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Show DIRECT VOTE Bill! BEFORE THE SENATE Heyburn'.Objects..Claiming Committee Had No Au- thority to Report. : ' WASHINGTON. May 1. FoUowing favorabl action by the committee on the Judiciary 8eaator Borah of Idaho today reported to the aeaata the house reaolutio for direct election of United State senators. Senator - Heybum of Idaho, asserting that the revolution had been prematurely eoaeidered by th committee, indicated that he would call for its recommittal, but foek ne action to that effect today. - Senator Hoybura declared that nnder n resolution of the aeaate aetien by the aew committee red not become effective until 12 o'clock today. Mr. Culberson called attention to the fact that the old committee of the senate had beea continued and both he aad Mr. Borah contended that the action ac-tion of the committee had been per feetly regular. Mr. Heybuni however, would net have it so. V There waa no eoramitte aatborizatiOB to ait." he aaid. What- ever meeting waa held waa-a meeting of iadividunl fceaatore and they had ne authority to report the reeolution." In committee nil the Democrat present pres-ent and thro progressive Republicans voted for the resolution.' They were Senator Chilian, Overmen, Cutberaou, Bacon, Cummiaa, Borah aad Brown. The negative vote were eoet by Senators Clark (Wyoming-; Dillingham, Sutherland. BraaeWee and Boot. Aa amendment offered by Mr. Sutherland Suth-erland providing for federal eupervi-sioa eupervi-sioa ef elections when deemed dee treble Wawveteti down.--'beatnf atorenwho led the Ight in the I act session for th measure, wa authorized to report it to the'seaat. -..,... i -: The senator who voted agalast th Sutherland ' amendment were Bacon, Culbereon. Overman aad Rniiton, Democrats, Dem-ocrats, and Borah and Cummiaa, B-publteana. B-publteana. . HOTSB OITB 1 TOT OX nil ZsTCT BOX WASHINOTON, May 1. The houee i of representative resumed debate on the tariff at 11 o'clock today with a determination to complete the dieeue-sion dieeue-sion of the free list bill thia week. - Bepiweeutative Foe ef Indiaaa declared de-clared himself in favor -ef the present free list bill and convinced ef the merit of the Canadian reciprocity bill recently recent-ly pasaed by the houee. Representative Lwngworth of Ohio, n Bepublican member of -the .wave and mean committee, attacked the free list bill in strong terms in the flret pech of the dsv from th opposition aid. H declared the bill wan vague In its term aad ao loosely drawn that even the Democratic leaders -could not nay definitely what industries it would affect af-fect if ft became law. Mr. Loagworth declared that Chairman Underwood of the ways and mean committee could not 'tclf kirn even what -paragraph of th Pavae-Aldrieb tariff law were affected af-fected by the free liat bill. rUsTOBHT'l XTOMXXATIOHaV WASHINGTON. Msv X Among th nomination sent to the aeaata -today by President Taft were tb following: Assistant attorney geaecal for the in zenov uvpaninsinz, -narjea tt . sjono ei California. Associate justice of th supreme court of New Mexico. John B. Me Fie. |