American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-09-26
ARE THEY RUNNING FOR
OFFICE OR FOR REVENGE?

third party state ticket has been made up and an
attempt will be made get by the secretary of
state SO that 1t will the ballot every county
Waving the nice legal questions which involved as to
"hethe any ticket can be made and athered by people
who participated in the primary election one cannot hep
wondering what the nominees this ticket running
for Is it for Office for revenge cannot be for anv
principle, because constitutional amendments are
pending before the people and will be upon this fall
which carried will not only give the people power to
any legislation which they may independent of
the legislature, but to repeal any in force or
which may hereafter be in force And both of these
resolutions introduced by Republicans passed bv
Republican legislature years before the Progressive
party wave hit the state.
Senate Joint Resolution No. IL provides That the people
shall have power to propose referendum any ac
passed by the legislature and to approve
reject the the polls Independent Of the Legislature"
Senate Joint Resolution No. l3 provides That the people
shall have power propose laws Of Their own initiative
and to the the pons independent Of the Iea
hhxe"
What do these amendments mean? The first one
that any law which does not suit majority of the
people be repealed That abuses which have grown up
in the administration of affairs corrected that the
people will have the power protect themselves against
unjust taxation and with such power given them the
cash valuation ms6t of Governor Hawey would have
hard Shedding.
Resolution No. 13 that the people, independent
of the legislature will have power initiate pass any
They create railroad public utilities
commisson they create state tax commission they
reorganz the state land board put all in.
sttuions under head they adopt the ballot
and change the constitution at will. They can bring
about every REFORM real alleged demanded most
enthusiastic progressive and situations and condi
tions they they may arise.
1t would seem that the men who compose the third
ticket really progressive and in they vast
ing great deal of effort accomplish nothing If they
will concentrate their efforts securing the adoption of
these amendments and the that ordinary
such the everyday citizen elected
legislature the present session. they will be way
accomplishing the things for which they profess to be
striving
But state ticket what does it have do with such
matters? Nothing ALL And the promoters of that
sincere in their desire support and uphold
Roosevelt and the things he stands for they have
enue opened to them which opened by Republicans
and is being kept open by them If these amendments
adopted, people recall decisions in motion
the machinery do They do anything that the
most ultra legislature do and they do
it in the way in which they may want it done.
Progressve There is nothing in the third party plat
form like it, and it done eighteen months before
Progressive third party dreamed Of Now let all
the Progessives who really progressive line behind
the Republican and legislative tickets and enable
them to put these into effect and they will have
lief at least years earlier than they have it through
any other channel