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Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume35 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 35
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive Era social gospel
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d. To illustrate the use of direct democracyby the people, a group of earnest men securedpledges from the mayor and most of the alder-men before their election, to abide by the willof the people as shown by a referendum vote;and then, mainly because they were persistent,they g°t a referendum on the question of ex-empting seven hundred dollars of house-valuefrom taxation, and it was carried by a goodmajority. Let their own words and cartoonsnow tell the story. The April issue of theSingle- Taxer said: The people be hanged/ was practicallythe answer given by the City Council on Mon-day, March 13th, when Alderman Dr. Noblecalled on the aldermen to obey the popularinjunction given at the polls on January 2d,last, to ask the legislature for power to applythe $700 exemption in the city of Toronto.By a vote of twelve to seven the civic legisla-tors decided to burke the electors in theirattempt to mitigate the severity of the housefamine. Digitized by Google Direct-Legislation in Cartoon. 98
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Hi fit*/AgtYrtMCnt f0,j turtle* It is/all very well, said Alderman 9pence, to talk about public opinion, but it is not well to follow publicopinion when public opinion goes wrong. 11 Tie question is are we or are we not goingtofpay kny attention to the voice of the people,said Alderman Dr. Noble. This measurewas carried by a vote of 15,897, against 8,219,a maj( rity of 7,678, and thousands were pre-vented from voting for it by the deputy re-turnin,; officers. C< ntroller Ward said: This increase intaxes j rould simply mean plunder, and we havea rignt to protect the landlords. It wouldruin me commerce of the city. It would in*creasf the taxes of the Massey-Harris Com-pany fcy $1,031.34 per year, and on the CanadaLife Building by $1,416.77 per year.* Bt such arguments to-day do the advisersof tie Czar urge him on to ruin. During that month a committee had an in-terview with Mayor Urquhart. Here is a partof it and its accompanying cartoon: Mr. Thompson—Before your election asMayor y

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