Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-28

have these requests been that we have not been abe ia
explain 70 al Of them that proposed doing the last
week Of the campaign But such has been the intention
and we today begin the discussion by taking up the
posed initiative referendum and recall amendments
There are three proposed amendments applicable to
leach OF these reform measures and the people may reject
ANY one and adopt the Others or they may reject them ALL
All three admittedly defective They were drafted
submitted by the enemies of these reforms and these
enemies drafted them to weaken them as much as
possible.
So successful they that there is today no friend
OF the native who is supporting the proposed amend
up with restrictions and impossible conditions that friends
that reform have decided to reject totally The chief
objection s that it makes, part Of the constitution
requirement that before initiated by the
pe can be adopted it must receive the approval of
OF voters equal to majority of the number that voted
for governor In other words, the amendment is so
framed that it makes no vote at all count az vote against
measure If those who oppose any initiative measure
wish to vote against it, they do just we'll by stay
at home as they by going to the polls except when
la governor is to be elected This proposed amendment
should be defeated.
Friends of the referendum divided in their sup
port OF that proposed amendment It is unsatisfactory
ana those friends OF the reform who are supporting it,
dong so merely because they dislike to vote against such
reform whenever it put up to them though is
not such they desire We do not agree with this arg
ment We believe we can get what want. If we can
not, then popular government is failure. What we
want is the right kind of amendment whenever we
vote to amend the constitution-not halifax or half
hearted declaration and this amendment is lust such an
amendment The chief objection to it is that leaves
the mercles and caprices OF legislature the details for
working out the amendment One Legislature could re-
quire certain restrictions upon submitted
and other restrictions upon another measure another
Legislature could change alter these requirements If
we had the initiative, the referendum would not matter
much but the friends of the initiative proposing to
defeat that the referendum may as we'll go
with it until we get legislature that will give what
the people want
The recall provision exempts the judiciary from it's
application This we believe is fundamentally wrong To
say that the Judiciary should be exempted to say that
corrupt bindy prejudiced Judiciary should be re-
tanned in Office or else it is to that the people not
honest and capable enough to recall official.
1t cannot be successfully maintained that dishonest
or bindy prejudiced judge should be retained in office
any more than that dishonest incompetent preudced
governor or attorney general should remain in Office
And if the people are capable of recalling with wis
dom and discretion governor attorney general
rotary of state other officer they be trusted to use
the same discretion in recalling unjust dishonest or
prejudced judge
The enemies of the recall will be found voting for this
amendment because they do want it applied to cor
rupt courts and because they realize that such amend
ment is coming sooner later and they want that
will exempt their judiciary for them We recommend
that this amendment be defeated and demand be made
for the right kind of We believe that constitutions
made for protection of the people against encroach
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