TIIE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1011.
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VIEWS OF TI
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Sutherland Deplores Drift To
ward What He Calls New
fanglcd Experiments.
IN one of tho most Interesting
speeches of tho session Senator
George Sutherland of Utah dealt
with the present day drift toward
newfangled experiments in govern
ment, represented by tho so called Ore
gon ideas, and administered a drub
bing to Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
of that state, president of tho regres
sive Republican league.
"Within tho last few years," said tho
Utah senator, "the United States of
America has become the field of opera
tion for an amiable bond of Insurgent
soothsayers, who have boon going up
and down tho land Indulging In cabalis
tic utterances respecting the initiative,
referendum and recall and divers and
sundry other ingenious devices for re
alizing the millennium by the ready
and simple method of voting it out of
its present state of incubation. They
dlroct our attention to the clouds fly
ing above the far western horizon upon
which tho flaming linger of the Ore
gon sun has traced in radiant and
opalescent tints glowing pathways,
shining minarets, stately temples and
castles and palaces, pinnacles of gold
and caves of purple, and they tell us
that these ore tho visible signs which
mark the exact location of the new
and improved political Jerusalem,
whero tho wicked office holders cease
from troubling and the weary voters
do all tho work.
"They bid us Join them in an airy
pilgrimage to this scene of pure delight
and assure lis that hero, high above
selfish and mundane things, is the land
'flowing with milk and honey, whero
every bird is a songster, where the ex
quisite flowers at political purity aro
in perpetual bloom, where "every pros
pect pleases1 and only the standpatter
is vile, where all the laws are perfect
and corruption and wickedness ore for
gotten legends.
"A good many people," Senator Suth.
erland added, "are accepting the invi
tation without taking tho precaution
to secure return tickets."
(Jails Them Balloonatics.
Senator Sutherland described the ad
vocates of these newfangled Ideas also
as "balloonatics," who are carrying all
-cas and no ballast Senator Suther
land's speech was aimed chiefly at the
Arizona constitution, although be also
Included tho New Mexico constitution
within his condemnation. He acknowl
edged that It was not fashionable to
find fault with tho political fads
which aro being intern perately advo
cated under tho claim of restoring gov
ernment by the people.
"Any one," said he, "who doubts the
wisdom of the initiative and referen
dum, tho recall or tho direct primary
is at onco set down by certain self
constituted guardians of the people's
rights as a "reactionary or a standpat
ter,' and only those who accept the
wholo programme from prologue to
epilogue are considered worthy to be
called progressive.
"Somebody has defined a standpat
ter as a man who has stopped and
cannot start, and a progressive as one
who boa started and cannot stop. If
these definitions aro to be accepted as
accurate BensKla people will avoid
both schools."
Country's Sanity In Danger.
Senator Sutherland declared that be
tween the political quack who thinks
only of himself and tho political aealot
who does not think at all tho country
is In grave danger of having all the
stability and sanity ground out of Its
institutions.
"We are living In strenuous days,"
said Senator Sutherland. "Every
body seems to be affected in one form
or another with the speed mania. To
do everything more quickly, to travel
faster and faster is tho growing obses
sion of tho times, and we are eagerly
looking forward to tho day when we
shall fly through tho air without the
encumbrance of a gasoline tank, draw
ing propulsive power as we go from
tho electric waves which fill the uni
verse with tho mysterious energy of
their rise and fall.
Too Many New Fads.
"It is, not strange that in the uni
versal fever of basto government itself
should bo swept by this mad spirit of
impatience, which has given rise to
tho new apostle of reform, whoso de
mand is that wo shall abandon the
methodical habits of tho past and go
careering after novel and untried
things. The speed limit has been tak
en off, tho 'Stop, Look and Listen'
signs removed, and tho importunate
cry is, 'Pull speed ahead, get some
where else than whero you are It mat
ters not where only in God's namo let
it bo quickly.' "
Senator Sutherland declared that the
new fads In government were too
many even to count Every self con
stituted reformer was bringing a fa
vorite patch to tho quilting bee, and
when the work was finally completed
our scheme of government, ho predict
ed, would bo as bizarre as tho old
fashioned quilt that grandmother used
to make.
"It is high time," said Senator Suth
erland, "for a reaction to that ancient
but discredited common sense, which
thinks before it acts instead of re
penting afterward."
li. S. SENATOR
GOVERNMENT
Bourne Declares People Only
Gon Make Government
Truly Representative.
