Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-24
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Popular Election of senators.

aSNt populstA WIZ opCSAdi
interest to the announcement that
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, will DUR
ing the winter urge the calling of a
convention to propose the requisite
amendment, to the Constitution of the
United States.
In advance of the discussion which
Senator Ovens action is likely to
cause, it is well to have clear under
standing of the powers and duties of
Congress in the matter of initiating
amendments. BY Article v of the
Constitution, Congress is empowered
whenever two-thirds of both houses
shall deem it necessary" to propose
amendments which become part of the
Constitution whenever ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the
States or by conventions in three
fourths thereof, as the one or the 9th.
er method may be proposed by Con-
gress.
"on the application of the legisla-
lures of two-thirds of the States it is
mandatory upon Congress to call
convention for proposing amendments.
which become parts of the funda-
mental law when ratified by three
fourths of the States. Unfortunately,
1t is not mandatory upon Congress to
submit any single amendment. 1t must
upon the application of two-thirds of
the States simply call convention
which will be law unto itself. with
power to submit as many amendments
as it pleases.
Furthermore, Congress has not the
power to call such convention until
two-thirds of the States apply for it.
In all probability the twenty-six State
legislatures which have petitioned
Congress to submit an amendment for
the direct election of Senators have
not all applied for constitutional
convention. Resolutions of recon-
mendation passed by five other legis.
latures have, of course, no binding
force upon Congress- Until the legis-
latures of thirty-one States distinctly
apply for a convention, Congress is
not empowered to call it.
But, in Difference to the popular
will, Congress ought to submit the
Senatorial amendment separately
whenever a sufficient number of nett.
lions to that end shall have been re-
ceived. Chairman LLOYD and the
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Because He Isn't Democrat.
ut may be all right to dissemble
your love. but why did you kick me
downstairs" laughingly quoted Presi-
dent Taft at Birmingham in reply to
the God bless you; we all love you"
of a grizzled Confederate veteran in
the audience.
In other words. If they love him,
why don't they vote for him? Sim.
ply because they are Democrats and
he isn't. What better reason could
anybody want? Democrats believe
that the prevalence of certain Demo
cratic principles is necessary to the
safety Of the American system of gov
eminent and the welfare of the people.
They know that the Republican ten.
dency to push the Federal power into
the affairs of the States is ruinous.
They firmly believe in the Jeffersonian
doctrine of equal rights to all, special
privileges to none. They are convinc.
ed that monopoly tariff is robbery of
the many to enrich the few.
Mr. Taft is Republican. He is
better than his party, but he gave fair
notice before his election that he is not
superior to it. Personally Mr.. Taft, of
Ohio, is pretty good Democrat on the
tariff. When he declared in his inau.
gural address that the main purpose
of tariff legislation should be to raise
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