Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
Substitute in Which Name
Was Not Mentioned, Of
fered by Smoot, Is Defeat
ed, ID to 80.
EDGE MOTION TO SOFTEN
PHRASEOL0GY ALSO LOST
Resolution of Censure Is Supported
by 80 Democratic and % Repub-
lican Members, None of Minority
Party Casting Adverse Ballots,
Bingham Will Not Resign.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Condemnation of Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut because
of his employment of Charles L
Eyanson, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Connecticut Manufac-
turers' Association, to aid Bing-
ham in his work on the tariff bill
was voted by the Senate this
afternoon.
The vote on the resolution OF
condemnation was 54 to %.
Senator Bingham, after the
adoption of the resolution, when
questioned, said that he had no
intention of resigning from the
Senate. He expressed his regret
that the resolution, while exoner-
ating him personally of any cor
rupt motive, had not also exoner-
ated Mr.. Eyanson.
Before the resolution was adopt
ed, however, an amendment Of
fered by Senator Glenn of Illinois
generating Senator Bingham
personally of any corrupt motives
in the employment of Eyanson
was adopted.
It was the first vote of censure
In q years.
The resolution of condemnation
follows:
Resolved, That the action of
the Senator from Connecticut, Mr..
Bingham, in placing Mr.. Charles
L. EyanSon upon the official rolls
of the Senate and his use by Sen
ator Bingham at the time and in
the manner set forth in the re-
port of the subcommittee of the
committee on judiciary is con-
trary to good morals and sena-
torial ethics and tends to bring
the Senate into dishonor and dis
repute, and such conduct is here
by condemned"
Efforts were made by friends of Sem
ator Bingham first to have a substitute
resolution, in which Senator Bingham
was not named, offered by Senator
Smoot. chairman Of the finance COM
mittee,~ adopted. This substitute was
defeated, 44-32 Seantor Edge of New
Jersey sought to soften the resolution
by cutting out phrases declaring that
Senator Bingham's action was contrary
to good morals and senatorial ethics,
and changing condemnation to disap-
proval of the Senate. Senator Edges
amendment also was defeated.
The resolution was supported by 80
Democrats and % Republicans. No
Democrat voted against the resolution.
Senator Bingham voted present"
Those voting against condemnation
were: Republicans-Dale, Edge, Fess,
Gillett Goff.. Gould Greene, Hale, Hast
ings, Hatfield, Hebert, johnson, Keyes,
Metcaf, Moses, Oddie, Phipps, Reed,
Shortridge, Smoot, Townsend and Wal
cott-22.
DemocratS-None.
For condemnation: Republican,
Allen, Blaine, Borah, Brookhart, Cap
per, Couzens, Cutting Frazier, Glenn,
Goldsborough, Jones, La Toilette, Nc
Nary, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Pine, Rob-
inson of Indiana, Schall, Steiwer,
Thomas of Idaho and Vandenberg-22.
Democrats for Ashurst. Barkley
Black Bratton, Brock, Broussard, Cara
way, Connally, Copeland, Dill, Fletcher
George, Harris, Harrison, Hayden, Hef-
lin. Kendrick. McKellar, Pittman, Rams
dell. Sheppard. Simmons, Smith, Steck
pbSpHenS, OWaISOH, 1HOIIldS Oh Okla-
homa, Trammell. Tydings, Walsh oi
Massachusetts, Walsh Of Montana ano
W1eeler-32.
The last time the Senate had occa-
sion to censure any of its membership
occurred in 1902 when "Pitchfork Ben
Tillman and John McLaurin, the two
South Carolinians, engaged in per-
sonal encounter on the floor.
Tillman accused McLaurin of chang
ing his vote on treaty and McLaurir
came back with the retort that Till
man was liar. The exchanges quickly
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