Excerpt from The Initiative Referendum and Recall This volume represents a substantial contribution to the further careful and thoughtful discussion of a widely considered plan of reform. Professor Munro brings to his task as editor not only a comprehensive knowledge of the subject treated - direct legislation as it is popularly known - and a deep sympathy with the movement to correct the undoubtedly and undisputed evil results of representative government, but, what is of prime importance, a sound perspective and without local prejudice. Some of the chapters in the volume are new, having been specially prepared for it. Others have been taken from the substantial list of papers which have been presented to the National Municipal League during the past decade of years. Still others, like those of Colonel Roosevelt and Congressman McCall, have been selected from the current periodical discussion of the problem. All have been brought together by Mr. Munro in furtherance of the League's function as an open forum, to give both sides fairly, and to recount results fairly, so that the publicist and student may form an enlightened and sound opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.