The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-04

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his ''yox poyali In switzerland says.
The experience q. Switzerland sens
20 stow four things thai gas, s@lss
voters are 10; deeply interested IN the
fefeFsn6arn. that ,he referendum Is AZ
I3kely 70 ktlI gooe as lad measures.
st.ag the initiative IL more likely II gssg-
gsst had measures than good. that the
referendum leads straight 80 the irssssa-
tive The refsrendu1n ia tA@ United
Etafsa goGle therefore probably h. an
attempt u govern great communities by
permanent town meeting
The practical experience of the Amer
ican people warns IL againg. aoy such
calamity. The tendency is against fire.
qagnt changes of lass. ard q biennial
session u the legislature ia regarded as
ever toe frequent Prot, Hart says
thai II apply such systeFn IA that In
Switzerland on such a scale In any state
u Gar unson - pla4nly iGuposslbie. the
character Of the legislation must reg,
or The character u ths legislators.
Another inquirer into the Swiss sya~
tern Is IL. Moss. the author os The
Fsdsssi Government Of Switzerland"
lie says '-the strong opposing Views
which ars held ghrre regarding the ex-
pe1lency u referendum Indicate that
this u one of the features II she soy-
eminent which Is open 10 future d.s-
cuaslon"
Ths systein is no, general In saijzer-
land. only eight eat If twenty-five can
'ous having adopted i, II IL we're 50
deslrahle as American Eupulizts o3sgfn
IL 10 b.. IL ~ very rerstarkassle TIA; IL
sisoulI tact be adopted by a psi pie y ho
have &sen ifs working, As a m&ster II
facs. - Is difficult 70 get the people -
take much interest On very excet~
t.,nai occasions. G. p~r cent os the
voters hare b@ea induced IL vote upon
submitted question. bat usually not
nofe thar 40 or - pr cent, II the yot-
iag population viii express any opinion.
aad IL frequently happens tha; sg,sas-
are l. PASSED or defeated by IS minority
u the qualified elecjoys In Zarsch