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_Debate._

Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the people.

_Pertinent Questions._

Name the present senators from this state. When were they elected? Were
they elected to fill a vacancy or for a full term? How many times has each
been elected?

How many more senators has New York that Rhode Island? How many members in
the present Senate? How many in each class? When the next state is
admitted, in what classes will its senators be placed? How will the class
of each be decided?

Why not have senators chosen for life?

If one of our senators should resign today, to whom would the resignation
be addressed? How would the vacancy be filled? How long would the
appointee serve? Could the governor appoint himself?

How long at least must an alien live in the United States before being
eligible to the Senate? Has anyone ever been refused admission, after
being duly elected, on account of shortness of citizenship?

Who is now vice-president? Who is president _pro tempore_ of the Senate?
Why is it not correct under any circumstances to speak of the president
_pro tempore_ as vice-president?

Has the vice-president's vote ever helped to carry any measures of great
importance?

If every senator be "present," what number of senators would it take to
convict? Does the accused continue to perform his official duties during
the trial? Was President Johnson impeached? Is there any appeal from the
Senate's verdict? How do senators vote in cases of impeachment? How is
judgment pronounced?

What punishments follow conviction on impeachment in other countries?

What is treason? Bribery? What are crimes? High crimes? Misdemeanors?

How is an impeachment trial conducted? (See appendix.)

SECTION IV.--ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS.

_Clause 1.--Elections to Congress._

_The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and
representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature
thereof: but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such
regulations,[1] except as to the place of choosing senators.[2]_

[1] Until 1842 th