THE REFERENDUM.
AMERICAN LITIGATION,
Bj Teleirraph-Press Ae3ociation-Copyrljnt (R«c. February 20,11.30 p.m.) Washington, February 20. The Supreme Court of the United States ias decided that the constitutionality of the new methods of rtvio government known as the referendum and the initiative, .which havo been favoured as leading to the elimination of "graft," is not a question for the Law Courts, but solely for Congress.
Objection had been raised that these new methods of government were repugnant to tho Republican form of government, and the Courts held that Congress jras the absolute arbiter on this point.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1369, 21 February 1912, Page 5
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94THE REFERENDUM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1369, 21 February 1912, Page 5
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