| Show ELECT SENATORS BY POPULAR VOTE the people of california have been given a most forceful illustration of the necessity of the election ot united senators by popular vote instead of delegating that power to the legislature M H de young of the chronicle and john spreckels of the call put their heads together after the late republican victory in that state and decided that with the aid of the southern pacific company represented belr herran of the law department they could dictate who should be the senator from that state to succeed mr ll 11 its i lesii vs A white A conference waa called which resulted in a disagreement as to who should be the choice and as a result of that disagreement the public have been talson into the secrets ot the disrupted triumvirate and by comparing notes it has discovered that had harmony prevailed and several over weanling ambitions been gratified peculiarly culi arly personal to the members of the triple alliance senator to bo elected this winter by the legislature in sacramento would have been the creation and creature ot three men what spirit ot independence can a senator possess who owes his exalt ment to three men what act ot his can conflict with the wishes ot his three superiors T what would the counsel ot the people ot california weigh in his estimation in opposition to the demands ot the triumvirate can pure legislation come from such fountain head and be tor the greatest of the greatest number |
