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Michael Sunlocks received them grave
ly with an inclination of the head
but no words
We make so bold as to come to
see you again said Jacob for weve
got lands at us lying fallow the lot
of us bar myself maybe and we
must be getting back and putting a
sight on them
Michael Sunlocks bowed slightly
Weve lost a good crop by coming
said Jacob and made no charge
neither though its small thanks you
get in this world for doing whats fair
and honest
Well said Michael Sunlocks
She never was good to them that
was good to her said Jacob and
were taking sorrow to see that were
A t
Continues
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CHAPTER XII
THE PRESIDENT OR THE MAN
I
When the Fairbrothers left Govern
ment House after their dirty work was
done Jacob was well content with
himself but his brothers were still
grumbling
He didnt seem any ways keen to
believe it Thurstan muttered
Leave him alone for that said
Jacob Did ye see when I gave him
the letter
Shoo I wouldnt trust but she
will persuade him she never writ it
said Thurstan
Hes got it anyways and we have
nothing to show for it said Stein
And noways powerful grateful
either And wheres the fortune that
was coming straight to our hand
said Ross
Chut man theres nothing for us
in his mighty schame said Thurstan
I always said so said Asher and
five and thirty pounds of good money
thrown into the sea
Go on said Jacob with a lofty
smile go on dont save your breath
tor your porridge and he trudged
along ahead of his brethren Present
ly he stopped faced about to them
and said Boys youre mighty sure
Xtbat nothing is coming of this mighty
scame with a look of high disdain
at Thurstan
Sure as death and the Taxman
sneered Thurstan
Then theres a boat sailing for
Dublin at high water and Ill give five
and thirty pounds apieco to every man
of you that likes to go home with
her
At that there was an uneasy scrap
ing of five pairs of feet and much
lium ing and ha ing and snu ing
Quick which of you Is it to be
Speak out and dont all speak at
once said Jacob
Then Asher with a look of out
raged reason said Vhat and all
our time go for nothing and the land
lying fallow for month and the win
ier cabbage not down and the mens
wages going on
You wont take it said Jacob
A paltry five and thirty why no
said Asher
Then lets have no more of your
badgering said Jacob
But Jacob tell us wheres our ac
count in all this jeel with the girl
and the Governor said Gentleman
John
Find it out said Jacob with a
ilip of finger and thumb as he strode
on again before his brothers
Aw lave him alone said Stean
Hes got his chame
u
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Next morning before the light was
yet good and while the warm vapor
was still rising into the chill air from
the waters of the fiord Michael Sun
lccks sat at work in the room that
served him for omce and study His
cheeks were pale his eyes were heavy
and his whole countenance was hag
gard But there was a quiet strength in
slow glance and languid step that
seemed to say that in spite of the tired
look of age about his young face and
lissome figure he was a man of im
mense energy power of mind and pur
pose
His man Oscar was bustling in ana
out of the room on many errands
Oscar was a curly headed youth of
twenty with a happy upward turn of
the corners of tne mouth and little
twinkling eyes full of a bright fire
The lad knew that there was some
thing amiss with his master by some
queer twist of nature that gave a fillip
to his natural cheerfulness
Michael Sunlocks would send Oscar
across the arg to the house of the
Speaker and at the next moment for
get that he had done so touch the bell
walk over the state stir the fire and
when the door opened behind him de
liver his order a second time without
turning around It would be the maid
who had answered the bell and she
would say If you please your Ex
cellency Oscar has gone out You
sent him across to the Speaker And
then Michael Sunlocks would bethink
himself and say True true you are
quite right
He would write his letters twice and
sometimes fold them without sealing
them he would read a letter again
and again and not grasp its contents
His coffee and toast that had been
brought in on a tray lay untouched
until both were cold though they had
bent set to stand on the top of the
stove He would drop his pen to look
vacantly out at the window and cross
the room without an object and stand
abruptly and seem to listen
The twinkling eyes of young Oscar
saw something of this and when the
little English maid nopped the lad
in the long passage and questioned
him of his masters doings he said
with a mighty knowing smirk that the
President was showing no more sense
and feeling and gumption that morn
ing than a tortoise within its shell
Towards noon the Fairbrothers
asked for Michael Sunlocks and were
shown into his room They entered
with many bows and scrapes and
much stroking of their forelocics
not the only ones that suffer from her
ingratitude
Not another word on that head
said Michael Sunlocks What do you
want
Want Well it isnt so mortal
