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Show THE PROVO HERA.' U THE-- MERALD'S EDITORIAL PAGE : THE PROVO HERALD people, and if a majority of the votes cast were in favor of .the fro-- j of the people to pass on any law that can secure sufficient signers, and binding" law of say from 40 to 25 per cent, and is tlie hope of the people. It will stop, posed law," it would "'at once become . . the city without further notice. If, however, a majority of the the rich corporations andHhe trusts from' dominating the legislatures-vote- rs V ;v. Consolidation of The Provo "Herald (Daily) and Interrnountaui ' wtTeagains.t 5uch Jaw, thch it is declared rejected and cannot, and congress, '""-- v llerald '(Weekly.) What ' again be proposed except at a regular election, and then .'not for The. initiative and referendum will reirune temptation.' PUBLISHED BY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. two years. t corporation vvill trouble To' "buy"or kill law 5"vvfiefi the leHTarnrTar- r: ' ' O. C. SOOTS Editor . That, briefly told, is the Initiativeof the right of the people to not deliver ihtgnads? Jf the passage of abill is defeated, the peo- -' t, . initiate or propose their own laws and have them accepted or rejected pie can get it themselves Center Street . Provo, Utah . If a crooked bill is- by the ;' initiative. " " lawful voters. by the There' ith Phones j poshed through the legislature, the referendum' can kill it." : ' will be no further point in bribes, franks, passes, etc. , ' mail Entered in the Potoffie. at Pfovo, Utah, as second-clas- s "" ' i thcvcrookcd fact tht-.;;.Jn THE the wilf legislature-wnde- f man REFERENDUM seek not , JTn3TTe, January 4. 1911. . , Like the initiative, the referendum must be protected by rules progressive laws, Localise there is hoihiug in ii lor him. !e ma by law. To put it in' force, of course, be recognized by As. the larL"tali legislature saw fitfto pass a bill giving cities law as well as in the constitution of a referendum is in ' The state. THE RECALL vi the first and second cla ss a com mission-forof government' after force in almost rnt- - in th Union far as it affect? the Tnrvrry Lolond William J. IJryan lias this to say til the recall:' January 1, 1912, with the initiative, referendum and recall stricken stitution of the states. "There therefrom, T.he,Iierald decrhs it pertinent to show in detail what may be differences of opinion as to how many signers In Utah, the state constitution provides that the constitution of constitutes these 'essentials to popular government, termed by Utah's the; state can not be amended by the legislature unfil the proposed should be required iivprder to invuke the recall; but that is merely a " : frills" governor "unnecessary j amendment has been submitted (referred). to the people at a general matter of .detail. ' When the ritrht of recall is admitted the percent- . .11; e .required to call an election can be fixed by THE INITIATIVE ejection and must receive a majority vote; agriment among; If it is a good proposition for Utah to .have the referendum vote hose favoring the recall and it will probably be a compromise The Initiative, as the word itself suggests, means nothing more ' cr less than to initiate, to start in, get up a movement, to start a on the amendments ta the '.Constitution," why' would it jiotije equally between extreme views as to notice of election, time required for con sideration and means uscdo to inform the public. These also, are. proposition orto originate, to propose a measure, an introductory act, good to have a referendum vote on the laws of the lejnslature? the big" money interests and the trusts own and control matters of detail and do not affect the right itself. Such safeguards procedure or enterprise, the commencement of anything.-. Therefore the word Initiative, in government affairs, naturally majorities, in the .legislatures and congress.When the people ha;e will be thrown around the use of the recall as experience. may prove the to .. adheres much to its. original definition and stands for on of acts the legislature and the congress, then laws necessary. But as to the right of. recall two questions are raised: right vote just what the " "First, have the voters a riarlit to terminate the" contract entered The dictionary defines it to 'be. In governmental affairslhe word Initia- - favorable to the people may be expected; but not until then. .when the candidate accepted the office? into, when means authorized works a as follows: that the people have a right to propose law referendum, Thisquestion cannot tive, theretore, by law, Larise.if I." the is .candidate elected after the adoption of the recall, be-to the city council or, state legislatureiind ask" such bodies to pass First, all franchises granted to corporations for street railways, the proposed law initiated- or started or conceived ly the people telephones, water, electric lighting, etc. by the city council, must :ause he"AvHl tal:e the office subject to the.ri";ht of the people to' Of course, the right ty initiate must be governed by be submitted