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Show II FIGHT FOR POPULAR ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS If WAXES RED HOT AT THE CAPITOL ir $ , J ' ' - I . - I I L I H VAbHINGTON, Jnn, ID. Probably H tho chief topic of Interest hero In con- H; grcsslonal circles 1b Uio battlo over H tho subject of tiio oteclion. of United 1 ' States Bonfttore by popular vote! The -warfare has become bo bitter between H the, opposing sides in the "upper hpuso H that .talk of a prolonged filibuster on HBM the partof tho opponents of tho propo- II eition Is becoming more and more fre- II quently heard. Senator Heyburn, tne K( leader in opposition tq the plan for II popular vote, threatens to lie up pro- H ceedings Indefinitely if tho backers of U the movement sccaro enoagh votes to pass tho resolution. Tho charge that H tho'oppononts of the change intended K to stave off a vote until congress dies II on March II is followed In the Bame 1 breath by tho threat of the advocates BU of popular election to hold up all HL other legislation until' the-amendment J j li rMMMM Ml ' p HHHHHHHHHHHHA ' i-vul" j has been pa c.I. '"his bhows the1 spirit of the two sided, and when senatorial sen-atorial temperament takes the form of delaying proceedings there Is no tell-Ing tell-Ing when that body will get to busl-ness busl-ness again. Senator Borah, who is-in charge of the constitutional anend-ramt, anend-ramt, wan prevented from fixing a date for a vote, by the objection of his colleague, Mr. Heyburn. That objeo Hon was evidently expected. Mr Borah at once announced that he un 'derstood the tactics of his opponents, but that he could assure them that If the vote were prevented on the constitutional consti-tutional amendment thero would be very little legislation at all rtt this session. That means simply that tho senate would find itself unable to appropriate ap-propriate money for the Upkeep'' of the government The most active workers In favor of the proposed amendment are Senators Borah, Cummins, La Fol-Ictte, Fol-Ictte, Bristow and N'orris Brown Tho leading opponents of it are Senators Heyburn, Root, Keaa and Lorimer. Sonator Depew does not favor the amendment as it stands, which provides pro-vides that the states shall ddtermlne Mnenn,Un,r ,n wh'ch the popular elec Uon Bhall be held. Depew wants the nntional government to have this glTlW':?tyrlilii" WXJCJJjLwLmm |