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HAVE YOU READ IT?
The commercial Club of Port
land save a dinner a few even-,
ings since at which a number of
addresses were made. The
principal one was by H. W. Scott,
editor of the Oregoman. The
subject under discussion was the
use made of the Initiative and
Referendum. The speaker clear
ly and correctly stated the con
ditions out of which this consti
tutional amendment grew and
the evils incident to our former
methods of legislation which, it
was believed the introduction of.
this legislative principle would
eradicate.
Speaking of the adoption of
the initiative and referendum,
Mr. Scott said: "I doubt wheth
er it would be now accepted by
so large a majority; possibly
would not be adopted at all. For
experience with it certainly has
not been all that could have been
desired." He then' proceeds to
show that a small body of men
may "invoke the initiative on;
matters of special interest to
themselves or to their thinking,
but which cover no wide purpose;
or appeal to the referendum to
defeat ; or uphold certain meas
ures which for one reason or an
other a portion of the people may
dislike."
1 Every one knows this is true.
Two years ago the general ap
propriation bill passed by the
legislature was held up in this
manner, and an expense of
S90 fW carlrllorl nnnn rho ht.
payers because a portion of the
people disKked some features of
the bilh Just now a few people
.are holding up the appropriation
for the State University, and
that institution is greatly
hampered in conducting its work.
The speaker referred to the
primary law for making nomina
tions and showed how it, too,
like the initiative and referen
dum, wa3 liable to abuse. "In
my opinion we shall not, as a
rule, obtain a very good class
of nominations , under the pri
mary law," he said. And he
hacked up his opinion by the
most cogent and convincing
reasons.
Continuing, he showed how our
"constitutional changes have
virtually done away with the
constitution as it was, and large
ly with the idea of representative
government also." Of this inno
vation he says: "We certainly
shall tire of it if ill-timed and ill
considered initiative and referen
dumpetitions continue to be forced
upon the attention of the elector
ate." Earnestly does he plead
for the exercise of prudence,
judgment, ', clear information
and i knowledge and entire un
selfishness on part of the elector
ate, lest those measures which
were intended to preserve our
rights ' and enlarge our, liberty
shall destroy both. The w.hole
address is a masterly, clear,
concise and logical presentation
of questions of the gravest
portent No one is better qualifi
ed than Mr. Scott, perhaps none
so well qualified as he, to give a
calm, dignified, philosophical
and statesman-like presentation
of these matters. We most
heartily wish every man in the
state might read and carefully
ponder upon the wholesome
truths set forth in this brief address.
PRESERVE IT.
Government of a people by
representatives chosen by the
people from among themselves,
and direct government of the
people by themselves are but two
forms of democracy. The latter
is described as pure democracy;
the former , as representative
democracy.
r We have had but few and ne
long continued examples : of pure
democratic government. The
early New England town govern
ment and - possibly some later
pioneer adoptions of it have
given the only illustrations of
this form of government our
history records. As population
increased it became manifestly
impossible for all the people or
even a majority of them to come
together for the purpose of enact
ing laws for their government.
Government by representation,
or representative government
was then resorted to This is
the form of government adopted
by the several states and by the
United States. Never before in
human history had the idea of
representative government been
so widely, earnestly and intelli
gently applied to conducting the
business of human government.
Europe stood aghast. Political
economists, . ; philosophers and
statesmen predicted our early
fall. We emerged from the
bloodiest civil war of all history.
The unity: of the nation, Vthe
constitution and our entire gov
ernmental machinery were pre
served. Those who predicted
that our fate would be that of
ancient -Greece and Rome, where
mob government made demagog
ical, autocratic rule so intolerable
that men gladly welcomed a des
potism, found they were mis
taken. They had failed to com
prehend the strength of .repre
sentative government.
For more than a century and a
quarter the United States has
endured without a change
in the form of govern
ment. The representative idea
embodied in our constitution has
proved 4 be strong enough to
guard our liberties . against as
saults from enemies without and
mischievous passions within.
; We believe It will do so for all
time. Certain it is that we should
be cautious how we modify the
representative , feature of our
government lest "we remove or
impair the strongest safeguard
of our political and religious
liberties and expose ourselves to
the deceptive attacks of our own
unreasoning passions- Let us
see to it that we preserve this
basic principle in our government.
A rag published in the western
Dart of the .county prints . this:
VG- W.-Denman, County Supt. of
schools is being urged by a few
of his intmate friends to be a
candidate for County Qlerk in
the next election. " Being born
of such parentage this sounds
like a false accusation cf Mr.
Denman's friends.
Additional Local.
Disappointed at inability to secure con
victions in the two cases thus far tried,
officers in charge of the prosecution of
alleged violators of the local option law
Ijn Albany have announced that no mors
cases will be tried in the J ustice Uourt
nntil after the term of State Circuit Court
which convenes Monday, October 28th.
. F. Zimmerman, superintendent of the
Oregon Anti-Saloon League, who has
b-en in Albany directing the prosecu
tions, returned to Portland Friday after
noon. W. L Paeon, the detective who
worked up the cases, also left for Port
land, where he is employed in Lou Hart
man's detective agency. It is under
stood to be the plan of the Anti-8aloon
League men to have no more complaints
filed except in the Circuit Court, where
they hope to meet a jury of farmers .
This is a good time of year to rake up
and burn the dead leaves and any other
accumulations of trash along tte side
waiks in the business part of town, as
well as in private yards and in alleys
generally. A few persons are seen oc.
casionally raking up trash aud sending
it up in smoke but they are like angels'
visits ''few at.d far between." Let ev
eryone take a hand in it.
A Good Trade.
Every boy, no matter how rich or how
poor hi ancestry, should learn thorough
ly some good trade, so that if his circum
stances become reversed at any time be
could immediately do service at bis trade
and start again on a successful 'road to
prosperity. - The printing trade is not
onljr artistic - when completely learned,
but it is also highly educational in every
particular, and one of the best trades that
anyone can learn, as opportunity for
labor is ever ready each working day in
the year.-
There is one of the best opportunities
in a.l the land for a young man of steady
hahits, good principles, well educated
having a will lo work and excel, to learn
thb printing trade in the Gazette office.
Proper explanation will be given on ap
plication., r . 67tf
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HOMES FOR SALE
WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLI8,
- Oregon, on instalment plan and as
eist purchasers to build homes on them
- if desired. AddresB First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
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thereon, if desired. Address M. S.
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conservative banking business. Loans
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bought and Fold an-i money transferred
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States, Europe and foreign countries.
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