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Show jj oi Tucni ui) His Amendment to Direct Di-rect Election of Senators Sen-ators Defeated Washington, May 1. Tho senate ! committee on judiciary, by a voto of ' 7 to 5 today, agreed to report the : house resolutions for direct election of ! United States senator. I The amendment by Sutherland, for j federal control of senatorial elections i when deemed desirable, was voted J down. The senators who voted against the Sutherland amendment wore Bacon, I Culberson, Overman and Chilton, Dem- : ocrats. and Borah and Cummins, Republicans. |