Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the Recall as Instruments of DemocracyMacmillan, 1912 - 324 pages |
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... direct government in America . " He expresses a " wish to correct any misapprè- hension which may have existed on this point hitherto , " and adds that he has probably . " made himself clear " in the sup- plementary chapters which ...
... direct government in America . " He expresses a " wish to correct any misapprè- hension which may have existed on this point hitherto , " and adds that he has probably . " made himself clear " in the sup- plementary chapters which ...
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... direct power of the people , to guarantee so far as possible the end which representative democracy has always pursued , though with halting step , namely , that the will of the people in political affairs , deliberately formulated and ...
... direct power of the people , to guarantee so far as possible the end which representative democracy has always pursued , though with halting step , namely , that the will of the people in political affairs , deliberately formulated and ...
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... direct vote upon resolutions favored by a majority . This is quite frequently the case in representative assemblies tied down by rigid rules which provide for the committee system of considering and reporting upon all measures proposed ...
... direct vote upon resolutions favored by a majority . This is quite frequently the case in representative assemblies tied down by rigid rules which provide for the committee system of considering and reporting upon all measures proposed ...
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... direct legislation to the effect that the Initiative tends to confound all distinctions either in the form or in the content of law . In particular they assert that the difference between constitutional and statutory en- actments is ...
... direct legislation to the effect that the Initiative tends to confound all distinctions either in the form or in the content of law . In particular they assert that the difference between constitutional and statutory en- actments is ...
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... direct legislation that in many cases the people are indifferent to measures submitted to them and do not vote upon them except in small numbers . This lack of interest is due in part to the source from which the proposals submitted to ...
... direct legislation that in many cases the people are indifferent to measures submitted to them and do not vote upon them except in small numbers . This lack of interest is due in part to the source from which the proposals submitted to ...
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Page 221 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 318 - ... and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within ten days from the date of filing such petition the city clerk shall examine and from the voters...
Page 54 - That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection ; that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
Page 317 - Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain a. full and correct copy of the title, and text of the proposed measure.
Page 52 - people" who exercise the power are not always the same people with those over whom it is exercised; and the "self-government" spoken of is not the government of each by himself, but of each by all the rest. The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority; the people...
Page 316 - ... be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such...
Page 70 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 315 - ... to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election. The legislature may reject any measure so proposed by initiative petition and propose a different...
Page 136 - ... no measure creating or abolishing any office or changing the salary, term or duties of any officer, or granting any franchise or special privilege, or creating any vested right or interest, shall be construed to be an urgency measure.
Page 51 - The notion that the people have no need to limit their power over themselves, might seem axiomatic when popular government was a thing only dreamed about, or read of as having existed at some distant period of the past.