Deseret Evening News | 1909-02-06 | Page 4 | Shall the People Rule?

I I Ti The apparent determInation ot of cr eec lain I In tb thus stats t to defeat th the popular demind fr for effective tm team rt tt altogether or to 10 t te for lor tho m men sure lIn no now pending I somethIng essential nt ip y and ad ot of doubtful value iss qulon question that I is entirely new newin W In thie State though I It I has beta worked Olt oct I in some of at the 0 atkins Probably the m moSt ei evil O flu the divorce o problem p by any t In the UI Union was waa tbt that enjoyed o or rather eI I is South Dakota The result o of te the referendum 1 by which the pp people vot voted b by a majority of two to Oe one t foi the pp own cure u ot of Ilo reform I is now new to te b be on tor form ot of practical awer answer to 10 the qu qulin ques lin Unit Shall 1 the pl people rl rule T TTe Te Tilt south Ok Dakota referendum m ml may maybe l be considered 1141 a as a trump trIumph t for an ank awakened k public opinion tro front persistent t of the divorce evil Church assemblies assemblies of laW lawyers conventions for lor tt of 01 laws law the 1 tI the pr press the pulpit al alt organs ot of pull public opinion have kept pl tb the evils vI of the tho divorce pem problem 1 so constantly tt to lo te the front that It Is not nol at t al aft 11 likely that IUt t the 1 oN could err rr through 11 T The at soUsa o of that stale Is Ia R it hapy happy promIse of conservative ro ye vM o of the divorce lawn w In oUr other states tt which ha have been nd along tb the seine m lie line I It 11 10 lua illustrates t the pw power ot of public opinion In In M aut about nHe needed reform fon W we b have in th tIde lUl a thet Mt cl cells for a IMIr solution The p po popie pe pie demand tbt that t the loon tl shell w ge th the tr In hi all mm form ot of In lentils nb shall 11 t be al abolIshed in tome of 1 the legislators It ii ellI are t to obeying I time I mandate 11 a and a dl to subvert the popular wi will I If they should lol succeed o In de do eu t the measures for reform or desired Ir Irb b by Ir It would seam that t some t torah of Initiative ad and refer r u wu would b be required I in Utah J If t t the American theory ot of govern mont nt I is correct lh the will 1 of U the major majority r rI I ity and nd especially of 01 lb the ove II ing majority should hould bc become th the law Iw of oC t Ike laid OI only to U the c con limitations Ut that safeguard the rights bt and aDd liberties bert l o of Nn tM the people should hu rl rut