to the people for a vote before any franchise can be; rocall. But the ouestion could not pive much trouble anv wav. be- -. ; tnemselves. come a law, and, rules. . provisions could be made, if necessary, for the salary to be v Secondr-alIn six Swiss cantons other laws passed .by-- . .the city.: council or legislature 7'4. l .""tP'ri'li-'- . an.qfficial demonstrates his unfitr seventy names to put the foran office the people caamuch better afford to pay him while initiative in force; in all the other cantons or provinces it requires shall be referred to the people whenever a' petition is presented to - from 1,000 to 12,000 names to initiate or propose a new law direct the council or governor of the. state demanding that a proposed law not serving than to allow him to serve even without compensation. "The second question the only real question, in factis Cut if it is proposed to initiate a be submitted to the people before it shall become an ordinance in . from the people in each cantor. whether the recall so robs the official of independence as to injure measure for the whole Swiss nation, it must be signed by 30,000 any city or a law in the state. This"question admits of tiut one" answer. the city-cWhy "peopleT"" a should of official constithis wishes of be the X)f In a public the of considerable a independent 8 it draws someone state to number the people, : "up petition Oregon equires only per centof the voters 1 nsran con aristocratic nora'Ttetrincraticto initiate or propose a new ccption of rep asking that the law be ubmitd to the people and if the required mrrsT" resentative that the that 25 tyiinaber...of.yotersv.-si-th:ptitiontjieof cent to must initiate council the or the voters a new governmen contemplates representative will law, per. requires repeal city propose ' . he indifferent of constituents. the of his wishes The democratic Where the number of signers i as low as 8 per cent, it causes the law within' thirty days, or refer it to the people. Eacl statg;ffljkJt3,Qwn-- requiremejrits. as't how many voters theory is that the people "will think for thems.elves and select i proposal jpf .manj Ens thar carmot secure y?naj5rity;of ,thV people : . :. . .... . t i 1 t ii. to "give txpressTon to their thoughts. "".The-morand Inj i uie pons, auu inases ior a great expensen prmTingtne proposed fnusrslgn'etitioirfor l refefendumIn SouthTJSkota it. reqwes for dlcctualHStamlardf-the-represe Jaws," IHs safe to say that at 1est"25 percent of the legaPvbters of mly 5 per cent of the voters of the last election to sign oT the public. Banks have not a. state should be required to stgrra proposed law before- it be placed vote,- while in the state of Washington: it requires 25 ncreased watchfulness on the part Visl anything in standing and character by the fact that they are" on the ballot. per cent Whenever the petition is filed properly with the required On The object of the right to initiate a law is only granted to the number of signed voters, the law stands suspended until the people, low examined and may be closed without a moment's notice. i been will be raised he contrary, the banking level has raised, and it r PepJ?Jl r('cr to foreman ttn willing legishture or city council to by a majority vote approve of it.' That is the isreferendum. bank more the: when absolutc still law; to initiagive. reqmreszlhe security X rnoTTFewdfflne.""; It as old as the pass such Jaws as the people really want, and it is safe to say that of officials will the trust so be bettervhen to hundred depositors, for several Swiss betrayal in the nation been has and would it tive, it a majority of the people really want a certain law passed, practiced is a crime. with as dealt of embezzlement the ,, v of the Swiss government says power not' be burdensome to get 25 per cent of the people to sign such years. Here is. what an de"" ' ' or recall as condemn can the "How we ' ' ' proposed dangerous '". . ;L.'1"V proposed laws in cities where the people can easily and quickly be about it: official . of time terms and short the same at will of structive, approve on - - - ..The very foundation of the government is based the .reached...-- a as restraint act "on not The' independence? impeachment Yet out of 90,000, does if Howjhe Initiative works : Suppose certain citizens of Provo the neonle the common people, you please. control the less than 3,000 rrgrvesie"peoplea" govern regularIectr6hs'T6rmofTmpec Vranted an ordinance passed by the council, that all work on the 000 people in the United States" The re- - ,v- -.times,-b- y stated at remove to chance refusing of therein. states the all and of the United States, ment lhej?eople ssession of the. nation through the ballot call simply goes a step farther and permits the voters to shorten the ns on'lhcbasis of 8 houra as a day's work' at the price of 30 cents bave the power to take , mc umu uusu mc will pronuse-anytnmwuch, m men juuymc-iuuwy.u per hour. The citizens- interested would draw up the ordinance box. But the trouble is the tricky politician a reversion to aristocracy " he forgets his promises, especially those fact is, that opposition to the recall is just as it should be on the city books of law. . They would then get to et into office and then -" is What the remedy? 