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. i. i - . ' , - ,1 GcDd .lomlnrr 'I ;., V j -CIRCULATICN CP TJ'.S ... Th Weather Probably, occasional' ! - light rain; Winds, mostly southerly. .;vP.;'":-;" VOL. I. HO. 43. PORTLAND, OREGON, - SUNDAY 'MORNING, JANUARY 23. ' .lSCJ FOUR" SECTIONS-U8 PAGES. PRICE-FIVE CENTS. Tlii-STATE C0:.:S CF THE SPEAKERS AT THS C0""ZRCIAL CLU3 BAN ClET LAST- f.'.GHT. . ' A .a A. X A A BLOW AT: iilll iilll r;Oron; Hi 3 end 7csh ItcaCtecrlteTccst; J . Northwest U!ed. rcOMWERCIAlTCLUB : HOST AT GREAT: EVENT "leaders of Thought and r Cap- taint of Industry Pledge Them- rseivet to we upDunam j oi - This Grand Territory,' Tlira. rrt mtatB rldflTMMl h&luSs laat niaht 1A Portland. Orecon waved aloft. Ita- tafleat ptnaa. f:f"r4 lo Its marnefUr Mp roahatl Waahlnc- . Ion- and Idaho.. Ooremora, alateatncn and diploma ta men who ' aalnda arc , burdened with ona thouhtr Uia-aood - ef-th northweet conrated.at bo. ' - plUbla Ubla. and talked of the north .weat oaatanL Interior, They .ware 1 - brimming o vr , with - coaat , patrlotlam ' and f rmlrnit v. . ', , "Tha Paolfto-North weaf'i mighty tii alogaJV-appaared tt the .menu) i card. - That waa the aplnt of the eleventh an "7 nual banquet of - the - Portland Com " v merclal club, .the uaher of w bat will ' prove to be for the northweat one ot the " moat mmorablg.year - - the - .raleodaf 1 ' maker Haa called to (he - world'' at tentlon. The Lwls and Clark eipoal , tlon the Celflq canal the greet aik ' Innumerable irriaatlon protect the de -t " r-f--------- ' - 'T-V . . r; vglopment- oT -the-ertgntal trade-r4hee were tom 'of the aubjectf dlacuiaed by ,jneni welL auallf led tot tne taac The enthuBlHum waa llmlUeae. , -Kvery X speaker Vne hla topw and 'waa lit thor . ough aympathy with It.' Each 'llatener -frr became-a better- American tfor haying r ' listened. It,.wa a feast of reason- "a " mamlf feent fraternal exhibition of the spirit f progreaa whlch -nof-anlmatea - -aver? loyal man la the Lwia ana ciara : Vr'rltQry the moat : resourceful geo. vt-anhtral emnlre on 8Tth t : Thet were grander thought TKn r that la the afterinner .eieavanaa, but -sou more alncere. -. - , Jtayaoie at Che eoeaatB.T ' The keynote of the occasion appeared in - these - llnea: '"Thle la the yer : In 1 which we should ntnlta U. our efforta In t. attracting in auio4 m xne msnu facturer. the Investor, and. beat' of alt. ithe borae-maker. , The lwls and Clark exposition and -oriental fair, June I to . ' October 16. gives ua an opportunity to ho "our resources and'attractlona to ""h world at large. " let ua Improve It' The large dining-room 5f the club, waa T!-nnmlaleli-fled fur BB trt-aiate oan- " ejoet. The tabfea wefa laden wltbf floral .- decoraXlona.-. Potted planU- occupied nlchea and corners. Klectrlo lights. lam - "and email, .white and colored, glowed everywhere.: From the celling 1 . to the pillar throughout the dining. - mom. amllax and vines, entwined with -small lights, were draped In graceful . loops and curve. Robert ' I Stevens, 'chalrman of the house .committee, had x given hi personal attention to- every de tail of the preparations and surpassed aUformrffarla. , ' . ( , 77 - v VMnto Ma."--; . ' 1 At t o'clock the guests took their seats at the tablesTha menu wag elab -ort aeounvina an hour, during which men f m Idaho. Washington and Ore; - gon renewed - old . oqualntanceet or formed new es.- Music was discoursed . by a orchestra 'of stringedlnstrument ' A - program . of eight epetches and a. number of impromptu response o toasts followed the menu. The them of every speaker wa "The PiclnO Uorth . -weet." It wa; a thoroughly sections) ; sentiment aad purpose that had brought . the speegh maker together, and they made th"moat of th opportunity. 