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Excerpt from Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, Vol. 2: The Initiative and Referendum Page. Speeches favoring and opposing the Initiative and Referendum in the order in which they were delivered Con. Francis J. Horgan of Boston, Questioned by Mr. Underhill of Somerville, 155, 173. Mr. Kelley of Rockland, 166. Mr. Churchill of Amherst, 168. Mr. Walker of Brookline, 174, 177. Mr. George of Haverhill, 176. Mr. Montague of Boston, 177. George F. Willett of Norwood, Questioned by Mr. Clark of Brockton, 186. Mr. Anderson of Brookline, 186. Mr. Brown of Brockton, 186. William S. Youngman of Boston, Questioned by Mr. Hart of Cambridge, 190, 208, 209. Mr. Brown of Brockton, 203, 206, 207, 208. Mr. Whipple of Brookline, 210. George W. Coleman of Boston, Questioned by Mr. Underhill of Somerville, 224, 225. Mr. Cook of Fitchburg, 226. William S. Kinney of Boston, Questioned by Mr. Walker of Brookline, 228. Arthur N. Harriman of New Bedford, Questioned by Mr. Bennett of Saugus, 240, 242, 253, 254. Mr. Mansfield of Boston, 241. Mr. Whittier of Winthrop, 242, 243. Mr. Willett of Norwood, 243, 244, 247. Mr. Dresser of Worcester, 248. Samuel L. Powers of Newton, Questioned by Mr. Walker of Brookline, 258, 268, 269, 271. Mr. Anderson of Brookline, 263, 266. Mr. Brown of Brockton, 264, 265, 270. Mr. Hale of Boston, 265, 266. Mr. Webster of Haverhill, 267. George W. Anderson of Brookline, Questioned by Mr. Brown of Brockton, 276, 277, 282, 290, 300. Mr. Herbert A. Kenny of Boston, 279. Mr. Bauer of Lynn, 280. Mr. Donovan of Springfield, 281, 282. Mr. Lowe of Fitchburg, 283, 299. Mr. Youngman of Boston, 283. Mr. George of Haverhill, 284, 285. Mr. Mansfield of Boston, 286. Mr. Bartlett of Newburyport, 288, 298. Mr. Cusick of Boston, 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 297, 301. Mr. Walker of Brookline, 289, 294, 296, 297, 303, 304, 306, 307. Mr. Dutch of Winchester, 291. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.