rearranging the order of quotations, care should be taken to establish close connection between them and to avoid misrepresenting the thought or spirit of the original. How a long speech is given in brief form partly by direct quotation, partly by indirect quotation, and partly by summarizing statements, is shown in the following example:
Washington, Jan. 2.—Taking up the
gage of battle offered by Senator Bailey
in his denunciation of direct government
measures, Senator Ashurst,
of Arizona, the state whose progressiveness
delayed her entry into statehood,
today made eloquent defense of
the initiative, the referendum, and
the recall. That the people in the
states now using the initiative and
referendum, have taken a more active
interest in voting upon measures
brought before them at the polls than
have the members of the United
States senate in adopting or rejecting
laws, was Ashurst's reply.
"There is not one record," he declared, "of an instance where a law has been rejected or accepted under the initiative and referendum by less than 40 per cent of the entire number of voters within a state, yet in the senate itself, composed of 96 members, each paid $7,500 per year to remain there and vote upon measures, generally only 55 to 60 per cent of the total membership vote upon a bill, and frequently a bill is passed or defeated by 29 or 30 per cent of the entire membership."
The bill to construct a railroad in Alaska, the senator pointed out, passed the senate by a vote of only 32 per cent of the entire membership; on the army appropriation bill in the 62nd Congress only 36 per cent of the membership voted.
"Thus, while it is true that under the initiative and referendum only