1 President Cake, aotlng a'1 toaatmaater. ' called th -banquetef to order,-and him ."aelf gave the opening addreae. spoke in -prt as follows: , -; - rreaidx4 Cake' Warworn. - . '' "This, the annual dinner of the Port land Commercial club. Is In celebration -of th eleventtr nnniversary of Ms exlt cnce.To th member of the club It la " an occaalon of great lntereet, as th paat ' year has been oneof unusuai prosperity, hot only In our increase of membership -and onerattott as a. eliib, but in the eul- ml natlon-ot yeartrf ffort in plen. -dldly-orgnlae-anaauippa. prawum --"Tlepartment through, which we are seek- - ing In paraest and persevering work the .". advancement of th Industrial and oom- , merclal interest ; ot ;Oreton-'n th northweat. ; . , v . 'T, - t "With th rapid accretion q wealth - and popalatkm. there should be a grow Ina sens of the' mutuality of interest rand th necessity ,ot concerted ejid har . monloua action on th part of Washlng--on, Idaho and Oregon In securing to us the greatest good In these, our day ot - prosperity and opportunity. .' , i , i.'Idaho, Washington andtOregon are -one great oountry.. blessed In natural resources,' with paaslbllltle of growth that amaaes the thoughtful and observ " ant atudent of event. - ' "In h light of accompllsbsd-faota, l,innjr of the aerlbua obstacle that hav retarded the development of a great in "land empire and th paclflo northwest - ar disappearing. , f , ( Worklftf to Oregon's AdTaatag-e. C, . : "Th Improvement of the Columbia - river, both IntarnHlly and at It mouth, : now assured by th United State gov. eminent, I of tremendoua Importanc to , the permanent development of Washlng , ton, Idaho and Oregon. ..The construe tlon of .the Panama canal la an assured fart, and with th lifting of the clouds v; of war the commerce In, the orient wilt be Increased many fold. v ". .- -"Irrigation - systems of ' Incalculable value to our country are being organised 1 tinder the ausptcee of private enterprise (Continued oa rkge Bum 1 P , m ? W W mmemmm Reported'That the Northwestern ern and Give a Uhe' Under (SseeUl taatchJy.Isd Vlr. Ta Jattraal) New Tork. Jam. 28. A through,, line from' th Atlantic1 to Hh- Pacific, and thence to AaM. tinge erect 4ew. jora Central snanagemeat. will be - a. .' fact J within a faw wweka. -awoordlnV te re port received .wltB. credit ln.Wau atreet today. - : - 'i J t-Thlrrtl.rough line 1 to fe . aooom falmhed by th purchaaer of ' the Oreat Northern railway -by -vtl--Chrcago-ak Northwestern. : Bankerg tor Insiders 'In the Northwestern- deal ld that E. K Harriman, on behalf of th Union Pa elflc. had aa-reed to dispose ot the Oreat Northern, stock., that will com to him through the dissolution of the Northern Securities company to a, syndicate rep.' resenting Chicago "A Northwestern at I ISO - a. " Sim re. - HUL And Morgani tt Is TeportedTTiaV agreed also to turn their Oreat Northern atoca over, to tne synai cate. This give sbsolut control. ' The rumor caused th. Chicago A Northwestern stock to jump II Mi points t tit today.-' ' ;. John w.; Ogte wa crdite wun in SOUTHERN PACIFIC - ORDERS. EQUIPMENT Kruttschnitt Orders Hundred and r Six New Passenger Coaches or flis System: (Special Otapstah by Leased Wire at Tss Jowul) San Francisco, Jan. ; IS.' 'Julius Kruttschnitt. on behalf "t ' th Harri man roads, - ha , put , another : order tor cars with' Uls' St. Louis' Car company; Thl latest order ta -for l6 ear for the passenger.;, service - of - the . Southern Pa cific, ' th Oregon - railway aad th Bait LAk and Lo Angeles road. ' There has now been ordsred for th Southern Pa-! olfto a toUI.of, J, passenger coaches. ta chair cars and -53 jdlnlng and obser vation car and smoking 'car. ' Flv of th new diner and flv observation and smoking car are Intended for- limited Lewie and Clark exposition trains oe- tween-San Francises and Portland' nest summer and fall.-.-. On : order prv(ousIy placed, by Kruttachnltt Yor 133. car and-lS( loco motive., deliveries' ar now being mndo. The order involved ' a financial out lay of about .0OO,OO(Tand call in part for 1H box car and 390 stock car for th Southern Paolf lav tQ box cars for th Oreaoa railway. 