Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-02
Initiative and Referendum
Attacked in a Lengthy
Address.
DRAWS A BIG GALLERY
Texan Declares New Proposals
Out of Sympathy With Rightly
Formed Principles.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Congress got
down 10 business again today after
the holiday recess. The house after
an 11-minute session adjourned till
tomorrow out Of respect for the mem
ory Of the late Representative McHen-
~ Of Pennsylvania.
In the senate the Swan song" OF
Senator Bailey was the principal fea.
ture. The galleries were crowded.
The speech dealt chiefly with the prln-
ciple OF the initiative and rs-eren-
( dun. and he directed his wor Is to.
ward his resolution, declaring such
a system Of direct legislation as the
utiatiye and referendum would estab-
Ish is In conflict with the representa-
Z i've principle on which the republic is
Ounded
= During my serving Of more than
p years IN the two houses of con-
gress," said Bailey. Il never before
delivered an address in either of them
intended more for the country at large
than for the body itself. and would
not now depart from that rule except
for the extraordinary situation in
which We find ourselves with respect to
these questions" He declared the ad-
vocates OF this extraordinary form of
government" had conducted a syste-
matte campaign for years in behalf of
their views He desired, he said, To
present arguments against such a sys-
TEN OF direct legislation.
SECRETARY SERVES COFFEE.
The crowded senate and galleries
. followed the senator closely through
y more than an hour of quotation from
? writings OF Hamilton, Jefferson, Madi
son and others. At one point his sec
retary brought a cup covered with q
napkin. Bailey removed the napkin
carefully and arranged three Jumps OF
n. sugar on the edge Of his desk
,ri yellow journals might say this I:
"a a stimulant, Mr.. President" he said
,Iib and to obviate that I'll say it is cof
,nb eel
II, q few minutes later his secretar!
-. II into the democratic cloakroon
S1,M reappeared with another pile o
49,. 5I.s.
~rSN l. does seem strange" said Bailey
~ ripple OF laughter went arounC
= enate, that | should be compcf!|
ing all Cnese books here to defent
yoUDl princi>,es Of a government ~
4 I old, which has been the inspira
4 Amongand model OF free peoples"
ire bei BLAMES NEWSPAPERS.
country iley quoted from the works c
lemocr, drow Wilson, and declared n
han fh thorough representative of tn
-olone} lcter of a representative govern
liant an ever had been made than in Wi
'gh. ~ books. Bailey said the newsp;
Hhe ] were largely responsible for th
fatic,t est"
vice 10 am convinced the present popula
With ~ st had its beginning in what wa
luse y aded as mere idle gossip. Tn
prineipS tor said If any one wanted
realixa niZe a syndicate to buy him out
Wilson would be very glad to have thel
more E less than half a million. Bale
more he overheard a Washington ma
press Biting to the senate office buildin
In say: That's wh ,re those ol
The ontows fix up their jot = drink chan
mel n ne and get drunk as lords"
he chi BURNS up HEARST.
1ecNi0 That's the kind of reputation repr
satic n tatives of the American people al
nectirs en- and usually with no better fou
matt ton" said Bailey. Continuing b
part tack on journals and papers, Bale
men picked up a magazine published
he ,earst. Moral pervert, political d
ms fnerate. physical coward shout,
Ia, alley. referring to Hearst.
Int Senator Ashhurst Of Arizona jumpt
,e t. his feet. MIR. President, wou
rr be false to a friendship" began.
we II you want to reply to that V
or. can do so outside" interrupted Bale
co, lcatedly.
NJ Very we'll shall do So" retort'
a, Ashhurst. sitting down. He declar,
Hearst had used stolen letters"
a. ON attempt to create the impressi'
= rrat the standard Oil controlled q
a., gislature