Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-17
MAYOR FAVORS |. &
R. AND DAB0L|SHMENT
Of UTILITIES BODY
CITY'S EXECUTIVE GIVES NORTH
SiDERS AN INSIGHT TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
DURING LAST NIGHTS AO-
DRESS.

In an address favorlng the initiative
ald referendum and repeal OF the
public ,utIilties commission law, Mayor
George V. b. Weeks last night al d
meeting OF lhe Nor,h side Improve
menl association, outlined his views
ol The coming constitutional COW ell
tion and Wnat that convention m
Plies.
AlnCnb other things the mayor pIo-
nOuILeu illiI.ac.l as AN advocate "
equal suilldBe ana llaced hlmaeii on
record aa .avollnS drditllis Oh suiiaolc
leg. .slatlon When the Laslc law Douy
meets, protecting The rights OF wo-
men, partlcular1, as those rights re-
Ter To lIdnchlse.
The meeting vas attended by an
the Jefferson scnool. Preceding tne
mayors address there was d muiCai
program rendered by Miss jeanette
Brucks, Miss sadie DeNaney, Miss
Enlabeth tonhorst, Mrs. William
Conger, Miss Bel ,ha Sundahl and
Miss Myra Costello, which proved "A
delight TO the audience.
In discussing the coming conalitu
tional convention Mr.. Weeks said in
pdrt:
ON November 4th, which will soon
be here, an election will be held IL
this state for delegates that VIII De
eat to represent Us al lhe coming
cOntitutiOnal convention. From tn,
candidates running two delegates will
be elected and sent from this district
the County OF La Sale.
IN my Judgmnt this IS the most
important election during my lite
time or during yours. 1t is vastly
more important to the people OF TINS
state than the presidential election
TO be held next year, and more I'M
portant to all OF US than any event
are gone, and probably many year,
that will come.
The delegates tnat W. send to ina
convention will help frame for Us tn'
Foundation, the ground work OF oul
state government, and IT is as import
! ant to US ALL and to your childrel
/ and possibly your chiidlelS ) ch-dren
as the foundation of this building l.
to the wall that have been create
and built thereon. Every law that /
written into the statute book OF thu
state. every ordinance of this city tina
, you are governed by must comply an
match in with that constitution thes'
delegates will create should the pee
pie afterward ratify their effort
when we vote on the fourth o
next month We will SOW the seedNo
either the rose or the thistle, and tn
men We send to that convention VII
cultivate for us just DIS we SOW.
We should not only know before w
vote what the men stand for that arr
seeking to be delegates, but W
should also know that they nave IN
character and integrity to carry on
the pledges they make, and ever
man seeking to be delegate Is III
worthy of our support II he iears o
hesitates to tell us plainly what n
will do when he gets down there.
W IlIlf lllt Ia " P''' i'''' ''' i''
primaries and party elections, IN
nostion OF delegates is not part
matter, but a matter OF men, an
never should have been conducte
even ON u party basis for 1t mlSlead'
personally | question whether IN
convention will be able TO dra,t "A COZ
stitution that the people Will ratl!'
but if the right men are sent con
sti,utiOn better than the one OF lS'
e now in force l. possible, for there al
, certain things that the people shou'
have that the old constitution doe
not provide.
will discuss six propoSllioi
y briefly with which this conventio
\ viii doubtless deal, and on all
: these propositions we ought TO kho
/. where each candidate stands.
4 First Is the initiative and retere
/, DUN. which the legislature and II
r CORPORATIONS don't want The ial'
:. tive will give the people the rlSht
g direct action of their own To 'hlo''
the passage o. law, AID the reic
I rudum the right by direct action
|. destroy an act of the leglslatu'
i which is passed and unfair to thel
. II is vital to the peoples interest. "
a cprporations and the politicians do'
= want it. and we will destroy their pe
iicious hold on Legislation II II is
I, corporated into the constitution. al
! will bring back 10 the ne0ple where
'' ought TO be. the right to make go'
u laws and destroy had ones. ana "
J. and | know that the judgment of &
majority Of the people is good.
Second is the Gateway amendmer
which means that the people bv t"f
direct action can amend the consti'
II tion FOR any reason they see fit vii
n out first obtaining the permission