OCR Text |
Show SMOOT RAISES POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. By a vote of 11 to in which thirteen Democrats voted with the latter number, the senate today refiised to delay seating the three new senatois Kirby of Arkansas, Watson Wat-son of Indinna and Fernald of Maine. Led by Reed, Democrat, with the object ob-ject of forcing an examination of the credentials cre-dentials of Watson, some of tlie Democratic Demo-cratic leaders wanted to defer tlie seating seat-ing until after a grand jury in Indiana finished its election investigation. When the motion was beaten Kirby. Fernald and Watson were sworn in and took their seats. Debate on the motion was brief. Senator Pmoot raised a point of order against it. He was overruled by Vice President Marshall, who read a statement by Senator float in 1 00:i declaring de-claring that the committee on privileges and elections considered it to be the proper prop-er course lo allow a senator to .take tlie oath and then refer any questions con-corning con-corning his election to the proper committee. com-mittee. ' |