The Arizona sentinel., 1910-09-08

street schoolhouse grounds, de- livering the first of a series of speeches which he will make in various cities in Arizona before September l2, having been call- ed to Arizona by the republican party to talk upon what has be come known as the Oregon plan" of state government-the initiative, referendum, recall and allied enactmentS, which the democrats declare they will put in the consultation if they have they have the power.
 Governor Geer is eminently fitted to deal with these ques tions by extended experience and observance of the practical re- suits, and he devoted his speech thereto, without attenuation or compromise.
 The meeting was presided over by H. Vance Clymer, whose wife is d consin of Goyernor Geer.
 Dr. Clymcr made la few fitting openg remarks and then intro- duced Albert M. Sames, chair man of the republican, territorial committee. Mr. Sames has many claims to the title of orator, and his address on this occasion sur. passed any with which he has favored the peopl9 of Yuma. He dealt with the Arizona con stitutional question upon the lines Of expediency and the die. tates of common sense and pa triotism. He was loudly cheered.
 At the conclusion of Mr.Sames speech GovernorGeef was intro duced, the chairman presenting Ihim as sEpn lroHest farmer. Mr. Geer smilingly owned to the im- peachment, stating that he had been d farmer all his life and up to within thirty days of his ac cession as governor of Oregon. His attitude evidenced that his advent into politics had not be reft him Of the plain, simple bearing of the tillers of the soil. He came before his audience in his shirt sleeves and handled his subjects in every day, unpreten tiouS, forceful language, without adornment, and left no doubt in the mind of any reasoning listen CT that tbe Oregon plan" of stale government Is, in many re- spects, farce. He illustrated the points he desired to make with irrefutable facts and inter- spersed them with considerable native wit.
 In beginning Governor Geer took decided exception to certain placard inscriptions by local democratic demagogaes: "Shall the People Rule?" He detied any democrat or socialist pres ent to point out where the peo pie at large had been deprived of a single privilege under the rule of the republican party; on the contrary such privileges had been constantly added to and eX- banded.
 The speaker then declared that he was talking to republicans first and to democrats incident ally, but particularly to those of either party who were fpclined to favor the initiative and refer endum. Gov. Geer stamped em phatically upon efforts made to show that this principle could be claimed as republican doctrine because it was first pat into effect in the republican state of Oregon. He said that when the pOpulistS diSbanded their organ ization in 1896 they turned loose very large vote; that both old parties went after this vote, and that the republicans captured it by endorsing the initiative and referendum, d chief popalist ism. Since then the republicans in Oregon have had bitter reason to regret this lowering of the party standard; it was the be- ginning of a train Of errors and unbridIed idiocy which has de- moralized the party organization
 Mr. Sames in his speech before me very wisely said that you should noc put into your constitution any deba.- . ahIn fndS md ,s.nrt to ca,. "a ,.c1,