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this view is incorrect, or that in so far as it is true, it ap- 
plies only to times when the masses of voters are not 
acutely interested in matters of legislation, or not well 
informed. Yet it cannot be doubted that money is power- 
ful in popular elections, and still more powerful in legis- 
Jatures; and it is important to know what it would haye 
to do in order to prevent constitutional reform. 
The legislatures of the twelve states in the union 
having the smallest number of legislators are made up 
as follows: 
Nevada _____- 17 Senators, 34 Members of Lower House 
Utah PORN eM a 18 3? 45 9? 3) 3? 9) 
Idaho NAO LISD ET NNN DA 99 46 >)) >) 93 2? 
Delaware ____17 ¥ 54 wi sate ai 
Wyoming TRA 9) 50 +) ?) 2) 9? 
Oregon Puede 30 2? 60 >) >D) 2) ”? 
Colorado ___-36 iH 59 a a Ny ie 
Montana ____-_ 26 a 71 0 Las 5 
Rhode Island 39 4 72 i Mais i 
New Jersey _-21 « 60 4% at i 
South Dakota 45 if 87 vi a i 
Michigan MENS 2. 2) 100 ?? 2) 2? 9) 
From the above table it appears that the twelve 
state legislatures to stand out against amendment might 
comprise but 1,072 men, and that 560 might constitute a 
majority in all of them. 
However, no interest seeking merely to prevent 
action need go to the trouble of securing the control of 
more than one house in each of the twelve states. The 
state senates are small bodies of men, farther removed 
from the people, by virtue of longer terms of office, and 
the retirement of only a part at a time, in most states, 
than are the lower houses. Any organization of lobby- 
ists would naturally, all things being equal, turn to the 
senates first, and as we are now seeking the least num- 
ber of our fellow citizens vested with the power of stop- 
ning all constitutional reform, let us turn to the twelve 
smallest senates in the union, and we find them made up 
as follows: Delaware, 17 senators; Nevada, 17; Utah, 
19; Idaho, 21; New Jersey, 21; Wyoming, 23; Connecticut, 
