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?
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
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
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.
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.
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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