Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-17
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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 40
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 a lot of frothy anarchists who
we're fired out Of Europe for their cru.
sade against bathing and who have
been restless ever since the lake front
has been closed to all night dodgers.
As for a 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 a 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 ILL.
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 ol
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 quas
public or certain other important
classes Of corporations generally at
fected by legislation.
Soliciting candidates to subscribe Il
religious, charitable, public, and semi
public enterprises; but this does no
prohibit regular payments to any or
ganizatlon of which the candidate hal
been a member, or to which he hal
been a contributor for more than 81,
months before his candidacy.
Contribution Of funds in the name
Of any other than the person furnish
ing the money.
Treating by candidates as a mean'
of winning favor.
Payment OF PROMISE 10 Tewaiu "i
other for the purpose Of inducing hin
to become or refrain from becoming
or cease being candidate, or solicl
tation of such consideration.
! Betting on an election by candl
date, or betting on an election by an,
other person with intent to influence
the result.
, From the above It will be seen tha
, the socalled Corrupt Practices Act J
simply a respectable" cry OF Sto
Thief! coming from men whose head
and arms are buried In graft, and U
the spoils Of crooked legislation.
To divert attention from their ow
fine work and the villainy they ar
constantly engaged in. they woul