Show MANTLES S RGHT T A SEAt Senator Mitchells Argument I Against the Majority Report A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT He Holds That Disastrous Conse 2 queiices Would Follow Its Adoption Party Organization and Part Discipline He Believe Would Be Destroyed factions and Filibustering Encouraged WASHINGTON March aOThe debate started yesterday on the question of the right to seats in the Senate of persons appointed ap-pointed by the governors of Montana Washington and Wyoming was resumed this morning Mr Mitchell of Oregon making a legal and constitutional argument argu-ment against the report of the committee on Privileges and Elections which declares de-clares them entitled to seats Among the disastrous consequences that would follow the adoption of the majority report Mr Mitchell mentioned these I would unreasonably augment and extend the prerogatives of a state executive ex-ecutive over those of the legislature and subordinate the constitutional functions of the legislature to those of the executive execu-tive I would place 1 premium on treason trea-son to party organization and party discipline dis-cipline I would encourage factions and minorities in legislatures in filibustering efforts to defeat the election of Senators and it would tend to prevent a fair expression ex-pression of the will of the majority of the legislature In conclusion he expressed the conviction that a majority ma-jority of the Senate would vote for admission of the three senators But such vote would be one to overturn deliberate delib-erate precedent established by the Senate after full consideration of over sixtyeight years ago I would establish a precedent that would result inside of ten years In having onethird of the senators men who owed their seats to executive appointment appoint-ment and it would inflict a fata stab to the greatest principle of Republican government gov-ernment The matter then went over Mr Turpie having the floor when the subjectnext comes up After an executive session the Senate adjourned till Monday The Senate confirmed the recommendation recommenda-tion of George J Denis of California attorney at-torney of the United States for the Southern South-ern district of California |