Show Burdensome Ballot BallotIs Is Prospect for 1936 General Elections Election 1 j S I s S 1 Ease of 91 f I Initiating m t. la t- t mg L. L Legislation egIs I a t- t Ion Th Threatens rea t g dl S. S Unprecedented Flood of Proposals for Citizens in November f fr 5 r t t By S S v vw l. l It may come to pass after the elections next nex Nov that an appropriate epitaph for an honest and nd burde burdei burdened burden d t t citizen i z rt would be J t S Here lies S l o t Upon his earthly pallet i A voter unwise r. r I Who got tangled t in his ballot S tt d. d Jt appears pars at t this time it h t voters at the will be confronted confront- confront ed with 10 yards or more of pap paper r on which will be bc e innumerable e places for crosses There Is Ire great t td d danger nger for forthe the careless citizen citizen wJ who eager to do his civic duty lets the rolls of political yardage get the thc best of him physically and men men- tally S A few weeks ago a group of ot earn earnest earnest earn earn- est eat men took advantage of tho initiative ini- ini initiative f- f and referendum statute to to- get some of their pet schemes and theories enacted into law J And ore More Possible r Now comes a man who c conse mf to representing Ogden's mayor maor ma or 1 Harman W. W Peery and reveals that that official may seek to revive the direct primary law Jaw which the thelast last Jast l legislature wiped from the books Mayor Peery also will use the new ne initiative law Thus it will wilt be seen that the idea V Vis r is catching Any day now a an t avalanche of ot petitions signed by five registered voters may descend upon the state capitol State officials officials who realize the impending ta- ta are admittedly worried Some of ot them have a haunted lookin look lookin in their eyes It would take only five v voters S in good standing to force Secretary of State Milton H Welling to a ask k for forbids forbids forbids bids on the printing of a a- petition and that petition may r request que that the cabbage be made a vegetable vegetable vege vege- table and it would go on the state I t ballot in November Would Fix Fix War Wage The mentioned l group of citizens e s headed by D D. W. W Jenkins of Tre- Tre monton w wants to take thi th out out of ot w war var r am among ng other It Itis is their e t the v voters tera sustain a ww w stating tating th tha e eone one can profit f of than b n 2 2 a d day y during war The executive who may be av available I. I to o the gover government mentin in time of conflict c can receive only two bucks bucks' per d day y yin in pay The Jenkins group has some som tax reform Jaws aws it is offering to the people In plain words Secretary Welling refused to accept them and f fhe he would not ask for bids to print the petitions Thus the sponsors have carried the matters to the thi supreme su SUe preme court I Thereby is revealed revealed-an an interesting angle and it is the basis forthe the deep concern and overwrought condition of ot state officials Already the Initiative in initiative In- In illative law is Ls occupying the atten attentIon attention tion and time of the secret secretary ry o of ot state the attorn attorney attorney- y general and the five justices of the supreme court If It the program m continues the servants servants servants ser ser- ser ser- of the people at the capitol l will do little but work on oa petitions ns And the tho taxpayers will continue to foot toot the ilie bill S May l Revive Squabble The extreme to which voters voters' go under the clauses of the Initiative law is demonstrated in a l petition offered by W. W I 1 Withers seeking seeking seek seek- e king k- k ing to give dentists the right to ad advertise vertise their work and ability In Inthis Inthis Inthis this instance Dr Withers stands alone before the fire of all all' I other dentists and all aU dentists dentists' asso 1 1 lions It took to k Utah dentists den ts some sometime time me to have a law passed prohibiting prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing professional the state but Dr Withers under the initiative law h has s the right to re re re- re vivo vive the tho squabble and place it before be be fore the voters Secretary Welling found Dr With in go good d form torm and asked askel for printing bids Dr Withers put up the money to have the printing done It If 10 per cent of the the state tate sign those petitions the question will be placed on the bal bal- lots The state must pay for tor aU all additional printing g. g And th the same is true on the tho tax tac reform and war profits laws In an effort rt to halt lt the flood and with the thc claim that the Jenkins group has failed tailed to file proper petitions peti pelf lions and that their proposed laws Jaws are not in a real sense laws at all aU Mr Welling has turned the matter over to the supreme court It willbe will willbe be threshed out before that august aug t body on Friday Voting Chore Heavy Facing the voter voler next November Is a l somewhat dismaying array array- of ot questions The people of ot Utah wIl have to vote for president vice president governor secretary of state one member of the state su supreme supreme su- su preme preme court attorney general state treasurer state au auditor superintendent n n- n dent of public instruction a congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman and a horde of city and county officials In addition tho the wearied voter m must st give thought to toa a number of constitutional amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments which will vill be placed on the ballot a a result of legislative ac RC- RC tion On top of all this will ill come the proposed laws offered to the people under the Initiative and referendum S statute |