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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1902.
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DESIRE A CHANGE
Professor Oobingor SayB PeoploWant
Another Method of Choosing
Senators. Change "Will
be Slow.
Professor Lobingier of the law school
occupied the half-hour at convocation
yesterday In a discussion of the pro
posed method of electing United 8tates
senators by popular vote. Ho said that
the question has been brought Into
prominence by various means, all of
which Indicate a desire for a change.
The most powerful influence, however,
has come by way of memorials to con
gress from state legislatures proposing
plans for the choosing of representa
tives to the senate. To date thirty
states have sent in such memorials.
This number, if it had been used at
the proper time and in the proper way,
would have been sufficient to amend
the constitution. The latest develop
ment, and the one that has brought
the matter before the people was the
ac tion of the last congress favoring
popular election of senators.
The senate, said the professor, lias
been termed the "millionaires' club,"
because, it is said, only wealthy men
can secure election. In spito of this,
other Important questions must be con
sidered. First, is the lower house of
congress really nearer the people than
the senate, under the present system
of election? In the second place, would
the proposed change secure better men
for the senate? As a matter of fact,
political conventions always select men
who will bo most likely to win. Such
men are not always the best to be
found for the positions.
There is a movement on foot, name
ly, direct primaries, which would pos
sibly do away with the evils of popu
lar elections. It is thought that such
a system would enable the individual
voter to wield the full power of his
vote.
Professor Lobingier said that the
strongest arguments are from the
standpoint of the legislature, rather
than of the voter. Both the personnel
and the workings -of legislatures and
congress must be considered, he said.
Questions Involving the relation of the
States to the United States are to be
dealt with. Such matters as taxation
and education are handled by the state
legislature while questions of revenue,
tariff and coinage are disposed of by
congress. Since the state and national
affairs are distinct, It Is better to keep
them separated,' which would be the
tendency resulting from popular elec
tion of senators.
The most prominent evil of the pres
ent system Is the amount of time and
money spent by legislatures In mak
ing a choice. Whole sessions are con
sumed and oftentimes the deadlock is
not broken at all. It is argued by Sen
ator Hoar, the strong advocate of the
proposed new plan, that popular elec
tion would weaken the position of the
senator as regards the state. He would
at once become a national character
instead of a state representative. This
would come from tne fact that election
would be according to population, re
gardless of stato or sectional lines.
However, said the speaker, the
change, if it comes, will be slow, be
cause the people are loath to give up
old rules laid down by the founders of
the union. The senate of the United
States, he said, is the greatest body
on earth today. It may decide the suc
cess of the administration, make peace
and sit as judge in impeachment trials
of the presidont. Every sonator Is a
king. The best works that the country
has ever produced have come from the
senate. Such men aB Clay, Calhoun,
Webster, Benton, Blaine men who
never reached the presidency have
proved to have been the greatest and
most powerful minds in history. And
bo any change that would improve in
any way this extraordinary council de
serves the best thought and most care
ful consideration of the public
ENGINEERING NOTES.
U. E. Forbes, assistant engineer of
the United States geological survey in
Nebraska, and J. C. Stevens went to
Arlington this morning to gauge the
Elkhorn river at that point
James A. Barkley, a former student
of the university, is in the city. Mr.
Barkley 1b a graduate of the electrical
engineering department and since his
graduation has had wide and varied
experience along that line. He was
connected with the Philadelphia Street
Railway company for a time. From
there he went to Hawaii, where he was
engineer for the Honolulu Rapid Tran
sit and Land company. He is now
about to start for South Atrica.
The clasB in masonry, construction
has had a chance to show off its ora
torical powers during the last week.
Each member of the class has had to
take up a recitation period with a dis
cussion of some difficult bridge founda
tion. Monday morning H. C. Searles
addressed the class on the Kansas City
bridge foundation. He handled his
subject skilfully and his address was
greatly enjoyed by tho class.
"The Qulncy Bridge by Moonlight"
was the topic on which C. H. Larsen
spoke yesterday morning. The ( St.
Louis bridge will be discussed this
morning by C. W. Engel. Mr. Engel
has spent a great deal of time In
preparation and much is expected of
him.
