Word: referendum
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...most important positions. Its power is not absolute, since the council may discharge for cause any of its appointees. Monthly and yearly publication of all the accounts of the city is another of the useful provision of the Iowa system. The rights of initiative and of referendum are two expedients theoretically valuable but not yet practically tested...
...seven. To the objection that a small commission is undemocratic, he replies that the charter constituting it proceeds from the people and that the renewing of the commission is in the hands of the people by means of election. But there are other guarantees of democracy; the initiative and referendum, the daily and weekly press, and the method of public hearing...
...city, like a successful business concern, needs an executive committee which shall employ experts to find out its real needs. In the West, many cities are governed by commissions, and the checks of initiative, referendum and recall keep the commission from abusing its powers. But the efficacy of the reform turns on the question, "Can you get better men under government by commissions?" The answer seems to be "yes," for successful business men will consent to serve under this system where they will not be hampered by aldermen and common councillors...
President Eliot was one of the leading speakers at a public meeting held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of advancing the cause of the public opinion bill which is now before the State Legislature. The bill aims to increase the use of the referendum and the introduction of the popular initiative...
January 16--"Resolved, That the principle of the state referendum should be adopted...