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Show SENATOR DEI'EW'S PROPOSITION. Senator Depevv made a fresh proposition proposi-tion eeterduy lu legard to the election of l'ulted states Senators by the people, peo-ple, coupling It with certain featureti looking to the diminution of repreHen-tii repreHen-tii Ion In Southern Unites where the II 1, o Is ileprtvtd of ulfing As to III 'itter t I to be fui , n gilevout v mis' 011 tho North to have the blaika deprived or suffiage nnd set allow the whites to count them for repiesnta-the repiesnta-the purposes, that Is, to reward th whites by the gift of more power for themselves ln return for their violation vio-lation of the Constitution. But suppose sup-pose all these State measures for the suppression of the negro vote were abrogated, how much belter would the situation be" There would, we assume, as-sume, bo a return to the old methods of driving the negro awav from the polls nnd refusal to count his ballots In case he succeeded ln casting any Mr. Depevv proposed to cure the present pres-ent complaints by requiring the representation rep-resentation to be based on votes, but suppose that were done, what would prevent the fraudulent swelling of the return of vote cast, as Greeley used to rhaige upo'il Tammnn) counting all the men, women and children, then adding the horses, dogs nnd cuts'' The Ingenuity and unscrupulnusness that has suppressed the regro vote In the South for a generation would doubtless doubt-less be found equal, to the return of as many votes as might be requlretl for the representation a State should think Itself entitled to We haven't any faith In such schemes of relief. The proposition Mr Depevv submits rut to the 'United Statu t'enatorlal elec-tlonn elec-tlonn la In line with a seeming popular demand. But the objection to It are not usually given their pioper weight Thus, the Boston Host undertakes to meet Senator Hoar's objections to the popular election of Senators, ln this way: lt l true that here In Massachusetts we get very good United Ptstes Senators by the oltl method of election But Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Is n contervatlve snd reasonable mmmonweiilth with hlghtr Ideals and bettsr prlnclplea than mint others We cannot pre perly demand that methods whlih are satisfactory here nhall be continued con-tinued In other St ite wh re they have proved disastrous We ought to look to Ihe good of the whole Ann when we see wlint demoralization and corruption are hinl In Delaware, In Ohio In Pennsl-vanla Pennsl-vanla In Montana, In California anil else-whore else-whore b the existing svstem and when we also see that the elettlon of United States Senators by popular vote would cure all thofo scandals we ought to be willing to Join lu the Keneral movement fnr the reform. Now, th.it Is a complete begging of the question. There Is not n particle of evidence evi-dence to support the proposition that better Senators would be elected by tin people than by tho Legislature, not that nny evils would bo cured; the candidates for the Senate would bo nominated In the party conventions, and there Is no renson to suppo'o tint men abovo the ordinary wire-pulling, delegate-packing sort would receive the nominations. Then, tho alleged demoralization, de-moralization, corruption, delay lu electing elect-ing or failure to elect, could bo cured Just as easily ln the State Legislature as at the polls, thus, let a plurality elect, as It would ncccRsarll) have to do ln a popular contest, llicre Is a way, however, how-ever, by which the popular choice of Senators can bo made, without nny change In the Constitution. That Is, let tho patties nomln ito their candidates for tho Senate, pledging tho leipectlvo legislative nominees to their support. Just us they nominate their candidates can-didates for electors for President nnd Vlcc-I'resldcnt, nnd let tho Legislators Legis-lators bo merely tho agents to carry out the popular will, ns the electors elec-tors are. Wo see no objection to this, every candldato for tho Legislature could bo so firmly iledged to his party nominee that ho would be bound to voto for him. If this movement for tho election of United States Scnatnra by tho peoplo la n genuine one, there need be no delay nt till In putting It" Into general effect. But Is there such demand? Wo doubt lt very much Tho Idea has been tried In Utah, and has not worked to the satisfaction of anybody. The iidvocfttcfl of popular election do not glvo proper heed to the main, central, cen-tral, principal objection to tho change Tha election of a Senator, as contemplated contem-plated by the Constitution, Is the ofllclal action of Ihe State us such, ns much ro as tho passage of a law. The Legislature Legis-lature acts for tho Stato officially. It Is for this rrtuton nnd on this principle, that the Senators nrn equal from each State; tho Stato In Ha organized entity is lepreeontc'l In the Senate, each on an cqunlllv with every other. It Is not n icpresentntlon of tho people of the Slate, the are represented In tho lower House, and no equal representation representa-tion of the States, na such would be met by a popular election of Senators, for If the people 111c to elect, It almost Inevllabl) follows that they must elect proportionate It would soon seem ns nbsurd for seven millions of peoplo In New York to elect but two Senators, whllo forty thousand people ln Nevntl.i hart nlso two as It now seems for Southern South-ern whlto men to claim representation for tliem'elves on nccount of black men whom the disfranchise. The sjslem of tho Constitution would be out of Joint. The States us entitles, especlnllj the small States, would be In danger of such overshadowing ns would practically practi-cally amount to obliteration. Those who demand the popular election of Senators do not go to the root of the question thi-mselve. nor do they seem to comiiehend the objections made by men like Senators Hoar and Stewatt to the change |