ITOW THE HOUSE VOTED 



SUMMARY BY STATES AND SECTIONS Continued 



States 



CENTRAL 



Vote on Weeks bill, 

 Sixtieth Congress 



Yeas Nays Not voting 



Yeas 



Sixty-first Congress 

 Alignment on Weeks bill 



New 

 Not recorded members 



Michigan 8 



Ohio 10 



Indiana 3 



Illinois 5 



Wisconsin 5 



Minnesota 2 



Iowa 2 



Missouri 3 



North Dakota 



South Dakota. . . 2 



Nebraska 4 



Kansas 2 



Oklahoma . 



46 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN 

 AND COAST 



Montana 



Wyoming 



Colorado 



Nevada 



Idaho 



Utah _ 



Washington 



Oregon 



California.. 



SOUTHERN 



3 



5 

 9 

 13 

 4 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 i 



i 



4 

 4 



67 



I 

 3 



i 

 i 

 3 



2 



6 

 17 



i 

 6 

 i 

 6 



2 







2 



4 

 I 



I 



2 

 I 



27 



53 36 30 



The influence of the party leaders on 

 both sides of the House has always 

 been used against this legislation. Its 

 weakness in certain sections is attribu- 

 table to the strength of the party ma- 

 chine with the representatives from 

 those sections. It is also to be observed 

 that west of the Mississippi there were 

 but nineteen votes for the measure, 

 while fifty-six were cast against it. Is 

 this the return that the men of the West 

 make for the liberal way in which the 



35 



45 



Nays 



54 



12 



34 



22 



I 

 6 



7 

 3 



2 



I 



I 



I 

 I 

 2 



37 



2 

 2 

 3 



18 



national treasury and the vast national 

 domain has been used to build up the 

 states of the far West and to insure 

 their future prosperity ? 



PARTY DIVISION 



The party alignment on this essen- 

 tially non-partisan measure has no 

 especial significance, but it is of some 

 interest and the facts it shows may be 

 of service. Expressed in percentages 

 .429 of the Republicans and .376 of the 