kind to say want said Jacob with
the look of one whose self respect had
been wounded
A man may be poor but a poor
man has got feelings said Asher
Poor or rich I say again What
do you want said Michael Sun
locks
Only to say there were going to
keep this little thing quiet said
Jacob
Aw quiet quiet said the others
I must leave that to you said
Michael Sunlocks
Aw and safe too said Jacob for
what for should we be going disgrac
ing our own sister It isnt natural
and her the wife of the President
too
Aw no no said the brethren
He wont hear a word against her
for all whispered John to Jacob
A girl may be a bit wild and doing
sweethearting before she was mar
ried said Jacob but that is no rea
son why all the world should be agate
of her poor thing and wliats it say
ing The first slip is always forgot
ten
Silence said Michael Sunlocks
sternly If this is what you have
come to say we can cut this meeting
short
Lord-a-massy cried Asher Is he
for showing us the door too
Who says so said Jacob chang
ing his tone Then facing about to
Michael Sunlocks he said It wouldnt
do to be known that the President of
Iceland had married a bad woman
would it
Michael Sunlocks did not reply and
Jacob answered himself No of
course not So perhaps youll give
me back that letter I lent you yester
day
I havent got It It is destroyed
said Michael Sunlocks
Destroyed cried Jacob
Make yourself easy about it said
Michael Sunlocks It will do more
mischief Its burnt I burnt it my
self
Burnt it Jacob exclaimed Why
do you know I set great store by that
letter 1 wouldnt have lost it for a
matter of five thousand pounds
Michael Sunlocks could bear no
more In an instant the weary look
had gone from his face His eyes
flashed with anger he straightened
himself up and brought his fist down
on the table Come he cried let
us have done with this fencing You
want me to pay you five hundred
pounds is that it
For the letter thats It said Ja
cob
And if I refuse to do so you mean
to publish it abroad that I have mar
ried a wicked woman
Aw when did we say so said
Jacob
No matter what you say You want
five hundred pounds
For the letter
Answer You want five hundred
pounds
Aw no no said the brethren
He wont hear a word against her
for all whispered John to Jacob
A girl may be a bit wild and doing
sweethearting before she was mar
ried said Jacob but that is no rea
son why all the world should be
agate of her poor thing and whats
it saying The first slip is always for
gotten
Silence said Michael Sunlocks
sternly If this is what you have
come to say we can cut this meeting
short
Lord-a-massy cried Asher Is
he for showing us the door too
Who says so said Jacob chang
ing his tone Then facing about to
Michael Sunlocks he said It
wouldnt do to be known that the
president of Iceland had married a bad
woman would it
Michael Sunlocks did not reply and
Jacob answerod ihimself No of
course not So perhaps youll give me
back that letter I lent you yesterday
I havent got it It is destroyed
said Michael Sunlocks
Destroyed cried Jacob
Make yourself easy about it said
Michael Sunlocks It will do no
more mischief Its burnt I burnt it
myself
Burnt it Jacob exclaimed Why
do you know I set great store by that
letter I wouldnt have lost it for a
matter of five hundred pounds
Michael Sunlocks could bear no
more In an instant the weary look
had gone from his face His eyes
flashed with anger he straightened
himself up and brought his fist down
on the table Come he cried let
us have done with this fencing You
want me to pay you five hundred
pounds Is that it
For the letter thats it said
Jacob
And if I refuse to do so you mean
to publish it abroad that I have mar
ried a wicked woman
Aw when did we say so said
Jacob
No matter what you say You
want five hundred pounds
For the letter
Answer You want five hundred
pounds
Then you shall not have one six
pence Do you think I would pay you
for a thing like that Listen to me
I would give you all the weath of the
world if I had it never to have heard
your evil news
That wont pass master said Ja
cob Its easy said now the letters
gone and no danger left But five
hundred pounds Ill have or Ill not
leave Iceland till Iceland knows some
thing more than she knows today
Say what you like do what you
like cried Michael Sunlocks but if
ever you set foot in this house again
Ill clap every man of you in jail for
blackmailing
HI
Out again in the chilly dusky air
with the hard snow under foot the
Fairbrothers trudged along Jacob
gloomed as dark as any pitch and
Thurstans red eyes like fire of ice
probed him with a burning delight
I always said so Asher whimp
ered and then over Jacobs stooping
shoulder he whispered Ill take half
of what you offered me and leave you
to it
Hearing that Thurstan laughed
fiercely and repeated his hot christ
enings of two days before Num
skull tomfool blatherskite and yet
choicer names beside Jacob bore all
and showed no rancor but trampled
along ahead of the others crestfallen
crushed and dumb And left to them
She had better have married the
other one said Asher and I always
said so
Its self self self with a man like
yonder said Stean
Curse him for a selfish brute said
