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Show UNITED STATLS EtNATORS. lalttesllBff larormtllon Hrenidl Out Tlirnnali th tlllanee rraKallUn. Oner f the demands cf tho Tanners Alliance It for the elcctln i of aenatori directly by the i04c 1 adoption i f tuch n changolnonr btauiii woull nt leut htve tlw rrouil erct of doing away with the trandalt altogether too fro-rjnent fro-rjnent of wntthy men purchasing their unit In the urtr bonv Tlie main obtlaiJo In tho way of tnch a change It that It Involves n conttltu tlonal amendment, and thero are few thing! In onr nlltlcal life harder to bring about than amen luientt to tho or ganlo law, cither atalo or national In the cateact state constitutional! Is no-torlout no-torlout that poo lo will go on In .(finitely .(finite-ly bearing real evil, rather than a loj t constitutional amendment! witch will cure the erila. Any proposition to change the organla law roima In awaken all the ountervatltm in people iiaturea, and great numbers will snte against any proposition simply becauto they wunll rather en Inro the III they luivo than rnn any risk cf opening tho doer to ' tinkering with Ihoconslitntlon " It may be interesting to say something ai to how tho untie camo 1 1 hare Its present form. Thoro wat no remtoln tho continental congreia. Thero wat but ono house, and each state hal a tingle voto In It. Tho con-tltutlont! convention cf I7S7, following tho model cf the Ilrltlth government, then tho Iwtt fond known, wat In favor of t o houtea, but sorely ruileil how tu conttltnte nu uierliouM which would be different frum the lower one an lacheck upon It, It wat a long while before the I lea of a tcnato m conceived, and It really grew out of tho jealousy of the sniallor alaltt of tho larger once. Dut elorcn atatee took part In tho earlier procctillngs of thoccnvintlon. Two of tho four dele-gattti dele-gattti from New Hampshire camo In Itter.anitnoilclegateawereiippointiiiluy Ithodeltland Tho' amallttatea" flveiu numlier wero Uonnectlcnt, New York, Now Jersey, Delaware nnl MarylanL Tho largo atatea" wero MaiuacliuKlt, l'tnruylvanla, Irglnla, North and Soul's Carolina an 1 Georgia. Tho email alalia" feared that they woul 1 bo overslaughed by the largo once, anl eo they hung ont tlublornly fur uiual voice In congress, liiveraloftho "1 lans" auggeale.1 did not e)ntctn lato an upper house, but the Virginia plan, which vrai eventually made the Unit of congress, did. It, however, gavo no name to the upper house, but proposed that lit incmbtrt should bo chosen 1 y Iho liouae of oprttcnlatlvca out of a number of persons nominate! by Iho leglslaluna of tho toveral state, rhreo wa a In nil wero auigettoil to constlluto tho niembershlpi I. Anointment by tho chief raeru. tiro from nomination by Iho 1 gltla-turc. gltla-turc. S. ilectlonliy tho tootle, B. l'Jectlon by Iho legUlatnrea. Alexander Hamilton urgetl nt an aiutndmcnt that tlio member should 1 chosin by elvctora chosen by tho pcoplo of the stater, an 1 that they shoul 1 servo during good behavior, Ilnckney ;ns-lssel ;ns-lssel a teni of Ihroo year, lliocoin-mitteo lliocoin-mitteo of tho whole dlgoeted theso rois otltions, and reported In faror of n ' second branch," the member of which wero to lio ilecttd by the legislature for wren yean, and to bo Inellgll lo to any ofllce for a year after tho eiplritlon f their term, an 1 tho number wat to be In prottirtion to tho ior ulatlon. Thli yea the alinpo in whUi II appear ap-pear In tho lint draft if 111 i isoiUlItu Hon Jnno SI SS, 1?$7, tlio convention atopteil tho report of tho committee, cxrept hat the term waa changed from seven to rlx years, and the Inellgll llliy clause wat stricken ont. The convention conven-tion then entered upon A irotrocted struggle at to the repn ntalion of each Hate, and various impositions wero urge,! One scheme gate llbo.Ii I.l.iu I and Delaware each ono and Mrginli lire, tilth tho other atatea t roportloncd lietttetn these. Dr lVanklin proposed tbatutrh statu bird an wmnl reproecnta-tlon, reproecnta-tlon, with a vote nn money Inllt iroiior tlonatotoltasharoof Iho taxes. la It-ware It-ware threatened to withdraw from Iho confederation If tho auiall statitwtro not given uu equ d rej resentatlou, an 1 finally, after tho dobato h td gono on for tlxweekt, the plan of giving each ttato t wo inembor wa adopted, anl Iho tuull ttates conoutrated their effort upon giving the sucon 1 branch" tho ntmott liower mid linp)rtancc Aug 0 the nam i nato" wat form-tlly Liven tlio "see-on "see-on 1 branch " r ( t 0 Iho oflloo of v loo I rvsldent waa agnctl upon, and bo vt a inalu tho reel ding ofllcer of tho semto In order to glvo lilni aomtthlig to do, Tlio constitution wat dually ndoitcd Bet. 17 ilio Fanners' Alllinc" 1 1 itforni confine con-fine (tacit to a mere demand fur tho election i f senator by tho eot le, nu I dove not ejK-ciry how thl I lo bo done. Hero It opportunity for a v 1 lo dl i rslty cfoplulon. hhnll It be by tho ttholo totoof astatc, a ft governor ltdetted, or ahall each state be divided Into two sanatoria! districts? tinll thl intent rule of two senators fur tacli stats-largo stats-largo r ainatl continue, or thall t ie1i state baro a toto in tho stnito Iniro porllon to Ha population? Ik foro any chango c an tso made It w 111 lie necftiaary to get section 3. article 1, cf thoctmtiUntlon ami tided Thltrtadsi "Tlio k nato of tlm Unttctl Htntci tli.ill lie cut liNisutl of two at tutors from oaLh state, chosen by tho Itgltlnturo tin reof, for six ) eon, and ou.h Kuator all all luvo ouuvoke.1 lo securo this amendment It will bo necetiuiry to havo It rotHiw-d b) two-thtnl two-thtnl of tho members of bulls houses of congrtti, and It mutt then bo ratidevl lyliioInjUhlurctof thrtwfourtluof tlio state. '1 hat 1. asAiuiilug that tho houto w ill lonsltt of UO rr rest utatll m It will bao torcccltotho oletof SJ1 rtire aeutatlrM mi 1 It) senator, nn 1 U rati lied by Iho Uglilaturc ot ,1 state, National Trlbuuo. |