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charge of the bill for the majority of 

 the committee on agriculture. Those 

 who spoke in favor of the bill, in addi- 

 tion to those who have already been 

 mentioned, were: Mr. Currier of New 

 Hampshire, Mr. Guernsey of Maine, 

 Mr. Small of North Carolina, Mr. Bur- 

 nett of Alabama, Mr. McCall of Massa- 

 chusetts, Mr. Austin of Tennessee, Mr. 

 Keliher of Massachusetts, Mr. Thomas 

 of North Carolina, Mr. Cole of Ohio, 

 Mr. Tilson of Connecticut, Mr. Tirrell 

 of Massachusetts, Mr. Gillett of Massa- 

 chusetts, Mr. Fordney of Michigan, 

 Mr. Mann of Illinois, Mr. Keifer of 

 Ohio, Mr. Saunders of Virginia, and 

 Mr. Davis of Minnesota. 



It was late in the evening when de- 

 bate ended and voting began. Mr. 

 Rucker of Missouri, tenacious in his 

 hopeless attempt at delay, moved to 

 recommit the bill to the committee, and 



a roll call had to be taken on this mo- 

 tion, which was defeated by a vote of 

 112 yeas to 131 nays, with seventeen 

 present and 129 not voting. 



It was midnight when the final roll 

 call on the passage of the bill ended and 

 the result was declared, the bill having 

 passed the House by 130 to 11 1. It 

 had been a strong and courageous fight, 

 in the face of odds and of the most 

 determined opposition. At the same 

 time, it detracts in no respect from the 

 work done by members in the House 

 to say that they would never have done 

 it except in response to the vigorous 

 expression of a widespread public de- 

 mand for the passage of some measure 

 that would make it possible to check the 

 destruction of the forests of the Ap- 

 palachian system, north and south. The 

 vote is given below in detail, with an 

 analysis : 



THE ROLL CALL 



The vote on the Weeks Bill in the House of Representatives, June 24, 1910, 

 was as follows (this is a direct transcript from the Congressional Record): . 



Yeas — 130 



Ames 



Austin 



Anthony 



Bell, Ga. 



Bennett, N. Y. 



Bingham 



Borland 



Boutell 



Burke, S. Dak. 



Burleigh 



Burnett 



Byrns 



Calder 



Gary 



Gocks, N. Y. 



Gole 



Gonry 



Gooper, Wis. 



Goudrey 



Govington 



Graig 



Gurrier 



Davidson 



Davis 



Denby 



Dodds 



Driscoll. D. A. 



Durey 



Ellerbee 



Esch 



Estopinal 



Finley 



Fish 



Fordney 



Fornes 



Foss, 111. 



Foss, Mass. 



Foster, Vt. 



Foulkrod 



Gaines 



Gallagher 



Gardner, Mass. 



Gardner, N. J. 



Gill, Aid. 



Gill, Mo. 



Gillett 



Graff 



Graham, 111. 



Grant 



Greene 



Griest 



Guernsey 



Hamilton 



Havens 



Heald 



Heflin 



Higgins 



Hill 



Hitchcock 



Hubbard, W. Va. 



Hughes, N. J. 



Hull, Tenn. 



Johnson, S. G. 



Keifer 



Keliher 



Kinkaid, Nebr. 



Kinkead, N. J. 



Kustermann 



Lamb 



Law 



Lawrence 



Lenroot 



Lever 



Loud 



Loudenslager 



Lundin 



McGall 



McDermott 



McKinney 



McLachlan. Gal. 



McLaughlin, Mich. 



Madison 



Maguire, Nebr. 



Mann 



Maynard 



Moon, Tenn. 



Morehead 



Morgan, Mo. 



Morgan, Okla. 



Murdock 



Needham 



Nelson 



Nicholls 



Norris 



O'Gonnell 



Olcott 



Padgett 



Palmer, A. M. 



Plumley 



Poindexter 



Pou 



Pratt 



Rainey 



Ransdell, La. 



Reynolds 



Roberts 



Robinson 



Rodenberg 



Saunders 



Sharp 



Sheffield 



Slcmp 



Small 



Sterling 



Sturgiss 



Sullowav 



