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Show THE NATURAL REJOINDER. Senator I'enrose of rennsjlvnnla has presented the nnttiial repl) to the ie-nlutlon ie-nlutlon proposing an amendment tn the Federal Constitution providing for the election of I'nlted States Senators b) the popular vote If tt U to bf it popular pop-ular matter then representation In the rVnate should be based on population Accordingly the Senator prone that each tate shall have Its two rnutoia as now hut that the populous Plates shall have additional Senators, one for every half million people these ml II-tlonnl II-tlonnl Hennlors lo be chosen by popular popu-lar vote He m.-lken a clear drutlnttlon between tluse additional enatms and the two that each Mute shall have as a .State these two being elei ted an now In case of a vacanc) the same illMliutlon Is Uriel thiough In the one case the auuw "being filled as now, end In the other nn vacancies In the II(ui of Representatives are now filled Under that propnultlnn, Now Yorlt would have seventeen Senators (counting the major fraction of the half million good for a Senator), I'enn-s)lvauln I'enn-s)lvauln would have fifteen on the same basis lllnnls twelve, Ohio ten and so on That would be a break-up sine enough and wotill mot t effectually effectual-ly ileetro) the equality of the .Stains and ainush the original compact which ptovldus tin t no Stale can be tleprlvel of Its equal repiesentatlon In the Senate Sen-ate save by Its own consent In tare 1) inycluinio Senuor I'enrnsea ptop. osltloii lould be adopted, an Interesting Interest-ing questli n would ailse Of course the smaller States would votn against It but iup pose It veie adopted nevertheless, never-theless, what inul I the) do about It? ould tin nl in it ' Uu be held at i ubj i t ii udn i' It vvoulJ be impo ble t3 Mvc effect tJ both pre v i if th c -institution on th s rub-jet rub-jet ih fcuprcme Court would be died upon to dei lde whether a por-i por-i n of the Constitution would Itself be unconstitutional nut wt do not anticipate any such rrnfllit hs lhat the compact of equality equal-ity f the States In the enate will be pinived The Senators proposition l only dclcned to show the advocates of the popular election of Senators how absuid the Senators think their position posi-tion Is and to demonstrate anew the unalterable determination of the Senate Sen-ate not lo change the minner of the eletllon of United States senators |