Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-28
revolutionary idea in the United

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states and how it might be worked
oub Federal and state constitutional
amendments would first be in order,
but assuming that they had been at
fected. here Is what might b. done.
Qualifications of senators would be
the same or substantially the sahe as
provided in the Irish Free State. In
order not to increase the membership
OF the senate to unwieldy> proportions.
n apRortionment would give one
senator to each state and 4S to the
country at large, Instead Of two to
each state as at present. Fixing the
term at IL years, 50 senators would be
elected every four years, instead Of
every two years. III :
Three candidates would be placed
in nomination for each seat to be
filled. Two Of the nominees for each
senator representative Of q state
would be selected by the state legis-
lature and n would be named by
the national house of representatives
Such senators would be elected by the
popular vote Of the people of their
respective states. Two-thirds OF the
nominees for senak ors-at-lsrge would
be selected by the national house of
representatives and one-third by The
senate itself. These senators would
be elected by a nationwide popular
vote. 'f
To carry the speculation a stop fur
Their with a view Of arriving at some
idea of the kind. \of men who would
find their way to the United States
senate under such a system, 1t may be
recalled that some time ago a New
York newspaper invited a. large num-
bel of representative mon and wom-
en- to submit lists in answer. toJthe
| n1laofinr NO 70 rryH 80 <I4 I n---x
est living Ansricans. Tire ~ names
included most bitten in the lists were
those Of an inveptor, a college presi-
dent, a manufacturer. an engineer, a
lawyer, a general, AN industrial chief
tain, another lawyer. an artist, a
judge, a novelist and a pnblicist.
They were: ~nas A.. Edison,
Charles W. ELIOT, Henry Ford, Her
bert Hoover, Charles e. Hughes, John
J. Pershing,, john d. Rockefeller.
ElihM Root. John s. Sargent. NVilliam
Howard Taft. Booth Harrington and
Woodrow Wilson.
Other great Americans mentioned
frequently included an editor, an en-
gineer. a labor leader, another engi-
neer. an actor, a hublicist, a natural
list, a ~revivalist, a Drohibitionist and
a baseball player. They were: Presi-
dent Harding Charles p. Steinmetz,
samleh Gompers, George w. Goethals.
p. H. Scthern, William J.. Bryan,
Luther Burbank. Billy Sunday. "Pus-
syfoot' johnson and CBabe'', Ruth,
But. to return to Ireland for a mo-
ment, who ever would have dreamed
lthatit would be the S1rish who would
beSthe first~to suggest taking the pol
iticians out Of politics, o.. taking poll
tics away from the politicians2 Think
Of the Murphys, the >Sull.vans, the
Crokers. the Taggarts, the Fiynns, the
Fttzgeralds, the Cockrans, the Burkes..
the, O'Connors, the O'Rourkes, the
oh, what's the use?
Think Of the boss Of your ward and
OF your precinct leader!
ANSWERS 70 QUESTIONS.
@. What part Of the food tina,
farmers. consume, do they raise3' F,
A. A survey reveals tho fact tina,
about 40 per cent Of their food I,
raised by farmers, or exchanged 10.
cally. The rest isY brought in by rail.
broad. Possibly another 10 per cen,
could be produced economically a
home. VI
g. What country is known as tn.
shadeless land? n. A.
Al. Australia ms been 60 called
, The leaves Of some of the treesSther,
( ere SO arranged IS always to preseny
i their edges to the sky. others hay,
Foliage composed of mere needles
and others dispense With leaves al
g.. What states produced Ii,
most gold last year7 =. n. HI.
A. California stood first with /.
gold production valued at $lb,704,
1882. seColoradk was second WithTS6.