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Show AMENDMENT APPROVED Direct Election Meets Favor Not a Single State Adverse Washington, March 8 The secre- ! 'ary of state has received notice of the action of the legislatures of 18 'lies upon the proposed constitu- I tlonal amendment providing for the direct election of senators by the peo- ! pie. So far not a single state has acted act-ed adversely The amendment has been approved by Massachusetts. Minnesota, New York, Arizona, Nortfi Carolina, Oregon, Ore-gon, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Illinois. 'Maine. Nevada, New Hampshire. Wisconsin Wis-consin and Vermont I he la-i named state approved Ihe senatorial amendment and the income tax amendment February 19, but ih-neglect ih-neglect of the state authorities to return re-turn the fact to the state department promptly acted to prevent the appearance appear-ance of Vermon as one of the rati- i fying states named in the formal notice no-tice issued by the secretary of state of the full ratification of the 16th j amendment Because of the large number of state legislatures that meet only bi- I annually it will be impossible to get the approval of the senatorial amend- 1 ment by the requisite three-fourths vote during the present calendar year. |