New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-06-14
NEW IBERIA, La, SATURDAY, JUNE IA, 1902.

ana these Legislatures cnOOse tHc
United States Senators.
If trust can bny the Legislat-
ure-which, as we all know, 1t
usually can-the trust can control
the Senatorial representatives OF
the State
Look at the United States Sena-
tors from the State Of New York ::
One of them, Mr. Depew, repre-
sents the Railroad Trust. He left
the desk of II hired man in the en-
ploy of the Railroad Trust to sit at
his desk in the National Senate,
and there his vote can override the
votes of seventeen New York State
Representatives in the national
lower House.
The other Senator from the State
Of New York is Mr.. Platt, presi-
dent of an express company, in
terested in the trust recently
formed by the express companies.
He is an astute man, a man OF IN
telligence, who has made himself
| But he is at least Il trust sympa-
thiZer, and his vote will go with
the trusts in the making of national
laws.
Therefore, the State of New
York in the National Congress at
Washington is represented by
thirty four congressman and two
Senator'S The thirty-fonr Con
gressmen are elected by the people,
and two Senators are chosen by the
trusts. And with these two Scna
tors the trusts can absolutely veto
every bill passed by the thirty-four
Representatives elected by the peo-
pie.
Does anybody believe that Mr.
Depew and Mr.. Platt could possi-
bly, have been elected to the United
States Senate by the people of the
State of New York?
Does anybody question the out
rageOusness of system which
forces upon the people as repre-
sentatives two Senators whom they
would not have chosen and whom
they actually believe to be inimical
to their interestsi
This condition prevails practi-
cally throughout the Union.
The upper House of our National
Legislature is the real ruling power
in the United States.
1t controls all of the Presidents S
appointment.
According to the Constitution,
he is compelled to appoint "by and
with the consent of the Senate -
The trusts buy the Legislatures,
they own the Senators, and there
fore the Constitution of the United
States now reads practically as fol-
lows:
"The President appoints national
officers by and with the advice and
consent of the trusts"
AS an American voter, you have
no more important duty than to
work for the election of Senators
by the people.
You should not tolerate the Sc
lection of Judges Of the Supreme
Court, United States Ambassadors,
Federal Judges through the coun-
try and all the great executive
forces subject to the approval of
the trusts that notoriously make,
and destroy laws.
A small trust can buy the Legis-
lature of the State of New York.
But the biggest trust can scarcely
buy New York's six million inhab-
itan. And, thanks to our secret
voting system, we are protected
even against ourselves and our
own selfishness.
If a trust buys the ordinary
voter it cannot be sure that it gets
what it buys.
But if a trust buys the legisla-
tors it can count votes and secure
delivery of the goods purchased.
| Use your influence to curb the
power of the trusts by taking away
from venal Legislators the power
to sell to trust managers the Sen
ate of the United States.
This subject You should discuss
with your neighbors. You should
urge it upon all of those voters
with whom you come in contact.
You should influence Legislators
in your State to vote for COnsti.
tutional amendment causing popu-
lar election of Senators-and nc
legislator will resent your sugges'
ton if he be an honest man.
We invite newspaper editors and
others to give this matter earnest
attention.
Everybody knows that the Uni
ted States Senate to-day does moi
represent the people. There are
exceptions among the Senators,
but they are in the minority
Every fyear the Senate is less and
less representative of the nation
more and more representative o.
organized capital. Good Ameri
cans, irrespective of party, will
strive to work for this change in
the national machinery. TAX
away from the trusts now tht
power to tamper with national laws
through the Senate.
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