Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-01

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and faithfully conducted. and demon
strafed by over "a century of use, that
WIS q system nearer perfection
shan any other that had ever been
devised u was a government 81 men,
however. and q government oi men
will show defects ANA OWLS as long
as men arc defective and prone 90
evil II IS NOT surprising that this
Governments. from time to time, has
shown evils and defects These evils
arc hv no means OF recent growth,
though perhaps the growth oi one
evil that of corrupt legislation, mas
grown IN bate years 60 a proportion
which the majority of the people be-
lfeye-and I agree with them-de-
uHnds an immediate and an effective
remedy. a remedy stringent enough
to onauer and XII the disease: but
vet not so stringent as Go be- 80 app
piled AS to KAN or to pcrmanently
cripple the member OF the body pol
tic. upon which the disease has been
found To- exist.
II h but too true that laws have
been placed on the statute books 10y q
corrupt laW-makins power, which
should never have been passed ana
which should not be permitted TO re-
main. 10 IS too true That certain
legislatures haVe denied Co the peo-
ole falutarY laws needed ana de-
manded by them Tor the protection
al their interests and their rights
And white a remedy has always eN-
listed of eiecting other men in place
OF those who have betrayed their
trust that remedy has not proven ef-
ficient nor sufficient, and the people
are demanding. ana have "a right 10
-EA-r W...aIa NrH4tLH
will relieve them from the condition
/ have described. That remedy
is now suggested in the shape of .
chHngeAor rather an addition Ia the
making power. as prescribed by
the fathers. by which bad laws that
have gotten through a legislature
can Dc rejected by the people Them
selves. and that where u legislature
mas refused remedies which the peo-
pie. after mature dedberation, have
demanded. that q method be devised
whereby the penple can enforce that
demand notwithstanding the refusal
We believe that the initiative and
referendum CIV called, IN 3 measure
supplies that remedy, aud carefully
properly used whenever the dis
ease appears, IL will prove q cure.
But my friends. let us pause for z
moment and consider the nature 81
the remedy that Is proposed. and the
difference between the remedy as our
democratic friends would hove you
II and the remedy as the re-
publican platform insists that it be
applied
The republican looks upon corrupt
legislation Tor which we seek q REM
eds a. a disease. 1t looks upon the
initiative and the referendum AS the
remedy 30 cure that disease But ike
an other remedies, &c realizes u "a
Improperly used, the remedy is %
poison. capable 90 destroying
VERY hedy polite itself. and hence
bc go ~safcguarded as 20 pre-
vent It's being used i'm ans such man
ner Like s%trychnine, arsenic, NOR
phinc and other deadly potsons. ii is
efficient and perhaps i%ndispens-
able a. the cure of disease. but used
Iudiscriminatpiy or intemperatcly it
produces a condition in itself as bad,
BIZ not worse, than the disease IL was
intended to cure. IL BE- the rtpunh-
can belief that this remedy should Zoe
made sufficiently difficult Co invoke
that it can only bc used when there
is "a strong probability That a major
it's nf the people viii oNcrturn 10
action 90 the legislature. That 10
not he permitted to he used
tu change eur constitution or destroy
projections with the euse and tl-
oliD with which "a statute may be
PASSED but thHt ou the contrary our
constitution should hc first carefully !
and then as carefully
guarded from ~uuut,essary and ian
probable change
40 b. the republican doctrine that The
declarations OF THE rights cot iudiNidu-
Ihe prohibitions upon the power
al masking laws contained iu the Duu-l
ututiun. should apply Co laws origlu-
1ud passed hi the people cas- Wrll
as b., th, legislature.
shall NOT enter into ans discussioul
OF -percrltascs nl voters necessary Goo
Invoke these powers further thar tu
that when these powers are iu-
the percentage should bee SUITE
fipicutlN great to indicate "a strougl
demand which viii probably rec
suit lu the petition hciul sustained
that the further s~ttc-uards along
lines Indicated hN the Maine and
Montana constitutions. ANA suE-i
by their provisions. can amply
protect the exercise ot IT'S poWcrI
against dangerous and riotuus abuse
Thus used us "a remedy Ton % dis
.tse aud bot as q substitute Tor the
.eGislAturc, tho republican. party he-t
.ieFos that the disease viii De- cured.
necessity fur the use oi The rent-
dt cease, aud our government bt
etmitted 10 continue m the method
SD long demonstrated itself
lf wt look fnr thc democratic prup-
f-Itiuu ta thc declaration of me demo-
rHll tnmmIttco uf inc whole terri-l
'ft wHi,h met m Albuquerque % few !
SINCE and Is tht only plo-