The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

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
ment to be republican in form, n
that the provisions of this Act have
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, a n 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
BILE duty ~devolving upon the members
u lit COLioI4Cul1Oldl gully SullOn, 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
ton. Seldom in the history of great
events has n body of men had more
serious questions to consider thar
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
the new State of Arizona will de
pend upon the constitution which
they will draw up and the kind of
government they provide for. The
measures 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. It
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
OF issues, influencing the selection OF
candidates for county or Territorial |
offices, to let the paramount consid-
erations 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
SO liberal in the grants of land and
money for educational purposes as
is this one. For the support of free.
public, no~n-sectarian common schools
there is set aside, including sucn sec
lions as have heretofore pee grant
nearly one-ninth of the whole
area Of the proposed State, mou
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 and above all, the sum OF
five million dollars to be invested in
trust for the benefit of said schools.
In addition to this, 2,1S4,000 acres
are granted for the benefit of various
State institutions.
For more than fifty years the peo-
pie of New Mexico have been eagerly
seeking and urgently demanding from
National Congress legislation to
enable them to become a self-govern-
ing State, and this Act which they
are now called upon to accept or re-
ject extends to. them the first oppor-
tunity they have yer had of securing
boon that every free American
desires. I commend a careful
reading Of the whole enabling act to
every voter in New Mexico.
Done at the Executive Office this
the 14th Day of July, A. D. 1906.
Witness my hand and the Great
Seal of the Territory of New
Mexico.
By the Governors: