Initiative and Referendum in Switzerland
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Excerpt from Initiative and Referendum in Switzerland: A Memorial Relative to the Initiative and Referendum in Switzerland The personality of Switzerland, like that of Italy, is unique. But while the all-pervasive and dominant influence south of the Alps is that of art, in the little Republic to their north the omnipresent, evercreative national spirit is the spirit of democracy. Upon entering its borders the observant traveler finds himself lifted into an atmosphere of intellectual liberty, political equality, and social justice. In fact, the work of this "political experiment station of the world" is of such incomparable importance that a firsthand knowledge of its methods and institutions has become as invaluable to the student of politics as is a personal acquaintance with the masterpieces of Italian paintings to the student of art. Among the institutions in operation there, the most important is the initiative and referendum - a system of direct popular control of the lawmaking power, which has been adopted elsewhere to a limited degree. Its results have attracted the attention of students the world over, and tempted travelers to a more than passing inquiry. Many a tourist has turned amateur investigator, and converted, as I did, his Swiss sojourn into something of a political pilgrimage. The referendum is in the air and you can not escape it. You meet it at every turn; you hear of it in the restaurants, on steamship docks, in the railroad trains. Almost every chance acquaintance has at least a word to say regarding it. It was but a few hours after I had unpacked my luggage at Lucerne that I began to hear of it and its benefits. Next to me at the table d´hote dinner sat a big raw-boned Texan and beside him a small Swiss gentleman with a pointed beard. Their conversation bore upon this interesting institution, which my compatriot was by no means sure could be adopted with profit by the United States. "I reckon this referendum, as you call it, may work all right in a little two-by-four country like yours," said the Texan, "but you needn´t get puffed up on that account, and try to teach a country that can whip all Europe." "I hope you will not forget," replied the Swiss, "that my country has a larger area than some of your States and a larger population than the average of them. Therefore, if the referendum has worked well in Switzerland, as everyone concedes it has, unless you can find some better objection than your unwieldy bulk, you must admit that it would work well in your separate States. 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.
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