Show ELECTION OF OP SENATORS Pr THE HE obligation of fixing the time and manner of electing United States senators is placed upon Congress by tho the national constitution Its dut duty in inthe the matter is in Q as nc r clear l r n ns as is i ic its ti right hL The vv U CO providing for direct election of senators does not modify the tho constitution in that re regard ard The Tho amendment amendment amend amend- ment meat changes only the source fr from m which the tho senators senators senators sena sena- tors receive e their commissions arl and aid does not shake congressional control of a matter so vital to the national national national na na- na- na government go For many years Congress Congre s abstained from interfering interfering interfering inter inter- fering with the election of senators The constitution constitution constitution tion provided for their selection election by the Legislatures of the various states and they performed that duty uncontrolled by national legislation Finally in 1566 lack of uniformity impelled Congress to enact a statute prescribing the tho form that has been followed Now that the power to choose has been transferred from the tho legislature to the people the duty of Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress to revise its regulations to meet tweet the tho new conditions conditions conditions condi condi- is manifest Tl The e responsibility of determining the time timo and manner of the senatorial elections of next year is upon Congress the duty of prescribing the routine is upon the state Legislatures unless they fail to act in which case Congress must assume the task for the national government cannot be denied the right to insure insure insure in in- sure its own perpetuation I Common sense would suggest as Senator Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland Suther Suther- land has hns clearly pointed out that Con Congress ress include the whole matter in the legislation it will enact and relieve many of the thc stat states s of tIle the trouble and nd expense of convening extraordinary sessions sessions of their Legisla Legisla- tures I |