100 stock tar for th Oregon Short Line, 719 steel hoppenrl fort th Salt L-aae and ls Angeles. lo locomotives for the Southern Pacific, Oregon railway.' Oregon Short Line and tb. Union Paclflo and fifty looomatlvas for th Salt Utk and Lo Angeleg ljne. mrs:brodie l. duke MUST RETURN TO TEXAS (Special Dispatct; by Leases Wlr to Tss foareal) New Tork, Jan. l.--Mnir Alice Webb- Duke will nave to go back to Taxaa to answer charge preferred against her In that state.' District Attorney Jerome received' a telegram yesterday from the chief of police of Nachodoche county, Texas, stating that a detective would leav Texas .tomorrow probably for thia city with th necessary requisition papers upon, which Mrs, Duke wilt be taken to Texaa to p'ead to an Indict ment charging her with the larceny of Mrs. BrOdl I JJUR waa arranged in th Tomb court on Friday end, her ball wa reduced from J,0 to 11,19 and the examination set " for" next , Friday. Henry W. C'nger was appointed as coun sel for Mrs. Duke and Deputy Aaalatant Attorney Rdward Sanford for. the proee rution, J I explained to the "court that tb district attorney tlld not want .to Ap OCEAN Will Purchase, the; Great Northj. New York ? Central Man- ' etatement that -Marvin. Hughltt.- presl dent ' of th Chloa.RO it Northwestern. would bacotpe president of the new sys tem hu formed. ,'Hughtrt. hewever, 1 on of th old man of th railroad world. and tt -hs-orig toeat-jireved that he ra alatad for, jtlisnt la tie neat future. . local official ot the New Tork Oentre.1. denied, that he waa ta become president, - ". ' . ' RetlremenroTPreaideniW.'R. Newman, however, ha loot oeen rdmored. and U P. Lore, who recently resigned as presi dent of th Rock Island, ha been men tioned aa hi successor. . Harriman will getJ24S.8M shares out of the Northerth Securities distribution. Th mam tracks of this extended new system wilL&e- no hs than ll,Og.O mllea long, not counting the "numerous smaller system tributary to It. ' -. Th Oreat Northern Steamship company, which belong, to th Oreat 'Northern railroad, haa valuabl termi nals on both sides of th Pacific. ..:!--'-Th Northern Pacific railroad, accord, ing to thl report, will - go to th ' St. Paul. ..':., -., - : - .:: pear a If prosecuting the woman. Hf asked that Mr. Dak b detained for I day pending th arrival of requisition paper from Texas. .-".;T:" ' '' . 8everal - men aaltfTto be friend of Mrs. Duke, 'but who refused to give their names, -wer-IB court and on of them said ball would, be furnished BISHOP (TREILXY TO r -PREACH 1N-BUTTE .; ,. .-.Triiivi 1 -i r ' -( (gpwtat Dtssateb ta Ta looraal.) V" Butte, kfont., Jan.' II Bishop Charles J.; O RelHy of Baker City, - Or, irrlved In the etty tonight and will preach at the Sacred Heart at. mass tomorrow, which will' be celebrated by .Be v. W. -Oulnan, president of All Hallow colleg of Salt Lake. T At vesper In th vning Father Qutnan will bo th preacher. RAILROADS DISGRI WAGAINBiT." u. . t-j r - ' T i k.j- ; (Speelal Ptaaatek sy Lesaed Wirto-Ts JesrwU Washington. Jan. 1 Coovlnelng facts a nd discriminations , as against shipper-In .different localities ar (till In . voga . with the .'. railroad of th southwest wer given-to, the senat In terstate commerce commission today by S. IL Cowan, representing- th ' Texaa Cattle. Reisers .sssocts tlon,1 and Murdo MscKensle, a large cattle raiser; . - "We paid a rate of tlH. cents a 100 for Shipping cattle from Texaa to Kan-, aaa City." said Mr. MacKensle. - "and point In Colorado, the sm number of mile distant, pay IS cents. Tha ooat Of hauling the car front Texaa la, no greater, than tbe haul from Colorado. . i . "The cattlemen' from Taxaa went -to th Southwestern Traffic . asaoclatlcsr and sought relief from thl discrimina tion and th railroad- men told ua they would look Into it. Several weeks later we received word that th rata from Colorado, ha been raised to l( cents.. 