The Springfield herald., 1910-08-19
GOVERNOR SHAFROTHS MESSAGE
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Denyer.-At noon Tuesday Speaker
Harry T. I,hars called tho House TO
-, e,..,..s,.. I,a...on, CIV
oruer. SIMULTANEOUSLY L>ieutehant Wv
ernor Fitzgerald, presiding officer OF
the Senate nounded the payel for Or
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traordinary session or the seventeenth
General Assembly was then uhder
way.
AFTER the employees OF Dotn houses
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over TO the Rouse champer' "here the
message of Governor ShafrOth was
read, which is in part as follows:
To the Senators and Representatives of
the Seventeenth General Assembly of
the state Oh Soioraoo'
Gentlemen:
The majority OF the members OF TINS
people upon a platform. which declared
In favor OF certain measures, to be en-
ac,od -, ,ha rav,,,nr sessIon of this
ae.ea a. ."e ~ Us IN .,,har. ,yare
Les,sia'ure. me otner ,h men nnn,a T
some OF the same promises. Biils COW
ering each OF the platform pledges
were duly introduced, but all failed of
passage. ~ a., c,, .syou,,y
nd io"rn ,ad' without , "e enaetinS into law a
single one of the pledges upon which
Its members were elected. and the fact
that those pledges could not be enact
ed into Laws nj n regular session as
1nliy sxnIaIn.d In nv address which
10y LILY. ap ia. ~ IN ~, ~. axtra SEES
sion. constitute such an extraordinary
occasion as justifies the calling OF
special session of the General Assem-
bly
Initiative and Referendum.
In my judgment one OF the most Inn
of
alive and Referendum Law.
Under our form OF government All
Of the majority; then by what line OF
reasoning can any one object to the
viii OF that majority. being eXpreissea q
directly by the people VINO constitute
that majority? II was thought ina.
true representative government could
be compelled, by reserVing 10 me Pee io
tors who failed to represent them. but
masY mea ss ana as mus paramount
issn oi'em a.ise nj, 'n nther cues
lions. it is almost Impossible to con-
centrate public attention upon the vote
Of a Representatives. The law of the
legislators to vote against the Will of
the people, because It removes the in
eyes, or the defeat OF popular measures
In their votes Special interests are
not going to offer Inducements to
members OF General Assemblies for the
defeat of bills. when the people can
have the measures submitted to them
and their decision be final This law
would therefore produce a purifying
and beneficial effect upon every legis-
iature Under the Initiative law the
appeal in behalf of measures must be
to reason and not to selfish motives.
AS those who are not Intelligent are
not likely to vote upon measures sub
mitted. the law acts automatically as
an educational qualification. and gives
pe Tba p.teronarr 10 ve,o of the
electors mon anv asures passed by
the genera assembly which IN Is Tesar sI-
e ear as detri rim TO ,ne PUBIC ma W
ba renreb bne h tSe Iewisntion NAV
no no" pt snen1du,e snu ,ts mn;ns FOR
~ SmS u o ~ p, $3.50 an, ~ 4, I
, vaTy iu d,f,cit ot .%e IL
i. reniaiis IN 10, iorce ioa II =,
iams pas ond ynvern fbn paone II IL
ohis a"a ~ al .h ~ hawa 4. ~
oDJec,ionnpie, 'nat ..ey shou III nav "ii
opp'f.uni'y ~ u.iea. .ne sam"
BY reason of the fact that the names
of Unfit candidates are placed with
those OF the worthy and Qualified nom
inees ON the same PARTY ticket it is in
the interest of good Government that
The law sho,id 55rovids tbat the voter
desires to vote. Instead OF making it
easy for him To- vote for the good and
the bad by one vote for party ticket.
~ tbs vo,er non the aiiS,cati6ps nf
Il ot
t ehch udinu.uaee VIZ seehs S 20 Soi1 j., u,
t ue,iJ nn.nS. ~ att.r no,iDa,inns NV
N.Y. eonpe .i pe..e, -, aa.apt ~ .
poi,Ieat i par' fes oSr,na ~ MEN mill
t II a ,S, ~ % n,1.it rs, ,,,n,,Id
LOT or unw1sns ui p uoliG .nus IL, ua II,
oSiit H. i"uii apon anhida
VI VI liz 49,; 49, onS ,,,ouia $3.50
Ssa - eel , ann ,innnI +, ~ |anda,cw
iofe oe euuea''ohai III IT'S 'ee"'S'
The Direct Primary Law.
Under the present system of NOM
inatinp candidafes Tor office there
raw nm in every state n number nj
men who pernetually control conyen-
tions Tbey ueneraiIv attain THAR
mower by reason of being SUPPORT ed
with money and ofher infIuences OF
the great corpnrate interests of such
states a. deievates are named and
aiectsd Nv snch in fIuences ihev arc
orten s,6servient 70 the viii Of few
man ,ybo d,ctnte ri, capdidotes and
ninttto,., aaniarntionu az re n, rt ~
TphIs ,n ~ ds ini,nI cal To ,rood poy
arn.nant nnd tends 70 nlect Sapdidntes
ana nass surcs detrimenfai To me
I IrnarppS aH" ~ re neonie I.nder the NJ.
ro, I,rir,ar,, ~ pn, eacb wntar franf
rron, ,bn Jnf,uamce of any o,her ner-
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