The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

| tom, iE rarely ever suggests or tries to
influence public opinion.
There are two forms of the initiative.
Ooe by which the full text Of the law
! is peUitioDed for and voted upon, and If
passed by the legislature as petitioned,
il is not submitted to the people unless
a referendum petition is signed and
| fled The other form Of the initiative
Is that In which the full text OF the
Law is not embodied In the petitions,
which simply ask that a Law for a g
tain purpose be draw up and enacted
by the legislature. This is In the nature
of q resolution and il goes TO a poll OF
the people II q majority favors 1t, 1t
is then the duty Of the legislature TO
draft and pass q Law for that purpose.
Usually the legislature OF i0a own voli
tion submits that Law when drawn up
add passed 60 a poll Of the people. and
aE times the people reject the method
while favoring the purpose. Both
forms are us d in SwIJZ srtand, but the
latter is more frequent In the sgIta C
Eion IN thus country, the first 10 the one
usualIv understood. Ehe form OF sub
uIJEIng a res ,luGion, instead Of the full
[ xt of che Law TO a vote OF the people
is sometimes called a pIeoIs lite TO dis
tingulsh iE from the referendum Thus
the people Of the whole Of Canada
voted on Sap5 8 1898 on the liquor
question and the LlOerat parry, winch
Is the one no . IN power, pIecR ed itself
before it weat into 20 wer, n q il WOu d
obey the will of the people and enact
such a law Rs the people m Kht deer
BY this pleOisotSe: A year or two ago,
the people IF Ner YORK city voted on
the street railway question, out its
Legislative body has never carried out
this p~le0Iscite. TIE referendum means
the v te of the people on a measure
already sdop cd by u legislature or
council There are>lve Oh SIX forms of
getting that vote:
L. The compulsory referendum which
provides that all ia Us, or all laws OF
the class TO which &c apolles snail be
submitted to the pc nple. We have this
compulsory referendum on c1nstitu
tirnal smendmenrs tn every State in
tn U unn save D la ware. la Missouri
Gal, tOrnia and Washington there 10 a
C mOulsnry ref rebdum on c. y char.
tar tn nth-r 8 area n mourning debt,
IN wing che Gao Il en- trGer n Z q bank,
md y great v Il y on q Iesuons
The c4otOna I Barne and z I'h have
had n clmOu ~orN retrrB Ou on all
Ia va FL nearly Tnir5V years end IL
works admirably But Che comOulsory
rat r mum - nrG Wnat Ia usually In
darsG I'D IN his cDuuGrV when the
word ''refe-ennum" Il me ia sad. 1t
ia rarely II ev4r ad vocateI 10 this
clunurV for All legIAlalnn. although 1t
wOrs ! WnllnO cur co I'll uri0nAI mend
mems and the other QUESTIONS On
whit h iJ 10 Va d..
2 Toe OoI0nAi REF 4randum a. ganer
ally uuderaGnod vnen thu ".,rd refer.
endun' alone Is usaI Toe referendum
is Cd I0uaI Wrer~ the v e" # tn people
is had on a Ia tor . lc0 n ole
minority OF CO. people sIgu "A DaLiaIOn
for Its reterenc - r, popular v 'ta ChIs
right 10 naturally "A c1mO4"iel bV he
Or v zion tina n la 3 = 20 into
fleet rIll toe rppnnents Of hem have
had lime to gei s,RnaGurps TO tn ortI-
tin s. sucn as cnirEY days for a CITY
stxGy DAYS or min y DAYS for a sta .
and ( rur TO Elk mnhths for the nation
U4ua'ly Ghere Ia an tx ,R0tIln nt laws
which are immediately neceesarV for
she preserVa Inn of the pubuc peace,
heal n and HafeEy THESE are nlassed
as urkenG la Va and can 40 into # CT at
one though very frequently &c re
qlir 8 more than a m rISy 20 p ,ss
Gnem But should the = .erandum oe
demanded on Ene.e laws, they would
be repealed from the date OF The vote,
proVId d a maj lrIty OF the people
voted IN favor of such repeal. On
measures, II the r. qIIsite numOer sign
a petition, the la Ia withheld from
operation till a mel rIty vote in favor
of iE.
8 The exc tive referendum pro
vIdes that n executive, president in
the nation, governor IN q 5Cete, or
mayor in a CITY, has the poWer Co refer
a matter passed Oy a Law making
b dy 80 the psople. Tnis was strongly
advocated for and actually came 1t ar
insertion in the OoDstitu lion of Bel
GUM when it was revised some ten or
fifteen years ago. 1t is IN the charters
adopted by the cities of San Francisco
and Vallf j. in California regarding