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Show VICTORY FOR LEADERS. Democrats and Insurgents Defeated In What Is Regarded as Test of Strength. Washington. By tho decisive vote of 35 to 29, tho administration Republicans Repub-licans on Friday dofeatcd tho Cummins Cum-mins substitute for tho Crawford-El-kins traffic agreement provision of the railroad bill. This question had boon practically monopolizing tho attontlon of tho senato for tho last week and was regarded as one of tho most important im-portant of tho subdivisions of tho bill. The vote is genornlly accepted as a test of the strength of the contending con-tending sides nnd it is believed It presages pre-sages tho passage of the bill by a safo majority. Of tho total membership of 92, thoro wore ,28 senators who did not voto, and of theso, four, all Democrats, Demo-crats, were absent nnd unpnlred. They wero Senators Clark of Arkansas, Bankhend of Alabama, McEnery of Louisiana, and Smith of Maryland. All tho Domocrnts present voted for tho Cummins provision, so that if tho four Democrats mentioned had been present nnd nnd voted for tho amendment, amend-ment, tho ballot In Its favor would still have been less by two votes than the vote against the provision. |