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Show ' 1t ' ANOTHER WAY. Tho Delaware legislature has mi Jotirued without electing u Untied SutifH Senator. As tliu Delawnib leg Ishlture Wit Republican, this stands ml' iho bliulhii- n sult In Utah, In fact ino two Slutcs may ho said tu be milted. Dendlockt arc not a puetill-rlly puetill-rlly of any liirttculur political parly, In fad l hoy inuy occur with any leg irhuuro it 1 1 (I any pHily, under the pie neut luw on mall or what-tho miijorhy It. California iiml l'eiinsylvanbi lioth lmvo large Hi-puhllcnn uuijorhlec In their Icgixltiiurr!, yet both nppt-ar in lie hopclcsly tleaiilocked. The umib e Is 'hat the entire system of electing United Stales Senaturi Is wrong. We have heretofore expressed our rrgict Dial ihu nmu'tiro Iniroiliicod into the lgiithiiuro providing Hint prospeciire Heiialoiial cmidlduto shoulil atinounce thtiiuselvuH and Hint their nnitus sliouitl lie placed on tit ticket to itllotv the people to uxpros their choice did tioi hcumiio it luw, because Unit mot boil did allow no opportunity font near up-proaeh up-proaeh to poimlur choice and morally hound the leglslaiois ele'etud lo that cholco. There is yet another method which also cullies close to popular eleo-ilons eleo-ilons and niiht ht adopieti with prollt ty parly Stulo eonvooilnnsi. In 181).') ill') lli'rtt Democratic Simo eoiiveutloti uuliiiiiiiled Mwus Thatcher mid J. L. llnwiiiis fur Uulied btiites Seuutor! and their iiniiie-j appuured fur Hint olllee on the 'Menu hullois, thus i ludtug the Demuerallc egislatorii If elected lo voto for thesu two gunlltuuen. We regret that Die saiuu nation was not taken in the Democrutlo Stale eoiiveiulon In l&Ji, but there is no use "crying over npilt milk." Wo trust Unit, iu the Stulo contention of 1900 the plan of the Deinoetatic convention ot lti tVlil ue followed nlld thut Cifinll-dates Cifinll-dates for United btmes Sumiior will hu chosen ami party caudldaies for the legislature pledged to their Mippqrt. Tills will do away wiilt deluy, bribery charges auJ iuternilimhlu doidloeks lu tlmo wo hope a constitutional niuumluient will be presuutnd to the people providing for a direct popular vole for soTuiiors, but that time is lu tliu remote future. |