Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18

ume, submit the ammdmsns psupsn
Ing tor popular eteosion Of ae3asoss
the movement for csnatttattoqGi coo
veos1on will not be aeueSaVs9 esz4AQ
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tne Amendment af4eAaing aiAseson q
unted States Senators.
Following is the resolution whieA
the conference adopted By unanimous
vote, defining it's demand for q const1
tutional conventione:
Whereas, 1t is the Judgment a
this convention that the lAgAslatiya
branch of the national government
should be placed more directly under
ths control Of the psople Of the se1.
eral states, and
4 Whereas, There extsts, ana hsp
long existed, strong popular demand
! for the election of Una4ed States sen,
ators by the direct vote Oh the peopla
akd said demand fs, tn tho opinion q
THIS convention, we'll founded and
Whereas, The consultation of tho
United States provides only 40
methods whereby the provision NJ,
specting the election Of United saeAas
senators may be changed, and
Whereas, The method ordinasily
adopted of congress On It's own initia,
tive submitting to the several states
proposed amendment has heretofore
been ineffective, owing TO the reeasai
Of the United States senate to suh-
nit such proposed amendment to The
several states; and
Whereas, There he no aftern native
Tor accomplishing the desired reform
save by an appeal BY at least two
thirds OF the states to congress askinG
that a constitutional convention be
called. Be it therefore
Resolved, That while this eon1uS
tion would much prefer Aak eonzrexs
should submit TO the esya11l 9satsS
proposed amendment TO the eomstL-
tstion for the election Of SENATORS bv
direct vote Of the people 90 that Tn
states might pass upon II as a single
question. yet, fnasmpch az the SeuHss
psrsistently refuses to submit such
amendment, it :hersfors earnestly rec
ommends that the legislatures Of tAe
several states do, in pursuance Of A.
ticle v Of the constitution q the
United States, make application to the
congress to call convention for the
purpose Of proposing amendments 10
the constitution Of the Omitted Statss>
Be 1t fnrthsr
Resolved, That the president azd
secretary Of this convention be, and
the same are hereby. instructed to
transmit duly certified copies Of thsss
resolutions to the chairman OF the ma
tional committee and OF the several
state committees Of the two leadh4
political parties, also to the govern.
ors OF the respective states. to each
member Of congress, and to the pCeak
dent. That in transmitting the copiea
TO the governors OF the states. the
president and secretary Of this con.
vention shall enclose a letter, Urging
each Of them to lay these resolutions
before the legislature Of his statess
The permanent organization VAS
formed under the name Of "the inter-
state senatorial convention" Il ed
journed to meet at the can Of Che
president, Congressman Strobe q
Nebraska, at time to be fixed by
himself. An executive committse
composed Of five membere. to be ap-
pointed by President Strobe was as-
thorized. 1t is given direction Of al
matters within the powers Of the con-
vention and authority to make It's
own plans
TWenty-three Murderers Ask PardDM
Twenty-three life convicts have 20.
piled to the legislature for pardon,
The list is larger than ever before.
1t leaves but few life convicts who
III c1
case Is presented to the Legislature
Otto Often Of Pocahontas county was
given conditional pardon By the
governor, on. recommendation Of the
legislature, the Twenty-ninth general
assembly. The conditions were that
he should live in Jackson county,
should lead moral and upright life,
and that he should neither write to
nor permit Mrs. John O'Sehon to
communicate with him. He was not
permitted to visit her nor she to visit
him. He had been given, life SEQ
tence for the murder Of her husband.
He now petitions the legislature for
full pardon and the removal OF thsse
conditions.
Charles stegall of Davenport 40
piles for pardon, also. He escaped
the gallows in 1893, having been sen.
tenoed to hang on Dec 4 The ssn-
tence was committed by Governor
Shaw to life Imprisonment In his
petition stegall claims TO have killed
"BiH" Miller in self defense. He
says that Miller owed him 65 cents,
and when he asked for 1t his creditor
assaulted him. and he stabbed in self
defense.
Laying Out Line to Carlisle.
A corps Of engineers is now running
new line from Des Moines to Car
Isle for the InterUrban Railway
company. This will establish new
right of way for the Carlisle interur.
ban, which the interurban company
will construct this season. Materials
already have been ordered The line
comes in close proximity to Fort Des
Moines. A. P. Chamberlain, right OF
way agent for the InterUrban Rail-
way company, is now securing tho
deeds to the land needed to eompletn
the right Of way.
500 REWARD, 500
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