Show initiative LAW IS SUSTAINED united states supreme court decides it has no jurl jurisdiction 8 cletion in case appealed from oregon washington only congress and not the tha supreme court of tho the united states may object to the initiative and ana refel durn method of legislation la tho the state slate so the court decided monday that tribunal held that the question ot or whether a state still maintained a republican form of 0 government guaranteed by the federal constitution alter it adopted the initiative and referendum was a problem for congress and not a judicial one tor for the courts the decision was based on the claim of the states telephone Tee and telegraph company that a tax upon it imposed by the initiative and referendum method in oregon was unconstitutional the initiative and referendum provisions in missouri california arkansas colorado south dakota utah montana maine and arizona hung in tho the balance an adverse decision would have affected the proposed legislation of that character in many other states under this decision sustaining tho the constitutionality ot of tho initiative and referendum millions ot of city bonds issued under the initiative provision of the oregon law aro are made valid and many other statutes now in force in that state are placed on A firm foundation |