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Show " THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Bfl Jjipt nthty tllliu tho question which HjA nitvst closely nppealtl to the people (it I the United States; ftnd particularly to hu people of t ho West, is thu mutter of 'the election of United States Scmitors. 'u till know the dllllcuitles which arise. 'A uiulor tho present system, tho duluys, the dcudlocks, and frequently tho defeat de-feat of thn jiooplo's w)ll. The remedy lies unquestionably In tt popular election of United States Sn- nttirs. Tha Di'iiidcratle party In '1895 attuinpted to givo tho people tho nearest near-est opportunity posslhla . under our 'Constitution to express their prefer-eiico prefer-eiico upon this matter by placing the names of the two candidates ulioson hy the (then) territorial convention upon the picket, thus virtually pU-dgliiK tho JeKlslatlvo candidates, If qlqcted, to jsupjiort thn gentlemen nnmod. During the' course of tho agitation upon this question In 1805 sovorul prominent n Deiuoeruts In Utah were requested to give tliclV views upon this subject. jTho only ono who responded, so far as . ?, wo can nscoitaln. was Judge W. N. 1 -proviilllng opinion of thu i'oopli.' So b'r,u".1 lti(li'wl,lnis bpponiu the morul stunp.li ansltiR . frojirt thofo olfeilons that It 1 allrgiid bysnine that oviin the mail In the moon has been seen to hold his uosu while that orb passes over the Stales during these jed'u-tests. jed'u-tests. Public sentiment has so fur crystalUcil upon the question of Chung liitt thu 'milliner of eliding thee high illlclals hy dlieol voto of the peopJc, that for more than two yearn Congrov slonal action bus been Invoked in the form of resolutions looking to the amendment of our juuiluiiiciitul law. Hxpressl,vu of this popular senilment won the action taken by thu Flfiy-ilnid Congress. The, Utilise Of Itepreseiitfi tlvuS, compound of oin ljuiidruil Drum crutlc majority, passed a resolution to so amend the Cousiltuiioti that thu people should elect tho sei.utors and bolt euld 10 the praise of lVmocraey, hut two mcmherri of that party cast thi'lr votes iiRidnit tho measure. As Illustrative of thu sentiment pro-valllnff pro-valllnff ainonir thiit grcnt body of re presentative Democrats, I will give a few extracts from the committee's report re-port favoring thu adoptlnu of thai resolution: reso-lution: "Tho public press for years (In each roourrliiR year) hns been teeming with legislative scanduls In the election of sunators, until bribery and eon option aru, we fear, in some localities, fast hu coming recognized as a purl of thu leg' Islatlvo fu notion, while the capnelty of tho pocket-book, rather tlmn that of thu lieud )3 iciinrded In like places as thu mensuro of Senatorial equipment. ''Coumi'ttees of Investigation aiid the grand Juries of tho Slates have been I unwilling or utiuhlo to detect tho frauds, so skillful have the manipulators manipu-lators of It become, until at last an outraged public fentlmont has become moused and Imvu found Us Just expression expres-sion in the proposed amendment. "Tim tnouuy which corrupts by purchase pur-chase Die member of the legislature for Senatorial elections, bus debauched liliu as a servant of the people hu Is sworn to sorvo In loral legislation. The corporation that can enter Iho halls of a legNlaiuro and lay Its unholy hauds upon the members, claiming them as Its own in tho suleclilon of a senator, has already destroyed tho hope or a pure administration of the local nlTalrs of the pcoplo of that Stnto by polluting the source from which such administration adminis-tration is derived,' "If tho charges of corruption m'scn-atorlal m'scn-atorlal elections are true, thu reflex a'c-lion a'c-lion on thu legislation of the Slates, incident to such corruption, must bo inmeasurnhlo in Its destruction ot the rlglns and liberties of the peoplo of tliu State." And again: "S t radical in sntnn sections of tho country has thu feellpg of hostility to thu Senate become, tiiat tho sentiment is frcply expressed, that thn Seuutu has outlived its career of usefulness In the government." "Under Its presont mode of organization, organiza-tion, and election, onch year, but adds to tho strength of thu nrgtiiuunt Hi it the Senate should, by 11 ehatigo in thu mode of its election, bo madu more sensibly responsible to the demands and video of tho people." Tho resolution passed tho llousn by an ovurwiioimlng mnjoilty, and wont Into the Si'tiaie. whore three or tour sugar trust and corporation Democratic, Demo-cratic, Senators Joined w.tli