The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN,

SENATOH CHAMBERLAIN,
Democrat. who. ms result of tho
Oregon system, was elected by a Re-
publican Legislature.
emphatically argue that under the In
dtiadve and referendum method of
legislation the representatives feature
OF the old system OF government still
remains. the effect OF the now method
being only to retain in tho MACS Of
electors or voters larger share of
legislative power than heretofore.
1t Will be the first time that tho
consututtonaHty of this method OF
legislation has come before the SUI
preme Court Tho tax which the tele-
phone and telegraph company seeks
TO recover Is but the smallest consid-
GRAFTON involved. An adverse decision
OF the court would turn Legislative
matters topsy-turvy In the other
states which have adopted Law SINH
lar TO that OF Oregon. Laws already
passed under the system you'd all be
doubtful. II not void, and the con-
fusion would far exceed that follow
Ing the wiping Of the income tax law
on the statute books, when hundreds
OF thousands OF people clamored for
the return OF assessments illegally col
lected.
The Array OF Counsel.
Heading the list of counsel to ap-
pear before the Supreme Court in sup
port of the initiative and referendum
will be the Attorney General of Ore
gon. A NJ. Crawford. q progressive"
Republican. Associated with him will
be George Fred Williams, former re-
preventative from Boston, who has
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date for Governor of the Day State;
also Jackson H Ralston, a Democrat
and single-taxer. OF Washington, D.
C, WHO, following the spanish-Ameri-
can War, was counsel at the national
capital for Filipe Agoncillo, represen-
tative OF the Filipino republic, He will
appear in the initiative and referendum
case particularly as a representative
OF the Oregon State Grange
The chief spokesman OF the counsel
aligned against the disputed system
firm OF Pillsbury and Sutro. His part.
ner. Oscar Sutro. will also take a
hand at tho arraignment OF the law.
Associated with them are Charles
Henry Carey, OF Portland. former vice
president of the American Bar Associa-
tion, and at one time Republican nat
ional committeeman for Oregon, and
Harrison Allen, OF Portland.
Among the Interested attorneys
within the bar Of the court during the
hearings will be George E. Chamber
lain, OF Portland. who as a result OF
this popular movement" in Oregon
was. although Democrat, Seoted
United States Senator by en- unwilling
Legislature, which etodd seventy-six
Republican and fourteen Democratic.
and his colleague. Jonathan Bourne.
the First United States Senator ever
chosen by the direct vote" method,
and now president of the National Pro-
gressive Republican League which,
from it's headquarters in Washington.
Is waging war against President Taft
and for the initiative and referendum
method in every State of the Union.
Senator Bourne has out-Bryaned
Bryan In his zeal for spreading tho
gospel OF the initiative. referendum
and recall and has mailed his speeches
on the system to millions of voters
ecattered throughout the land.
Nine States HIVE II.
The outcome OF bhis important case
Will be watched with nervous anxiety
by the States which, with Oregon, have
already adopted the Initiative and re-
ferendum by constitutional amend
inents--South Dakota, which did so
even four years before oregon--the
pioneer asitator--adopted it; Montana,
which followed In 1907. Oklahoma,
Missouri and Nevada, which fell into
line during tie next couple of years,