The labor world., 1912-04-20

sssnst ss rshe now Ths qaeatios saa s5e
new: what are We going to do about
~ The n, ), answer @ 't;, ,'s: We are going 70
clude the initiative, referendum and
And what: as meant by the initiative,
referendum and recall2>'>
I'll tell YOU, ana make 1T as simple
as suoh q simple matter. can be made.
Lets take the recall hrst-because It
comes last. I mentioned 1t last first
pee because se,h 1T sounds better. that way
The~reeall: Ii IN force In evsry privats
business In the world; on land, and sea :,
on; lake and river. wherever men and
and It has been IN force from the be-
ginning Of time. It IN simply the right
| o1 the employer to Are the. employee =
or servant-who doesn't make: good.
salary. ort-vho betrays the interests *of
his employer. No business on earth
can i've and. thrive without II The
6ienk: 6tsck:. WI, who, knew his employer %eonfdn't
certain: time: would be almost certain
to take undue advantage OF that TACT.
ans A's GGmPlt9Sxsra GatSxH interests would suffer.
| erless to help himself. ~ ~
.. Can't Fire Bad Men. y.
And that's just the AK we; are in
| now, withour public servants. we
cant fire them II they are dishonest,
make good. We hnd that they y are re- not Of
can only wait until their term is up, %
and then try to elect q better man.
three h
| IN which to make good, and then, II
ne Ia11s, we can reach out our strong
right arm and yank him out of his job
| make good, who will work for our in
terests; who will realize that he is
hired by US to do our work, to carry
not bunch Of private interests and
This, then, is the recall; very
simp5e staHd t thing d9deed' when you under
means: Why, when our frst national NAL
constitution or articles Of Federation
was adopted in 1777 it contained the
recau IN its most modern form. Article
! state s delegates shall be annually ap-
pointed In such manner as the legis-
| latures Of each state shall direct
| with a power to each state to
| recall Its delegates at any time within
! the year, and to send others in their
stead for the remainder of the year"
but there were interests to be served
H. IN those na Gays lays as wei as there are to-
the recall disappeared from our ma
! t1onal constitution, and such men az
Lorimer, and Stephenson, and a host
OF + other representatives Of the inter-
tions are today holding fast to their
| seats in congress, when, If the recall
were still In force. they would be cast
upon the ash heap, where they properly
| ho oth -
host? '-o
! Know Men BY Their Votes.
| By their votes We shall know them.
me next question is; has It been
used by other cities, and how does it
| work? ~
Fine! 1t work fine. It is the best
invention ever, for keeping your public
servants SCI. IT.. strictly on the job. It works
wtR Ru1ie ths seryant exactly as it
1T isn't often necessary to use il.
| Inc mere fact that you have the power
TO use It'll you want to is enough in
| And now let's see where it has been
used, 1 and for what purpose, and how
=, The 1ss. city Of Los Angeles adopted it
IN !SVo. In 1904 the city council tried
ol river bed to private corporation.
S1a Saal petitions o si,,, The aldermen put up a
/ X.
regal did. The: city. still owns that
million dollars wort. hof property.
alderman anss,aa & from the sixth ward in Los
; ing contract to the Los Angeles Times
at higher rate than was bid by
others: He was recalled. Ran aFaln.
Pae pae,,tiiae Times supported MIN: The entire
But the voice Of the people called to
him: Back to the tall timber for you.
;. L!' And back to the tall timber
ne % WentEand I guess he's there yet.
had it since 1907. In 1909 the city
police marshall vino had the entire
fSe peope OF atST tnS people In this
this man Or" and the appointmen t
I was made.
| How Bosses Rule Works.
| Again. In Los Angeles Arthur c..
anaI harper a,a*s was elected mayor by the wide
! stocks and selling them to gamblers
ana sal9onkeepers, and others who
1oumd msnta them tSa1,aS very profitable invest
Value 1ns anG 1a0qgh naid they had no market
| explain why there was no kick IN
their non n-diyidend paying qualities? ;?
Well it's like this. Suppose you
were re running iu IN pa "a quiet little gambling
| hotelCno. know there's no St. Simon
| hotel in Duluth, but st. Simon wasn't
! the only saint on the calendar. And
suppose an alderman should come to
you and say: I'D like. to sell Won
about a thousand shares of nv In U
derground Lead pipe Cinch Line stock
You can have it for 100000 1t doesn't
pay any dividends: it has no market
value, but If you are going to con.
tinue in your present business, you
will find 1t very profitable invest
Well, what's the answer. So yo,
see now 1t was in Los Angeles But
anyhow, Arthur had to go-lost his
job. So did his enterprising police
commissioners. Same. old story-the
voice tH &c % Of - the people. with the recall
I'm the little town of Estacada, Ore
gon, where they adopted the recall in
! entire body of city officials, with the
exception of the recorder, and Incl
dentally busted the little, Compact.
qutet-running political machine that
had been running the town for years
Recall in Oregon, -.
City, Oregon, to remove the mayor.
who wasn't doing his duty; in Dailas
Texas. in 1907 to remove two bull