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Show TIME IT WAS DONE. Ono of tbo most unsatisfactory con tlnguncles In tuodprn American poll-tics poll-tics Is the occasional failure of Siato Legislatures to eloct United States Senators. This year four instance of such failures occurred, in Delaware, California, Pennsylvania und Utah. It is still an open question whether when such a failure occurs the State must lose Its roprosHntatlbn or whether the Governor has the couslitujlonal right to appoint. In either Ctisa the? dlstat-lifuttlpti dlstat-lifuttlpti of a lurfjo part of the people is certain. It Is certainly time , that a remtjdy was provided for suon oases, Ot course tho best remedy would be the popular election of United .States Senators, but that romedy looks to ua. as very remote. Another remedy was proposed In tho last Utah Legislature provldlpg tha) candidates for' United States 'Senator mtai Qlu Intentions With the Secretary of State, that their dames, should appear, ap-pear, on the ofjiolal ballots jjudthat they should be voted for tho"dmu aV other candidates. Numerous objections were offered to this solutleo and tho measure was defeated. . New comes forard United States Senator Wm, M, Stewart ot Iscvada.who proposes the following fol-lowing addition to the present statute; "If on the third Tuesday after the organization of the legislature no per- son has received. such mnjorltythen on that day or any succeeding day the person receiving tho plurality ot tba voles oast,; a majority bf all the members mem-bers elected, to' both hoiisN-beliig ptes-iai ptes-iai and'" voting,"' sHull 'be3 declared" elected." Tbere are objectionable features about this proptua provision, bat It is butter .than "'the present arrangeaient ana' consequently A step la the right direction.' Relieving that 'something' must btf, done, we ' hope that Senator; Stewart's recomuiendatlon will b adopted. |