Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-06
FAVORS GILL FOR
A CONVENTION
Interstate Senatorial Delegates
Resolve in Favor of Fore
ing Amendment
MOVE TO FORCE CONGRESS
Convention Appeals to State Governors
and Legislatures to Join in the Effort
to Force Constitutional AssembIass
to Secure Popular Election Of Son.
ators.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Dec. 6.-The resolutions
committee of the senatorial conven-
tion was in session at the state house
till midnight last night and again for
mining on report which was made to
the convention at 1890. Herman, OF
Louisiana, chairman of the committee,
made an address in support Of the res-
olutions and Cheshire, of Iowa, then
reported for the committee on perman-
ent organization that the convention be
known as the United States senatorial
amendment convention; that the cre-
dentials committee be instructed to
make supplemental report giving the
roll Of all the delegates for whom Gre
dentials had been filed and that these
delegates be notified of all future meet
ings of the committee OF the conven-
tion; that when the convention adjourn
1t be at the call of the president on re-
quest or advice of the executive COM
be appointed by the president and con-
sist of one delegate from each state,
and that this committee pre-
pare an address to the Legislatures urg-
ing action.
Two additional delegates arrived to-
day from South Dakota, making twelve
states represented.
The committee on resolutions offered
the following at the session this morn
ing of the senatorial convention, after
which the convention adjourned till 3
O'Clock:
"Des Moines, Iowa, December g.
1906. To the Honorable Interstate Sem
atorial Convention: Your COMMITTEES
on resolutions begs leave to report the.
following preamble and resolution with
the recommendation that they be
adopted by the convention:
Whereas, 1t is the judgment Of this
convention that the legislative branch
of the national government should be
placed more directly under the control
Of the people of the several states.
Whereas, There exists and has long
existed, a strong popular demand for
the election of United States senator's
by the direct vote of the people, and
said demand is, in the opinion of this
convention, we'll founded; and
Whereas, The constitution Of the
United States provides only two meth
DDS whereby the provision representing
the election Of United States senator's,
may be changed;
Whereas, The method ordinarily
adopted, Of congress on its own initia-
tive submitting to the several states a
proposed amendment, has heretofore
been ineffective, ewing to the refusal
of the United States senate to submit
such proposed amendment to the sew.
eral states, and,
whereas, there Is no alternative for
accomplishing the desired reform save
an appeal by at least two-thirds OF the
states to congress asking that a con-
stitutional convention be called.
"Be 1t therefore resolved, that, while
this convention would much prefer that
congress should submit to the several
states a proposed amendment to the
constitution for the election Of senator's
by direct vote of the people, so that
the states might pass upon it as q
single question, inasmuch as the sem
ate persistently refuses to submit such
amendment, It therefore earnestly rec
ommends that the legislatures Of the
several states do, in pursuance of ar
ticle Of the constitution of the Unit
ed States, make application to -the.
congress to call convention for the
purpose of proposing amendments to
the constitution Of the United States.
''Be It further resolved. that tho pres
ident and secretary Of this convention
be, and they are hereby, instructed to
transmit duly certified copies Of these
resolutions to the chairmen Of the ma
tional committees and Of the several
state committees Of the two leading
political parties, also to the governors
of the respective states, to each mem-
ber Of congress and to the president.
That in transmitting the copies to
the governors Of the states, the presi-
dent and secretary Of this convention
shall enclose letter urging each Of
them to lay these resolutions be6ore
the legislature Of his state.
PHatt HubbeN, Missouri delegate at
the senatorial convention, and MEM
ber of the resolutions committee. at
the session this morning of the com.
nittee, introduced resolution favor
ing elecung United States judges BY
vote Of the people. The COMMITTEES
voted It down.
COAL STOVE GAS NEARLY FATAL