4 ... a V a .atoa. , ' ! - Th railroad wer content with th SI cent rat from Colorado.' Mr. -Mao-Kensle stated. "It was n - reasonable rate for them, they wer making a good profit on th traffic. But when-- th Texaa produoar and - shippers protested th traffio managara saw an opportu nity to increase revenues, . ao they pegged up Ihe rat from Colorado.. ... "The people of th southwest ar her demanding protection from the rail road a handling lnterstat com ttien-c." Mr. MacKnil said In conclusion: -All w sk 1 tliat the government shall la .,- The ptetur above shows soma " of the speakers at "the banquet ; f-gtven by thej Commercial club gV.Jaiit night ae4ta ronr'trft T0 ' right they are: George E. Cham- : g berlaln, - governor of Oregon; . d T Stephen A- Lowvll of Pendleton, H. U. Caka, . president of the -Commercial - chibr" ArBT"Mead, , e governor -of Washington; W. D.- e Wheelwright, president or - tit e - Chamber of Commerce,... - t :. SERIOUS 101G IS r? lEcutUMlvDZ A ? rfufjdd Thousand 'Strikers Maasin'rfor Hn Artack llrjori -theTrobasu - SOLDIER FIRE UPON rw-T-, w I t: rcZAR'S WINTER PALACE Sergius Witte States That. Se . .rious Crisis Exists From (Special t Dispatch by Leased Wlr t Th Jeernal) ' Sit, Petersburg, Jan. 21. "To the Edi tor of th World, New York: The con tinuation, of the disturbances her 4s flue to different causes, resulting in a rtou-cTlsts;"Burtha situation 'ha been muc' exaggerated In foreign coun. tH.-Srgiu Witt. . - Word come from Lods 'that th dis orders there hav broken -out with re. newed-'-vlolence." ' There . ar .. 100.099 strikers In and about the city. They hav- broken- the telephone srvlc - b. 4wen Lods and -Warsaw and-are- maea- tng. as If i for an attack oa th-guards that, are keepfngT them-from the center of ith lty. . Lods la a cityef ,111,990 population and a manufacturing center. It- Is reported that - th window ot the -winter , Palace were .riddled , with bullet during th firing on Sunday.-If thl vis true It mean that - number of th soldiers .when ordered to fire on -the striker .Instead .turned their-rifles "on , i (Continued, on Pag hr.)-. MANY terven'-andconipctthelllT04dt Idloperaffhg expenses and" the ngurea used glv Us fsir rates without rebate and dlacrlmlhaiiona, Th . state of -Texas baa solved th problemjo far aa com merce , within th Mat limits I con oemeg, but th effectiv law applied by our state eommlaalon cannot be Invoked to'obleld us when 'our cattle shipments goj.'beyond the border of. the state." S. H Cowan, : attorney for- the cattlemen (in th committee' exnert. tnfonnet4m f on the railroad altuation of the south west, particularly,; and ef r the - country generally. u .'. - . v-- cariosity u rigmre. i t "Rates 'have' been advanced' an avr-. age evf .H cent per 100 pound In four year," Attorney Cowan ' said. " "The railroad assert that the coat of opera tion ha Increased .and every' time they put up rate they justify It by a pre tense that It costs more to handle that traffic. : . - . ' ',,. ; '. '"Tby glv"th Interstate commerce commission and th shipper a curiosity In figures by submitting their rate per ton per mile to Justify Increase, when aa an economic and demon t ratable fact the coejiparatlv coat of handling traffic I reduced. - In order 'word the railroads haul more freight a longer distance for tl todsy than they did -four years ago. '"The public also knows that competi tion no longer exists. ' The railroads are combined Into systems and every time a new railroad Is built. Instead of causing a reduction or rate It Is given aa a rea son for an Increase. .Cost, of construc tion sai - maintenance.. ar charged to BATTLE- . Engagement Becomes General and Russians Force - Japanese to v '4 r Retreat With' Heavy Losses' .in Attempting; to Rcapi 'TjS-ri Jrture Positions. Seized Sy.:yietbfious Slavshr- '- (eneclal IMrpatch-bT Leased Wire t9 The iooral St. -, Petersburg. Jan., Kuropatkln reports ttMt general sngagement Is stilt progressing ' along the entire line with thJtaptlim" of lh lef t ankir-TherMtd and wounded already, number fttarty 1, 000. 