
named to investigate the alleged
Mexican documents
Simmons, Harris and Tramnell OBJ.
jected to the "whereases on the
ground that their adoption might be
construed as placing the conference
on record on the issues of the con-
troversy and Senator Glass finally
withdrew them and the resolved"
section of the resolution was aGopteci
Before the vote, the conference Of
its own motion excused from the
ballcting Robinson and Heliin's col
league from Alabama, Senator Black
It was announced that three SEN
ators who were absent-Reed, OF Mis-
souri,, and Ashurst and Hayden, of
Arizona-had sent proxies in favor
OF a vote of confidence.
Edwards, of New Jersey and Rams
dell, of Louisiana, were absent from
Washington; Dill. of Washington, ex-
planned later he had been detained
by official business in governmental
departments; Blease, of South Caro-
lima, said he never attended party
conferences, and Smith, of the same
state, explained that he stayed away
because he did not think the subject
was one the conference should have
taken up.
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