The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
After BigeloU Uith
Sharp Stick
Editor of the Spokesman
Trims the Agitator-at-
Large in Telling Fashion.

suited on every public question and then
be permitted to state the conditions for
its adoption, has been running amuck
with himself the last few weeks over
the proposed constitutional amendment
limiting to siX-year periods the presen
tation of amendments which may have
been twice submitted at the polls. He
wants to amend that document himself
or have it let alone. In that he makes
the usual blunder of the agitator who
hears nothing so fine as the sound of
his own voice. Bigelow is the only
enemy almost that the Constitution of
the State of Ohio has. He has proved
himself traitorous character by his re-
peated aud utterly indefensibe diatrbes
upon the Constitution of the United
/ States. For these in times of war he
would have been shot for treason. 1t
was largely through his perncious in
huence that the Constitution of this
State was overturned and in its place
was put about the infernalest mess of
reform rubbish that could well be dug
out of the socialistic muck heap. Now
having a possible menace to his soft re-
turns from the famous Fels fund for
the promotion of the single tax idea,
/ Bigelow processes to see danger to that
theory in the audable effort to so amend
the Constitution that the further abuse
of the |. and X. may be prevented.
Bigelow can't see it. Where any of his
fool reforms are wanted he would in
itiate an election every other week. Moth
ing to him. He pays no taxes in Gin
cnnati But he certainly got his in the
| following letter which is worth repub-
LEGATION in these columns, for which J.
Frank Hutcheson. the editor of the
Spokesman, writes, having fullness of
knowledge of his subject
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1915.
Mr.. Herbert S. Bigelow, Agitatorat-
Large, Cincinnati, Ohio:
Dear Sr-I acknowledge receipt of
your communication of the 27th, the
envelope which contains the following
in 4s-point type, printed in red ink:
81 and r. Defense Committee-To
repel attack on initiative and referen-
dunn
"Opening the fat envelope, | discov-
cred small sheet designated as The
Peoples Bulletin. also return card
neatly arranged so that silver coir
could be gently enclosed and returned
to H. S. Bigelow, the self-constituted
'champeen of the dear pee-pul
However, the most interesting OF all
the enclosures was the letter written
above your signature, hence ] am moved
to drop you few lines bearing on the
whole matter.
I'm reply to your first query: GER
tainly will not enroll as a member of
the Initiative and Referendum Defense
Committee to work against the Consti-
tutional Stability League amendment.
You say such an amendment would make
the |. and r. in Ohio joke. You have
long since made it a joke, and it is high
time that you and it should be squelched
Your Joke has become a rather eXpen-
sivc one to the commonwealth of Ohio
and it has been conclusively proven that
the |. and r. is an expensive toy for you
and your creature-The Peoples Power
League
you have become so inoculated with
the Initiative and Referendum germ
have worked so much overtime as the
peoples champion, that your liver has
eeched all the sweetness out OF your
blood You are saturated with the idea
that corporations have no rights that you
should respect, seeming to believe in the
theory that those who have shall divide
with those who have not. In othei
words, your teachings are direct encour'
agement to the idle class who parade the
earth cussing and damning everything
and everybody who has achieved 3
measure of success.
, Thinks People Are Tired.
81 believe that the people OF Ohio
have lust about as much Bigelowism a:
they can stomach, and that it will no