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Show drmv debate is I FEiril HOUSE IjlLority of Committee on Resolutions Is Charged Vith "Cheap Politics." pLUNG IS EMPHATIC folution Indorsing Election BE United States Senators llfby Direct Vote Passes. Mrs Rtpubllcan members and one MniUc member of the house yestcr-KbusardeJ yestcr-KbusardeJ tlm platform declaration Kfeelr parties and voted against the Htltlon to ratify the amendment to fjfjeial constitution providing for tho BLvjn of United States senators by Hjjtrote of the people. The Rcpubll-ho Rcpubll-ho voted against the ratification j- epaVor Seely of Emery county and BjWoner of Wasatch county. The flfcxnd was Robinson of Rich. The lat-Kfaplalned lat-Kfaplalned his vote, eaylng he thought Kftyatore should represent tho states Bathe representatives the people. HjgitrouB other Republican members ilortlie proposition contrary to their mj' conviction, but In obedience to Kjteiarations of their party platform. fctVcro Anderson of Sanpete. Mrs. of Salt Lake. Buiinlon of Uintah, Bjttl of Salt Luko and Marchant of Bete Is Heated. By option by tho house of a reso-ratifying reso-ratifying the direct election amend-was amend-was preceded by a lively and at Hm icn'monloua debate. The question before the house on. the report of fcanmlttoe on resolutions. This cotn-Wktt cotn-Wktt bad beon given charge of two HSfcllons, one by "Durham of Beaver, B&socrat, and the other by Smith of L i Republican. The Durham rcsolu-Knt, rcsolu-Knt, without a single change of any E, rtportcd to the house as "a rcsolu-SeV rcsolu-SeV tho committee." IFtllDg of Box Elder charged Uio ma-MUt ma-MUt members of tho committee with IKKrtesy and with playing "cheap poll-I poll-I n In taking tho Durham resolution I ti reporting It as a resolution" of Its I limply In order to strike off the I ae.cf tho author because he happened nk I Democrat. M k nply to questions from Welling, ieicn, who Is a member of tho com- j&it on resolutions, said he had agreed ' itli proposition of tho majority niem- of the commltteo to report his rcso-t rcso-t tin u a committee resolution because ;n given to understand that hla beurlng his name, would riot ly reported and that the Smith was Imperfect In Its phrase-rham phrase-rham added that he Bought no ib author of the resolution. He y the prlnclplo contained In the ) be put forth, is Charged, declared "the minority In the always been made the victim :tty action, and I charge that Ity of the commlttoe on rcso-ted rcso-ted In a pusillanimous manner i carry out their small Idea that making political capital " He to call attention to similar ache ac-he Judiciary committee when ilttce reported adversely on a mball of Millard, a Democrat, ed favorably on a hill by Judd fco, a Republican, almost idcntl-:ho idcntl-:ho Kimball bill. He was not to discuss this point, the chair lot germane to the subject, f Washington thereupon waut-w waut-w if the chair's ruling menrit titer a bill may be discussed s printed terms and that dis- Way of Illustration was to bo is not germane, nker said ho did not so regard itli that tho point raised by s forgotten, an Defends. of Weber, chairman of the common com-mon resolutions, said that tho com- had tried to do tho "fair thing" (Jortlnc the resolution as it had. atrous members spoke to questions WJnoI privilege, In which they ram-kr ram-kr from the question of personal many of them never stating i question at all. h of Kano, the author of one of Wlutlons considered by the common com-mon resolutions, explained that ho intention of forcing his resolution Ifie nouse Just because he was the f of It or because the majority of souie was Republican. Ho wanted a Mates senators elected bv the I ' v mnttcr of principle and of na he did not care whose resolu-wooght resolu-wooght It about, He said the propo- i inould have been hi the constltu- nunflred years a so. resolution was. adopted by a vote " ' w members being absent. It ,p to the Rcnatu, which body two Z. If0 ,kllla n similar resolution. members now await with lnter- action of the senate, which is gjn a position of either having to jw Us former action or of rescind- |
