May 15, 1911
Mr. BORAH. Mr. President, I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Is it in order at this time to move to take up a matter fm- consideration under- Rule Vlll?
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair thinks it would be in order to lay aside the present order o.f the Senate and supersede it by any motion.
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Mr. BORAH. I move that the Sena.te take up for consid ~tion House joint resolution 39.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Idaho moves that the Senate proceed to. t he consideration of House joint resolution 39. The Secretary will read the title.
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The Secretary. A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 39) proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the people of the several States.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion of the Senator from Idaho.
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The motion was agreed to ; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the joint resolution.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will read the joint resolution. ·
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The Secretary read the joint resolution, reported without amendment from the Committee on the Judiciary l\!ay 1, 1911, as follows : - • 1
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Resolved by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States ?f America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each Ho-use 1 conqu1nnu therein), That m lieu of the first paragraph of section 3 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, and in lieu of so much <?f paragraph 2 of the same section as relates to the filling of , vacancies, and m lieu or all o.t paragraph 1 of section 4 of said Article I, m so far ~s the same relates to any authority in Congress to make or alter regulations. as. to the times or manner of holding elections for Senator~, the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and/urposes as part ot the Constitu· ti~';1 when ratified by the legislatures o three-fourths of the States:
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- cites Article I, Section 3, Clause 1 (suggested)
- cites Article I, Section 3, Clause 2 (suggested)
- cites Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 (suggested)
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State. elected by the people thereof, for six years ; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
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" The times, places. and mallller of holding elections for Senators shall be as presCl'i.bed in each State by the legislature thereof. · " When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of elecfor tion to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments n;itil the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may " This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution."
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- quotes Amendment XVII, Clause 3 (suggested)
l\1r. :NEWLANDS. Mr. President, I presented certain resolutions at the last session of the Senate and gave notice that I would address the Senate upon them to-day at the close of the morning business.
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Mr. BRISTOW. Will the Senator yield to me for a moment?
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Mr. NEWLANDS. Certainly.
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Mr. BRISTOW. I desire to offer the following amendment as a substitute for the pending joint resolution.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas offers an amendment to House joint resolution 39, which the Senate has just taken up. The Secretary will read the amendment.
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The SECRETARY. It proposes to strike out all after the resolving clause and to insert:
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That in lieu of the first paragraph of section 3 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, and in lieu of so much of paragraph 2 of the same section as relates to the filling of · vacancies the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States ·
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- cites Article I, Section 3, Clause 1 (suggested)
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"The Senate of the United States shall be composed or' two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years • and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shal! have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch ot the State legislatures.
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- quotes Amendment XVII, Clause 1 (suggested)
"'When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority or such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments U!lti1 the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
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" This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term <?f any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution."
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