The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-09


lieve that the man who said that h
stood for the initiative and referel
dun because Jefferson said 1t wa
right, will be the next president
the United States You all know VIII
mean (cries of Bryan)
The Lord God Almighty, and ! sa
IT with reverence, is not writing thi
constitutiln. even II His name is in ii
Plain American citizens-and homes
ones-are writing IT, You NiH max
mistakes, but | want you to stan
with your president, and by doing
say that your heart is in the righ
place | want you to place this grea
law of the Initiative and referenduL
in the constitution and give to tn
people the right to correct the mis-
takes that you may make.
have seen men get on this floo
aud talk about their honesty Tn
time has come for them to be tried
If they are honest let them show il
We had a legislature in Indiana. ant
there was great reformer in tina
legislature. He uuib0led and foun,
ihNiA tuaN ih1 nthA1A. ll1 SUI ull VII
the floor and said: Il want ever.
member of this legislature to be hon
est. | am going to be honest, and
am going TO give up my railroad pass
Qaying his pass on the speaker"
table,, and I want every member her
to walk uD and throw his pass OF
that table" He stopped Not a MAJ
moved; not one. He looked arowu
and then he says, are you going {,
be honest like me and give up you
pass?" Not a man moved; and thel
he got hot WELL" he says. "yol
all thought YOU was fooling me, but
have got you. That's last years pass
The question bas come here nov
for you TO settle whether or not yol
will keep your pledges to the people
have Neel accused OF being tot
practical IN politics, and many othe
things, all my life. There was a tim
in the early days out in the shor
grass country when there WASH
much law, when | had to explain to
grand jury how a ballot box had beer
tampered with because 1t was too ful
of Democratic votes. | thought wa
doing il for the good of the country
This Oregon law is practical law
II you want results, adopt il, and pu
II Ia tha constitution as your CON
mitt1e has reported it, Out there tn
people are actually ruling the coun
try, and that IS what you want, Tht
five per cent has decided mora
effect upon the actions of a legislator
as no one of them is so depravet
that he viii sit in the legislature an,
vote on a bill that he knows is detri
mental to the people. and that the.
viii repeal H.
Judge Baker is against the per cen
IN order 10 stir up a russ here today
but | want to tell you that the very
gist of that law hinges on this fly,
per cent He is always making
fuss.
haze conferred with Pat Nagle
]. B. A Robertson and President Pom
eroy OF the Referendum league. anC
the best thought on this subject il
America Is that this flye per cent is
the proper ratio. Redeem your pledge
to the Farmers Union and the fedeI
alton of labor. and you need have 10
fear for your constitution. You neeo
have no fear for the work that yol
will do here
before this caucus adiourns as ,
am told that balnket primary Law
viii be laid before It, With the initia
tive and referendum. the people make
the laws With the blanket primar.
the people name the men who are tC
enforce these laws. That brings free
dom. lust rule and generous liberty
10 our new state.
/ want TO thank you kindly for the
honor thai YOU have given me today
! want TO thank YOU in the name o.
/ federated labor | want TO thank you
/ in the name of the 1881 900 members
OF the grand Farmers Union, OF which
am am humble member.
If | have said anything in anger
here today YOU know ! don't mean t.
because am proud 10 be called ~,
friend OF the men who are building
\ this new state. You are represent
/ ing the Democracy of the people. In
the name OF God. your country and
your homes. make a constitution that
we al can be proud of. / come down
/ here To spend the declining years ol
/ my life / have come with "a heart
that is fun OF love for this new state
have come TO use what little talent,
have 90 aid you In building a vas
empire down here that shall be loved
OF all mankind. want to see on
every 100 acres Of this fertile land 1
prineely home. ft dwelling place foI
the princes of the earth-Oklahoma
fafmersl BY every roadside. and oI
every section line | want 10 see spleu
did school house for the country chil
dren 10 use. In towns and cities le
there be schools that shall be tn
pride Of all our people. Let you
children start as J did up IN the OLE
Ho0sier state. In the country school
and go up step by step, until at th