Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-07-21
Knob LICK.

Henry Warren rented the place
vacated by the company.
Alex Wells, Charles Downs and
Charley Smith left here to enlist in
the army.
Tom McGlothin moved from the
company's house to near Salt Lick
to work in the tile mill.
There is too much rain for oats
and hay harvesting, and some fat
land is suffering from too much
rain.
Capt. Pitman received a letter
from his son at Chickamauga. He
says there is some sickness and
some deaths from fever.
Turner Hunt does not seem to be
much better. He intends going to
Lexington to have an operation
performed on the inner ear.
Died, infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Boiling, of spinal menin-
gifts Thursday and was buried az
Hedrick's the day following.
The blackberry crop is not as
good as thought. There seems to
be plenty on the vines, but they
are small. They are selling at zoe
per 3-gallon bucket full.
The Roe's Run Iron Co. has
shipped several cars of ore this
week. They are fixing to drill by
steam. The men who went out
some time since have nll returned,
with few exceptions, at the old
rate-12c per ton.
DEGREES OF DIRECT LEGISLATION.
Direct legislation, like everytbSns
else, has its degrees TSS nil, aes
is the direct election by the pea<Opl
of public officers, and this is subdf-
vided into whether this or that Of
ficer shall be elected. This degree
will only be perfect when every Of
ficer from President down to post
master is elected by the people.
The next degree is that when the
representatives of the law-making
department pass law the people
have a right to have the matter re-
ferred to them for direct approval
or disapprOval by direct vote. There
is material or rather radical weak
ness in this degree unless another
degree is entered. The weakness is
that the people would never have a
chance to vote for laws other than
such as their so. called representa-.
tive should originate. This, you see,
would put the origin of law in the
middleman and not in the people.
Hence, in order to have the people
at the bOttem or as the origin Of
all things more radical degree
than that involved in the referen-
dunn is absolutely necessary. This
radical degree is one which gives
the people the power to originate,
, propose or initiate laws by petition
and submit such laws as they de-
r sire to the legislative body, and in
$ case this body refuses to pass them
+ then the law asked for by the peo-
pie be referred to the people for
adoption. and being adopted by the
people in this manner all is ended.
! Another degree Is that which gives
= the people power to remove all ju-
: dicIal and executive officers who
!, fail to construe and execute the
laws when passed by the people
The referendum degree will be
somewhat tame unless connected
y with initiative degree, and both
/ may be nulitied unless to them is
s aided the imperative recall of Of
e iicers after election. As to what de-
c gree the people favor depends on
: the degree of faith that this oI
Il that person has in the capability
!, of the people to be sovereigns,
n Those who believe the people
g should be ruled instead of being
rulers Will oppose all degrees OF
o vesting direct power in the people,
! but will continue to advocate the
f middle man system of government
d now existing. In this class vii
not only be found all professional
fre-eaters, private ax-grinders and
such as desire to fry all fat oyt--nj
the people for the benefit
y fryers, but all who beliey
divine rights of kings az
to the divine rights of th
Those Of latteEclassN
J. honest than the mere paitrS
It fryers, but both together are pow
# erful and dangerous to a liberty
e loving people.