Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-30

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Senator Dulph Il letter dated Oc1,
- rs.a. referring 70 the first report ol
rh@ e-gln-@-s o. Tb= Dalles improve
mt said: -The enZinesrs have recon
rneusss-i a por1zge railway a. tempo
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rioLs a. Ihis pant, while canal an
! ICcrx q a b0st railway l. being con
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I / 1ues1 TWO wears agO Chairman B-ane-
ard of thz river and hsrbor comnitIe
: uogvei that zs54. 60 bs placed IN u
-lvzr and hsrl,or b5Il fOT such purpos
: Our whole del=zzriOa OpPossd II and
-ss defeated There = nothing wro1
: q wicked II the gove-nment O1llciI
: and crerssing . railroad During q
Lszz two years III railroads with 81
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n -. .4.sl.O00 have Eszssez1 INTO the nan
q receivers and are now run by the fe
eral o ur1s- II federal Judgss, who a
generally q lot ot imprscticables, c
r77n that nz1nber of roads, there i
7oatE Whatever that Uncle Sam oOu
safely I'm q small portage road FIVE
sE mile long
Il Initiative and Referendum
'e The demand OF the Populist state pli
: form for a cs1I-=ti- uKioaAl convention
revise o1r state constitution and inclu
- therein the initiative and referendum
= one Of the u0st important and necessa
measures ever presented 70 a 4
= people. The initiative gives a cert;
percentage Of the voters the power 10
itiate auy lax. which must then b 81
= rlitte-3 20 a vote Of the people The 7
erendum makes il imperative that
legislative enactments Be referred 10
y people for ratification. In practice
has been found that the referendum
~ the principal feature Of this law-ma6
u system The wisdom and justice of
% plan i self-eyilent and must win
- APPROVAL Of every man who is in fa7
OF free governments. Our goveTnme
- now ere supposed TO represent
~ peoples viii. but the present mschin'
' i quite imperfect for that purpose.
now have IN both state and federal z
.'e e-nments a referendum existing entir
V without constitutional warrant, and
Oe- nearly all cases subyersiye of. instead
- obedient 10, the wishes Of the people.
''e The courts have arrogated 10 the
selves the right 10 pass upon all La
-, and IL such laws are not, in their in
. vidual Judgment. what they ought
b. they claim and exercise the le.
latiye power Of annulling them. Sue
procedure, sanctioned by usage and
ouiesced in by all. has virtually chanl
- our form Of representative governm
- - into a judicial ollgarchy. The judge:
- the court, instead of the representati
Of the people, now declare what
laws are and shall BE- II is their Or
- ince 10 interpret and not make or
make laws. In order, therefore, to
store again 10 the people that which
=. longs to them II every free governm,
the referendum is an absolute neceSs
Tt The people and not the judges sho
say what the laws shall be, and both
- judges and the people, when laws
- duly enacted, should be compelled
- obey them.
- The Australian bSllot, which sec1
IT, TO the voter fair expression Of his v
=, and the Swiss referendum, which sec,
- a sure enforcement Of such VIII, are
two strong pillars upon which al
A. free governments can endure. Let
TSa referendum system Of law-making
- incorporated in our constitutions.
-, then We viii have a sure guarantee
a. the laws OF the land Will be what
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