On Thursday morning W. M. Kal
lasch will speak on the Missouri river
bridges.
THE BRYAN PRIZE
Question and Conditions of Award Made
Public Contest Open to Jun
iors Souiors and
Qraduatos.
The students Intending to contest
for the Bryan prize may now bogln
their work of solving a knotty problem
in political science. "Are there any
constitutional or other limitations on
the power of the United States over
newly acquired or conquered terri
tories?" is the question upon which tho
students are expected to write. Tho
subject is a deep one and at the same
time a very popular one in the public
mind.
The object of the Bryan prize is to
create an Interest among the students
in problems of political science by of
fering them a suitable reward should
their productions and Investigations
prove of some value. In order that
the number of contestants may be lim
ited, that is, so that only Btudents who
are supposed to have had considerable
training in this line of work, may en
tor the contebt, only juniors and
seniors and graduate students Who
have not yet taken their second degree
will be considered eligible to the con
test. The theses must contain at least
3,000 and not more than 6,000 words.
As has been said, the object of the
prize being to encourage students to
study political problems, no thesis will
be accepted which is not written in
good English and which does not show
some degree of originality in the form
of arrangement of material or ideas.
The work which Is handed in will be
submitted to a committee of three com
petent judges, consisting of the head of
the department of political science
(government), the head of the depart
ment of English (or English literature)
In some western university and some
recognized scholarly constitutional
lawyer, to be chosen by the chancellor.
Each contestant for the prize is ex
pected to hand In to the chancellor
three copies of his thesis on or before
May 1. A copy of each thesis sub
mitted will be placed in the university
library. Announcement of the suc
cessful contetant will be made In the
first day of commencement week.
HANDY WITH FEET.
The following appeared on the
blackboards of the senior law lecture
room at the University of Virginia
some days ago: "At the last recitation
the members of this class were some
what too handy with their feet. Where
everything is striking nothing strikes,
and Indiscriminate applause is mere
.noise. Judicious applause without un
necessary noise is the stamp of a good
class." It is said that the sheriff of
the Moot court has a warrant for the
arrest of the author of the following
bit of doggrel:
Tho big bad boys make too much noise
In Pleading and Practice hour,
For with npplauso they orten cause
Tho man of Law to lower.
It Is not meet that with their feet
They should handy be,
And whore all Ib trlklng It's not to the
liking
Of good Professor G.
When they Idly bent on tho side of the
seat,
Or stamp with their feet on the floor.
Such UBoless applause, without any
pause,
It, the stamp, he stamps as a bore.
All of this goes to show that law
students are much the same wherever
they are found.
STUDENTS' RECITAL.
The students of tho school of music
will give a recital tonight in Memorial
hall. The program is as follows:
Piano solo Theme and variations,
D minor Handel
Pauline Meyer.
Piano solo Prelude C sharp minor
Rachmaninoff
Josephine Poynter.
Plnno boIo Carnival Op. 9 (com
plete) Schumann
Gertrude Alexander.
Piano solo Minuet, "Musette, Ga
votte Handel-Martucci
Elizabeth Phar.
Piano solo Rondo Caprlccloso. . .
Mendelssohn
Cora Herrlck.
Violin solo Second Fantasie . .
Wohlfahrt
Hazel Hare.
Piano solo Fantaslestucke-Grlllen
Schumann
Jessie Emerlck.
Piano solo (a) Why; (b) Dream
Tangles Schumann
Eva Fuller.
Piano solo Fantasie Ballet Op. 12
(For solo piano and orches
tra) Plorno
Nellie Trigg.
Orchestra parts on second piano by
Mr. Eames.
Y. W. C. A. ELECTS OFFICERS.
The members of the Y. W. C. A. met
yesterday afternoon for the regular an
nual election of officers. Miss Lottie
Weldy, who has for some time been
acting as secretary of the association,
was unanimously elected president for
the ensuing year. The other officers
chosen were: Vice president, Miss
Anna Van Zandt; secretary, Miss
Editli. Lathrop; treasurcrMlsjs Carrie
Stetler.
The meeting was, well attended and
an unusual amoiilSf of inferest was'
shown in thd work for the new-year.
The association will start out with in
creased strength -and a larger member
ship than ever before.
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