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Show ft J BAILEY'S SWAN SONG H Senator Dalley, tlio eloquent Senator from Tex- H as Just prior to resigning his position ns Senator, H , sung n swnn song on the floor of the senate, that H lms been commented upon by practically all the H papers of the country. The Senator's song lem- H onstratcs clearly that he Is out of harmony1 with H his party nnd that while posing ns a Democrat, H about nil that ho believes In Is Republican prln- H clples. Dispatches from Washington speak of the H address as follows: H Senator Dalley 's speech was an attack on the Initiative nnd referendum ns Institutions that H would, if adopted, bring about the overthrow of H I the present system of American government. Ho H ) I said they originated in the desire of politicians Q to escapo tlio responsibility for action on such petty questions as the location of state capltols H and tlio settlement of prohibition fights. As" In- H stltutlons of government, ho declared that the H schemes for direct legislation by tho people H would convert the United States from a repub- H lie to n democracy, and would give its control H Into the "bnnds or the unskilled, the idle nnd H the vicious." H Throughout tho address he held closely to the H Ideas of Alexander Hamilton and said' H "The wjso nnd patriotic statesmen who dedl- H cated this republic to liberty nnd Independence, H rejected a direct democracy In which the people H would rule without the Intervention of represen- H tatlves, and adopted u representative democracy. H in which the people should rule through their H duly chosen agents." H Ho mado It plain that the fathers of the repub- H lie had never Intended that the Republican form of H government should give way to direct legislation H by the people, such ns the initiative nnd rcferen- H Uum would provide. H On this portion of the Senator's speech tho H Salt Lako Tribune comments an follows' H Wo do not seo such dangers In the Initiative H end referendum us Senator Dalley proclaims, but H we consider them entirely unncressnry In the H United States where we have a regular legislative H body entirely within tho control of the people, H nnd sufllclent for the purpose. We find the rcf- H erendum to be unsntisfartory In that tho people H do not tnke an Interest in referendum questions H nnd vote upon them with tho same Interest or H men approximately the same number of votes H that they cast for candidates for olllcc The ivf-H ivf-H ," erendum to be of sulHclent importance to submit H .'l to the people ought to receive from the people H n oto even higher than that cast for any en lull- H date for office. The very reverse is the enso H universally, and thcreforo we see In the refcren- H dum a failure that must necessarily discredit It H .iiul lend to Its-discontinuance. As to the Initln- H tle we seo In that merely a plan of discontented H or scheming persons to foico their nostrums up- H on the public In the nope of getting personal or H special advantage out of them. Wo do not be- H lleve that cither the Initiative or tho referendum H are lasting principles, hut we seo no reason to H bo nlarmed about them, ns .Senator Dallpy ovl- H dently H And now serlousl) speaking Is not the Tribune H right. And ankle fiom the aulmosit) and rage In H 'Ii' Senator's addioss is he not about right Are H nut his vluwf on tho lnltlntie nnd lefcicudum in H hnnr'iuy with the frameis of tho commonwealth, H anil of the t)pe thin ato lasting and that will en w Uu. Serious speaking what possible good could B coniu tnim the Initiative and referendum to the peo- H pie ot l.ogan and Cache couut. . The results fob M lowing the Institution of a principle, and the pns- H wgo of a law lurulsh the real test Tho national Hl demoeuiey uei(. elected on a plntfoim pledged to W tho InitlatlNu ami referendum Senator llal'ey i an- fl not conform anil leases oillclal life The state H Demorrntlc platform endorsed this idea, and the H Democratic mlnoilty In our state leglblature which H will convene next week are committed to these Is- H suer . A great many Republicans share In the be- H' lief that the Initiative and referendum will serve M in a cure all for a'l the ills ot oillclal and political H life, lint again, seriously, will some one kindly m point out what goo such a regtmo will do for the H Ste'iJ of Ut.ih To be more specific nnd got closer B to homo l.-t good will it do for l.ognn Cltv and H Cache conn') |