The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-20
Nh. people for a vote in every state except Della.

the people for vote in every stare eNeeps a.
wnre. The Significance oil TINS iaet a"u ~
resemblance Of this consultation oil 'he peop,o
to the Swiss referendum becomes Inan' y
when one considers the subject na''o, ",
stats Constitution. In our day such Consul
tntion usually limits a Legislature to snort
biennial session. and defines in detail what
laws the legislature may and may not pass, III
effect, then. when adopting CONSTITUTIONS
once in ten or twenty years the voters OF
State decide upon admissible leRlsia.ion'
Thus they them selves are the roal legisia'ois'
Among the matters once left entirely 10 1879
lntures but now commonly dealt WIN III 'o'
stitutions. are the following: Prohibiting OF
regulating the liquor. traffic. prohio'luk
or chnrterng lotteries determining '"N
rates, founding and locating state schoois anu
other state institutions. establishing ieEa'
rate OF interest. fixing the salaries OF puohc ON
Gals. drawing up railroad and other corpoi"
ton regulations. and defining the relations oil
husbands and wives. and VI debtors ana creo-
itors. In line with these reservations Is ten
dency to easy amendment. In nearly all the
new states. and in those older ones which nave
recently revised their Constitutions, the time
in which amendments may be ehected 49, us u
rule. but half OF that formerly required.
Where once the approval OF two successive
legislatures was eHacted. now tho consent Oh
one is held sufficient. To return for moment
to the subjects OF legislation reser'eo"y o'".o
Constitutions to the people we may no''
that in fifteen States until submitted
to popular vote. no law ch"ns, :,
the location OF the capita, '"iu
10 seven. no laws estaollshihe o"hN
ing corporations can be made' III eie'eh'
no laws Tor mourning debts excepting sucn "S
are specified in the Constitution; In several no
ato ~ mo n "a
tionate to the aggregate valuation OF the ta&a-
bic property can be imposed by law. Mtnou'
the referendum Illinois cannot sell its state
canal: Minnesota cannot pay interest or prin-
cipal Of the Minnesota Hailroad North caro-
lima cannot extend the credit OF the state 10
aid any person or corporation except 10 heip
certain railroads uninished In 1870. Win inc
referendum Colorado may adopt woman
suffrage and create n debt for public build
inEs; Texas may Tx location Tor a coilege ior
colored youth: Wyoming may decide on the
sites Tor its state university. insane asylum
and penitentiary.
There are also in the United states numer-
Gus examples OF the referendum being ap-
piled In political communities larger than
township and smaller than State. Nineteen
State Constitutions guarantee to counties the
right to fix by the vote OF their citizens the
location OF their county seats So also usually
a referendum Is permitted with regard to
county lines and the division OF counties
Several Western States leave 1t to vote OF the
counties to determine when they shall adopt
the township organization with town meet
ings: several States permit theircitles to decide
when they shall also be counties There arc debt
and tax regulations that may be passed on only
by the people OF counties. cities. boroughs ana
school districts. Without the referendum no
municipality in Pennsylvania may contract an
aggregate debt beyond two rer cent. OF the as
sessed valuation OF Its taxable property: no
municipalities In certain other States may In
cur in any year an Indebtedness beyond their
revenues; no local governments In the new
whatever; none in some other States may ex-
ceee eef'a'h Limits III 'aA i"'ea' VIZ, 'ne iei-
eiehuuii, on .ne o.ie, maui. eei'"'h oou'noln
m may ',!aNe
anu o'"ei eu'tm uni''o" "n' p'eu.e '"e ioeo'
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VI,
ma. "oro as 10 'he employment OF dlrect
!eRisihtlon IN american lspor organization.
from the STATISTICS proueht 'oeether oy MI.
ouiii'an. we learn that' III present. the initia-
i've ana referendum are appned with moro or