State Ex Rel. Carson v. Hoss

For the reason that the ease was tried upon a stipulation of facts entered into by counsel for the parties hereto, at the outset we shall set out these facts at length. It was stipulated, in effect, that, at all times mentioned therein, John H. Carson was the district attorney of Marion county, and that Hal E. Hoss was secretary of state; that, at the last regular election in Oregon, the total number of votes cast for supreme judge was 194,438, and that, under the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of Oregon, a petition to invoke the referendum upon any measure passed by the Oregon…