The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-22
Prooram of the Railroads.

Indeed, if it is strong enough to do so, a
resolution condemning the proposition tc
abuses w viii be passed. Then ioafe our s eon.
gressional delegation will do, VIA many
people now suspect 1T is in the plot to do
announce that the members We're all ir
favor of. the measure recommended by
the president; but that the sentiment OF
the people of the state CD. as expressed
In the machine made platform. is against
1T; that they must stand on that platform
and hence are compelled to vote against
the proposition Of the president;
Let me ask why the Argus Leader
which is the special advocate of Senator
kittredge; the Pierre Free Press, the
Congressman Martin: The Aberdeen
News; the Watertown Public Opinion, the
state machine and the cuckoo press every
where. are filled daily with articles, edi-
torial and otherwise; for the purpose OF
position of the president?
Machines Work Last Winter.
Let me ask further why it was that the
machine representatives in the legislature
last winter attempted, and all but sue
ceeded, in suppressing the numerous reso-
en- by the president upon this very point:
A ncmber of such resolutions were
offered but all found an obscure sleeping
PAdG0 III lIlc LII VI lI0 SeEldl6 maCnl0G
committee on rules, until finally after a
desperate fight. ed by a veteran of the
people, Senator Dillon OF Yankton, during
the very last days of the session. one Of
these resolutions was forced out of the
committee and passed.
l tell you that the plot is on and was or
then to defeat n expression by the re.
publican party IN this state In favor OF
eaessd the Convention.
Last year the machine and the political
managers Of the railroads so completely
that the resolutions in relation to taxation
of railroad property coul not be presented
to the open convention because of the gag
present any resolution in the open con.
v%ention, or to debate 1t there; you were
required to han 1t in to the packed
committee which did not report or con-
slider 1t.
Mark my word. Unless you are vigilant
and look after this matter very closely in
the caucuses and county conventions next
themselves and bind them by instructions
the next convention will treat the propo.
sition Of President Roosevelt the same
way as 1t did these resolutions last wear.
Initiative and Referendum.
In South Dakota the people have voted
into their constitution a principle desiR.
mated to protect them against the very
encroachments from which they are now
striving to become free. It is a principle
as binding upon the legislature as any
other principle in that constitution.
refer to the following:
Section 1. article 3, of the constitution
provides:
That the people expressly reserve
to themselves the right to propose
measures; which measures the legisla-
tur" shall enact and submit to a vote
81 the electors of the state, and also
the right to require thai any laws
which the legislature may nave enacted
shall be submitted to a vote Of the
electors of the state before going into
effect Except such laws as may be
necessary for the immediate preserva-
ticn Of the public peace, or safety,
support Of the state government and Its
existing institutions).
Provided that no more than ive per
centum Of the qualified electors Of the
state 3 DE required to invoke either
the initiative or the referendum. .
The veto OF the executive shall not be
exercised as to measures referred to q
vote OF the people. The enactinE
clause ct al laws approved by vote Of