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Show BITTER FIGHT I SEES DIRECT VOTE BILL WIN House Passes Resolution Providing for Popular Election of Senators. COMMITTEE DRAFT GETS THROUGH IT 35 TO 3 Representative Durham's Constituents Charge "Cheap Politics." The concurrent resolution No. 3, by the committee on resolutions, providing for the direct election of United States senators, was passed by the house this morning bv a vote of 88 te H. Five members were absent at the time of voting. Charges and counter charge were hurled thick and fast in tke house during dur-ing the eonsideratioa of the .bill. The resolution wss a substitute for house conenrreat resolution No. 1, by Durham, Dur-ham, and house concurrent resolution No. t. br Smith. Bepresentative Welling charged that the majority waa trying to play "cheap" polities. He declared that the reeolotioa was identical fsom start to laisa with the one introduced by Representative Durham, and all that tke committee had done eras to strihe off tho name of the real author of the resolution and substitute that of the committee. Representative Judd roee to a point of order three times while the Rox Elder county member wss speaking. Welling derlsred that the member from Salt Lake waa afraid to have his ae-' ae-' lions investigated. Tke chair ruled that the point of order was well taken by Judd. Morris Enters Fray. Thi. brought' Representstlve Morris to hit feet for information as to what the chair meant bv making such a ruling. rul-ing. He claimed that the aetioa of the chair was discourteoua to the member from Box Klder, Welling. Before anything any-thing further could be said on thie toint Representative Oldham secured the floor on a question of personal privilege. privi-lege. He tried to pour oil on the trim bled waters bv declaring that he did not care who ha' the credit of introducing intro-ducing the resolution. That if the measure was a good one, it should be passed regardless of who had the credit for it. Representative Bamberger moved the previous question and another retire sentative asked that the roll be railed. Representative Mabey secured the floor on a question of personal privilege. He objected to the motives of any member mem-ber being questioned. Welling arose to ask Mabey a question, and before the answer could be given Judd arose and commenced to make some remark to Mabey. This brought Representative Morri to his feet with the remark that "the member from Salt Lake was butting but-ting ia." Durham arose to a question of personal privilege. He declared that he had stood for his own resolution until he had found that a majority of the committee was In favor of a committee commit-tee resolution. In emphatic tones he derlsred thst "peanut politics tf was be-1T be-1T played by the msjoritv. Continuing, Continu-ing, h said that twice his resolution had been placed st the top of the calendar cal-endar and that twice it had been moved to the foot without his roasent or without with-out his being consulted. He declared that he had been fair nl all times, but that he had been unfairly dealt with. Judd said that the majority had been charged with playing "cheap politics' but that from the actions of some of the minority they were plaving the "cheapest kind of politic that I have ever seen or beard of." He defended the action of the committee in its report. re-port. Representative Wilcox, chairman of the committee, defined the action of tha committee. Matter of Principle. Representative Smith, author uf a resolution similar to the Durham and tha committee resolutions, declared that he did not care who bad the credit for the resolution, that it was a matter of principle with him and he wanted to see it passed. At this juncture a number of tha member insisted thst ths roll ho called and it was so ordered. RepresenUtlv Aitderaon explained that he did not believe In the principle but that Inasmuch aa It waa a part of th Republican platform he would vol for the revolution. Representative Ben-nion Ben-nion and Cannon made similar explanations explana-tions Repreeentattve Durham mad a somewhat lensthv explanation aa to why he favored th resolution Representative Representa-tive Kr label waa against th principle, but a R had been a part of the platform plat-form upon which he was ela ted he would vot for It. Representative Man-hunt gave a similar explanation. Repreaenta-tlvs Repreaenta-tlvs Page said that hs wss not going to vote for the resolution because his platform demanded It alone, but that It waa a principle that h bad long been a believer In. Repreeentattve Robinson, on of tha members of th minority of font teen, said h did not believe in the principle of the direct fit- n. ii of United Btate senators; that he believed It to be wrong and would lead to trouble. Re voted against It. Rrprsasntattv Suuthwtck believed In standing on th party platform and he voted in favor of the resolution. Representative Repre-sentative Vg Wagoner and Speaker Heely voted against th resolution without with-out explanation. Th r,.lt cell showed a total of SI vot for th resolution. S against It and flv members ahnt and not voting. Thoe who voted In favor of the resolution were: Andvraon. Bamberger. Barker. Barnes. Bennton. Benson. Cardon. Cannon. Chrls-t.-neen. Cook. Crouch. Dsstrup. Durham Hammond Henrle. Hooper, Jnne Judd Kimball KrUhal. Inveleaa. Mabey. Mar-chant. Mar-chant. Mnnaon. Morris, Oldham, Open-shew. Open-shew. Page. Remolds, ftknlfleld. South-wick. South-wick. Smith. Swenaon. Welling and Wilcox. Wil-cox. Thoae voting asalnat the bill wsrs: Robinson. Van Wagoner snd Speaker Seely. Thoae absent and not vot Ins were- Day. Ela-ood. King. Marriott and McRae. Th resolution will now he sent to th eenate. where a almllar resolution was killed about two weeks ago. The houe made short work of houae bill No 1J4. hv Kimball, relating to Plae of trial, which wss killed on the s.lontlon of the sdvsree report of the co""nlttee. to which tt bad been referred The houae also killed houae bill No 1M. b Judd ralatlns to th qu II Meat tons of rourt atenotrranhers. The author of th bill made a at runs plsa aatnt ths Sdop. tlon of the adverse report of the Judl-rlarv Judl-rlarv committee, but the report wsa adopted. Th houae committee on counties, to whom was referred houae bill No 101 by VanWagoncr. ralatlns to the division of countlea, reported favoraolv on th Mil thl morning. The object of the bill Is to permit of the division of Wasatch county. e The ho'ise thie morning nasssd houss bill Vo. m. by Anderaon. relstlug to the uuall flea tlon of newspaper to receive lesal publications within the atate of Utah. Houae bill No. ill. by th judiciary judi-ciary committee, relating to garnishments. |