The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
THE REFERENDUM.


proposed to practically abolish the legislative branch OF the
Government eventually followed duse by
habituay point it system that will
Immediately the hands of the good people, who will direct
legislation o the advancement of righteousness.
The real motive of those who behind the
destroy representative They but little what takes
its place whether it is better The proposition
dous attack whole political system When the fathers
founded this Government and put under written constitution
that could be formed to-day they several
republics fell through lack of development of their
legislative bodies They had Legislature consisting OF only
branch That left check and balance the lack of which finally
caused the whole governmental machinery knock itself to pieces
like engine with governor
The prolonged life of the English and present
OF perpeuiy due to the evolution of parliamentary
composed of houses and imposing checks and balances
hectic we'll against
enlargement the electorate until now through
se the people by representation themselves broadly
upon their Government.
Government was formed of the past
known its founders They knew the pes of direct egisla
ton They of the dangers of single legislative cham
be What they knew has been stated by Mill the effect that
made OF Isaac Newons would unable
itself well by direct legislation in the language of modern
psedoeformers by the initiative and referendum Therefore
they representative and Congress OF two
houses each upon the other They properly called
publican government and charged Congress with the duty OF guard
anteeing that kind Of government to every State
- d ; @ oui The h a ni III P9 dt pS diti re tH d m te
mental law and amendments thereto They directly
on bonds evidences of public debt certain
they government rep
subject review by courts which
has done its intended work and has created the greatest free ns
under which existed Now the ferment-
country with proposed change which entirely destroys the system
created by the founders of the Government
Oregon only that adopted the newanged plan
Of initiative and referendum 1t has been invoked three times
bad obstructive and destructive
purpose obstruct the railway the Dales
the Columbia River project universally approved regulator
transportation used by industrial agators
hold the Lewis and Clark Exposition Portland and
interesting and public spirited enterprise make
had the succeeded The third of this
of holding the general appropra
bill passed by the Legislature the support OF the
State government and institutions,
Oregon made the unpleasant discovery that is the
best the useful who invoke this obuct
The has also discovered that invoked against bad
against good necessary the commonwealth
that enhance honor and its place American States
minority by petition that easily obtained delay impor
public and the OF the appropriation
parayze government ITSELF by preventing from using
the funds necessary for its operation.
This the result aimed by the advocates of the system
It destroys all stability State and its affairs and its
the keeping of agators and demagogue Order and
will succumb when public affairs subjected such dis
But useless point these results
dangerous they wish
destroy government Behind them stalk socialism anarchy,
of fanaca plans for social condition. which
property the family, shall have
of Oregon will teach pseudo
anything They have done and doing that
intended do when they induced the
Legislature give them the opportunity 1t probable that the
be successfully used
government But the should appeal
who representative form of and
other cOmmonwealths