John
Aw an unfeeling monster said
Ross
And with such heat of anger these
generous souls relieved themselves on
the name of Michael Sunlocks
Boys said Thurstan maybe he
has no feeling for the girl but Ill go
bail he has some for himself and I
wouldnt trust but hed be feeling it
mortal keen if he was after getting
pulled down from his berth
What dye mean asked all four
at once
Leave that to myself said Thurs
tan and maybe since I set foot
ashore Ive heard tell of schames thats
going
Greeba sat in her room trying to
cheat time of its weary hours by vir
tue of much questioning of her little
English maid who from time to time
brought news of Michael Sunlocks He
had risen very early as early as mid
morning six oclock and even since
then he had been writing in his office
Oscar had been running here and
there for him first to the Senate then
to the Speakers and then to the Bish
ops The tall doorkeeper stammer
ing Jon had seen him being sent for
and the reckless busybody had told
him ever such needless stories of the
jellies and the soups and the mistresss
visit to the poor man in the prison
and however people got wind of things
was just puzzling beyond words
With such cackle and poor company
Greeba passed her time thinking no
ill of the pert little maid who dressed
up her hair and dressed down her
pride as well for a woman will have
any confidante rather than none and
the sweetest and best of woman be
ing estranged from her husband her
true stay and support will lay hold
of the very sorriest staff to lean on
And the strange twist of little natures
that made Oscar perky while his mas
ter was melancholy made the maid
jubilant while her mistress wept She
was a dark haired mite with eyes of
the shallow brightness of burnished
steel Her name was Elizabeth She
meant no harm to anyone
Towards noon the little woman burst
into the room with great eagerness
and cried in a hushed whisper The
Speaker has come I am sure that
something is going to happen Oscar
says so too What Is it What can
it be
Greeba listened and carried herself
bravely while the maid was near but
when the door had closed upon the
chatterer she leadned against the win
dow and cried hearing nothing but
her own weeping and the grief of the
half frozen river that flowed beneath
Then drying her eyes and summoning
what remained of her pride she left
her own room to go to the room of
her husband
To be continued
Madame Wus Costumes
Madame Wu has remained faithful
to the Oriental dress and her cos
tumes are the envy of her American
sisters On state occasions she wears
a brilliant petticoat of red or blue just
short enough to show her little feet
heavily embroidered with gold Over
this Is worn a tunic of black and pur
ple also richly wrought with bullion
On her breast is a large gold eagle
which signifies that her rank Is equal
to that of her husban0 and she may at
all functions enter and leave the room
at his side instead of behind him as
would be required if she were of lesser
rank Her headdress is a narrow band
of black satin ornamented with a
handsome jewel a large pearl usually
worth quite a kings ransom worn
directly In front This band is deco
rated with flowers which fall just be
hind the ears and add much to its pic
turesqueness Her jewels are beautiful
Frank Leslies Weekly
Automobiles for Depot Service
The Baltimore Ohio Railway com
pany has established an automobile
service at Washington D C in con
nection with its trains This is be
lieved to be the first railroad to introduce-this
means of transportation reg
ularly to and from a railroad station
An electrical system is used Two
small trunks can bo carried on sup
ports on each vehicle and additional
baggage can be placed upon the top
As the streets in Washington are in
very fine condition tkere is every
prospect of the service being success
ful
Professional Story Tellers
Professional story teTIers roam from
house to house in Japan to spin their
yarns In the city of Tokio there are
about 600 of
these professional ro
mancers Their pay averages 20 cents
an hour When the story teller discov
ers that his romances are becoming
dull from frequent repetition he moves
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Many Disheartened Insurgents Surrender
Since Agninaldos Capture
OfflCERS AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE
The Leader In the Province of Morons
Among the First to Come In General
dallies Atrocious Mnrders Make Him
Fearful of a Trial
MANILA March 30 On arriving
in these waters the United States gun-
selves for conversation and comfort J boat Vicksburg stopped eight miles
his brethren behind compared notes
together
Strange He doesnt seem to care
what is thought of his wife said
John
Aw whats disgrace to a craythur
same as that Like mother like son
said Ross
nt and in response to a signal ex
tehanged with Gorregidor island a
launch appeared from the shore of
Corregidor and Aguinaldo was quiet
ly transferred to the launch which
steamed up the Pasig river to the
wharf at the back of the Malacanan
palace where the prisoner disembark
ed almost unnoticed
Some hours elapsed before ths news
