| Show UNITED STATES SENATORS inick blanc ont nt al 11 the MH irwi ono one of the demand s of the 1 alliance is fur tho ell ati or of senator sent toia s directly by tile IN ico ilo the aliption al option of such a change in our syll tent would at least have the good offset 1 ct ili of doing awa 3 with tho aca neals algosi a I 1 to vt tier tant too to fre III Int ur of wealthy wt their seats cats in the upper house alio lilt in ill tit the way of r such mch a chango ch is tiit that it involves lies it ii tiona anil thele ire few things in our political life harder to bring about chait to the fie or gacic I 1 tw iw cither st ito or ir national if in the cases of state it I 1 is noi 1101 tobious colious th tint tt will go 0 O on oil indefinitely ly hearing leal evils baltier than liin constitution 11 aluelia clients Ilien ts willal NV will 1 I cure the any to t cli the organic ian law v seems to i wilen all tho the in people s natures and great numbers nuin bera will Avill voto vote aquinto any proposition simply because they it 1 I rather endur the ill they bitne tilita ali n lun any rik of opening tile ihu t loor door to tinkering with the lie constitution it way may lie be intel esting to say IN something sonic tiling as to how the bernate canio to have its present form there was mas no senate in the continental congress there was lut but one house bouse will nul eidi state hall it a anglo vote in it the convention of 17 1787 87 tho of the british government then the best form known know was in ii favor of two houses but sorely puzzled how low to an 1111 upper house which would lo be 10 different from tho the lower one and achuck it it was a long n hilo before the lie atlea of at a sebato waa conceived and ami it really mcw out of the jealousy of tho the smaller it ites of tho larger ones but eleven took part lu in the car her proceedings nf if tho convention two of the four delegates front froni new kew culloo in it later arld anil no lit legates acra 1 by the small states jivoin number were connecticut now york new kew jersey delaware anil and maryland the largo states were massachusetts pennsylvania virginia north anti ami sul donth sonth th carolina and georgin georgia the small states feared that they would lc be overs laughed by the urge large ones and nd so they hun hung 1 I out stubbornly fur equal voice in in congress several of the plaus plans suggested did nut not contemplate an upper house but the virginia plan which was eventually made tile the basis babis of congress did it however gave no isamo to the upper house but proposed prop that its numbers members should aboul I be ba ly tho the house of representatives out of a number of per persons persona sons nominated by tho the legislatures of tho the several states three ways in all were acro suggested to constitute the membership 1 appointment by tile tho chief eseau tiro tire from nominations by the leaila tures 2 election by tho the people S election by the legislatures alexander hamilton urged as 13 in an amendment tit that the members should be chosen by electors chosen by the people of the stater and that they should servo serve during good boort behavior pinckney Pine kney proposed a tonj arm of three 3 years cars tile the committee of the whole adiole dig digested esteil these propositions ions and reported in favor of a 11 second branch branc ti the members of which to be elected by tile the legislatures for seven von years and to be ineligible to any office for a year yea rafter aftic r alie expiration of their term and the number was nas to be in proportion to tho the population this was tho the snaps shape in which it appears in the first draft of the constitution june jane 2423 2425 24 23 25 1757 the com naion adopted iid opted the report of tire the committee except that mat the term was changed front from devien to six years and tile the ineligibility clause was stricken out the convention then entered upon a 1 protracted 11 struggle as to the representation of e each ical state and various propositions were urged one scheme gave rhode lalind and delaware each one and virginia virgini five fire with inith the other states proportioned between these dr franklin proposed that each state have an all equal representation with a vote on money bills proportionate to its share of tho the taxes delaware threatened to NA withdraw f from rom the confederation if the small estat states were not given an equal representation and finally after the alie debato debate hall had gone on for six weeks the plan of giving each each state two members was adopted and the small states concentrated their efforts upon giving the se second couil branch the utmost power and importance aug 6 tho narrie senate was formally given the albec bec ond end branch sept 6 i the office of vice president was agreed upon arid and lie he was made the pi chiding officer of the senate in order to td give him bot to do the constitution was finally adopted sept 17 tile the farmers Fan ners alliance platform confines itself itsie if to a mere demand fur for tile the election of by the people and does not specify liow how this is to be done alone hero is opportunity for a wide diversity of it opinion shall it bo be by the whole voto vote of a state as a goi go arnor is elected or shall each state be divided into two districts shall the present rule ride of two senators for each 1 large arge or email continue or shall each state have a vote in the senate in proportion to its population before ddom o any change can be made irwill it will be tit necessary Ic essary to ga get t F section S article 1 of alio constitution amended this reads the senate of the united states shall lc be composed of two senators from bah each state chosen by the legislature thereof tor for bix bis years and anal each senator Leri ator shall I 1 have lieve to secure this amendment it will bo necess iry to have it proposed liy by two twi thaida Is of the members of both houses of if con congress grebs and anal it must then bo be ratified by the es of three fourths of the fit states ates that is assuming that the lionne will consist of rel representatives it will have to receive reca ivo the votes of 0 23 1 1 lepre senta tives anti and 59 69 beria tors aind be ratified fied by the legislatures of 83 lal national tribune |
