other words, they will attempt to do more themselves and entrust less to others. This is what has given rise to the question of direct legislation by the people.

Mr. Cree's position is indicated by a quotation from May's "Democracy in Europe":

"Representatives may be deceived or corrupted; they may betray their constituents or exceed their powers; they cannot be trusted to make laws absolutely binding upon the whole people. It is for them to deliberate and mature laws for the government of the state; but it is for the sovereign people to approve or reject them."

The author of this work maintains that new methods to form and express public opinion are needed and he would adopt a modified form of the Swiss Referendum and the Popular Initiative as a part of our governmental machinery. Under the Referendum, acts passed by the Swiss legislature are submitted to a popular vote for approval or rejection when eight cantons or thirty thousand voters petition for such privilege. The act then becomes a law or not as the popular will may decide. Under the Initiative when fifty thousand voters petition for a constitutional amendment or for a new statute law, the legislature must submit the draft of such amendment or statute to the people for their rejection or approval.

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