of Agulnaldos capture was generally
known The fact that he was a pris
oner caused joy and congratulations
among the Americans The native
population was apathetic There wa3
no particular excitement anywhere
After being convinced of Aguinal
dos capture General Geronilo the in
surgent leader in the province of Mo
rong Luzon has surrendered with six
officers forty six men and fifty rifles
to Colonel J Milton Thompson of the
Forty second regiment at San Mateo
As the news of AguinaJdos capture
spreads through the archipelago the
insurgents are becoming disheartened
and there Is a marked increase in the
number of individual surrenders
General Cailles who is practically
outlawed on account of his atrocius
crimes sent an emissary to General
Bates who answered that he must sur
render unconditionally and stand trial
The former insurgent officers and
the Macabebe scouts who took part in
the capture of Aguinaldo will proba
bly receive a monetary reward The
amount has not been specified It
has also been recommended that ev
ery man participating in the capture
of Aguinaldo receive a special medal
ALREADY ON THE PAYROLL
Nebraskas Two New Senators May Draw
Considerable in December
WASHING TON March 30 By one
of those coincidences that happen ssl
dom in government affairs Senator Al
len ceased drawing pay as a senator
of the United States Thursday as his
successor was being elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of M L
Hayward Under the rule of the sen
ate emphasized on three or four oc
casions since 1806 when it was first
promulgated the financial clerk of the
senate R B Nixon proceeded Thurs
day to strike Allens name from the
Toll of senators as the legislature
had agreed to adjourn that day and
under a rule of the senate the term
of the senator filling a vacancy aso
terminated with the passage of a con
current resolution fixing the time car
tain for adjournment Had there
been no election Senator Allen would
still have ceased being senator from
Nebraska Thursday the time set for
adjournment and the state would
therefore have been without a repre
sentative in the upper branch of con
gress until an election had been had
The salaries of the new senators
will begin today although they will
not be permitted to draw any money
from the treasury until they have
qualified in December when they will
get a sum that will go far toward buy
ing Christmas gifts
Maurice Barrymores End
NEW YORK March 30 Maurice
Barry more actor was taken to tre in
sane pavilion of Bellevue hospital this
afternoon by his son John Barry
more He ivent to the hospital will
ingly He was received there by Dr
Barclay He had nothing at all to say
and acted like a man who was dazed
John Barrymore tod the doctor that
his fathers real name is Blye and that
he was born in the East Indies about
fifty years ago
Snltan Fears Assassins
CONSTANTINOPLE Mrch 30
Owing to aprehensions of attempts by
anarchists upon the life of the sul
tan his majesty intends to complete
ly exclude tourists from the precincts
of the Yildiz kiosk As a step in this
direction he has ordered the demoli
tion of the pavilion erected at the
grand gate of the palace grounds for
the accommodation of tourists hith
erto permitted to attend the Selamik
Horns Hotel Gnents Clothing
NEWPORT NEWS Va March 30
Fire damaged the Augusta hotel
Hampton to the extent of 15000 to
day the loss being confined chefly to
the furniture and fixtures The house
was well filled with guests all of
whom escaped without injury but sev
eral lost all their belongings The
blaze started in the dry goods store
of Mrs C W Betts on the ground
floor of -the building The loss is cov
ered by insurance-
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Commoner Comment
Extracts Prom W J Bryans Paper
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
Hon David B Hill like ex-President
Cleveland was invited to the din
ner given a short time ago by the Cres
cent Democratic club of Baltimore and
like Mr Cleveland he sent his regrets
The letter which he wrote for that oc
casion contains several sentences
which indicate that Mr Hill is on
dangerous ground He seems to con
fess the criticisms made against the
democratic party iy the republicans
and by the democrats who opposed the
ticket
He says Labor and capital should
be equally respected but neither
should be unnecessarily assailed The
democratic party has never been ac
cused of assailing labor but it is a
favorite pastime with the republicans
to accuse it of assailing capital The
democratic party distinguishes be
tween legitimate accumulations and
predatory wealth but whenever pre
datory wealth is attacked It tries to
shield itself behind honest capital
Mr Hill says Opposition to dan
gerous corporate combinations should
not be allowed to degenerate Into In
discriminate attacks upon chartered
rights That is almost identical with
the language used by the republicans
in defending the trusts They are al
ways careful to assure the public that
they condemn hurtful injurious
and dangerous combinations but
they are solicitous about vested rights
and are fearful lest the attacks may
be indiscriminate The language
