The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-11
BAHEYS SWAN SONG

senator Balley, the eloquent senator IRON Tex
as just prior TO resgning his position Senator,
sung swan song on the floor of the senate that
has been commented upon by practically all the
papers of the country The Senator's song DEM
onstrates clearly that he is out of harmony with
his party and that while posing Democrat,
about all that he believes in is Republican prin-
cples. Dispatches from Washington speak of the
address follows:
Senator Baileys speech was an attack the
initiative and referendum as institutions that
would, If adopted, bring about the overthrow of
the present system of American government. He
said they originated in the desire of politicians
to escape the responsibility for action such
petty questions the location of state capitols
and the settlement of prohibition fights. AS in
situations of government, he declared that the
schemes for direct Legislation by the people
would convert the United States from a repub-
lie to democracy, and would give it's control
into the hands of the unskilled, the idle and
the vicious"
Throughout the address he held closely to the
ideas of Alexander Hamilton and said:
THE wise and patriotic statesmen who dedi-
Gated this republic to liberty and independence,
rejected direct democracy in which the people
would rule without the Intervention of represen.
tatives and adopted representative democracy
in which the people should rule through their
duly chosen agents"
he made 1t plain that the fathers of the repub
lie had intended that the Republican form of
government should give way to direct legislation
by the people, such the initiative and referen-
dunn would provide.
On this portion of the Senator's speech the
Salt Lake Tribune comments as follows:
We do not see such dangers in the initiative
end referendum as Senator Bailey proclams but
consider them entirely unnecessary in the
United States where have regular legislative
body entirely within the control of the people
and sufficient for the purpose. We find the ref
erendum to be unsatisfactory in that the people
do not take interest in referendum questions
and vote upon them with the same interest
even approximately the number of
that they cast for candidates for office. The ref
erendum to be of sufficient importance to submit
to the people ought to receive from the people
a vote higher than that cast for any cand
date for office. The very reverse is the case
universally and therefore in the referen
dunn a failure that must necessarily dscredit it
and lead to it's discontnuance. AS to the initia
tive in that merely plan of disconnected
or schemng persons force their nostrums up
on the public in the nope of getting personal
special advantage out of them We do not be-
lieve that either the initiative or the referendum
are lasting principles, but reason to
be alarmed about them, as Senator Bailey evil
IDENTIFY Is.
And now seriously speaking is not the Tribune
right. And aside from the luminosity and rage in
N Senator's address is he not about right. Are
not his views on the initiative and referendum in
harmony with the trainers of the commonwealth
and OF the type that lasting and that win
d.. Pc seriously speaking what possible good could
come from the initiative and referendum to the peO
pie of Logan and Cache county. The results fol
lowing the institution OF a principle, and the pas
sase Of law furnish the real test. The national
democracy We're elected on platform pledged to
the initiative and referendum Senator Bailey
not conform and leaves official life The state
Democratic platform endorsed this idea and the
Democratic minority in state Legislature which
will convene next week committed TO these is
sues. great many Republicans share in the be-
lief that the initiative and referendum will serve
in all for all the ills of official and political
life, but again seriously, will kindly
point out what goot such regime will do for the
State of Utah. To be more specific and get closer
to nome wLa5 good will it do for Logan City and
Cache county
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