But the delegates changed their mind on this vote, too. They re-debated the idea of direct popular elections.

但是代表们后来又改变了主意。他们重新对此进行了辩论。

Popular election had become the final word.

普选成了硬道理。

Reluctantly they yielded, sometimes granting popular election and then withdrawing it.

他们不情愿地屈服了，有时批准普选，然后撤回。

You've got the popular election process that everybody pays attention to.

你有每个人都关注的普选过程。

The seventeenth assured popular election of Senators.

第十七届确保了参议员的普选。

At the same time they approved the initiative, referendum, and popular election of Senators, and condemned the use of federal troops in labor disputes.

同时他们赞成参议员的倡议、公投和普选，并谴责在劳资纠纷中动用联邦军队。

So here we have Gerald Ford, who represented one part of one state, suddenly becoming the president of the United States without any popular election.

所以在这里我们有杰拉尔德·福特， 他代表一个州的一部分，突然成为美国总统， 没有任何普选。

Thus it was made almost impossible for any political party to get possession of all branches of the government at a single popular election.

因此，任何政党几乎不可能在一次普选中控制政府的所有部门。

The platform endorsed such political reforms as woman suffrage, direct primaries, the initiative, referendum, and recall, popular election of United States Senators, and the short ballot.

该纲领支持女权、直接初选、主动权、公投和罢免、美国参议员普选、短期投票等政治改革。

While the movement for direct primaries was still advancing everywhere, a demand for the popular election of Senators, usually associated with it, swept forward to victory.

——虽然直接初选运动仍在各地推进，但通常与之相关的要求普选参议员的要求却席卷而来并取得了胜利。

It is true that in the provision for popular elections, the suffrage was finally restricted to property owners or taxpayers, with a leaning toward the freehold qualification.

诚然，在普选的规定中，选举权最终被限制在财产所有者或纳税人， 并倾向于永久业权资格。

At the same time the principle of popular election was extended to an increasing number of officials who had once been appointed either by the governor or the legislature.

与此同时，普选原则扩大到越来越多曾经由州长或立法机关任命的官员。

What happens is, after the popular election in November, a group of people get together in Washington from each of the 50 states, nowadays, and they have another election, if you will.

发生的事情是， 在 11 月的普选之后，来自 50 个州的一群人现在聚集在华盛顿， 如果你愿意的话， 他们会举行另一场选举。

Franklin and Wilson, both from Pennsylvania, vigorously championed popular election; while men like Madison insisted that at least one part of the government should rest on the broad foundation of the people.

来自宾夕法尼亚州的富兰克林和威尔逊大力支持普选。而像麦迪逊这样的人坚持认为政府至少有一部分应该建立在人民的广泛基础之上。

Though the party platform was conservative in tone, he gave it a progressive tinge by expressing his personal belief in the popular election of United States Senators, an income tax, and other liberal measures.

尽管党纲基调保守，但他表达了他对美国参议员普选、所得税和其他自由措施的个人信念， 从而赋予其进步色彩。

Men selected by that method began to pour in upon the floors of Congress; finally in 1912 the two-thirds majority was secured for an amendment to the federal Constitution providing for the popular election of Senators.

通过这种方法选出的人开始涌入国会。最终在 1912 年， 三分之二的多数通过了联邦宪法修正案， 规定了参议员的普选。

The clergy, in order to preserve their influence in those popular elections, became, or affected to become, many of them, fanatics themselves, encouraged fanaticism among the people, and gave the preference almost always to the most fanatical candidate.

神职人员，为了在那些普选中保持他们的影响力，他们中的许多人自己变成了，或者假装成为了狂热分子，他们鼓励人民中的狂热分子，并且几乎总是偏爱最狂热的候选人。

Until a Council or a Pope or a Congress or the newspapers or a popular election has decided a question of doubtful morality, individuals are apt to err, especially when putting money into their own pockets; but in democracies, the majority alone gives law.

在议会、教皇、国会、报纸或普选对道德可疑的问题做出决定之前，个人很容易犯错，尤其是在把钱放进自己口袋的时候；但在民主国家，只有多数人制定法律。