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Show WOULD LENGTHEN TERM I OE OUR CONGRESSMEN I House Committee Favors Election ot I Members for Four Years Instead I of Two, and Election of Sen- I ators by Direct Vote. I Washington. A resolution provld- (p I 4ng for tho election of senators by Ul I j beet voto ot tho people has been favor I ably acted upon by the houso com- I mltteo on elections ot president, vlc I president nnd representatives in conr I gress. The resolution, which wns lnr I troduccd by Mr. Morris of Nebraska, I makes the term ot members ot 'tin? I house four years Instead of two. Both I propositions aro to bo accomplished by I amendments to tho constitution. Ilea- I sons why tho term ot members should I be four years aro stated to be becauso I no party can Inaugurate Its policy in I two years. I "The people nro tired," tho report I says, "of this continuous drama, and I ns a result nro Inclined to glvo no at I tentlon to tho prlmarlos and Uio con I volitions tho very foundation of our I political system tho forum wherein the country's Interests can best bo I guarded and protected. I |