Show J GAME IS BEING PLAYED t Republicans Want to Stave Off Vote in Smoot Case Until After Election AN OTHER N G CALLED INTERESTING SITUATION IS DE DEVELOPED DEVELOPED to The TI Ma lay meet of the privileges and aDd elections called to take a vote on the Sm mOot ot calle c resulted In the u ual action viz ad 4 journu nt to a 1 date without vote ote or definite decision While no vote as tak 1 meeting of o the com coni committee was not doid of interest Not only was as the Smoot ca e di u ed but the Burton matter luo wan waB talked of and the committee came nearer reaching a of that case which it bas ha had bad four days daya than it did in the Smoot case which had hd been before It nearly four years ears earst t Th Those who attended the meeting today were ere Burrows Burrow Overman Pettus all cud and Knox Dillingham Beveridge and Foraker mak makIng Ing the attendance a tie on the question and unable to reader II a report or secure adoption or re rejection Uon of the Dubois Dubo s reso declaring that Smoot Is not entitled tied to d a seat In the senate kte Majority Against Smoot It de developed however that there is II a majority of oC one against Smoot in inthe inthe the entirE At today meeting Senator Dubois Dubols read a t telegram m from Sea m ator BalleT Bailey the committee to Tf record Ord bi his vote a against Smoot and a let Jet tr rom Senator Fraler to the same ef frt ft A letter Jetter also ahro WI was read from Senator Depew authorizing Chairman Burrows to toast cast ast his vote against Smoot thus showing t ha t seven members of the committee a majority of one are clearly Dolliver Dodging The Republican members who were ere ab nt n t and are counted as 15 although Dolli p for er has bs not authorIzed a statement to be made eon concerning hi his position Had the tes of the absentees been counted today there would have been an Te re report port sent to t the Senate but It was as the Pinion of the committee that the votes of should not be counted and that there should be a full attendance of th the committee before a vote should be author If this rule is adhered to t there re will bt 11 no report front from the committee at this sion of c congress ess for It is regarded as 8 absolutely certain that Senator Depew ill not come to the c pital this 2114 nd wIthout him dm the committee will be wItz six for br and aDd six lx Mt SeMe S me ne he meeting today was not devoid or of It ws charged by some ome of the that t the meet not have been called du during the ab abt who It was F of Se Senator ator Hopkins t ested that no mee meeting be held bold his return Failure to comply with his l reque request t was c itS as a violation of usual senatorial courtesy notice of the It was U also that mf meeting had not reached Senator Dolliver who left here last laEt evening for Atlantic C ity Contrasted With Burton Discussion of t the case aI also o pro lIvely discussion Senator Dubois calling attention to the fact that undue hate tE seemed med too imminent In remo removing Burton Eurton from the senate for one offense offen e for which he had already Men been severely while an apostle of a church polygamy and titer other danger ons features rn was allowed to remain nd It developed during the meeting that the members were willing to have 1 date dale fixed upon poa which bich a vote should be at an any Um next which might be desired the inference nce being that TIt TIn decision Is 5 wanted in the case caM before rAt electIons or Meeting Called Burrows Burros will not consent to delay beyond Ute the pl present ent session on and will continue his efforts effort to obtain a vote He will immediately issue a call for a meet or of his committee for Friday for z the pur purpose of taking final action In the rf Senator Dubois also win will insist upon a vote and If a report Is not made by the committee he will ill it Is thought take the matter up In the senate regardless of the committees action and n us bring on a di discussion of the case on the floor foor of tile the senate Politics Plays a Part PartI I It is asserted by some of the people that the RePublican congressional In its Ita efforts to elect a RepublIcan lIcan majority to the next bouse ou e has bag notice upon Republican members of f the privileges and elEctions committee that th thre re must be no report against Smart made before election Should an adverse report be made It is cba charged that 3 the Mormon church will cast Its Influence the Republican congre can candidates in Utah Idaho Nevada Neva Nevada da Colorado and aDd ot other r western states here there are Mormon votes and poe sIbly lose loee for the Republican party sev several end eral house m members and destroy or lm l the R Republican majority In the event of a close co congressional election |