25 per cent of the people of Proyo to sign a petition requesting the made to the workingmen and the farmers. When!he recall.: the and people the capacity of the pcopleor upon a contempt for their. rights. Becity council to pass the proposed ordinance and to make it a law. The initiative, the referendum, anLine capacity j cause the people have a right, to The city council would then have sixty xlays to make such law. - If, can propose their own laws and if the officials refuse to accept them, are the conscious of their v""' and because people is for their votes,-ma- t however, the" city council believed such a law unwise, the council then the wholfc matter is referred to the people ior also to right and confident of their capaci tythey iavor the recall a'rid"wTn7 a special election unless, the regular election took place the remedy not only to force good laws on the statutes, but . would-xa-li ' ' in time, secure it." within six months and submit the proposed law to a vote of the stop other bad lawTfrb'm bmg pas . the-leg- al CSEMI-WEEKL- , .r .C - 1 j - j -- j . m . ' " . - k--- - - - . I . Tnrasjif o la, while'tlieVclTSgeirC' . repre-sentativ- -.... es al - 11 - i - : ' " d" : . . - -r- - g -- . nt -- - our orchardjsta become alarm- - this region must depend on the Ger The harem skirt is a to spy the least of it. give ouC reports of great dam- man beet seed, but, with government " "If the in' line "you" are on the" down-hil- l intelligently propagating age, but regularly every year without aid seed make haste to a of growing transler. get fall, this region produces anjexcellent seeds; the; industry May not a marriage ceremony be for the American ; market may be iruit crop. - " from tne German Deet just'y called a transaction in bonds? Whlie thepresent JndicsJaj-ej;tttforme"Some husbands fear the wife's no, Uie fruit crop has been injuredit is fields to the neigbDorsooq oijjgaen, some stand in awe of her know. and our of ... , people,, ., the summer the advantage this that to fair presume movo latest this of The horse is known by its yeafs, but The importance, crop will be abundant and later thp. department injts mnlft.isbeUer.kDowp, by- - ita.ears.ailcellent Wpie cannot Salt but itlrequlres" gathered by "our thrifty orchardists. i aeaTretcThelplhe'beet farmer, - "sand" to The results proma be . keep: good restfution. Ogden Standard. :: as 10 oe oe ise to be so unronunately in a good many or vo . beet of chards the trees are known by their sugar ExDerimental 8tation for Ogden yond our fondest dream -part otiscaies, The "agricultural department of the development in Auto moans to go aloue," therefore a " " :the United States. Ogden Standard,- government has established an experi ' ' o .. feline that prowls in the dark Is an mental station, jn Wilson Lane, just 80,000 ' Sheep to Date sutocat, of west Ogden, boundary beyond the of the number of estimate The The only kind of mining that is sure and W. P. Shaw, in charge, is begin re- - sheep sheared at the local pens to to produce satisfactory results in soil o a fthe beet pests, study ning quirements,' methods of cultivation of daa. is, placed at 80,000. The work is beets, and other problems which con-- progressing satisfactory both to the Generally it Is all right ito take ' "Part Qf. as tley" come," buf nirdaiger-"- " front the"beet raisers thlhgs men and the uanaementlthe Rheep -ous to" lake a goat that, way. Uiau. iku ncreo ui giuuuu, nam wwu w V. m-- . va lUB Y1 eased for the Phrpose. and a labora- - Buearm8 It s natural that an expectant who " of the shearers abilities the wherein erected spending to is be has been cut off by a; will should suftory building a force of experts, under the direction time of "drawing down" has been re- - fer from a lack of will power. of Mr. Shaw will labor for the develop- - ancea to one aay a weea, Tuesday, It gives us' a jolt to find that, the ment of the beet Industry "here and Heretofore it , has been Customary to leading citizen Is hungry three times a ' r :: i allow 4he men an advance either on day and that he Bnores in his elsewhere. sleep. B. S. Rolapp has been instrumental TeidaT or Friday. . This will TryingJlo Quiet a fretting baby Is ' a" having the experimental ' station less prove beneficial move for the hard task but trying to quiet an opened, and he, with the Weber Club men in the long run. Beaver County conscience is a harder one. and the sugar interests, is now labor-- , News j ;..,. A great many gates are needed 09 - s , " s ...... Ing to hare a seed culture, station es- the farm. There's he propagate, the tablished in conjunction with the labfumigate, the irrigate,' the subiucate. 