St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-26

alter regulations as to the times or
manner of holding elections for
Senators, the following be proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution,
which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Consti-
tuition when ratified by the Legis-
latures of three-fourths of the
States:
ssThe Senate of the United States
shall be composed of two Senators
from each state, elected by the
each Senator shall have one vote
The electors in each state shall have
the qualifications requisite for elect
ors of the most numerous branch of
the state Legislatures.
The times places and manner of
holding elections for Senators shall
be as prescribed in each state by the
Legislature 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 election to-
fill such vacancies: Provided, That
the Legislature of any state may
empower the executive thereof to
make temporary appointments until
the people fill the vacancies by cleo
ton, as the Legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be SO
construed as to effect the election or
term of any Senator chosen before
it becomes valid as part of the con-
stitution."
The vote was yeas 296, nays 16,
not voting II. Congressman Foster
spoke in favor of the resolution and
voted for it. Congressman Plumley
did not vote. The resolution has
gone to the Senate. If it receives
two-thirds vote there, it will go to
the Legislatures of the several
states, If two-thirds of the states
concur it will become part of the
constitution. 1t is one of the most
important changes ever proposed to
the constitution. The attitude of
'Vermont's Senators will be watched
with interest by progressive citizens.
-EBelloWs Falls Times.
Mr.. MeIIen's New Policy.
The following interesting and sig
nificant dispatch appeared in some of
yesterdays newspapers, under New
Haven, Comm date line:
"By ORDER of President Mellen of
the New Haven Railroad Company
bureau for the industrial develop
ment of New England has been or
gained and will be opened at Boston
on the first day of May. 1t will be
under the control Of the New Haven,
Boston and Maine, and Maine Cen
trail railroad systems and will have
the title of the New England Lines
Industrial Bureau. It's head will be
William H. Seeley, now general
freight and passenger agent of the
Central New England Railroad.
1.-THE object of the bureau is the
promotion of every form of indus
trial development in New England,
notably, farming, fruit culture,
dairy interests and every form Of soil
dustries, forestry and forest preser-
walton. The expense of the enterprise |
will be borne by the three railroads. I
'3The plan has been under consider
alton for some years by the New
Haven Company and was expedited /
by signs of farming revival in New
England as shown by the census re-
turns, and the larger values on New
England farms, as we'll as their adap-
tation to new products, notably in
the line of scientific fruit culture"
This is a matter in which Vermont
has a direct and positive interest. No
state in New England is more in need
of the services of such bureau than
OuI OWL w OIh1uS HI ndI1uOuy Will
a progressive and Wide-aWake Off
cia1 like Commissioner of Agriculture
o. L.. Martin it is difficult to overesti-
mate the good that may be accom-
plished by such an enterprise.
When a great captain of industry
like President Mellen, shrewd, alert,
skilled in reading the signs of the
times, sees indications of farming
revival in New England with pros