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Show ! Says There is Danger to the Government in Corruption New York, Feb. 7. United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma Is In Now Yojjk. "for the purpose," as ho says, " of 'trying to sow a few seeds of good government." His opening effort ef-fort In thjs direction, an attack on Senator Lorimer of Illinois and a defense de-fense of tho Initiative and referendum, was an address at tho West Side Y. M. C. A. last night. "If places can be bought on the floor of the senate," said Senator Owen, "It Is obvious that the governing powers can be bought for money, and we will then have a government of money over men. The humanitarian Interests Inter-ests are over-ridden and the commercial commer-cial and special Interests prpvall. "The doctrines of progressive government, gov-ernment, of popular rule with the power pow-er of government In the hands of the people, of which' the three cardinal elements are the Initiative and referendum refer-endum and" the .recall, have swept tho states west of tho Mississippi river, and will prevail in the other states. j We are confronted with conditions I which mean either governmental con-' con-' trol of monopolies and a restoration of- competltlon-or- a-relgn of Socialism: We can restore the power of government govern-ment to the hands of the -people onlv ' by doing away with the machine poP j itlcians in both parties." I ' oTo |