Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-18
ONE DELEGATE To
EVERY $50 VOTES
Cast at November,
1904,Congression-
al Election.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Important Provisions State.
hood Law.--Governor to Is
sueProclamation July 4.

The conference report on the Ham
ilton joint statehood bill as tinall,
adopted and as approved by the Pres
ident Saturday last was received b,
the New Mexican this morning. Tn,
sections relating to the creation of tn,
state Of Arizona to be composed 0
New Mexico and Arizona are from ant
including % to Al.
The report was examined this fore
noon by Governor Hagerman and Sec
retary Reynolds. After consultation
Governor Hagerman stated that in or
der to carry out the provisions of Sec
"a OF the law, meeting would be ar
ranged between himself, Secretary ol
the Territory James w. Reynolds and
Chief Justice William ]. Mills, of Las
Vegas, for the purpose of fixing and de
claring the apportionment Of delegates
to the convention under the law as ii
now exists. AS soon as this is agreed
Upon, a proclamation calling for thu
election of delegates In accordance
with the ratio fixed for each county
would be issued by the Governor. This
will be based upon the votes cast at
the election for Delegate to Congress
November, 1904. The New Mexican
publishes herewith Sections %, "a and
rs of the law which contain the only
changes which have been made in the
text of the Hamilton bill heretofore
published by this paper.
Document No. 487.
Conference report made by Senator
Beveridge:
Sec. %. That the inhabitants of all
that part Of the area of the United
States now constituting the Territories
of Arizona and New Mexico, as at pres.
ent described, may become the State
of Arizona, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. "a. That at the general elec-
tion to be held on the 9th day of No
vember, 1906, all the electors of saio
Territories, respectively, qualified to
vote at such election, are hereby au.
thorized 10 vote for and choose dele
gates to form a convention for said
Territories. The aforesaid convention
shall consist of one hundred and ten
delegates, sixty-six of which delegates
yhoJI ho alantad IN GO ~ oonvaptioy, hv
the people Of the Territory of New
Mexico and forty-four by the people
of the Territory of Arizona and the
Governors, Chief Justices, and Secre'
taries Of each of said Territories, re-
spectively, shall apportion the dele
gates to be thus elected from their re.
spective Territories, as nearly as may
be, equitably among the several coun
ties thereof in accordance with the
voting population as shown by the vote
cast for Delegate in Congress in the
respective Territories in 1904.
That at the said general election
and on the same ballots on which the
names of candidates to the convention
aforesaid are printed, there shall be
submitted to said qualified electors Of
each of said Territories question
which shall be stated on the ballot in
substance and form as follows:
"Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united to form one State?"
Yes. -. No.
Electors desiring to vote in the af
firmative shall place cross mark II
the space to the left of the word "Yes'
and those desiring to vote in the mega
tive shall place cross mark in the
space to the left of the word mo-" ir
the form above prescribed. The Gov
ernors and Secretaries Of the respec
tive Territories shall certify and trans
nit, as soon as may be practicable, the
results of said election, each to the
other and likewise to the Secretary o.
the Interior, and If it appears from the
returns thus certified that majority
of the qualified electors in each o.
said Territories who voted on the ques
ton aforesaid at such election voted
in favor of the union Of New Mexico
and Arizona as one state, then, an(
not otherwise, the inhabitants Of tina
part of the area of the United States
now constituting the Territories o
Arizona and New Mexico as at presen
described may become the State Of Ari
zona as hereinafter provided; but
in either of said Territories majorit,
of the qualified electors voting on th'
question aforesaid at such election
shall appear by such certified return
to have voted against the union of sait
Territories, then and In that event
Section % and all succeeding sections
of this act shall thereafter be null ant
void and of no effect, excepting tina
the appropriation made in Section 4
hereof shall be and remain available
fer defraying all and every kind ant
character of expense incurred on &C
count of the election Of DELEGATES t
the convention and the submission o
the question aforesaid.
"The Governors of said Territories
respectively, shall, within thirty day.
after the approval Of this act, by proc
lamation in which the aforesaid appor
tionment of delegates to the conven
ton shall be fully specified and an
nounced and the aforesaid question t
be voted on by the electors shall b.
clearly stated, order that the dele
gates aforesaid in their respective Ter
ritories shall be voted for and tn
question aforesaid shall be submitte'
to the qualified electors in each o
said Territories as herein required a
the aforesaid general election. Sucl