Recall
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Recall. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a method of compelling an elective official to resign or submit himself to a new election before his regular term of office expires. It was first adopted in Los Angeles, Cal., in 1904. Under its provisions a certain percentage of the voters who are dissatisfied with the official circulate a petition for his recall. The percentage of the electorate who must sign the petition in order to make it effective varies in different States, the usual percentage being 25 per cent., as the law is in Oregon. When the required proportion has signed the official must either resign or submit to a new election. It has been adopted by more than two hundred cities and by thirteen States, viz.: Ore., Cal., Wash., Nev., Mich., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Kans., La., Wyo., N. D., Wis. When Arizona applied for admission to the Union, President Taft refused to sign the bill admitting her to statehood until the recall of judges was eliminated from the State Constitution. Roosevelt advocated in the primary campaign of 1912 the recall of judicial decisions by which the decision of the courts on questions involving the powers of the Legis-- lature under the Constitution should be subject to a popular referendum. The scheme was never adopted by any State and soon became a dead issue politically. The recall of judges likewise has not been generally adopted and American public opinion has rather tended to agree with President Taft that the practice is not in consonance with American institutions. RÉCAMIER, MADAME (JEANNE FRANÇOISE JULIE ADELAIDE BER- NARD), a famous Frenchwoman; born in Lyons, France, Dec. 4, 1777. At 15 she was married to M. Jacques Récamier, a rich banker about thrice her own age. Her salon was soon filled with the brightest wits of the literary and political political circles of the day. For Madame de Staël she had a warm affection that survived the exile required by the jealousy of Napoleon. Soon after this her husband was completely ruined, and Madame Récamier visited Madame de Staël at Coppet in Switzerland (1806). Here she met Prince August of Prussia, who alone of all her innumerable admirers is supposed to have touched her heart. The most distinguished friend of her later years was M. de Châteaubriand. In 1846 he became a widower, and he then wished to marry Madame Récamier, whose husband had been dead since 1830, but the lady declined. She died May 11, 1849. Her "Recollections and Correspondence" were edited by her niece, Madame Lenormant in 1859.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a method of getting rid of obnoxious officials before the term of office expires. The usual machinery to be set in motion is a formal mandate signed by a majority of the legal voters, suspending the official in question from office. If an appointive office his removal is final. If an elective office, the deposed official may appeal to the voters at an immediate election. In some cases a smaller proportion of the voters, as thirty or twenty-five or ten per cent, is authorized to recall. The recall is in force in the cities of the Pacific Coast. An objectionable alderman was recalled in Los Angeles in 1905. The mayor of San Francisco was removed in 1908. In 1909 Boston adopted a charter providing for the election of a mayor to serve four years and authorizing his recall at the end of two years. The recall has been adopted very generally by the states and municipalities that have the initiative and referendum . It is an effective weapon for deterring officials from defying the will of the people. Even the most corrupt and subservient officeholder is reluctant to arouse a storm that may sweep him from office. See Initiative And Referendum