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Show New System of Government Govern-ment Is Proving to Be a Good Thing Chicago. Oct. 12. The success of Oregon's system of government, with its distinctive, features of the initiative initi-ative and referendum, recall and corrupt cor-rupt practices act, was tbo keynote of an address lust nuhi by United states Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr. of Oregon, before the Union League dub. "The great problem of the American Ameri-can people i" to make thel.- government govern-ment representative," asserted Senator Sen-ator Bourne. "The declaration of Independence, with Its principle that 'all men are created free and equal,' i4 not established In this country. Many public offlrlals secure and have secured their positions through rings backed by corporations with selfish interests to promote and special privileges priv-ileges to promulgate Hut the people ore Hwake and subservience to the political boss is coining to an end. "The Initiative and referendum are I he foundation of all truly representative represent-ative government. When the people have the j,owor to compel legislation which tbey desire and require, then unwise laws and special privileges will b difficult. "Our people will take a deeper interest in-terest In the affairs of government if they arc directly responsible for their laws. When this ideal Is achieved, general contentment will be established estab-lished and anarchy will be destroyed. "Measures submitted under the Initiative Ini-tiative cannot be emasculated by tho lobbyist and Jokers cannot be Inserted. Insert-ed. The referendum protects good legislation from blackmailing corporations. corpora-tions. ' Corporations-, newspapers and lepal le-pal Hessians have said thut popular government is falling In Oregon. I ay that the people will vote on thirty thir-ty two measures at the coming election elec-tion and will vote more Intelligently after four months discussion than will the legislature In committee looms and lobbies, - "The cost of the initiative and referendum ref-erendum has been three-fourths of a cent per capita In Oregon. An effort to repeal the system would be defeated de-feated overwhelmingly." |