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WANTS WHITE GOVERNMENT
Texas Senator Denounces Initiative
and Referendum and Decries Wo-
mans Suffrage.

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Washington, Jan. 3-Before highly
interested audience of his colleagues
and many members of the house, and
with the greatest crowd since the
opening of this session of congress in
the galleries. Senator Joseph w
Bailey. of Texas, delivered his "swau
song" in the senate.
The Texan, whose resignation Is ex'
pected Immediately, denounced the
initiative and referendum, sounded his
opposition to Woman's suffrage, de-
clared for white mems government
in the south, and made such bitter
attack on William r. Hearst that 1t
led to a clash with Senator Ashurst,
of Arizona.
Reverting to an earlier attack on
yellow" newspapers and periodicals,
Senator Bailey picked up magazine
published by Hearst.
"a moral pervert. political de-
generate, a physical coward" shouted
Senator Bailey, referring to Hearst.
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, jumped
to his feet. "Mr. President, would
be false to friendship" began.
"If you want to reply to that, you
can do so outside" interrupted Bailey,
heatedly.
"Very well, I'll do so." retorted As
hurst, sitting down.
Bailey quoted one of the letters
published by Hearst, purporting to
have been written by Mr.. Bailey from
the senate Feb. 26, 1900.
81 did not even become a member
of the senate until March 4, 1901" he
said. He declared Hearst had used
Stolen letters" in an attempt to create
the impression that the Standard Oil
company controlled legislation, while
many of the letters used,> he said, were
in fact unrelated to any matters OF
legislation. rs
Mr.. Bailey spoke to his resolution,
declaring that such system of direct
legislation as the initiative and rel
endum would establish is in 81
with the representative princople on
which the republic is founded"
He declared the advocates of this
extraordinary form of goyernment"
had conducted ksystems campaign
for years in behalf Of TIN VNys. H
desired, heST0ns It r11
agaiN0 mcials to point out.
he q pected that the governoA
Madistatement after the confereA yeX
had neand Delaney. ---7,-~pr~es & "a
tive government should give way to;
direct legislation by the people.
"This is, republic-democracy," he
said, and again cited opinions Of men3
identified with history to prove that
representative democracy" was bet
ter than true democracy. He said OF
President-elect Wilson:
81 am Democrat, and though / did
not favor his selection, no man living
hopes more for the success of his ad-s
'ministration than I do"
Of the advocates of the direct form
of government hesaid:
'They are mistaken in the belief
that they can establish direct form
of government without overthrowing
the whoie structure of representative
government. It has come to choice
between the side led by the mighty
spirits of another day and the side
led by the noisy demonstrators of to-
day. For my part, am ready to en-
list under the banner of the mighty
dead-of Washington, and Jefferson,
and Madison.
'They say that representative gov
ernment has broken down in our gov
ernment. If that were true it would
almost justify revision. But main
tain it is not true. maintain that the
government is more representative of
the people today than ever before in
the history Of the republic"
Bailey said the cry was: LET the
people rule!" He denounced that as
false.
There are the southern states," he
said. There is not a southern state
that has adopted woman suffrage, and
I hope they will not.
II cannot understand how any wo-
man wants to step down from the high
pedestal upon which man has placed
her to mingle in the broils and de-
baucheries of politics. No, the south
ern states believe in the rule of the
men people. And not only in that, but
in the white men people, and I agree