The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-12
SENATORS BY
A DIRECT VOTE
Dubois Argues in Favor Of the
Measure.
H0AP FINDS FAULT WITH IT
SAYS IT WOULD DESTROY THE
EQUALITY OF STATES.
LspeciaI 10 The HersIdA


ln1ASHINGTON. March n.-Senator
/ w Dubois made a short but en-
phatic speech in the senate today
in support of the resolution providing
for the election Of United States sen
sJors by direct vote Of the people. He
reminded the senate that twenty nine
state legislatures have demanded that
congress submit the proposition TO the
| people, and tha; in tha past ten years
bills for this purpose have been passed
by the house and ignored in the SEN
ate.
II the senate continues to procrasti-
mats the people viii exercise the right
given in the constitution and take the
/ cues ion out Of the hands of congress.
which can be done by wo-thirds of the
whole number of states passing reso-
luton through their legislatures to do
SO.
Five states, among them Idaho, have
already voted to do this
Senator Hoar opposed the plan. He
said il was a historical fact that che
solemn pledge was given TO states.
1 small and great, that -he equality of
the states never wOls.Q be destroyed
without the consent o. every one Of
/ them
He did not believe that the adoption
of the resolution would be accomplished
without a breach of the national pledge
which lies at the foundation of this
government. It was a question which.
ne thought. the American people thor
Oughly understood. because il was one
/ Of the greatest ever brought into a leg
! islative assembly for action a ywhere
| In the world. He had received letters
urging that senators be chosen by di-
! rect vote Of the people, but every one
/ of them bore evidence Of d "worked-up
/ sentiment"
Fears Body Might Deteriorate.
+ Mr.. Hoar said he was willing to go
/ before any representative American
[ assembly 10 discuss the proposition
which, tc his mind struck at the very
heart of the constitution and 20 meet
/ any champion of the proposition. He
/ referred to the supreme court and To
( the United States senate a. the two
/ great bodies of the government which
l were free from the influence of pOpu-
I lar movements and popular excite
Eent. The senate, he said. was the
/ greatest deliberatiVe assembly in the
/ world, and hr believed IT the duty q
/ the people 20 stand fran before the
/ proposition to strike down one of the
| two glOries of the republic
/ Il will do any duty here said he
] "as IA member of the committee. but
viii nos be hurried. and the senate
/ shall not be hurried if I can help it,
In brief reply To- MI Hear. Nj
/ Berry said that this was not the time
f. TO discuss the merits of the PROPOSE
F, tiu1. bUt he insisted that the senate
| had "a right to demand that the COM
Elittee 10 which the resolution had
I been referred should make some kind
Of q report. and ne did not believe thai
/ the senator from Massachusetts mr.
Hoa0 could prevent a report from be-
ing made.
MI Dubois OF Idaho said that the
1 only point Of the constitution bearing
/ on the question was that each state
should havr two senators. The man
ner Of their election was not q Vita
principle
1Ir Stewart of Nevada declared tina,
the resolution embodied a movement
fatal 90 the equality Of the states iT
the senate. To his mind &c meant tbs
/ destruction of thy senate and Of the
principles upon which it was founded