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Show - Senator Perkins' Idea. Senator George C. Perkins of California Cali-fornia has some unusual ideas regarding regard-ing the election of United States Senators, and on account of these he refused to listen to the appeals of hi3 friends to go to California during me recent senatorial fight there. "I regard the members of the legislature," leg-islature," said he, "as the jury of the people, so far as the election of senators sena-tors is concerned. Before the election elec-tion of the legislature I made a campaign cam-paign which extended the length and breadth of my state. I told the people that I was a candidate for re-election and I made my promises to them. They elected a Republican legislature, and by so doing made that legislature their jury. When opposition appeared to my re-election my friends urged me to leave Washington and personally conduct my ca?) before the legislature, legisla-ture, but I do net think it is right for benators to try to innuence the action of legislatures, so I remained in Washington. In other ' words, I refused re-fused to tamper with the Jury." |