DIRECT LEGISLATION IN KANSAS

...The fifteen standpat Republican votes cast against the excellent amendment passed by the House, by a vote of 107 to 10, were just enough to come under the required two-thirds majority to submit a constitutional amendment...

...But argument, party pledges, or the obvious will of the people were of no effect with the standpatters, and, after amending the House bill to death, they then rejected the abortion they had made...

...and in the course of their speeches brazenly inquired, "Tell us what reason there is for direct participation of the people in the business of law making...

...BY A VOTE of 23 to 15 on February 21st, the Kansas Senate finally killed every hope that a direct legislation amendment would be submitted to the people of that state at this session of the legislature...

...George Judson King, of the National Referendum League, addressed both houses of the legislature and pointed out the provisions of a good amendment and clearly demonstrated from facts and experience, that high percentages and huge majorities and other so-called "safeguards and restrictions" would render any proposed amendment worthless to the people...

...William Allen White, the distinguished Emporia editor and author, was an active figure in the fight along with Governor Stubbs...

...This action of the standpatters was taken in the face of the overwhelming victory of Governor Stubbs on the progressive platform, which specifically declared for the submission of an initiative and referendum amendment on the basis of 5 per cent, on the referendum and 8 per cent, on the initiative...

...An Excellent Illustration of the Necessity for the Recall...