Show DEMOCRATIC SENATORS I WILL STAND TOGETHER i DENVER Colo Cola Aug 18 Nineteen 18 Nineteen I Democratic senators constituting a maI majority ma ma- of the tho senate each bound by a I written pledge co to vote voto for measures de do- upon by tho the majority of tho the caucus have havo agreed upon tho the terms of tho the initiative and referendum meas meas- lure tire uro to be bo pl placed ced before tho the senate This I measure is tho the first of seven for or the tile enactment of which Governor Go convened the tho seventeenth sc general as assembly assembly as- as in m extraordinary session on the tho I ground wound that tho the party pled pledges cs contained in 10 the tho Democratic state platform in IDOS 1908 had been bun unfulfilled at tho the ular re regular sc- sc sion sion sian of the tho le legislature Tho bill biU as IS agreed upon provides pro vides ides that legi legislation lat on may mav be bo initiated by tho the people upon a 3 petition signed by not less than 15 IG per por cent of the total vote oto east cast for governor at the tho last pro pro- ceding election This 15 per cent must come irom from at least two thirds of the tho I counties of tho the state each count county bein being represented on the by not less 1 than 15 per cent of tho the total vote voto ca cast t for governor o by that count county J The rho same percentage e and aud the tho same sarno B restrictions figure in the tho referendum In both the initiative and referendum 51 per percent cent of the tho vote cast for governor I must fi figure ure in in the tho balloting on tho lc legis legis- is lation initiated or referred A ma majority I of the 51 per cent will carry or defeat 1 the Ic legislation i lation at issue I To pass tho the bill the nineteen caucus members must look Jook for five fhe additional votes as a amendment must receive a thirds two vote oto I |