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...people, direct primaries for the nomination of all elective officials, the direct election of delegates to national conventions with opportunity for the voter to express his choice for President and Vice-President, amendment to state constitutions providing for the initiative, referendum, and recall, and a thorough general corrupt practice...
...States senators. The next move was to establish the recall, so that the people could discharge those officers who proved faithless to their trust. Immediately a Republican legislature, pledged to direct senatorial election, chose a Democratic senator to support that movement. And next, to remove the great danger of corruption at the direct primaries, the people forced the unwilling legislature to pass a genuine corrupt practices act, which is so severe as to prevent further corruption at the polls. Finally, the people decided that they would vote for the candidates for President and Vice-President themselves. Hence the delegates from...
When only seventeen, Mr. Spreckels entered active business in Philadelphia. Here he learned the corrupt methods used by the trusts in dealing with their competitors. While still a young man Mr. Spreckels moved to San Francisco, where he soon became interested in the San Francisco Gas and Electric Co., and, finding it corrupt, succeeded in causing the retirement of the old board of directors and the election of a reform board. He now turned his attention to municipal reform, aided by Freemont Older, editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, Francis J. Heney, and William J. Burns. Mr. Spreckels volunteered...
...Spreckels is the son of Claus Spreckels, of San Francisco, and a millionaire in his own name. Shortly after coming of age, he became interested in the gas company of San Francisco. Upon looking into its affairs, he found it corrupt in its relations with the city council and its own shareholders. The latter in answer to an appeal from Mr. Spreckels, threw out the old board of directors and elected his reform ticket. As president of the First National Bank of San Francisco, he saw and studied finance and politics from the inside...
...going to tackle this question? You say what we want in the first place is good government. That is not what we want. England has good government, but she has class government. Parliament is corrupt just like Congress. We are now passing through the same stages of government that England has passed through. Our democracy is being transformed into an aristocracy. What we want is representative government, government that represents the common interests of the people. That won't be good government for a good many generations. We want more than goodness in representatives. We want loyalty. The problem...