BIBLE LESSONS IN SCHOOL REFERENDUM. BILL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12922, 29 July 1905, Page 6

BIBLE LESSONS IN SC HOOL REFERENDUM. BILL.

To the Editor.

Sir .f— The principle of taking' a refer3nd,um, being diametrically opposed to collective representation nmst lead to misrepresentation, to the lowering of the efficiency of the standard of the House r)l jßppresentatives as a constitutional assembly, and ultimately to the complete overthrow of representative government. As tlie nation has corn|mitted itself to. the principle of the referendum I consider that the right solution of the whole matter is that no referendum vote can be asked of the people, unless such refercaixlum question is made a party one ; and any Bill containing the provision of public referendum must ho broiught in by that parCy in pow;>r for the time, being. This alteration wouM do away with much of the evil surrounding the i referendum as is, now carried out, and nake it a u-oro useful adjunct to party representative government, which lias always been the best form of •onstitution. for An'glo-Oclts.i — I am, iHc, " "• FRA'NCr.S A. r riHC(JELLEvS^ ,