Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-23

electing senators to mass ther strength back os this amendment for the purpose of compelling an aban- donment of the effort to get through the resolution from the committee or of arranging test vote.
 Senators Raynor of Maryland. Bo- rah of Idaho, and Dillingham; of Yer. mont, composed the subcommittee that reported the resolution today 1t is as follows:
 ''The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each staie. elected by the peo pie thereof, for six years, and each senator shall have one. vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. The times. places and manner of holding elections for senators shall be prescribed in each state by the legislatures thereof. When vacancies happen in the rep .resentation of any state in the sen ate the. executive authority of such state shall issue writs of elections to fill such vacancies; provided, that the legislatures in any state may en- power the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislatures may direct The amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term If any senator chosen before it became valid as part of the constitution"
 Senator Fa.uo~ was specially ac- tive today in urging upon the com m.ttee the adoption of this plan. It is the plan upon which he has been working for years, and he has been an advocate Of the direct election of senators for twenty years. When the resolution comes out on the floor he will speak m favor of it's adoption and is convinced that it will go through the senate Of it spassage in the house there is no doubt at all
 In the committee this morning Mir Rayner strongly opposed ar amend ment offered by Senator Depew of New York, as follows.
 'The qualifications of citizens en- titled to vote for United States sen atcrs and representative in congress shall be uniform in. all the states, and congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropri- ate legislation and to provide for the registration of citizens entitled to vote, the conduct of such elections and the certifcation of the result"
 Senator Raynor argued vigorously in behalf of the rights of the states to control all details as to the cleo tion of senators. and insisted against federal supervision or control of any sort. The amendment was voted down.
 The full committee will bring ou. the resolution IS above printed with, in a few days, and the present plan Of the senators opposed to it is 70 concentrate their strength behind the whole male population" amendment with a view of driving from the reso lution the support of Southern sena tors. With an appearance of fair. ness, it is contended, there are many senators at heart against the resolu- tion who can afford to vote for such an amendment, out who could not afford to vote squarely against the resolution. Many of these senators are men who, had the people the right to elect their representatives in the senate, would never have obtained their seats in the first place. and who, should tke resolution pass and be ratified by the state legislatures. would certainly not be reelected. 1t is a matter of self-preservation with most of the opponents of the direct election plan of choosing United States senators