The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-23
rHg TRANSFORMED SENATOR.

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va" senators from each S'atr sh"H no
selected from hni- 'o tim" nv 'he L"gHn'
! 'u'eH 'a"reo'' mere II "nhaho 'or
chAhk" mere - cry 'ha' IN" -"'rs''"hS
-hohld be by direct vote OF the people IN
stead "i oy the i-E'@'nNN" rrprrSehta,iNeH'
nr,"h -'arl-u "'"hs win ms ,Iev 'o'hAs'
ahn sixteen u" one IDEAS. ~ nNe> YET
atho"gh 'h~ "'hers sre u@"o' '"hkre~"
itself may at last he moved ia tax. up the
question presented. though " Ia doubtful
! " N il favored and a constitutional amend
ment submitted
| The founders Of this Government dis
played more wisdom, and foresight in their
! 9rea, work From IN. beginning tho r,asou
| has hssn mad, Mai, hv .xn,-i,Ion Nhy tn.
.I.c,io, ~ ,ha sa,,,o,. ,a. ,,,.a,. Si0srsn,
/ 60, ,L, 4, p..,, A, T,, a.,
! 80 W
| 80. $3.50" -
""' '"e "eh"'" WIN 'hr '.e"'' '"
popular government enioodieu ih IN" othe'
prah'h th@ hou-" OF REPRESENTATIVES,. inc
Constitution makers did what they could 70
, dnerentisie the Senate from the House.
To render it less sensitive to public sem
I timent II was to b. a check a balance
wheel, not a quickly responsive body. The
House was to b- proportioned TO the reia-
tive size and wealth and population OF the
| in the Senate vas IN b~ m recognition of the
sovereignty remaining in the States and an
instrument for the preservation Of It,
| The whole cry for the change in the man
ner Of choosing Senators 1. based on the idea
| Of making their choic. more representa-
tive OF the people The SrS throws out
the sug ge-tion tina, what is now proposed
does not go TO the foundation II SAYS
nu ia now ,houxh, d.s,r,h,. ., .h.ns,o the
original theory OF the senate. generalization and
! tn a..,rnila,. that b.Siy IN tn. uou., by making
It's members directly rrspons ibic tn the people
Who eject them. why stop half way In the
m-n' To bring the senate In to harmony with the
| theory Of popular government and TO make II
more quickly responsive To public opinion Let
the constitutional amendment which shall 40 To
inc MATES Tor rahncauon present me question
" p"p"mt ,rp'e~hhhoh a,ons WIN 'na' VI
popular rt'r"o"' ~ VIII w oosef'eu ha' 'n our
! , ~ W .' y. " - w ~, =,
49, , =, - .',. . s,.",, -, - -.
n,..,,,..I 10 -. go. ,n. a.. -, S,s,.no,,
~. v,y,,., 80, ST.. "a r,.,,., nov ,,.n a,
lc,., onr nonu,arIy elected senator mi. il
already IN. minimum In the case Of \ states
Representatives Thu, In the matter Of popular
reprrsrn In the Sena &c the great States would
come to their own.
The noin, will give ,houuht II mot pnuse
10 some who want 10 M. -proxr.s.iye- but
! r.asonnbI.
/
From ne Richmond Turss D<.pnfch.
Bv tho census OF 1900 twenty Ave Of the
{ Sta sS in the Union had less than 4 900 900
popula ton .aCh and fourteen states had
less than {? 600 OOo populs ton "a Oh sixteen
OF tho Sta tea had less than SO o0O pOpula-
ton each The combined popula ton Of
these sixteen States aggregated &.o... col.
The ponulniion of New York State sRgrr-
gated rus GU. or {, "a, am more than tha
incubation of these iA,e~n States The
popua ton Of fh.... Sta re. WA less thu IN rec
times the popula zion Of the State Of Nir-
vtni, Yer with ehout TWO and n half times
les. population than the state Of New ork
those S,o ,es hs a sixteen times IN. reure.en-
,a,ion OF New York in the United States
senate and With less than thr~. times NOR.
nopuI,tion than irginin had n.a rlv thr.e
times Yres ter repreSentarinn IN the Ssna ,e
Vet a great hue and Crv IN beng ma de now
about popular government" and popular
rarresen'1tion" in the Sem ,e at Washing
,on xh.n under our system Of goysrn-
man, ,hs ssna,. il NO, ma never ha. b.en
=. nd nsv., can he v.nresen,,tiy. Of IN. nao
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III ~ '""f MI" VI" ''e ''P'""-
t'hoh
IN" oas'@ OF ApPor"onh"h' "hder 'he
census OF IL" was one Representative TO
every iN.is, inhabitants. ea"ep, IN the case
OF the states having less than that number
Of inha b,tants. so that in this popular
government have from Nevada with
il population Of a. 3as one Repre.an,atiye
and two Senators from wyoming with
q, al nopul.,ion one Reprs,entatiye and
100 Senators from Idah, with IA, -
,oD,Ia,io, m. He,r,..,,.,iy. and t,o
$500. n, 81. 80. ~ ,,ou,,i.,,on q,
- - So, !, ,so ...,s =, ,,,r 600
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L" T"p'"--"'"'"n W. '"e 'eha,e ~ WIZ
~ III w" h""~'' hS'h'a N""' nav ""-"
ehtl'ru Y" seven congressman anu IN"
senator or less
" Is T"~' ~ mr. - nv us '""u"'
oil ur"'l PoP',a' r"pI'~t I !" 'hr
hiteu NS'"" H~hH'' '"' "4' '''
u"h'A' n"e-''""s " "'''"''. VI W.
anu " lIlH-'fa'"- 'h'~ DON" Nv sho"'hS no"
u Would "otA III Iu''" ""'""'' VI 'i-es
a. i"""NH'
The voice oftne citizen In Rhode island through
his senator chosen aiT"ct'y oS popular Notr WI
count a. rlueh IN inc ena''i"cn' "i eue,hI 'ex's
lat'oh - 'nr Nore> o' NN w ",s III
WI" "'' '''""' mas "'' "
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