'Several hundred Japanese have bee tliew-prloiter,''T- - i Kurooatkln took th InltUtrv lit th nghthig. moving his right flank forward across the. Hun river, driving th Jspa nese back Ave mile from their advance position." Her they were reinforced by the reserve brigade and the battle still continues, having extended to the center. Poultloff hill- and : other positWna, but were driven back wlth'heavy losses..- Th. Cossack under OemrarM latch enko continue their raids and ,hava cap tured a Japanese transport train on th extreme right of th wt -tlank. 1 Opinions differ as to th exte'nalve nesof ther conflict now. being waged along tbe Hun. Dispatches foreshadow a big battle of decisive character, and It now looks as though a general engage ment hss comtneBoedr th Importance of VILLARD CASE MAT GO L TO COURT OF APPEALS (SoeeUI runstca by Leased Wire to The Journal) -Iw- Tork.i Jn.- It - war reported at tbe 'White Plain- eourthou today that George D. MumrordV . counsel V for Mr. Helen Vlllard Bell, daughter of th lata Henry yillardci. who . left.. pi,i, and who brought, an action to set aside her father's .will, and which resulted 1n a demurrer to the - complaint being - made b-r . the Vlllard heir and sustained, by Supreme Court Justice Keogg.'-wtll appeal to th appellate division from "the de cision. . ' .... . vi ' " : - - It. tat stated the. case may be taken- to the court of appeal for a .'final, decision on the: question of ctttxmshlp.', which l Involved in. the action a lira.: Belt I a resident of OeTmany.rr-rrr-- - INAFHE'. I to. justify-an increas of rates." ' r i' Stnrt JrTwje- lU.'-'-,''; . At Mm1 request of Senator Elklns, Attorney-Cowan submitted what he thought would be the proper method of meeting the existing vii. , "Tpu must -give r the "lnterstat com merce commission, the. sbaolute' execu ttve power tq Sn.swte. Comptltlon haa been abolished and the government must step-in and protect the public Mr. Cowan thought,, that the present Interstate . commerce . law should ; hp amended so that the power of the com mission woold , wnlrgedBUfllctently to Correct tb abuse, Th case against the. Armour Car com pany and th Pere Marquette railroad Is to be reopened by tb Interstate com merce commission. : ( This Is a most Important development which follows fast and hard on the start - ling news from the senate Interstate commerce commission yesterday when K, M. Ferguson of Duluth, a wltneea, quietly put In a an exhibit an exact copy of agreement entered Into betwee th offlclsls-of th Armour company and th Pr. Marouett rood. - Th atatetnent Is made at th senate today that -although the lnterstat com merce eommlaslon ; derided - this ease saalnst the private oar line and-the Per Marquett railroad and denounced the private car charge ss exceaalv. ordering .both lines to desist, th pany bare not deststed, , RAGING i7f'7::Ti ON, HUN-RIVER "";.v;""-:iJ 4-wWclcrwtH overshadow .any , battle , of the -.war u far w ' .General Sakharoft repotta . tlist eommand has continued on the offensive -at Sawdepaa; having "routed" four Japan ese battalion and six sgtutdrons of cavalry that were advancing froni Hei tMMJtal, Th-tralahs tools" th. prU onera. v;.- - -y, ; y A telegram from Chanslantutum aays that Rtntihitt tost. 4 BrTicenr andrl.009 men killed and wounded at th capture of th village of Sandepaa, isecuring lOi Japanese-prisoners besides) wagons And ammunition..." :- fc-v '- " ' ..-.! Accord Inr to a dlsnatch fi e I the TOfgatsna Tiav destroyed the tele graph supply station on the east coast of . Korea,-" Fearing ah attack from the sea. th Russian main' has retired northerly, leaving 'a-- scouting party behind. -.These. are new retiring to forti fied passe, -j "'.; A v - '-The battle on the Hun began January 25. The. Japanese-advanced from the district south of Chengtsu toward Hel koutai. Th Russians retired, but were reinforced- and compelled- th Japan to ret rest with heavy losse.,,. CANADIAN. ROUTE TO DAWSOiS FAYORED Sir: Frederick. Borden,!lCanadian - Mihister,. Favors, Dominiortii 7' ! . Route- to; JClondiket L"vf. (Special Dispatch by. Leased WJre. to T Joorsal) 'San Francisco, Jan. H. Sir-Frederick Borden, -the Canadian minister of- militia.