nil thu Republican Re-publican Senator, voted it into a pigeon pi-geon hole where It now slumbers, not again to bo uwaketied perhaps until Utah shall add two Denioeriitlo Son-'ntors, Son-'ntors, uloeted, 1 trust, in efloet by tho voto of tho peoplo. Another causo for popular sentiment putting these election diieetly hi thu hands of the peoplo, Is t ho dead-locks and prolonged delay? In passing need-od need-od laws by Suite legislatures. often taking tak-ing 'ip thu otitlro time of their session, often ending lu i ilmtl adjournment without enacting needed laws or electing elect-ing u senator, thus loavlng that commonwealth com-monwealth without n representative in that imfst Important body. We can readily recall thu published scenos of the past twp years, onaotcd in our neighboring States of Wyoming, Jpn-tana Jpn-tana mid Idaho, us well a$ mure remote Stylus In tho Union. Tho two former States failed entirely to elect a Senator Sen-ator uftor worse .than Wasting tho sixty days of their tlmo. Worse thau wusto,- because they did blacken, tho good name of their Slate, and retard tho progress of popular freq government govern-ment lu tho hearts of their people. Tho naming or Indicating thu persons per-sons wu des re tho Democratic, legislature legisla-ture to elect as Senators will, of course place no legal or Constitutional obligation obli-gation upon the legislature, but it will be to them a great moral obligation. It will bo thu volco of thu. po.iph and as Democrats thuy will hi oy. 'i'ha favor able action of our convention upon this mcasurp, firmly boliuvo, will moot tbo approbation of n great ivmjorlty at Utah's peoplo. Thelr hdrotoluro pp. lltlcal edticatlqu has made of them votaries of frunkueM, Integrity mid honesty) ns such they can but udmiro tbu opiioriMnlty loctendeoV'thcin, to say In effoct hy their ballots, why shall represent re-present tlioni in that I'xaltod" body, 'htt poopiu of Utfti), J be.lluye, will by fur profrx a eeiiatmy to im yiieertnln-ty, yiieertnln-ty, Thnji- viiut no Jelr in-tlie-biii buMaesM their mliiiurti nffKirs Aaother tisou tor tht putUiRofi msu lu uoiainstloii fc-r th puiilVj u ' r.'.L.'.' V ,i 1 it' I ' JV4'i''Sii.M i 'i 1 ' I m I li ',' ' tfaStii . W-V!. - T f I i.iimh.11 is. It l fraiik.'1nlr to tlio bOphi; , iney have tha opportunity Uf tJ'WJ11?' ' th juurlll and dlsitierljs of thq men and estimate their capability for the pHlc,Q. Our opponents may hjvo nion In nserve, whi;, by corrupt 'methods, Could sUcceeu with n leglslamn', but uboiti they Would not dare put beloro the people to stand thu pcitllluy of n campaiitu. 1 have heard some Idndeigarten phl-losoihy phl-losoihy ndvnnced trj,lp nffijct that some defeated aspirants may siiTJr"fn their Jtonts, and tho Denioertlo party will thus bo without their en? orgies in the campaign. I doubt, sir, If Democracy has any valuable ami viilloul soldiers who have so llltlo patriotic pa-triotic and unselfish devotion to tho cause. s Another alleged, and as I think un; tehablu nruiimeiit against ulllrmailvc action by our State convention, is tiiat our political opponents will go befnru thu peopl" and eliaigo our part) wltlr expressing a want of conlldeiico 111 Its leglslatlvu nominees. Weil, let them charge. "Tarlco urninii 13 lie whosu cause Is Just." Tho people of Utah may at timet be politically unwise, but they are neither political fools nor knaves. To thu peoplo of Utah this incisure will coilululy commend Itself. Thuy have ever been devotees of prlu-olplo, prlu-olplo, in preference to policy. From tho i-tandpoiiit of expediency they will favor H, because it boldly proclaims tho man for whom their'suffrui.'o Is asked, while Democrats may, with propriety, point to any two of tho heterogeneous army of aspirants tho Republican purty seems to be oncour-tiglne oncour-tiglne ami coquetting with, regardless of either previous or present condition of servitude, or otherwise. What n glorious consummation It would lie to witness our new Statu legislature leg-islature r.t Its fit st dny's session, when authorized to vote for United Sjnt-s Senators, proceed at once, and within an hour elect two sons of Utah hs United States Senators! Should Utnh thus elect her, scunKirs as a result of the vqtc of tho Dcmod-illc eonvn-Hon, eonvn-Hon, they would bo tho very first men that ovor entered that august au-gust body, proclaiming In effect: "Wo are from and of tho pcoplo." Thus would Utah, upon tho threshold of her union with this great nation glvo notice that her peoplo lead in thn van of ndvuuccd thought, and tho pio-gruss pio-gruss of human liberty. |