used by Mr Hill is generally em
ployed by those who have no remedy
to propose for the trusts but oppose
any remedy suggested
But he gets even nearer to the re
publican line if possible when he
says The people want a safe and con
servative administration of public af
fairs That is just exactly what the
republicans always promise Safe
and conservative everybody wants a
safe administration and conservatism
is an almost universal trait But the
republicans prate so much about safe
ty and conservatism that a demo
crat ought not to use the terms with
out explaining what he means by
them
Mr Hill adds There must be no
question of our intention to fearlessly
maintain the national credit under any
and all circumstances As the demo
cratic party has never attacked the
national credit that advice is gratuiti
ous unless Mr Hill means to condemn
the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms and if such is his intention he
ought to make the attack openly and
boldly
In another part of the letter he says
We should conciliate rather than an
tagonize the great business interests
of the country How is this concilia
tion to be accomplished The policies
advocated by the democratic party are
as good for the ordinary business man
as they are for the laboring man or
the farmer but the great railroad in
terests are opposed to the democratic
party because the party opposes extor
tionate rates rebates and discrimina
tions because it opposes watered
stock and fictitious capitalization It
cannot conciliate these interests with
out abandoning the people generally
Mr Wells of St Louis was nomi
nated to please the business inter
ests they would not be satisfied with
a candidate who had voted the demo
cratic ticket or who was willing to ad
mit that he believed ia democratic
principles Shall we teach them demo
cratic principles or at their demand
abandon democratic principles
Mr Hill is so skilful in the use of
words that he should have no difficulty
in making his meaning plain It is not
necessary for him to borrow republi
can phraseology He owes it to the
party to give expression to his views
In clear and unambiguous language
If he joins with Mr Cleveland Mr
Whitney et al in their effort to repub
licanize the democratic party he will
be a tower of strength to their side If
he intends to cast in his lot with the
six millions and more who kept the
faith in 1896 and 1900 he should avoid
the verbiage that republicans and gold
democrats have employed to conceal
their sinister purposes
The clouds that float above us come
and go at their pleasure it is not
within the power of man to control
them Not so with the war clouds
these seem to be manipulated by for
eign correspondents and are used to
relieve the monotony of market re
ports Ever and anon we are startled
by the announcement that some Euro
peon nation is about to engage in war
with some other nation but in a few
days the rumor is denied and the ex
citement subsides A short time ago
England and Russia were about to
clash over Chinese territory but now
we are assured that the lion and the
bear are entirely harmonious and are
going to withdraw from China to
gether So let it be
The advocates of municipal owner
ship note with pleasure the result of
the election for members of the city
councn of London A majority of the
members of the new council favor the
municipal ownership of municipal
franchises When the largest city in
the world especially in England can
undertake this reform the republicans
will have to speak respectfully of the
democrats and populists who object
to bestowing valuable franchises upon
private corporations in this country
The man who stops to throw a stone
at every cur that snaps at his heels is
not a good man to send for the doctor
when a member of the family is ser
iously ill
Republican logic is a queer thing
When asked for a defense of this re
publics un American policy in the
Philippines the republicans will quote
My country may she ever be right
but right or wrong my country
Then when asked why they sym
pathize with England and denounce
the Beers they assert that the Boers
are in the wrong
The Chicago Record asserts that
Canada will rely on its tariff to pre
vent monopoly by trusts in the domin
ion Tho lawmakers responsible for
that policy are evidently striving for
reputations as humorists
Si
X
JUSTICE TO THE POPULISTS
The populist party ridiculed by the
republicans and denounced by the gold
democrats has really been a great ed
ucator It Is an historical fact that
many political organizations have been
influential in moulding public opinion
even though they have never secured
control of the federal government The
populists have never had at any time
more than a score of members of con
gress and yet they have given an Im
petus to several reforms which must
ultimately be accomplished
For years the democrats preached
tariff reform in states like Kansas Ne
braska Colorado and the Dakotas but
they seemed to make little progress be
cause republican prejudice was a bar
rier to democratic doctrines The pop
ulists did not denounce a protective
tariff In their platform but in attack
