Show MISSED THE POINT A m morning contemporary tin tinon on an argument in The lid l Id fa faOr faor Or of a amendment to tomake make P possible the e Of C United States senators by Y vOtO t say no su suh h amendment is IK nC ded that lb the d result ean be attained D by stat enactments requiring for to submit their to party primaries or party conventions There Ore are suCh J u I 10 sOme e a and the they have worked very well too But they only work werk well in states that contain an overwhelming preponderance of vet vot voters ers of a given p political faith Primary ate are expensive p n plOp proposItions ns In hi a to th the M C t of a ap p rs l l caD canvass aM each ach candidate Is re 4 t to pay Mil his r J p Of tIM the cost of th the primary eleCtion This often orten reM ams into thou thousands ands of dollars an et cx p pens that men who h Are In tt Get And lind in I In S states primary Would ouId De be out ut of the qu question ca b because It would be hard to find men to stAke A J large r e sum ol of money en n a aiO iO of oC reward It Is true truet sat t the nominAtion of senators t by m 1 an inexpensive way Y of o 0 this difficulty tate conventions however boever ar arBy arc Oas 2 By m f mette tn in them are often mo moat t Many good party men take no in Inter er erst eat st in th the primaries that elect t d dOle I U St s s to state The MM re result I Ii i jil that in ift close fights an une I ement frequently either holds the ba baDee Dee ace of po power r or is in Ut Con on l trel l It would be just a as wen well to leave e et t the e matter where here It n now Y stands as to tol l lOav v it t a 3 State t con convention nUon SenatOrs b besides side should be b elected by a Of f the people Ople of th their ir irr r stat states s n nOt t by a majority of 4 One ne party r Or another nother Th They 1 would feel more r responsible lt to the JH people PH lo r to the p people Ople it If th the people had hadA A to vOte yot for r or against them Popular election t of s senators latori h grown rom front a sentiment Into nto a 3 demand In re recent cent The lower house of eon oon gress gre the u h house that is tt ar th the pee peo people peele le has severa several passed a r ro Q 4 for a constitutional constitution l amendment Those Tho of the tRe the sea MD ate sOon s y yield Id |