The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-30
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burn spoke upon the amendment oil
Senator Bristow, providing for re.
tanning federal control over the cleo.
ton of senator's, and he cited mum.
'erous instances to show how compli.
Gated Investigations would prove in
the case of contests. IF a great con.
test arose over the election of sena-
tors from n of our great states
within which great cities exist, we
would have to send our committee
to their poll books and to their coun-
ity returns or the returns of the
%state,' declared Mr.. Hepburn, land
congress can not take away from
the courts of the states the right to
investigate those elections" During
the progress of his remarks Mr.. Bo ah
interrupted to ask a question, and the
following dialogue took place.
Mr.. Borah-My colleague suggests
there was a reason why the states
were given control over the manner
of electing electors, and the states
were given control, subject to the
regulation of congress, over the man
ner of electing senators. l ask, as
a matter of information, what was
the reason? I have never been able
to understand why the fathers gave
to the legislature of the state the
sole and exclusive power to prescribe
the manner of electing electors and
why they differentiated with refer
ence to senators. If there was 4
reason assigned in the debates or
elsewhere I would be glad to have
my colleague suggest it. l have ncv
err been able to find it.
MI. Heyburn-That is arguing that
the presumption is against the wis
dom of the founders of the Constitu-
ton.
Mr.. Borah-No. 1t is an humble
and frank admission on the part of
the senator that he would like to
learn something from his colleague.
Mr.. Heyburn-Mr. President, l do
fearn something every day from my
colleagues, and the man who does
not ic probably either ovcr-egotislic
or perhaps deficient in appreciation.
Mr.. Borah-I asked the question
in perfect good faith. I assume my
colleague thought I was simply ham
tering.
Members of the committee on pub
lie buildings <and grounds, of which
French of Idaho is a member,
have been going into the question of
making some proper disposition OF
the great accumulation of public re-
cords and documents, which constant
ly taxes the present storage facilities
of all the public buildings, and not
stopping there, is carried on to such
a degree that valuable booHs, records
and documents have been lodged in
lofts, storage houses and sheds in ev.
cry part of the city. Mr.. French has
taken the position before the commit
tee that the government of the United
States is amply able to maintain a
safe and convenient place for it's pa
pers and records, and it is more than
probable that the committee will re-
,ort a bill providing for a reasonable
building to be constr cted which
shall answer the purpose of caring
for the public records of the govern
ment.
Referring to the statemnt by Sene-
or Hepburn of Idaho to the effect
hat the Lorimer case "is being
brought up everywhere else except in
senate of the United States" Sen
ator Kenyon delivered a l:ttle lecture
% his colleagues in the upper cham
Der of congress, in which he said
hat Mr.. Hepburn was exactly right"
He then went on to say that he had
been during. the last week, down in
he beautiful southland in states
whose senators have probably voted
IN this question before. 1t is being
discussed and it is being tried there.
have been out on the prairies Of
owa, where we understand not what
t means to secure seats in the United
senate by trickcry or bribery
'r corruption of any kind, and it is
,eing tried there. It is absolutely i
rue that it is being tried everywhere
on the farms, in the houses of bust
less, around the firesidcs of the ma
ion. Public sentiment in this coun-
ry, which you may sheer at ct times
nd pay no attention 10, has decreed
hat this investigation shall be COM
'lete, without any technicality, with
ut any attempt to protect anybody, !,
high or low it may reach.
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