Show A CHARGE o NEEDED I The < deaJdlock in the Idalho legislature caused by failure up to date to < elect a United States SeriaJtor < and the difficulties diffi-culties experfenced < in other patfte of the country suggest once more the jvecesteity of a rihfeunge in the manner i of choosIng those officers i Two years ago similar scenes were enacted ito he disgrace of several states of the Unlon to tttat whiqh is now likely to bring Idaho into public ron1teml1t If the men fhoteen to repre Kent the people of Idaiho cannot get together wStto sufficient Sihlnmony and regard for the public interest as to deride de-ride upon a proper man to act as Senator Sena-tor they eire not fit to legislate at all There oughlt to be a geneiM demand throughout the country for an amend meat to the Constitution providing for the eleofion1 of United States Senators direct by popular vote No sound reason rea-son can be advanced against ft They would preserve their position as representing rep-resenting that state from which they came as a whole just Che same as though thy were elected by the state legislature The present I anode is a relic of tine HaimMtonJan system in government and ought to be abdLMied It opens the way for venality favoritism and personal intrigue It springs from distrust dis-trust of the good sense of the people peo-ple It presumes that fhte men elected by the < public are better qualified than the public to choose men to represent the ipublic However we hope the men of Idaho will get down to business make a elLoice rand proceed to legislate in the Interest of the state We have no axe to grind dm this matter But for the sake of their own respedt and the good name of the state < we trust the Idaho legislature will stop fooling and get down to good sense and honest work |