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Show Right You Are. Tho cverrecurringscniidals connected with thu election of United States senators make a chango in tho existing modcof election more thandislrable. To effectively put a stop to the corruption now prevalent thu election should be taken outof Iho hands of the legislature and returned to thu people where it rightly belongs. Less danger is to bo apprehended when thu matter i left to the doctors, ns u majority of the people cannot s readily bo inlliienced nso majority In h legislative parly imiiciis Various attempts have been made to chango this way of electing u senator, but nothing, twin bo done which will have a legal and binding effect until the constitution of the United States is changed. Section B of nrtlelo 1 of that instrument provides Hint senators shall bo elected by tho state legislature. It lins" been suggested that the state constitution might bo amended so as to direct the legislature to elect such person ns mny hnvo received hi n previous election u majority of volca for tlieofllce. 'Hint might do if it mould hot give rise to continued rqiutbblcs The surest nnd safest way Ilea innn amendment to thu f-der.il constitution returning the choice of senators to the electors In order to put u stop to tho debasing corruption now preinlontiu innnv state legislatures. Denver Post. |