endency of the Empire;
(2) sovereign authority therein should continue to be exercised by the
Kaiser, as the representative of the states, through his accustomed
agent, the Statthalter at Strassburg; (3) the legislative functions of
the Bundesrath and Reichstag in matters pertaining exclusively to
Alsace-Lorraine should be terminated; and (4) such legislation should
thereafter be enacted by a bicameral diet at Strassburg. The members
of the upper chamber of this diet, not to exceed thirty-six, were in
part to sit by _ex-officio_ right, but some were to be named by
chambers of commerce and other professional and business
organizations, and a maximum of one-half might be appointed by the
Emperor, on nomination of the Bundesrath. The sixty members of the
lower house were to be chosen by manhood suffrage, but electors over
thirty-five years of age were to have two votes, and those over
forty-five three.

*310. The Bill Amended and Adopted, 1911.*--By those whose object was
the procuring of statehood for Alsace-Lorraine, this plan was
pronounced inadmissible. It did not alter the legal status of the
territory; neither, it was alleged, did it give promise of increased
local independence in law-making or administration. Conservatives, on
the other hand, objected to the provision which was made for manhood
suffrage. After being debated in the Reichstag the measure was (p. 286)
referred to a special committee, by which amendments were reported
to the effect that the territory should be created a state of the
Empire and the Statthalter should be appointed for life. The second of
these amendments the Government refused positively to accept, but it
was agreed finally that the territory should be recognized as
substantially a state of the Empire, and, as such, should be allowed
three votes in the Bundesrath. Since 1879 the Statthalter had been
authorized to send to the Bundesrath four "commissioners" who might
speak when the subject under consideration touched the affairs of
Alsace-Lorraine, but might not vote. Since under the new arrangement
the three members representing Alsace-Lorraine were to be appointed
and instructed by the Statthalter, who is himself practically the
delegate of the king of Prussia, the Bundesrath insisted upon and
obtained the special stipulation (1) that the votes of Alsace-Lorraine
should not be counted in favor of the Prussian view of any question
except when Prussia should be able to procure a major