- and defense in - the .cabinet -of Sir .Wilfred Laurier. -who J .touring Califor nia, aa n winter. outing trip Juat now,. la In favor-of an all-Canadian railway from Vancouver . through British Columbia and the Northwest territory to Dawson, owing to the recent decision of the Alas kan boundary ; commission! having. aa surcd to th United Statea the porta and harbor lying north of British- Columbia on th Alaskan' coast. r- ; - Sir Frederick" 1 said to hav report In hi' possession showing that -a -very level 'read ran be built between Van couver and .Fort' Oeorge,'-a distance o( S09 mile, and thence to Dawson, a. dls- tance of 900 miles. Such a line wopld also connect the-great, transcontinental railways of Canada and lo a. commercial way thia 'new line, la. hla opinion, would Insure rhe-trade and business of the Yukon being. diverted. t. Canada.-. ''An all-Canadian rail way J running from Dawsdn to a port In. the north of Brit- isn voiumoia ana not .connecting, wit n both, -ott the - country -overland reads would not enUlI. he says, a loss to this country ln-4ade- smd-ccmmerce.'ss" tlsr tTnttedt State -would cot)tlnnr o-' go- by t h southern "-port of British Columbia to Seattle aa It t a,vry,large extent h" hHherto done. j " v v; ...t M JEROME'S ASSISTANT-FTT ; IS SUED FOR DAMAGES (Kpeetal Mssatck ky Leased Wire to Tss Jeoraatt . New Tork. Jan. . Charle Chad wick, the former Tale fnotball player and now an assistant to- District Attorney Jerome. who recently caused the arrest of Coroner Jackson, haa been made the defendant l suit for J, 000 damage instituted by Heary Hopst, a haekman at th Sum Pitt, N. J. railroad station. About thre week ago during a heavy storm Mr. Chadwlck. who Uvea In 8om rrdt, alighted from, a train and wanted a oab to convey him home. I a dispute that followed with Hopst ss to whether the cabman had agreed to take hint. Mr. Chadwlck. .It Is .alleged- struck the, eab man twice, Injuring him so severely that he waa In bed for a emiple of week. Mr. ititidwriret wii Ukn In eharM by i I . , A .-a, ... police man ana a an ot sa wa unpostdv C E.t5$ Wood Exposes T riclc in ; DemEiilJc t Convchti:i: POLITICIAN? WOULD : .- STEAL PEOPLE'S POWER ...:-v,.'; rWould Strike Initiative and Ref erehdum From' : Any"" New In ; "etrurnent, ancLOncejlVlore-ji; Have State at. Mercy. -i-r y OoL O. . . .wood.1 t -TheAmerican cltlsen "la, from - hi cradle, brought up on a lla--a dangeroua Me." He '.is Icdfto believe, end he uuty "' believe,'- that this is a- government qC ." . the people. - Bowing . reverently .to- that., -. belief the American' people submit for years to . oppressions which the vast : majority of the people would annihilate If thia were truly a government of th ppple,v In reality, lt Is a government"" by various organisations -of politicians. wjhqjBinka thl their wliies.-iirT take the years all together, these politicians -- represent not the people, but omeapeclai". Interest which maintain tb polltlclase : . ' In power because they serve the purpoa--of- the-pedal- tntereBts.""Thi American , cltlsen - cannot be told- too -often that- - though monarchy' haa been ' abolished, and though wis have made some ateps . toward popular government, yet today. In ' effects our laws are made, taken as . whole,. by the special representatives pf special Interests, not by servant of th plain .people. .. - , The, greatest blow. ever struck at" thl goverrttpg of tha whole people by few - . Is . the initiative , and the referendum. It'docs permit the people,' when the sub- :' jert.ts. ot-sufflcleut importanc. to state -' 1 directly what their will la. and ho matter how badly the-peopte nyrri nn.niau?rir: : what