The leader., 1905-01-25

shape, in flavor, in coloring, in
everything. But | like them and
eat them, although / do not un-
derstand the mystery of their
growth. Did you ever raise q
radishg Z You put small black
seed into the black soil and in a
little while you return to the gar
den and find the full-grown rad
ish. The top is green, the body.
white and almost transparent, and
the skin a delicate red or pink.
What mysterious power reaches
out and gathers from the ground
the particles which give It form
and size and flower? Whose is
1.-THE invisible brush that transfers
to the root, growing in darkness,
the hues Of the summer sunset9
Not only must the Individual
have an ideal, but we must have
ideals as groups Of individuals
and in every department of life.
There is an American ideal of do
mestic life. In business it is nee
.essary to have an ideal. In the
professions, also, an ideal is neces-
sary. And the lawyer has ideals.
THE country is suffering today
from a Generalization of ideals.
Instead of measuring people by
/ the manhood and womanhood they
manifest, we are too prone to
measure them by the amount Of
money they possess, and this de-
moralization has naturally and
necessarily extended to politics. z
The speakers remarks on the
initiative and referendum were
especially interesting. He said:
"The initiative and referendum
involve the same principles. The
initiative describes the process by
which the people compel the sub
mission of question upon which
they desire to vote, and the refer
endum describes the process by
which they act upon a question
submitted. In each new charter
the power of the people is increas-
ed. Limitations are placed upon.
Legislative power and new ques-
tions are submitted to a popular
vote. 1t is now necessary almost
everywhere to submit to the peo-
pie of a city the question of issu-
ing bonds. The movement in fa-
vor of submitting franchises also
is an irresistible one, and the time
will come when it will be impossi-
BILE for councilmen to sell fran
chises in return for money paid to
themselves"
The speaker was loudly cheered
when he completed his remarks
on the initiative and referendum.
In speaking further on party
ideals, Mr.. Bryan referred to the
rights of the people to deliberate
lily fix the means by which they
will express themselves, and their
fright to place limitations upon
themselves, SO that they cannot
aet hastily or under a sudden inn
pulse. He said:
II repeat that the people have
a right to have what they want in
legislation. II they want a high
Itaritf, they have right to it; if
they want a low tariff, they have
a right to that. They have a right
to make tariff laws and repeal
| them. They have a right to the
gold standard if they want it, and
i they have right to the double
standard if they desire that, or il
they prefer they can demonetize
| both gold and silver and substi-
tute some other kind Of money.
| If gold and silver furnish toe
much money, they can strike
doWn one; If the remaining metal
still furnishes too much they can
strike that down and substitute
lsomething scarcer. Ever since
the discovery Of radium, Of which
| it is said there are but two pounds
lin the world, I have been fearful
| that an attempt would be made to
make it the standard money o1
| the country. But if the people
/ decide to demonetize both gold
/ and silver and substitute radium,
Il will still insist that they have !
fright to do it. And then if they
decide to give Morgan one pound
| and Rockefeller the other, / shall
lstiIl stand with the people and
watch Rockefeller and Morgan
while they use Che money.
The people have a right t.
have trusts If they want them.
They have 4 right to have one
| trust, d hundred trusts OF q thous.
land, and they also have q right Il
kill every private monopoly
If the people have q right to
lhave what they want, then the du.
lty of the party is plain. 1t is Il
present TO Che people code d
principles and policies to be acted
upon by them. Who can defend
the practicing Of deception upon
/ tie voterss Who can excuse d
fraud upon the peopleg Who car
Justify the winning Of q Yictory
| BY false pretenses No one car