SENATOR BOURNE later replied
to the address of Senator Suth
erland. Among other things,
he said:
"I believe in truly representative
government, not a pure democracy,
but under tbo political system which
has been built up government Is not
truly representative and will not bo
until tho people have power tounako
it so. The Initiative and referendum
supersede no state legislature; they
merely provide tho ieople a means of
securing laws which legislatures re
fuse to enact and of defeating unde
slred laws which legislatures do en
act "Senator Sutherland says that 'when
over our present form of representa
tive government proves ineffective or
works badly the fault is not with the
machine, but with those who are op
erating it; tho remedy is for tho peo
ple to exercise more care in selecting
operating agents.' Tho people have
long tried this remedy; now they will
iry cnanging tno machinery by pro
vidlng a few new levers, drive wheels
and brakes. The most Imnnrtnnt rtlf.
ference between tbo views of Senator
Sutherland and my own is clear. He
believes the machine is all right, but
tho fault Ilea with the noonlo. T ho-
lievo tho people aro all right, but the
rauit uea with the machine.
Believes In Direct Primaries.
"I believe in a direct primary. In-
eluding a popular expression of choice
for presidential and vice presidential
candidates. Any man who was com
potent to chose between Mr. Tart and
Mr. Bryan in tho last election is com
potent to chose between Mr. Taft and
Mr. La Follette in tho coming prima'
ries. By adoption of this system po
litlcal bosses, backed by campaign
contributors, will bo deprived of the
power to select candidates, and thus
presidents will bo relieved of that em
barrasslng1 obligation which tho noml
nee must feel toward those who have
placed htm In office.
Popular government contemplates
that all voters shall participate. The
technical work of drafting a measure
should bo performed by men of skill
in that particular, but the people as
a wholo are tho best Judges of the
principles Involved and can bo trusted
to pass upon tho merits. Tbo welfare
of states is safe from injury at tho
hands of men who have never gone
beyond tho multiplication table. The
chief attention of congress in recent
years has been devoted to efforts to
curb the rapacity of large business in-
terests, to regulate trusts, to control
railroad rates, to prevent manufacture
and solo of- injurious food products, to
prohibit corrupt use of money in clec-
tlona and to simplify court procedure
bo that tho results of litigation shall
not depend upon which litigant has
tho greatest power of financial endur
ance. Evidently the government has
more trouble with men who have gone
beyond tho problems of Euclid than It
has with men who have stopped with
tho multiplication table.
"Tho Benator from Utah says bo fa-
vors popular (election of senators. At
the first election after adoption of the
initiative and referendum in Oregon
the people enacted a law under which
wo have chosen three senators by pop
uar vote, the legislature merely ratify
ing the popular choice. If the senator
really desires to secure popular elec
tion of senators In his state he Bhoutd
first secure tle practical operation ol
tho initiative, nfter which absolutely
nothing can stand In the way of popu
lar election of senators.
"Tho people of Arizona would better
lose statehood than yield their right to
control their state government What
a mockery it is to start a constitution
with a preamble declaring we. the
people of Arizona; grateful to Al
mighty God for our liberties,' and then
harbor for an instant tbo thought of
surrendering or limiting that God giv
en l!lerty ntthe instanoo of any man
who happens to occupy temporarily
the office of president
The Man Doesn't Change.
"I seo no reason why a man who
occupies a Judicial position should be
governed by laws and standards of
public service different from tlwso
whlh apply to legislative or executive
officers. Judges are but human. Wo
sometimes elect legislators to tbe
bench, Bend former Judges to tho legis
lature and place Judges In executive
positions, even elevating them to tbe
highest executive oilloo in tho land. A
man does not chango his standards of
othlcs when bo changes his office. A
man who is dishonest or incompetent
in an executivo or legislative office will
as likely bo dishonest or Incompetent
in a Judicial office, no who would
use his power as an executive in an
improper manner or for an improper
purpose would exercise judicial power
in tho same way. In any branch of
government ho is a servant of the
people, not their master, and be should
bo subject to dismissal by tbo people
after fair opportunity to bo beard upon
his record. Tbo people elect a judge
because of anticipated good oervlce,
and they would recall him only for
demonstrated bad service."
CUT OUT DOG'S KIDNEYS
AND PUT THEM BACK.
Experiment Proved Possibility
Grafting Vital Organs.
of
-The official obituary of a dog which
had both kidneys removed and one of
them replanted In tho Interests of scl
enco is published in the August num
ber of tho Journal of Experimental
Medicine by Dr. Alexis Carrel of the
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Re
search. Tho dog lived two years and
five months, raised two litters of pups
and died from causes in no way re
lated to tho momentous operations to
which It was subjected to prove tho
possibility of replanting and grafting
vital organs.
