If there be any admirer of other forms of government who think unfavorably of our republican fashion of selecting our rulers, I would invite him to examine the list of men whom Massachusetts for a hundred years has chosen as her Senators of the first class.
Hoar reflects on the merits of Massachusetts' selection of senators over the past century, inviting scrutiny of republican governance.
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