The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-24
election for members Of the Consti-
t~utional Convention.

Section Is of the said Act of Cor
gress provides that if a majority. il
each of said Territories snail vot,
for joint statehood, the delegates tt
the convention thus elected shall
meet in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Territory of New
Mexico, in the city of Santa Fe. or
Monday, December the third, nine
teen HUNDRED and six, and, after hav
ing declared on behalf of the people
of h proposed state mat 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 is 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
it's 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
ment to be republican in form, and
tbot tho DrouiSiouc of toic Act have
been complied with in the formation
thereof, issue a proclamation an
n~ouncing 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
of forming a just, equitable and wise
constitution, a serious and RESPONSE
bic duty devolving upon the members
of the constitutional convention, will
be that of providing for the election
of officers for a full State government
including members of the legislature
and two representatives in Congress
at the time of the election for the rat
ification or rejection of the constitu-
events has n body of men had o
serious questions to consider than
will this body of 10 delegates when
they assemble in Santa Fe on the
3rd day of December, 1906. Much of
the future prosperity and success of
pend upon the constitution which
they will draw up and the kind of
government they provide for. The
they adopt should not be
influenced by any passing or transi-
tory considerations. What they de
eide upon, 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
IIIO III IN " oohSos
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
portant convention. SO that not only
our present but our future welfare
may be s~afeguarded.
With all -earnestness, therefore,
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-
erations il the selection of delegates
to this convention be the honesty, in
tegrity, ability, experience n sin
cerity of the candidates.
No enabling act ever passed by the
Congress of the United States, was
so liberal in the grants of LAM and
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
tons as have heretofore bee grant
ed, nearly %one-ninth of the whole
area of the proposed State. amount
ing to nearly seventeen million acres,
together with five per centum of the
net proceeds of the future sale of
public lands lying within said State.
and over n above all, the sum of
five million dollars to be invested in
trust for the benefit of said schools.
In addition to this, 2,184,0O0 acres
are granted for the benefit of various