The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
s' -s-- 5000 y.
SENATOR JONES
l GIVES KEYNOTE
Continued from Page z.

! so. And the men responsible for i'll.
the men who defend or excuse IL. The
men who have been afraid to fight it.
must step aside.
The Republican party tn Illinois
faces crisis today, and that crisis
has been brought about BY the inter-
necine strife for spots. Self-seeking
leaders auarreling over patronage
have shattered the party into fac-
tons. The chiefs Of these factions
have developed irreconcilable feuds
| ii two Of these factions unite, as in
| the past Il. ,hoSinatt ticket, ii
third faction knlfes the ticket al the
polls and the Democrats win.
These bosses as result Of their
/ lifelong efforts have merely buildad
a tower Of Babel, with patronage fer
I bricks and pelf for mortarN AS in
| days Of old, their tongues have been
| confused ana their labors have come
70 naugIt. lf the people are wise
/ they viii brush aside all OF these
/ quareling IniHorities and create a
/ new majority III mo manner based on
spoils o. jobs ~ money contributed
| by<or wrupg from the special inter
ests There Is room In popular
movement forthe clean lieuteuants OF
al these factions no attempt to
| rally around any one Of these boss
ridden factions is TO court defeat at
the final election.
But these political Jolly Royers
are Ingenious and resoureefuL The
| people mist be on their guard They
must not be deceived by appearances,
BY. names and legends and catch
phrases
One group Of these reaetionaries
Is trying to iiislead the people into
Inc siipport OF It's disraedited faction
by Haunting fiag bearing the rev
erend name OF Lincoln The desperate
straits of. this discreditcd minority
are proven BY their frantic efforts 10
spread the banner OF Lincoln across
their soiled and bespattered uniforms
The people, | apprehend, will make
short shrIft Of this sham
Nor must the people be deceived
by those who, pretending to be pro
gressiye, are al heart reactionary.
''Progresslyism, III not cloak 10 be
put on or taken off as the political
weather may seem to change, II Is
4 matter of the heart and the head
It Is a matter Of Faith aud conviction
faith in the wisdom and justice Of
the American citizenship conviction
chat the essential powers Of govern
ment should be restored 70 the people
AT the, ballot box
Eve should have little patience with
those oppottunists who would adopt
a platform vague and elastic. to be
stretched this way and that to catch
votes and hold fast to the spells
Nor should we have patience with
those who pretend to distrust the PEG
pie who argue that lt is dangerous to
place power in The hJnds-of tue peo-
pie. This IS the peoples government,
The people own This nation.
"The very essence of representa-
tive government is that the people
should exercise al the ballot box those
powers which experience bias shown
10 be necessary lin order to maintain
the government pure and indebted.
And the American people have en-
larged or c6ntfacted the powers which
they have exeroisefsat the. ballot box
as changing conditions have shown 10
be necessary.
when the delegates TO nominating
conventions became misrepresenta-
tive, the people, By means of the d.
rect primary, took back into their own
hands at the ballot box the subject Of
party nominations,
20 argue that the primary Is subs
yersye of representative government
Is nonsense, 1t f. a progressive meas
ure essential To- the maintenance Of
pure representative government
: Originally the people IN thH'sevoral .
States gave tvsafreir Legislatures the
exclusive rightpl enacting laws, Eong
ago in Illinois the people began 10
take back into their own hands GER
tain Of the powms Of legislation
"The referendum has long bern an
institution in IAinois.
"Our constitutional conventions can
merely make Recommendations AS to
constitutional provisions They must
he submitted to vote Of the people
by referendum The power of cousti-
tutIonal amendment formerly vested
by the states in their legislatures has
been taken back into the hands Of the
people
. 4CdnstltHfionaf iaieldmeasso s,rs
geSted INV me legislature cannot 20
into effect For 'filAiB years u4tl .tpeo
'beople by referentnshi have approyed'
them The issuaEat! n bohdEs With
few exceptions, is imDjssrble In lih!
hois Except after reFelthduhf lind ah 4
approving vote OF the people There
are many laws which are optional IN /
counties or cities and which do not
go into effect until the people Of
those localities by referendum have
adopted Them
The amendment to the consttu
ton to provide for the referendum,
which is ane Of tbe,planks Of TIE plat
forAs az the@ss0esessive Republican
League, prowtde#l3as as TO- iams, in
general tive people! shalt have the
right vpomikhs tiliug Of petition con.
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