Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-06


be OF and ths s1fa cur institutions
win be
That the fathers bOformed the con
~Britution wronght with wonderful wis
dam we all oc1fess and gratefully
remember Bet in large measure they
wee working without models and with
cut light from those vis had gone be-
fore We have learned something from
experience, and can learn much more
Il IL no discredif to the fathers that in
some respects we have found that thar
plans did mol work well After the
dangers developed II the Jeferson-Bu
election We changed the method Of Sc
Letting president and vice president.
and unqu@tionably improved on the
original scheme
In practice the plan Of impeachment
Of federal o~ffceholdes has proved a fat
failure but nobody has thus far been
able 10 suggest a substitute.
I've Lesfsiasfve Branches
The election Of senators in many
states has caused 50 many scandals and
the senate has 80 often refused the peo-
pie what they want that . great many
citizens have come to be in favor Of
abolishing that august body altogether.
This would be a grave mistake History
proves that two legislative branches are
better than one. Strange as it may
seem, a legislature composed Of only
one house is liable to be stampeded or
carried away BY passion, prejudice u
excitement 10 such an extent az to pass
hills dangsrous-or at least injurious,
70 the country. Having two houses
gives more time for reflection. investi-
cation and cooling Of. The two branches
onght 20 be retained, but the mode Of
electing senator's should be 50 changed
that. in the hrEt place, an election Is
certain. and. secondly, that such cleo
ton shall be had without faint q cor
ruptiou or fraud. Not that all senators
hold their seats by purchase. A large
majority do not. For instance, General
Francis Marion Cockrell has been elect
Cd for Eve fun terms and Hon. George
Graham Vest for four. and nobody
not even their most virulent enemy
-would dare assert that either ever
spent a cent corruptly TO reach the
senate or to stay there The integrity
Of these two eminent men. no less than
their capacity, is the pride Of all Mis-
souriRns
Missouri does not stand alone in this
regard. There are others / believe that
there Is no cloud on the titles Of a large
majority Of the senator's / am glad
that this is true, but Of late 90 many
scandals touching the election Of sena-
tors have occurred that the impression
is sinking deep into the public mind
that far too many Of them hold their
seats by right Of purchase. Since the
odoriferOus Pomeroy ineident, in Kan
sas, over a quarter Of a century ago,
the Addieks performances in Delaware
takes the cake Addicks hasn't been
able TO get into the senate yet, but
twice be has prevented the election Of
any senator. Nobody ever pretended
that he had any claim excep: his mon
ey. he is known generally, not By his
Christian name, but as ssGas" Addicks.
because he made his money in 'sgas
and spends it lavishly in trying TO buy
his way into the senate If one-half
that distinguished Delaware Republic
ans say about him Is true, be ought to
be in the peDitentiary. Yet BY liberal
use OF money he has been able twice to
prevent the election Of a senator, be-
cause the Addicks contingent in the
legislature would not vote for anybody
else.
interruptions Use of Money.
II the Washington Post lie to be be-
ieved, Addieks talks about having a
right to a seat in the senate because he
has bought it, as though il were a
horse, a farm or a gas plant Here is q
rich and racy editorial from The Post
There are worse things fer : state and The
country than = raeant sat in the United
States senate, and among the worst q all the
worst things waud be an AddAcks- Thia upin-
Jon - not basd On amp or all q the allegations
made y tha enemAs q Q Edward Addioks
but rests With hrn soiidity On The words and
sets % the man himself Il i doubffal A. ont
ads Of the faction Of Delaware Republicans
whom he controls, there could be found an
honest man anywhere in the United States
who, having watched the public career o. this
nan for the past four or ave years would not
regard his election TO the senate a. . distinct
dizgrace 20 Delaware. an insnit % The senate
AID a misf0rtune 10 the republic. Therefore
The adjourumeHt q the Delaware legislature,
having the sal vacated b. George Gray un-
hneo, win rslieFs the people frum = d~istxnss-
ing apprehension
This IS The sseond time that Addicks has
prevented > ssnsturial election in that little
his party % carr The election four years ago
iast ian and boldly asserted that. having paid
fg- . sat In the senate, be intended 70 set IL.
BE did moi CT Il, but ieft 81 70 be fued BIZ
Democrat tWo yszrs later. This year be has
been more arrogant u poaible, fhsn be was
n i&A adopting q rule or ruin policy and
hzrptnE On HE rfht-as II he had paid for
horss AID vas bsing ehe.tsd cat q ! deliver
q his p1rehss
As An iad5e4tson q the views e respectAbis
BepubllczES "a this second faIara of The Al.
vsnturer, We citeths Philsasipsia PreaG which
ssys thai probably in two yers mere the lee.
i~slaturs VII Be- sE4in Denocrstso and via
elect = DeuoeEst 70 the senate, hut better 80
than t11t Tie Republicans shoaH b responrf-
be for the sistiou q Addickz sho rerreesufs
settling bui money and the ~azs-rupuioas as
q Il and WIS e~iectio1 uuaH bring reuroaeh
and ciscredlf 10 the party asA 70 the state
r~epolaee for imposing sueA = nan On the
NAA1 c1fE A-A&
doodle Senatorial Candidates.
In Utah there were such charges and
o0uuterchsrge Of corruption that a
COMMITTEES Of investigated vas appoint
ed which discovered nothing
In California the sir has been full q
scandal the public press fun Of all sorts
Il ~accusStians and many regulations
have been ruined forever. An investi-
eating COMMITTEES was appointed. which
Unexpectedly found such facts a. com
PEELED the speaker 20 resign in Disgrace
and badly EuIrebed several otherA Ont
there the 0aiy question appeared 10 Be-
The Price Of votes Each boodle candi
date had q c1tsrs q followers owned
and ooufrolld By night Il purchase and
w0uh permit them 70 vote for no one
elss ~ . deadlock enE1sL and . failure
- elect wa the result
A. The governor oannot sypoint IN
nch cases Delaware Utah and Cali
foruia win fx the ensuing two years
have nnlF uze senator eaeh instead - /