Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-22
are preserved and civil and religious
liberty guaranteed to all.

are preserved and civil and religious
liberty guaranteed to all.
Under the Initiative and Referen.
dunn the rights of the minority will
be absolutely ignored.
It will be possible to force laws
upon the statute book under the Ini.
tative and Referendum that will i'm.
peril the rights Of respectable min.
ority.
Active petition circulators will load
every ballot with measures aimed at
the rights Of others.
Personal liberty will cease to exist
in large cities, and In smaller places
Of course.
Purely religious questions such as
the saying Of prayers. and reading Of
the bible in the public schools will
be the subject Of constant agitation.
The Initiative and Referendum will
prove to be great step towards the
destruction Of the republic and the
obliteration Of the era Of toleration
and good feeling that now blesses the
land.
Outside Of the Feeble.Minded Re.
formers the only people who are cry.
ing for the Initiative and Referendum
are lot Of frothy anarchists who
were fred out OF Europe for their cru.
sade against bathing ami who have
been restless ever since the lake front
has been closed to all night dodgers.
As for O Corrupt Practices Act the
only people urging the passage Of one
are office boys and attorneys for cor.
porations who hope by the passage Of
such q law to divert suspicion from
the fine work Of their concerns with
councils and legislatures.
The Corrupt Practices Act of Ore.
gon does not provide for the punish.
ment OF bribe givers or bribe takers.
There are laws in oregon and in iii.
nois too, today, that take care Of those
offences.
The Corrupt Practices Act of Ore.
gon> which the Feeble.Minded Re.
formers wish to foist on the people Of
Illinois, prohibits:
Promises OF appointments In re.
turn for political support.
Solicitation or acceptance Of cam.
paign contributions from or payment
OF contributions by persons holding
appointive positions.
Publication or distribution OF anony.
nous letters or circulars regarding
candidates or measures before the
people.
Use of carriages in conveying voters
to the polls.
Active electioneering or soliciting
votes on election day.
Campaign contributions by quasi
public or certain other important
classes OF corporations generally af.
fected by legislation.
Soliciting candidates to subscribe to
religious. charitable. public, and semi.
public enterprises; but this does not
prohibit regular payments to any or.
ganization OF which the candidate has
been a member. or to which he has
been contributor for more than six
months before his candidacy.
Contribution Of funds In the name
Of any other than the person furnish.
ing the money.
Treating by candidates as q means
OF winning favor.
Payment or promise to reward an.
other for the purpose of inducing him
to become or refrain from becoming
or cease being candidate, or solici-
tation OF such consideration.
Betting on an election by a candi.
date, or betting on an election by any
other person with intent to influence
the result.
From the above 1t will be seen that
the socalied Corrupt Practices Act is
simply a respectable" cry OF Stop
Thief! coming from men whose heads
and arms are buried In graft. and in
the spoils of crooked legislation.
To divert attention from their own
fine work and the villainy they are
constantly engaged In. they would
have the voter believe that the "Cor.
rupt Practices which are really dan.
gerous are
Promising a man Job.
Giving a voter a carriage ride.
Buying voter glass OF beer or
cigar
Asking a man TO vote for person
on election day.
Giving a dollar 10 a church.