The first experiment was made on
Feb. 0, 1008. The dog was put under
an annestbctlc at 10:12 a. m., and tbe
left kidney was taken out and dissect
ed. Tho kidney was washed with
Locke's solution and immersed in the
solution until tho surgeons were ready
to replace It at the end of fifty mln
utes.
At 4 o'clock that afternoon the dog
was ablo to walk and drink. The next
day the animal appeared to be in nor
mal condition. Thirteen days later the
dog's right kidney was extirpated, but
the organic functions,, were performed
perfecely by tho remaining kidney,
which had been taken out and re
placed.
Tho dog continued to live in comfort
under tho surgeons' eyes. In March,
1009, she mothered eleven puppies, and
In December, 1009, she had three more,
Tho following May Dr. Carrel examln
cd her again and found her In excel
lent condition.
An intestinal obstruction suddenly
appeared in July, 1910, and the dog
died.
Dr. Carrel nlso records the success
ful patching of the abdominal aorta of
n dog with a piece of rubber, resulting
in tbe complete regeneration of the
extirpated tissue by the adjacent parts
of tho vessel. The cnllber of the aor
ta, examined fifteen month3 nfter the
experiment had not been impaired,
Dr. Carrel's conclusion is that under
certain conditions a foreign inert sub
stance can be used to repair the walls
of a large artery.
CHAMPION CHERRY EATER.
Denver and Rio Grando President
Makes Good His Boast
President E. T. Jeffery of the Den
ver and Rio Grande, Vice President
and General Manager Schlacks of tbe
Western Pacific, General Traffic Man
ager Hughes and Messrs. Blair, Mason
and McCutcheon, three New York
bankers, set a world's record at Du-
rango, Colo., as cherry eaters.
y be party was taken in automobiles
for a ride up the Animas valley. Along
the line are many fruit orchards. At
tho Edgar Buchanan ranch fruit of
about every description was found
apples, peaches, pears, apricots, cher
ries, plums and nil tbo small fruits,
"I believe I can cat more cherries
than any man in the world," Mr. Jef
fery said to his host, Mr. Buchanan.
Messrs. Blair, Mason and McCutcheon
took this as a challenge and declared
that the only way to decide the ques
tion was by an actual test
Fanner Buchanan brought on five
bushels of his best cherries and told
tho four men to go to them. They
did and never stopped until most of
th fruit had disappeared. Mr. Blair
was first to drop out and was soon fol
lowed by Mason nnd McCutcheon.
"Why, I've just started," said Jef
fery and then ate three peaches for
good measure. Ho was then voted the
champion cherry eater.
WARSHIPS TESTING COAL
Competition Between Cruisers Using
eastern and Western Product
Naval officers are interested In the
outcome of a coal competition between
two warsnips or tno Pacific fleet using
uio t'acinc coast ana eastern coaL For
several months experiments have been
under way with western coal in the
hope that it might be found as satis
factory for steaming purposes as the
eastern fuel If this should prove true
it woum mean a big reduction in cost
or roe ruei used by tbo navy depart
ment
Tbo two shins are tho nrmnrrvl rmla
era Washington and Colorado, one
burning western nnd tho other east
ern coal. These two ships have been
enosen ror the reason that they are not
only sister ships, but their engines,
boilers and furnaces are Identical.
With both using the same kind of coal
they have been found to make exactly
tho same sneed and to have th K.-ime
steaming enduraneo per ton of fuel
consumption.
TAFT IN VERSE.
Written by Wisconsin Woman, Who
8ends Copy to the Whlto House.
Mrs. Lizzio A. Lucy of Jancsville,
Wis., who has always had great diffi
culty in remembering tho names of the
presidents In consecutive order, has
written a series of verses to assist her
memory, a copy of which she sends to
Mr. Taft. Referring to Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft, bo verses run:
"Then came one dear to the people's heart
Who proved resourceful from the tart.
Who with larao questions had always
dealt
Genial Theodore Hooeevelt.
After hlra the chair was filled by
one in administration skilled.
An honest man, devoid of craft
Opposed to trusts .and spoils and graft
Our present chieftain, good BUI Taft
The White House force is endeavor
ing to calculate tho relative difficulty;
of remembering twenty-six names or
twenty-six verses of poetry.
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