Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-26

lem and the question of electing United
states Senators.
You are about to make a change in
the way Of selecting your government
officers, and I tell you that you better
think It over twice before you do It
Whatever of good government you had
came through your representatives and
they have been elected by YOU. If you
have selected your representatives from
whence comes the necessity for a.
change except IL there are some who
did not get what they wanted and
have to try another route TO get it.
Every Senator of the United States
represents all the States: he is a Sem
>ator from the State that sends him and
a Senator for all the States in the
Union. Who should determine the
manner in which these men are elected
II not the body of men which has been
endowed with this power by the CoTsti-
tuition? Why should there be n cha &
Let us be candid about il. Sd ~
body who couldn't be elected under the
present law wanted the change n
that is all there is to it. Remember
now. you nave asked me to discuss
legislative questions int this is one,
and an important one, and I do it from
a -non-partisan standpoint.
There Is no need to change the pres
ant way Of selecting United States SEN
Ators, because the people can settle
that question without any change if
they make up their minds to do it.
W all cannot agree n for that
reason we delegate power to do certain
things, and those who framed the ON
~stitution delegated the power to select
the United States Senators to repre-
sentatives of the people.
Under the direct primary only those
are elected who ask for office, while in
Ibnost cases II is conceded that the office
should seek the man and not the man
hhe office. Aren't you capable OF Sc
lecting honest men TO exercise the
power which the Constitution gives to
them? If not, then you are not fit to
exercise the rights of citizenship.
IT hope thai / have offended no one
and / know that you will excuse my
candid and free expression because you
have invited it when you gave ME the
subject on Problems OF Legislation ="
Discusses Shipping Bill.
The Senator spoke at length on the
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Justly been called the ship subsidy bill,
and explained that the bill only pro
poses to have American vessels to
carry the mail and the freight of this
country instead of foreign vessels, and
to pay the same rates to American
ships hat are now being paid to for
eign ships.
In explaining the purpose OF the tar
iff commission the speaker stated that
the commission is to ascertain the
prices for which articles are manutac-
iured in other countries and then COM
pare them with the prices which have
TO be paid in this country to labor
And for material. He called attention
to the act that the small producer
could not be overlooked in the COM
pilation of prices, because he could not
produce at the same cost as the large
industries and therefore would also
to be protected from the foreign
trade.
The Relation OF the Panama Canal
to the Trade of the Two Oceans was
the subject given to Congressman
Julius Kahn, of San Francisco, and he
delivered himself of the task in n way
which brought down a storm Of ap-
when he had finished.
In glowing word pictures he painted
the result of the opening of the Pana-
ma Canal on the trade and commerce
OF this country, opening new fields
which heretofore had been exclusively
the hands of foreign countries. He
that distance will be eliml-
and that the water route between
here and the Orient will be moro than
cut In half.
when the canal is completed he
ut will be an incentive Tor
he commercial interests in this coun-
-ry to establish lines Of steamers to go
iirect to the Orient to bring wealth
md prosperity to the United States
Governor Wilson, the last speaker,
poke on "Our State Of New jersey
nat refrained from answering the idaho
senator's argument.
Guests at Banquet.
The banqueters were assigned TO
places in the boxes and at the tables as
Box A-Joseph Coult, John A. Clifford,