“Didn't know we had one.”
“Do you remember House Bill 19?”
“No. What's that got to do with it?”
“It slipped through early in the session. Anderson introduced it. Nobody paid any attention to it because he's a back country Swede and his bill was very wordy. The governor signed it to-day. That bill provides for the recall of any public official, alderman or legislator if the people are not satisfied with his conduct.”
The big man stared. “I thought it only applied to district road supervisors. Were you back of that bill, Jeff?”
“I had it drawn up and helped steer it through the committee, though I was careful not to appear interested.”
“You sly old fox! And nobody guessed it had general application. None of us read the blamed thing through. You're going to use it as a club to make the legislators stand pat on their pledges.”
“Yes.”
“But don't you see how revolutionary your big stick is?” Rawson's smile was expansive. “Why, hang it, man, you're destroying the fundamental value of representative government. It's a deliberate attack on graft.”
“Looks like it, doesn't it?”