The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-11

of the proposed state That they adopt
the Constitution of the United States,
they shall be authorized to form a
constitution and State government for
the proposed state.
Section &c of the said Act pro-
vides that in case sucn a constitution
and State government shall be form
ed in compliance with all the provis-
ions as set forth in the Act, the con-
vention forming the same shall pro-
vide by ordinance for submitting the
said constitution to the people of the
proposed state at a fixed time, for
its ratification or rejection. and that,
if a majority of the legal votes cast
on that question shall be for the con-
stitution, that such result be certi-
fed to the President of the United
| States, who, within twenty days after
receiving said report, shall, if he
| finds the said constitution and govern
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that the provisions of this Act ave
been complied with in the formation
thereof, issue a proclamation an
nouncing the result of said election;
whereupon the new state of Arizona
shall be deemed admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the
original states. The new state shall,
until otherwise provided by law, be
entitled to two representatives in the
HOUSE of Representatives of the Uni
ted States, and to two Senators in
the Senate of the United States.
In addition to the paramount duty
constitution, a serious and RESPONSE
Bile duty devolving upon the members
of the~copstitutional convention, will
be hat OF providing for the election
of officers for a full State government
and two representatives in Congress
at the time of the election for the rat
ton. Seldom in the history of great
events has any body of men a more
serious questions to consider than
will this body of 10 delegates when
they assemble in Santa Fe on the
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the future prosperity and success of
the new State of Arizona will de
they will draw up and the kline of
government they provide for. The
measures they adopt should not be
Influenced by any passing or transi-
tory considerations. What they de
eide pon, if it is good, will live for
generations in the hearts of a CRATE
full people; if it is bad, will cause dis
cord and trouble for many years. 1t
behooves the people of every part of
the Territory, for their own sakes,
for their children's sakes and for
the sake of their children's children,
to see to it that only the best men
in each county, the men most emf
nently qualified by high character,
learning, training and experience, are
> selected for delegates to this all-im-
portant convention, so that not only
our present but our future welfare
may be ~safeguarded.
With all earnestness, therefore, l
urge upon the people of New Mexico,
whatever may be the local questions
or issues, influencing the selection of
candidates for county or Territorial
offices, to let the paramount consid-
e~rations in the selection of delegates
to this convention be the honesty, in
tegrity, ability, experience and sin
cerity of the candidates.
No enabling act ever passed by the
Congress of the United States, was
money for educational purposes as
is this one. For the support of free,
public, non-sectarian common schools
there is set aside. including sucn sec
tions as have heretofore been grant
ed, nearly one-ninth of the whole
area of the proposed State, amount
ing to nearly n million acres,
together with five per centum of the