ing the republican party they weak
ened the protective sentiment among
their members and today tariff reform
is much stronger in the west than it
would have been without the assist
ance of populism The Wilson bill
the only tariff reform measure enacted
since the war could not have passed
without the aid of populist votes in
the senate
The first national platform written
by the populists demanded the election
of United States senators by a direct
vote of the people That was before
the matter received serious attention
in congress but since then the house
of representatives has three times
adopted a resolution proposing tho
necessary amendment In 1900 tho
democratic platform indorsed this re
form and it is now receiving the sup
port of many prominent papers which
until recently have been silent upon
the subject or opposed to the change
The populist party is an advocate of
the system known as the initiative
and referendum whereby the people
can compel the submission of impor
tant questions and pass upon the acts
of legislatures This reform has been
indorsed by many democratic state
conventions and was last year ap
proved by the national convention of
the party
Prior to the organization of the pop
ulist party comparatively few men
advocated the municipal ownership of
public utilities and yet today business
men in every part of the United States
are openly defending this policy
Whenever the question has been sub
mitted to the voters a large majority
has generally been polled in favor of
this reform once denounced as pop
ulistic but now regarded as prudent
business policy for a community
On the money question the populist
party has done a great deal of educa
tional work It has steadfastly de
fended the greenback against the at
tacks of the national banking interests
and has insisted that the right to Issue
money is a sovereign function of gov
ernment which cannot safely be dele
gated to private individuals or corpor
ations The democratic party has In
two conventions supported this doc
trine although differing from the pop
ulists on the subject of redeemability f
The democrats advocate a legal ten
der greenback issued by the govern
ment redeemable in coin the govern
ment to exercise the option as to which
coin while the populists believe in an
irredeemable greenback This differ
ence however has not prevented the
democrats and populists from acting
together to save the greenback from
annihilation
The populists as might be expected
oppose imperialism and trusts They
also unite with the democrats in fav
oring arbitration and condemning gov
ernment by injunction and the black
list
No one who understands the history
of the last ten years can doubt the in
fluence which the populist party has
exerted upon public affairs It has been
a great educational factor and the
democratic party has strengthened
rather than weakened itself by indors
ing a number of propositions which
are called populistic To repudiate
our populist allies and surrender to the
corporate influences which now domi
nate the republican party would be as
impolitic as it would be unpatriotic
The democratic party has no reason
for existence except to champion tho
cause of the people It must stand
ready to co operate with those who
are fighting organized greed for to re
fuse such co operation is to give aid
and comfort to the common enemy
AMENDMENT BY CONVENTION
Article V of the federal constitution
provides The congress whenever
two thirds of both houses shall deem it
necessary shall propse amendments
to this constitution or on the appli
cation of the legislatures of two thirds
of the several states shall call a con
vention for proposing amendments
which in either case shall be valid to
all intents and purposes as part of
this constitution when ratified by tho
legislatures of three fourths of tho
several states or by convention in
three fourths thereof as one or the
other mode of ratification may be pro
posed by congress
The above mentioned provision
makes it possible for the states to take
the initiative in securing an amend
ment to the constitution and Is an
other illustration of the foresight of
the early statesmen For nearly ten
years the people have been trying to
secure an amendment providing for
the election of senators by a direct
vote of the people In the fifty second
fifty third and fifty sixth congresses
the necessary resolution passed the
house of representatives but died in
the senate
Not only did the resolution pass the
house but it passed each time by more
than two thirds vote
Among the people there is practical
ly no opposition to this reform but
the senate deliberately refuses to per
mit this change and defies public sen
timent The time has come for secur
ing the amendment in spite of the sen
ates opposition The voters irrespec
tive of party should demand of the
state legislatures such action as will
result in compelling congress to call a
convention When two thirds of tho
states present their demand in a for
mal manner the senate will yield and
the victory will be complete Now is
the time for action
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