REFERENDUM PRINCIPLE.
BEFORE THE UNITED STATES COURT. ,/ ' : '. v ''■:■; :■;,. : : > . •:■" *.■ '■ '■ "\ ■' r ",..', { A MATTER FOR CONGRESS^ By Telegraph Association.—Copyright, .(Received February 20. 11.30 p.m.) Washington, February 20. : It has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United.States that the new methods of civic government known as the referendum, and the initiative, which are favoured in the United States as leading to the elimination of graft, are not a question for the law courts, but solely, for the concern of Congress. , ;■'■ Objection had ' been raised-that these new • governmental - methods were repugnant to? the republican form of government. The Supreme Court holds; that Congress is abso-. lute arbiter on this point. •■V : .': \:'^: : .;''■.'■:■.■■". '-'■"'.: .-V;, :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14922, 21 February 1912, Page 7
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