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C,HIF JUSTICE GARYS ADDRESS AT YORK

:; Fifth. The fact that so long as
! the interests control Congressional
and State legislation, and influence
the appointment of officials, the an
ticipated benefits arising from the
initiative, referendum, and recall,
will be practically valueless, as the
interests will Immediately take
steps, when the election results in
favor of the people. to render it's
result nugatory and Intellectual, by
other legislation.
We recognize this as the most i'm
I portant of the enumerated causes,
and desire to emphasize it as strong
ly as possible. During the war be-
tween the States, the General who
was in command of a large body of
troops, noticed that a battery Of
the enemy which had not been To-
Gated, was playing havoc with the
soldiers. He commanded that the
location.of the battery be immediate
ly ascertained, but without success.
He gave another order, but again
the battery could not be located,
though its deadly work still con-
tinued. At last he commanded
that all his troops should turn their
attention in that direction, and the
deadly battery was located in a
clump of trees, and was soon de-
stroyed.
This battery of the interests that
is destroying representative govern
ment, must be silenced, even if ev-
cry element of the electorate has
to be called into requisftion, for that
purpose; otherwise there will be q
revolution, which was prevented,
perhaps, for the time being, by the
election Of MI. Wilson, as President
of the United States.
In this connection, we wish to i'm
press upon the voters the great i'm
portance of cooperation, which is
strikingly illustrated by the follow
ing oriental legend:
"There was a king who had three
sons. A princess became the Kings
ward, and as her guardian he had the
right to bestow her hand in mar
rage, upon whomsoeyer he should
choose. Each of the three princes
besought their father, to give the
hand of the princess to him in mar
rage. The king told them that he
would bestow her hand upon that one
of them, wbo proved himself most
worthy: The ability to discover
something new and wonderful was
considered, i'll that country, as the
highest evidence of merit. =:
One of the princes found a magic
rug with such power, that if a per
son stood upon it and wished to be
elsewhere, it would instantly trans
port him to the desired spot. The
second discovered a magic apple
with a perfume, that would instant
ly restore to perfect health any one
VINO was sick. The third found a
magic tube, which enabled any one
who looked through it, to see q per-
son or object wherever it might be.
The third prince suggested that
each look through the tube and de-
sire to see the princess. Where
upon they saw her lying upon a
couch, with the royal family stand
ing around her, weeping, and real
lied that she was dying.
The princes then stood on the RUG
n were instantly at the side Of the
princess. The. prince of the apple
held it before the dying princess.
! n she was at once restored to
health, and thereupon each de-
manded her hand, on the ground that
he had saved her life.
The King then replied, leach of
you is right. The really great and
good works of life, are done by no
one man MOI one class of men, but
only by the cooperation of many:
some other test must be tried"
The moral we wish to illustrate is,
tnat no one mar nor any M class
OF men, a accomplish the desired
result; and that only by the CO.
operation of those who love their
country, more chan they do wealth,
can representative government be
continued, anG a revolution be
avoided.
Sixth. The power of a few men
to accumulate in an exceedingly
snort tlme, large sums of money
from all parts of the country, that
may be used in such a manner, as
to affect and influence the affairs of
the government, keeps the public
mind uneasy, and the affairs of
government in 4 chaotic state. for,
in reality, it is the exercise of gov
ornamental powers, as such trusts,
are public in their nature.
We quote the following words of
Mr.. Wilson, President of the United
States, in one of his addresses which
throw light on the subject:
"One of the powers we fear is
the control of our life, through the
vast privileges of corporations,
which use the wealth of masses of
men to sustain their enterprise. It
is in connection with this danger,
that it is necessary to do some of u
clearest and frankest thinking. It
is a fundamental mistake to speak of
the privileges of these great cor
porations, as if they fell within the
class of private right and of private
prOperty. Those who aJ,;n;s+or