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Show BOURNE IS III FAVOR OF TjOECALL Oregon Senator Replies to Sutherland's Criticism of Arizona Constitution. WASHINGTON, Aug. I.- Under tit political system which baa been built up la thia country, lovwrnmmt la not truly rapqpesntative and will not be until the people ha.ro the power to make It ao. amid Senator Bourn- of Oregon, who ispoea today In favor of th lnltlatlva, rvfrndum and rocaU provlaiona of the ;Arisxina conatfTutlon. I Sanator How me rolled to tha racent attack by Senator 8uthartand of Utah on tha advocator of tha lnltlatlva, raferen-dum raferen-dum and rcall. "Snaara ara not arsrti-ment; arsrti-ment; rldlcula la not loaic," ' darlarad Senator Bourne, In answer to the terma which Senator Sutherland had applied to thoee who favor advaaoed methods of popular vovarnraen.t. "I believe In truly representative gviv-ernment.'- aafd the senator. The Initi-1 atlva and referendum aupersede no state leaialatura. They tnereiv nmvUlai ih people A means of securing laws which letislaturea refuse to enact, and of defeating de-feating undeslred laws which leclalaturea do .enact. The technical work of drafting draft-ing a measure should be performed hymen hy-men of skill In that particular, but ths people as a whole are the best judgae of the prlnrlplea Involved and can be trusted to pass on the merits. Ths people peo-ple of Arlsona would better loea etete-. etete-. ood than yield their right to control their elate government." As to the recall of Judges. Senator Bourne aaid he aaw no reason why a man who occupies a judicial position should be governed by laws and stand -arda of public service different from those which apply to legislative or executive ex-ecutive officers. "A Judge who will listen to populsr clamor will also yield to the wishes and Intereeta of a political boas." |