WHAT KIND OF A RECALL?
Johnson, Gov. Hiram W.
What Kind of a Recall? By HIRAM W. JOHNSON Governor of California SO FAR AS the recall is concerned, did the solution of the matter rest with me, I would apply it to every official. I recommend...
...I recommend to you the proposition that, after all, the initiative and referendum depend on our confidence in the people and in their ability to govern...
...The opponents of direct legislation and the recall, however they may phrase their opposition, in reality believe the people can not be trusted...
...I suggest, therefore, that if you believe in the recall, and if in your wisdom you desire its adoption by the people, you make no exception in its application...
...On the other hand, those of us who espouse these measures do so because of our deep-rooted belief in popular government, and not only in the right of the people to govern, but in their ability to govern, and this leads us logically to the belief that if the people have the right, the ability, and the intelligence to elect, they have as well the right, ability and intelligence to reject or recall...
...and this applies with equal force to an administrative or a judicial officer...
Vol. 3 • February 1911 • No. 8
