Evening journal., 1912-01-24
SEES NEED OF
REFERENDUM
kr. Dole Says Idea Is Mighty
in Restoring Power to
the People
SPEAKERS COMING TO
SPKEAN The DOCTRINE


members. gathered in two weeks.
were reported by Field Secretary
George II. Litz, one Of the new mem
bers being the speaker of the even
ing, the Rev. George II. Dole.
William w. Knowles announced
the following speakers and dates.
Senator George H. Chamberlain. of
Oregon. to speak in Georgetown on
Monday evening, January 20. and on
Tuesday, January 30. to speak In the
Knights Of Pythias Castle. this city.
While in Georgetown Senator Cham
berlain will be the guest Of Andrew
Marvel.
Senator Moses E Clapp Of Mime
sofa, will speak in the Opera House
in Dover, on Monday evening, Jan
uary 20. and in Middletown on Jan
uary 30 While in Dover Senator
Clapp will be the guest Of ]. Hail
Anderson, and in Middletown, Of
w. h. Wright A speaker OF
special interest to come to
Delaware in the latter part of
February, is John Z. White. Of Chi
authorities on the Initiative. Refer
endum and Recall in this country. the
man who led Missouri to adopt e
idea. and man who deyotes his
whole time to the cause.
John r. Thomas, for the advertising
committee, reported consideration of
prices from a Newark. N. J., firm,
for a blue and white button bearing
the words, Free Delaware" an
Initiative, Referendum and Recall"
w. n Gibncy. for the committee on
securing the High School auditorium
as a place OF meeting, reported a
courteous hearing before the Board Of
Education, and thought il likely that
the use of the room would be secured.
as they had told the board the league
would be willing to pay for janitor,
light and heat, II other organizations
using the hall did likewise. He said
the board members seemed favorably
disposed.
Mr.. Dole Discusses Issue.
The evening was then devoted TO the
hearing of an eloquent address by Q
Rev. George II. Dole, on "A People S
Power and the Public Conscience. ."
Mr. Dole said in part;
1T has always been the purpose
Of the people TO reserve TO themselves
as much liberty as possible consistent
with order. Americans have rebelled
against being a much governed peo-
pie. They resent being individually
policod. The power TO govern has been
given TO legitimate bodies SO far as
has seemed necessary to preserve Or
der and justice. hut to meet new con-
ditions, additional powers have been
granted from time to time, and the
arm of the governing body has been
strengthened and longthened
Naturally we are anarchists, in
the true sense of the word, for the
word is derived from two Greek words
meaning without rule. We do moi
want disorder, but we do not like tc
be ruled.
Around this point the mighty
struggles of all ages have ragged.
Present turbulent times are due
essentially to the conflict between
Capitalization and liberty; on the one
hand liberty of vast and powerful
combinations to exercise their might
unbridled, and on the other hand, cen
tralization, or the desire for a power
centralized so as TO govern the abuses
Of liberty, and to protect the weaker
And the people are becoming
nightly aroused over existing condi.
tions. Last week there was an ac.
count of brilliant wedding in a
city. Language did not seem to suf-
fee in describing the lavish gifts OF
diamonds, precious jewels. and mil
lions of dollars.
"The same paper that described sc
generously the wedding also contain.
ed brief notice of a babe that frozg
to death in the arms of its mother
in the same city and on the night OF
the wedding.
I'VE all saw in the papers a few
days ago an account OF Mr.. Carnegie
testimony before the commissioners
Doubtless we noticed his statemen
that he sold his interests in his bust
ness for S450,00O,O00. and lamentel
that he did not get S55O,000,O00. Sucl
fabulous wealth surpasses the humal
mind to contemplate. The owner o
this immense fortune himself con
fesses inability to rightly use IL o
dispose of IT, And yet there are hun
dreds of thousands of people suffer
ing from ignorance, poverty and dis
ease. who cannot get sufficient food
or clothing, and cannot care for thei
children
I'VE hear much about the money
power i'm New York city This Is nc
fable. The Rockefeller-Morgan com
bine has gained the financial ascen
dency The income of the combina
and Il is only a matter of time-an'
buying up one industry after another
and il is only a ratter of timea-n
short time al that-when they wi
own not only all of the mines, raj
roads. telegraphs, telephones, electri
lines and gas plants in the land, br
all of the means of production
I'VE are now asking ourselves IN
most practical way, How far is OF
ganized society responsible for th
sodden iniquity and the woeiul wretcf
edness in our cities?
Now It may be said, What hay
these things to do with the referer
dunn, the recall, the initiative? The
all enter into question, for our entir
political system is become a forl
which nourishes. protects, and encOul
ages these regretable conditions, an
the principles for which this leagu
exists are highly remedial
'The nations lawmakers are in ia
power Of wealth. and from the begin
ming of their candidacy for electio
b the House or TO the Senate the
have been the agents of those stron
in money power. And it comes abou
! from the fact that candidates for offic
are not the choice of the people, bu
OF political rings whose sole exertio
is for self-enrichment.
The people are now rising up an
: demanding that the power taken frol
Z them by malfeasance be RESTORED |