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Show Congressman Makes ; Light of the Ability of New Statesmen I "Washington, March 3. Representative Representa-tive Charles F. Scott today attacked the Initiative and referendum and recall, re-call, characterizing them as "rovolu-tlonaiy "rovolu-tlonaiy an(l subversive of the present j system of government, a declaration In offect that representative government govern-ment Is a failure." "A new school of statesmen has arisen," lie said, "wiser than Washington Wash-ington or Hamilton; ; wiser than Lincoln, Lin-coln, Sumner or Beutnn; wiser than Garfield, Blaine, McKlniey or, Taft, knowing more In their day than all the people have learned In 'all the years since the Republic was founded." found-ed." He said we should hesitate to Introduce In-troduce into our system of government govern-ment a device which, had it been in vogue in the past, would have- made it possible for the Tories to have recalled re-called Washington, the Copperheads to have recalled Lincoln, and the jingoes jin-goes to have recalled McKlniey. Above all, he said we should hesitate hesi-tate to Introduce Into our political system a device which would subject to recall a judge whose decision happened hap-pened not to accord with the profession profes-sion or prejudice of the hour. He said the statute of every state in the Union provide a way by which recreant officials may be ousted from office or otherwise punished. He said the Initiative and referendum referen-dum made it possible for a fow people peo-ple to suspend a law which a legislature legis-lature may have passed In plain obedience obedi-ence to the mandate of a majority. - |