'T oratory in Wilson Lane. jthe big gate and the little gate, and The beet growers' of Weber county In utueni mat migat be mentioned. -.and of all Utah, should welcome this Farm Journal 1 ' - 1 laboratory as It promises to supply a guide which, it caiefully followedV The Sound Sleep of Good Health will lead to great advancement in beet esamate1 ana T culture. ' It is a poor rule that wont work 1 ailment . , that it is a mmc prevents extnese The government, tnrough ways. to health. J. L. Souther. Pan Plalra ' What is it. that '.works while we perhnental stations, is' performing a Wis, says: i have been nnable to r work that no individual could hope" to sleep f Teast ' f sleep carry on. The cultivation of the beet, The average tax coliector doesn't acrosssoundly nights, because of palm my back and soreness of my is being by kidneys. My appetite wag very poor in life and the Extremes meet when - the kitten plant capable experts conu'on,wft3 much farmer is to be given the benefit of plays with its tail. order .It Js eettiug pretty bard'to tell one'K.dnoy MsnTOcTnveWgatlon ' that his efforts may be directed to He from another. . sleep L sound as a rZ : best purpose. ; . Tou will never roach'. the right piace'C0Diitj'on Js wntly Improved, end I At rrrsent .the sugar beet men of on the wrorg road ' " jb?t Foler Kidney Piiia ha.?i3; ' harum-scarum-ri- Deriod. ed and " - - g ; d s - t ri"r i mm - -- ' -- : ... f DEVELOPMENT NOTES - i. .'.!.; ANp EDITORIAL COMMENT ; ; Of the'71,000,000 "iNew Creamery for Cedar Valley tr lm thls 4Aa nsuaJ it takes to stranger get one.fIfth.wM consutned s ' sold on and other the and especially duribg the last twelve the Cedar people woke up. to the neces- 'MIssouri river markets. months, the oil field' of .San- JuanIty of making an extensive Improye- - . Agrlcultural Superintendent' George has agl- - Austin reported that 19,000 acres had County, Utah, has been s. question oftment This time d a creamery, something we need been planted' in. beets ,thls year, as much consideration by men and acres --last year.,-- : This lallsts from" every oir section rlg!lt; aTTrlghtrbut, something1 the. against 14,000 will increase the outputof the United States, east or west. San Juan themJveB wUnout tt e caa 30 per cent. Rich- more rethan torles one most of the is, perhaps, of a stranger The cream- - tJel4 assistance the from sections' Reaper of, paote country contemplated we are informed wUl . transporution; Thi condltron. ln a; ery U 0081111 the neighborhood of M000. Fro,t In the Orchards . measure, accounts for the lack of any- !s a,B0 he succeeded la learned haa ,:V "when tUh' orcharti feel the Dip of thing Uke an axcurate or intelligent w BTW 7 knowledge of the nwnral resources of Jack Frost, all l the Western country a stipulated amount do wn and , th countt.-Cr- and VaUey Time.. stipulated amount upon the completion "uer of the creamery. It sounds good, to be estimating the damage done during Work Begins on Uintah Railroad ' sure; but for heavens sake let us do the early part of the month. The San Wnrlr will ntaxt tnmorrow On - th halnAn with mir nwn nonnle: let na STanClSCO examiner ajs. There is litUe" doubt that consider r do our own business. And ask no odds nf L injury was done by the frosU of of if bad hasn't Too Cedar anyone. i or Apru 13 nd tut the mine. The Wasatch Con-- ; as known te much how cannot yet 0 Creamer aBd onerRte etruction Company of Ogden has when we have the "dough si well First reports of such injuries are nearcurea we! ooniraci 10 ouiia me iweiw M tDe men wn0 caarun Conn, w &lwa?8 exasseraieoi wiu m w we miles extenfiIon(land yesterday landed fruits at least ther..ia no reason to Record. '" ; : ' ' "V ' 4"v -' ISO men into Mack," suppose that, considering the state as '. aiternoon men for Increase a. whole Any damage, was done which In Beet Aerekee The teft yesterday The . horse! and The Dbgoii, "equipment Sugar Company will make any appreciable difference of the company wUl be shipped to placed on the market 71,000,000 in the size of greatest ' Dragon today from" MackT Manager t pounds of beet sugar from Jts fac- supposed injury to tree fruits was re- Ea'xter of the construction company, tones during the season - recently ported from placer ceunty,: which is .districts buj4t-idec'ares the work will be completed closed- The compaiiy- wtll Tiafiaie ' erone" "of vlthln three or four months and will third as much, again next season, ac-- probable that whatever damage there cordtng to the increased acreage ln its ""wa? there,' was" confined to dapressod ta rutilifd. I3 'understood that the contract Yields, aasTiowu by the reports of of- - pockets in. which the cold air setneT f r the twelve ficers at the annual mf eting-- of the " As the Examiner says, fisst reports . of " etoi'Kho'dtfrs'licld In the fTIiaion build- - o? damrsri nre noarly always exspser." r 1 Er.m;r.it3 lo nlout TT53.0C0: e fro? Kcavs!. Iiig T.:n.la.y. C i'ty jt'ar. J 8ari Juan'WIII Be Great Field Within thft last two or three -- poundB-prodoce- d, yeart.j four-fifth- - capi-.tate- of-t- he -- fac-count- . -- w? .n:.. rr 7 -- tcii .. . ew.. w nti two-ho- ,- ; mmm . , it-HLr-on ,: ! a " 'r y7- !Cl ' Utah-Idah- o the-crop.T- - oar-earlie- st s " 'it -- cc"f-iri",t!oj- ) F.if rtiU-ln-e y over-estimate- d. . o8 ... .. " " -- r ."' r! - ;' , ' : :',":"' Hsade-a-etudy- -- JLrIlL nnb!f - " " j cured me."' SSt!mJnnS . . f -- |