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gation that the Mayor authorized the payment of the same is made only to misrepresent the facts; that I am willing to leave my other acts, both as to this matter and to all other things, to the consideration of the voters."

Shall George W. Evans be recalled from the office of Mayor?

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INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

INDEX

Abolition of legislature, 129-30, 159–61.
Adoption, 3-5.

Advertisements, 287-8.

Amendment of constitution. See
constitutional amendment.
Amendment of direct legislation by
legislature, 145-56.

Amendment of initiative measures
before submission to vote, 28-9.
Associations as authors, 18; as educa-
tors of voters, 97, 266-74, 280-8.
Authors of measures, 9-20. See

Motives.

Ballot, length, 78-80; sample, 288.
Ballot titles, 8, 29, 43-4, 45, 52-3,

107-11.
Bibliography, 221–7.

Burden on voters, 78-85.

Campaign organization, 86; methods,
93-9. See Finance.

Combination of subjects in measures,
42, 43-6, 112-3.

Competition with legislature, 159–65.
Concealment of authorship, 13-6. See
Fraud.

Conflict of measures, 7, 47-9, 115–7.
Conservatives. See Radicals.
Constitution, stability, 180-4.
Constitutional amendments, 6, 177-8,
180-4.

Constitutional convention, 177-9.
Constitutional limitations, applicable
to direct legislation, 180-1; absence
in legislation by initiative, 180-3;
referendum as a substitute for con-
stitutional limitations on legislature,
171-2.

Constitutionality of provisions for ini-
tiative and referendum, 128, note 2;
constitutionality of measures deter-
mined by courts, 173-4.

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INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM · Cont.

Law, 5-8, 227-40.
Legislature, faults as cause of adoption
of initiative and referendum, 4;
author of measures, 6-7, 9-12, 30,
85, 164-5; nullify veto by referen-
dum, 10; resubmission of measures
defeated at election, 11, 146, 155;
public opinion bills, 157-8; powers
shared with voters, 128-30; aboli-
tion of legislature, 129-30, 159-61;
regulation of initiative and referen-
dum, 131-2, 149; emergency legis-
lation, 132-44; division of statutes,
144; amendment and repeal of
direct legislation, 145-56; competi-
tion of direct legislation with legis-
lature, 28-9, 78-85, 159-66; faults
of legislature as cause of direct legis-
lation, 82-5, 159-63, 167-8; effect
of direct legislation on legislature,
9-11, 167-70; constitutional re-
strictions removable on account of
referendum, 171-2.

Local initiative and referendum, not
considered, v.

Local interests, 22-5, 113.
Log-rolling, 22-5, 44-6.

Majority vote required, 6-7, 103-5,

180. See Minority.

Measures, preparation, 26-30; classi-
fied, 31-41; number proposed, 78–
80, 241-53; enacted, 105-7, 241-53.
Minority rights, 103-5, 182-3. See
Majority.

Motives, 21-5, 113-5.

Number of measures proposed, 78-80,
241-53; enacted, 105-7, 241-53.

Pamphlet for voters, 8, 93-5, 254-74.
People, authors of measures, 13-20.
People's Power League, 3, 18, 254-70.
Petitions, percentage required, 6, 54-8;
form, 7, 274-5; verification of sig-
natures, 7-8, 70-1, 275; geographi-
cal distribution of signatures, 58-9;
payment of circulators, 59-64;
methods of circulators, 64-74; sub-
stitutes for circulation, 74-7; an
initiative petition, 274-5.

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Vote on measures, 101-25, 241-53;
interest in elections, 101-3; mi-
nority v. majority, 103-5; amount
of legislation enacted, 105-7; ra-
tionality of the vote, 107-25; con-
fusion of the measure with the refer-
endum, 107; identification of meas-
ures, 107-8; knowledge of contents
of measures, 108-12; attention to
legal technicalities, 112; vote on
subjects unsuitable to direct legis-
lation, 112-3; on measures sub-
mitted by selfish interests, 113-5;
on conflicting measures, 115-7;
conservatism and progressivism in
the vote, 117-20; vote of the uncer-
tain voter, 121-3; vote as protest,
123; intelligence of the vote in
general, 123-5.

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