nrratohed kwr my b panned by ; them acting through, the. lnlUatlv never-', i , ', th lesa, if thl I t be -at government Qt..'7 the people, the- people nrMt be tb Judges, j themselves of what they wish, and the , - - ; only theory-by Whh-h-tWjnltlaHvo and-- . the referendum can be discarded ! the ... world-old theory of tyrants, that th . tyrants, that thn better what la good '. -.' . thepeople.kDoWi-. itrou. fajMityl ,-r ;. governing lew. know better for the- people, than . themselves. A monstrous. " r XaitlaUv and mfersndnx- 1 tX iald that'the- Initiative and the. referendum -doe - not permit ef discus slona Of and amendment to the proposed law. . Lt ua say It does- nott If th ' law doe not,: commend ' llself to the -people, it Will not pas,, and tt I to the ; interest of those putting It before tbe ' people to elimenate every objection." lust aa far a possible.' consistent with .pre serving the-object of th law. ., More over, th Initiative will only, be - re- sorted to In matter ot great Import- - ance; ft- will not bo;.the. ordinary--and usual machinery of legislation; and. fur- V thermor. If 1t lsrfound objectionable lrr operation, - It can - be repealed or amended, and surely it m better than - ' tb Inconvenience of a sllxht delajr in appealing or! amending should be auf- , rered rather than that the peopla should -be deprived or their direct voice In th government to . which -they must gub- ' mlt and which they Jon Ht poor t.-- It " ts aald that the local option law' waa ' psssed by . the initiative and that - It could never have passed A .legislature. because lts real character as a prohlbl- . tlon law would hav - been disclosed. It la perfectly .true . that this was a) trick law.- It reflect no credit opon .' It promulgators. And ther 1 ground . for believing that it would never hav. , paased the people? had they truly under- '.' Stood Its meaning, and. therefor It ts said by some that thl shows that thK people ar not competent to make law for themselves. - A more silly statement ' jor it la not argument could not have oeen advanced. . . -,;i.--.tj..-..:-,;. btwansan Xglalatles '--Hav legislative -bodies never been i -duped by trick. lawsT " A monumental sxampl ts the scrtpplng law which, th railroads procured congress to pass,- en , sbltng thern to exchange worthless seo-:j7 tlons In tha forest reserve for extremely valuable sections out of tha forest re serve, . W must either assume that congre knew the trick and consented t It, and thttt tha commute which rrc- ommentted U knew . th trick and an- , . seated to it, or that they did not v... th true meaning of th law. Tbe stat ute books, congressional and stale, are f Iliad with Instance - of subterranean ' ' legislation and of stupidly worded law. V rh meaning of which can only be aeeer ' talnext by long end - expensive judicial 7 interpretatton, and th-meaning ot some of which is. never ascertained, , r Onf - two things- ta-cer liat-4t hur . tb people- know the true., meentng r th so-called local Option law. or they did not. If they did. It Ja the people wilt, and far more so than- tf expressed by a legislature. , If they did not know It. the people hav committed no grt,r mlstak than legislature are committing every day. and It Is not aa if it ware i . constitutions! provision eternally bind-.. Ing; It can be remedied. -' -' Suppose legislature -wer to b abol ished becaus they made mistake. Sup 1 pos when legislatures were-Hrt sum moned to aid In govrom4 they had been Immediately abolished, because they had mad some mistake, , "..". -' ' Taf Taw WM tsnlw R -" 'The Initiative and th. referendum ha', juat -begun Its career her, and th dsaire to throttle it I not becaus of a ---take- which ha been made under It. I t because It give the people mm !' vole In their own government en I i -va1 the power f the profcssioi. 1 -potlttrlsne. - - 1 -But when th penpl sdoated U ' tlatlv and referendum they wer - .Continued os T:r I. 7,:K . V ... ... ..,.- i