Although most Senators agreed that birthright citizenship should not be extended to the Indians, a majority saw no need to clarify the issue, and Doolittle's proposal was voted down.
虽然大部分参议员都同意不应该赋予印第安人公民权，但其中的大部分也认为并不必要将这个问题澄清，因此杜利特的提议经投票被否决。