The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-28
G. W. PERKINS SEES
! INVISIBLE RULE IN
NEW CONSTITUTION
Bull Moose Executive Also OBJ
jects to Its Submission
in Block Form.
TAvORS SOME FEATURES
IF OFFERED PIECEMEAL

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coorao w pert,n. chairman of me
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eH'Nu'''e eo"''n'''ee 80 -
national committee. addressed 70 Ehhu
Root yesterday a long letter setting
forth in de,ai, bts rea sons for opposinR
o. - c.. c..xu,,-
wv au'p'''n Vi '"o "" va
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MI. Perkins emphasizes AZ the outset
his objection to the submission OF six
teen OF the eighteen questions In ono
vote.
This Va a fundamental weakness IN
the whole scheme he says. why
should a man who objects 70 the con-
servation article, for example. but VINO
favors the snort ballot arucie. Do FORCED
70 get the short ballot article?'
10 Tho nrnv,.ion for an incraasa In
so,s r,e. ~ me,nhsr. ~ Mn. Icv,,lsture
r-omirdi,y hi,n tna, xvhsr mi. was arr,
muted as .eua rate in iaii
Il was defeated by n vote OF 2s7. 600 10
asaOoo. ~, e. M, vio,on, the~reforc."
ns SIS "tn .,h,m,, &c ~. nsonla -
non again IN such mannsr tia, tbev
c~nnot dafaat 4, v,,thout also dafea,iny
oihar nro,.osals aoma ~ vhIch thev
nrNfsyhf I'm xn Df
NJ perLins continue.
.~Tbe two pronositiop. .uh,n,n>a
.>nar.ta,v ara ~. taxa,,cr art,cia ,nd
,h. an,or,iorn,an s.c,ions Tha sta,.
enumaration hos h.on ono n, ar iargs
and unneocssarv exnen.es for the Eci.
80 cansn. 4. ~ to, =. r.nn.sar, ,,nd
a. IN. ahoi,.hing SIT
enumeration were submitted se,,aratel
n the neon,a 4, wnula unouas,iorah mi
fonment Amendment. however thu
voters will be NIT in the nosi,ion. n
thsv yote Tor the nronositiop OF annar.
entity Improving the present apportion.
ment. and ~ they vote AGAINST IL OF An.
narentiv anprovIny the continuance of
the present unnecessary and extraya.
cant State census"
short BALLOT Inemcient.
AZ. M.
- the s'DIs oaIiot provision WI, ror
III says. = persoir,iiy lesA'a .nls a.
euo. ,ohs s"ort pai1o' rs 70 iho
C. uoes noenlns eN'ep. M" ..'s
enen' "a rN'sH~e '"' '"N' Va "
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49,, nrovt.,nn NJ p.,ndn. "
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a, y.rnna To g,yo ,ha,r ~. ,h. n.v
Co,s,it,t;o, nro,.os.. nnu,or uJ,ho,t
,i,n,, 90 amno,r, y. n,anv Irdo.. as ,hs~
Ja.,ra 49, o.. nons -, S,,nrsn,a Cour,
Cnmn,sainnor. 10 conyerring an tber, a
~notror,pa that Ia had in nrinciple and
snre "a hr,ry Tho conrt into noii,ics"
In the rronosal 20 increase the Gov.
ornor.s novyer Mr. perk,n, corn,a,r. n,
.,ria,,Los ~ auch a sar,o,. n "a c,er.
,il,t he fears The result, would he "mor,
har,,f,, than her aciaI He continues
~ bc,jev. thorouuh,v in a nrone,
h,aco, sv.ten hu, under our rian n,
eiecf,py n Co~y.rror for tue vears
GRANTED that ,bara is N chang. averv ,w,
ye,- W. would On, an indepandent -
snonsihIa b,,dge, system, h,,t cverv otha,
yaor 10, ~ Tho covornor wars IN r,
.,oc.oa mi. year and ,a,a ooica nm ~,
de-, ne January tho huduo, for hIp
,yo,,,a ha made nm hx. ,ha Jonar,nar
no,ds ,ha, u,.ro sn,rg ont ,y,,h ,ha 81,
going Governor The nert year IN,
Wv covernor ana his dena r,m.nt haad
oo,,,i n,,La ~ ,hatr ~ 49,, h,
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- un 80 49, o. 49, 80. 49,.
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aVttf,, 80 pa
Souarnnrs =, bi~aran, n, 800
20 n,a" not,,,os ,,i,h ~ arto, =
g. 'nnn n. y
..Tha rraU hv Y,hinh ~ Cnuar,,
makes up his budget and sends It In |
not by any means free from Legislative
influence because the Legislature ha
the right after II passes on the Gov
ernor's recommendations to initiate 1t
own bills and pass them for submission
70 the Governor. This opens up a vas
Geld Of decker and trade between IN
Legislature and the Governor and be
tween the invisible government and hoti
'Tn this connection It Is extreinel
important 10 note that the propose
Constitution not only restores to IN
Governor the power to appoint member
OF the legislature to office. but there
nothing whatever to prevent an Assem-
blyInan or a Senator being appointe
by the Governor as head Of one G
III State departments and still remain
ing a member OF the Legislature. slttln
in that body which vii, adopt a budg,
for his own department. On III
n hand It legli.zes bribery by the Go,
ernor on the other hand il enables ir
nuential members of the Legislature I
~browbeat the Governor into appointin
them 10 important offices in order ,
hui through his measures on all hand
il reenforces invisible government in m
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