The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-17

res IDEAS WIN hfr entoessc - ths SHAPE
Of q 5sii. Ia favored ia r5cpos ion %
referring 20 ire psccle re-tsiG tgzEcrtsrE
nsttsrs whick the legislature nsigat pass
Frank Baker took re soor for q szina.e
20 say shzf IS every speaker lad sevo-
Gated ire bfsl. ae SO nc wis., - thrash re
ssr. not wsn:st 20 speak aftsr Sore
member ss ne oc2os.ng party bad spoken
sgslnsE the BIZ. This was so-t % &C.
farce which Powell % King really took
TT.
Powell scores the Money Changers
Powell h@zsr ~ ssyf-r that T. srssr 20
vary the rnonofony es the debate hs Eo'lld
speak against tas oil sn1 tnss a.d n k~ep-
Ing the bal rolling.
"Consi6erAbis rsssEsnrs has s>sn mars
here 20 the Initiative arr referendum
which. II hss ha@r stasse, exists - the
sew Eazisud states. These ssfsuerts
nee cniy naisisae ore. baE are positive mis-
etasexnenrs q historical facts. TIE Only
form ~ THIS rri1>sp}~ - force = tae New
Erg.arH states - embodied ID t1e3r PRINT
Give form o town ra@sfirgs- This method
Of ggvernment haa descended from the
days % fne pilgrims when there we're not
enough neop1a r. ffass settlements 20 er-
sble thsn 70 utilize ne representative sys-
ten.
Those sysssnns - government which
nave beer found senesetsl - mankind
have been he fruit o. long ages o. expert
eaes. Tney ars MT Innovations or expert
merits I Goast the sdviaablllty q en-
grating o. oar AnEio-Saxon system %
government any foreign product. We have
tire community property system % tire
Latin races and ~ r. = curse. and VIII re-
main one unfil We have gotten rio Of ~.
This system % the iuifist tive and rsfsren-
DUN = a comparatively new thing IN the
ssiss republic. which haa been refsrreS 70
here 20 much. anG there tts success has
rot ysf been fully proven"
Hodgaon said. referring ~ Bush and
Rsdsr. VINO had spoken OF the New Eng
land states.
This talk ef New England and The pur-
ity or Sc institutions anuses me. In the
six New England states there IL So much
rottsnness ard corruption ever dis
graced any other section OF the country.
Way. in the little state OF New Hampshire
a railroad only eighteen miles iong has
controlled all railroad legislation fl the
state for forty years. more rotten mess
] never saw" Uagghter)
Baker replied 20 Powell b. saving that
he was nof informed a. 20 the workings
~ the inisIs tive and referendum In the
Swiss republic.
the gentleman opposes the grating on
our system % government ot any foreign
produetz What about the Australian
ballot systsm7 II not thai a foreign pro-
ducf7''
Baker evidently forgot for the moment
thai the Australian ballot system Is as
much an Aneio-Sa1on product as any OF
the features % our government.
hags6orn raised a laugh and the Ire OF
Genasatv when ne sasd:
Ever since the time OF Christ the mon
ey power and the lawyers have been op-
posed 10 any good movement"
Powell replied 10 Baker and HaRa5orn in
one OF the neat and very cutting speeches
fer which he has grown famous ia the
legislature. lie corrected Baker 81 10 the
Australian ballet Jaw and its relation TO
the Angio-Ssxon system9 OF government
and answering Hagadorn. said.
With reference 10 Christ IL has been
said that ne WAS opposed by the money
power and the lawyerx To YOU who have
been elected under the banner OF the star
eyed goddess Of reform. can say that
from what hzv. seen In th!s legislature
am reminded also of Christ's experience
with the money powaT-when he drove the
money changers from the temple"
This kosa sash was appreciated by ev-
eFyons In the house except. perhaps some
OF the Populiss. Powell continued:
When Christ drove the money changers
from the teInpls with a scourge. ne said /:
IL 10 written tsIsx my fathers house shan
be house Of prayer. and ye have made Il
. den of thieves ="
OF course there were some people IN the
house mean enough to connect this with
the scandal left over from the senatorial
fight.
Nelson cios~d the debate by moving the
previous question. On roll call the bll
passed. yeas IS. nays u. as follows: